Pegasus Descending

Pegasus Descending
Author: James Lee Burke
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2007-08-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1416513450

In this haunting new novel, "New York Times" bestselling author Burke takes readers back to New Orleans, where detective Dave Robicheaux becomes engulfed in a dangerous mystery surrounding a beautiful girl and stolen money.

The Tin Roof Blowdown

The Tin Roof Blowdown
Author: James Lee Burke
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2008-06-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1416548505

Follows the adventures of detective Dave Robicheaux, who struggles with alcoholism and rage while fighting to protect lives in Katrina-devastated New Orleans.

Swan Peak

Swan Peak
Author: James Lee Burke
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2008-07-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1416579214

Trouble follows Dave Robicheaux. James Lee Burke's new novel, Swan Peak, finds Detective Robicheaux far from his New Iberia roots, attempting to relax in the untouched wilderness of rural Montana. He, his wife, and his buddy Clete Purcell have retreated to stay at an old friend's ranch, hoping to spend their days fishing and enjoying their distance from the harsh, gritty landscape of Louisiana post-Katrina. But the serenity is soon shattered when two college students are found brutally murdered in the hills behind where the Robicheauxs and Purcell are staying. They quickly find themselves involved in a twisted and dangerous mystery involving a wealthy, vicious oil tycoon, his deformed brother and beautiful wife, a sexually deviant minister, an escaped con and former country music star, and a vigilante Texas gunbull out for blood. At the center of the storm is Clete, who cannot shake the feeling that he is being haunted by the ghosts from his past -- namely Sally Dio, the mob boss he'd sabotaged and killed years before. In this expertly drawn, gripping story, Burke deftly weaves intricate, engaging plotlines and original, compelling characters with his uniquely graceful prose. He transcends genre yet again in the latest thrilling addition to his New York Times bestselling series.

Pegasus Descending

Pegasus Descending
Author: James Lee Burke
Publisher:
Total Pages: 494
Release: 2007
Genre: Detective and mystery stories
ISBN: 9780750527002

Set in the summer of Hurricane Katrina. Dave Robicheaux left his drinking days behind long ago, after a tragic event he wasn't sober enough to prevent. Two decades later, several incidents in Dave's life in Iberia Parish link back to those involved. Two very powerful criminals, both with the attitude of the privileged and white, are trying to protect their sons from the trouble they court. When a young black drug dealer gets on the wrong side of the boys, Dave comes to blows with the FBI, the DA's office and a thug who has little regard for any life but his own...

Creole Belle

Creole Belle
Author: James Lee Burke
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 624
Release: 2013-08-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1451648146

Picking up where "The Glass Rainbow" ends, "Creole Belle" finds David Robicheaux recuperating in New Orleans near the site an oil well blowout on the Gulf. Robicheaux is visited by a mysterious visitor and is surprised by what's inside a floating block of ice. Available in a tall Premium Edition.

Pegasus Descending

Pegasus Descending
Author: James Lee Burke
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2006
Genre: Audiobooks
ISBN: 9781436132763

A troubled young woman breezes into Detective Robicheaux's hometown of New Iberia, Louisiana. She happens to be the daughter of his friend--a friend he witnessed gunned down in a bank robbery, a tragedy that forever changed Robicheaux's life. The twists begin when Trish Klein--the only offspring of Robicheaux's Vietnam-era buddy--starts passing marked hundred-dollar bills in local casinos. Is she a good kid gone bad? A victim's child seeking revenge? A promiscuous beauty seducing everyone good within her grasp? And can Robicheaux make peace with his friend's murder in time to figure out how a local mobster fits into all the schemes and death? Will his life be whole again when it has been shattered by so much tragedy?

Crusader's Cross

Crusader's Cross
Author: James Lee Burke
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2006-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0743277201

After hearing an old schoolmate's deathbed confession, Dave Robicheaux searches for a prostitute with ties to the mob that he had met decades earlier, an endeavor that proves dangerous in the wake of a series of murders.

The Mysteries of Life in Children's Literature

The Mysteries of Life in Children's Literature
Author: Mitchell Kalpakgian
Publisher: TAN Books
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2000
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1618906739

FAIRY TALES AND MYTHS have enriched childhood for centuries. In between “Once upon a time” and “happily ever after” we embark on adventures that seem an eternity away from our everyday lives. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. In The Mysteries of Life in Children’s Literature, journey through a treasury of beloved fables and folk tales and discover the wisdom hiding within. In an age that rejects moral absolutes, children’s literature restores the meaning of good and evil, beautiful and ugly, normal and abnormal—and helps us see the nature of our world more clearly than we ever have before.

A Darkness Descending

A Darkness Descending
Author: Christobel Kent
Publisher: Atlantic Books Ltd
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2013-03-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0857893270

THE FOURTH INSTALMENT IN THE SANDRO CELLINI SERIES: a dark, unsettling psychological mystery set in a Florence mired in crisis. When Niccolò Rosselli, the driven, charismatic leader of a Florentine political movement, collapses at a rally, his young party immediately comes under threat. And when it emerges that his long time partner, Flavia, has disappeared, leaving behind not only a devastated husband but their newborn son, the political becomes dangerously personal - and Sandro Cellini is drafted in to investigate. The trail leads to a tired sea-side town and a modest hotel, where Flavia chose to end her life. But Cellini isn't satisfied - why would one so young and with so much to live for, walk away from all she loves? As he digs into Flavia's secret world, however, Sandro uncovers the hidden life of a woman consumed with private passions and a deadly, dark obsession. And as the private and public realms intersect, he cannot forget that life in modern Italy has a perilous edge - fuelled as much by rage as desire.