Book description
The 8th Dave Robicheaux novel from SUNDAY TIMES bestselling and award-winning author James Lee Burke.
Sonny Boy Marsallas, a New Orleans street hustler, entrusts Detective Dave Robicheaux with a mysterious notebook, kicking off a series of violent incidents and raising questions that need answers, and fast...
What did Sonny's girlfriend…
Why read it?
1 author picked Burning Angel as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Great characters, storytelling, and the best prose in the genre drive a great read. The author pulled me into a story that I only later thought was implausible. The story thoroughly engrossed me.
Burke carries the reader into a mysterious world of noir at its finest. In every bayou, every parish, and every heart, there is some dark secret lurking, ever beckoning us to step a little further into his world. This is a brilliant example of hard-boiled mystery storytelling.
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