James Lee Burke Follow

I’ve always been crazy, but it’s kept me from going insane.

This was my first foray into James Lee Burke’s world and it will not be my last by any means. He takes us back to the nineties in southern Louisiana and Mississippi where Clete takes centerstage as he tries to make sense of a host of random events that start with his car being stripped to visits from the legendary Joan of Arc. Dark and gritty, disturbing at times, this novel stays with you well after you shut the cover. Absolutely five stars!

Another winner from Mr. Burke. Dave Robicheaux has a friend, Clete Purcel who is now a PI, but was once an NOPD police officer before a series of bad choices put an end to that career. After picking up his Cadillac from a local car wash, Clete finds it being ransacked by an unsavory group with ties to the drug cartels. Then Clete is hired by a woman with a dark history who keeps getting him more and more trouble. And it seems the trouble is also following and hurting those closest to him. Clete, with Dave's help uncover a dark and sinister scheme that no one on earth could ever imagine, and few would survive.
(Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy)

Collection of eight stories that have love, friendship, revenge and violence. There are beatings, Nazis being encountered and attacks on a local village. These stories have unexpected heroes emerge that let you know there are good people out there in the world.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy)