Returning to his Louisiana hometown to investigate a murder, detective Dave Robicheaux finds his skills pushed to their limits when his best friend is accused and his daughter becomes involved in shady business dealings. By the best-selling author of
Detective Dave Robicheaux, who superlative thriller author James Lee Burke has followed in 17 previous novels, might face his darkest case yet in THE GLASS RAINBOW. The town of New Iberia, Louisiana, seems to as loaded with evil-tinged individuals as the humid air is loaded with moisture. Several young women have been murdered in a nearby parish, but Robicheaux and his longtime friend Clete Purcel don't buy the crazed psycho killer assessment--things just don't quite add up. So they question a local crack dealer. Purcel uses some hefty violence to get his points across, and when the dealer is found dead, Purcel comes under intense scrutiny. All the while, Robicheaux worries about his daughter Alafair, who has fallen for a shady novelist with questionable connections. Needless to say, Burke brings all of these strands together with the finest skill, crafting a truly gripping thriller.
- Genre: Fiction + Literature Themes, Mystery + Crime
- Subgenre: Family + Friendship, Types of Characters, Legal + Courtroom + Crime, Suspense
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Edition: Unabridged
- Language: English
- Format: audioCD
- Release Date: July 13, 2010
- Date Published: July 13, 2010
- Author: James Lee Burke
- Narrator: Will Patton (Narrator)