The Tin Roof Blowdown By James Lee Burke

As james lee burke s new novel the tin roof blowdown begins hurricane katrina has left the commercial district and residential neighborhoods awash with looters and predators of every stripe.

The tin roof blowdown by james lee burke.

I have read a lot of burke s novels and love his descriptions of everything around the characters. I ve been slowly but surely reading my way through all of james lee burke s dave robicheaux series. The tin roof blowdown is one of the very best of the series. The power grid of the city has been destroyed new orleans reduced to the level of a medieval society.

The tin roof blowdown has all the familiar characters and i was glad to see alafair present in this story. As james lee burke s new novel the tin roof blowdown begins hurricane katrina has left the commercial district and residential neighborhoods awash with looters and predators of every stripe. The tin roof blowdown did both. This is the gruesome reality iberia parish sheriff s detective dave robicheaux discovers as he is deployed to new orleans.

As james lee burke s new novel the tin roof blowdown begins hurricane katrina has left the commercial district and residential neighborhoods awash with looters and predators of every stripe. Reviewed in the united kingdom on november 2 2013. The power grid of the city has been destroyed new orleans reduced to the level of a medieval society. The power grid of the city has been destroyed new orleans reduced to the level of a medieval society.

I have missed a few of his books of late so will have to hunt them out to find out about when robicheux moved from. 5 0 out of 5 stars the tin roof blowdown james lee burke. It s been a long time since a crime novel made every hair on my body stand on end.