The Tin Roof Blowdown (Dave Robicheaux Series, Book #16) by James Lee Burke
The Tin Roof Blowdown (Dave Robicheaux Series, Book #16) by James Lee Burke
Hurricane Katrina has left the commercial district and residential neighborhoods awash with looters and predators. The power grid of the city has been destroyed. New Orleans reduced to the level of a medieval society. There is no law, nor order, no sanctuary for the infirm, the helpless, and the innocent. Bodies float in the streets and lie impaled on the branches of flooded trees. In the midst of an apocalyptic nightmare, Detective Dave Robicheaux must find two serial rapists, a morphine-addicted priest, and a vigilante who may be more dangerous than the criminals looting the city.
In a singular style that defies genre, James Lee Burke has created a hauntingly bleak picture of life in New Orleans after Katrina. Filled with complex characters and depictions of people at both their best and worst, The Tin Roof Blowdown is not only an action-packed crime thriller but a poignant story of courage and sacrifice.
Simon and Schuster, Softcover, 2007
THIS IS A BRAND NEW BOOK.