Product Description
by James L. Burke (Author)
A Morning for Flamingos is a classic Dave Robicheaux Louisiana mystery by New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke.Desperately holding together the pieces of his shattered life, Cajun detective Dave Robicheaux has rejoined the New Iberia police force. While transporting two death-row prisoners, Dave is wounded, his partner is killed. Now he s trailing a killer into the heart of the Big Easy s underworld.
Embroiled in a world of drug dealers, prostitutes, and double-crosses, Robicheaux is forced to confront his most dangerous enemy: himself.Absorbing and masterfully executed, A Morning for Flamingos is one of Edgar Award winning author James Lee Burke s most enduring southern crime novels."
Front Jacket
Clutching the shards of his shattered life, Cajun detective Dave Robicheaux has rejoined the New lberia police force.
His partner is dead--slain during a condemned prisoner's bloody flight to freedom that left Robicheaux critically wounded . . . and reawakened the ghost of his haunted, violent past.
Now he's trailing a killer into the sordid heat of the Big Easy, caught up in the lethal undercurrents of a mob double-cross as he confronts his most dangerous enemy--himself . . .
--Boston GlobeBack Jacket
Clutching the shards of his shattered life, Cajun detective Dave Robicheaux has rejoined the New lberia police force.
His partner is dead--slain during a condemned prisoner's bloody flight to freedom that left Robicheaux critically wounded . . . and reawakened the ghost of his haunted, violent past.
Now he's trailing a killer into the sordid heat of the Big Easy, caught up in the lethal undercurrents of a mob double-cross as he confronts his most dangerous enemy--himself . . .