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Robicheaux

By: James Lee Burke
Narrated by: Will Patton
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Dave Robicheaux is a haunted man. Between his recurrent nightmares, his thoughts drift from one irreconcilable memory to the next. During a murder investigation, Dave Robicheaux discovers he may have committed the homicide he's investigating, one which involved the death of the man who took the life of Dave's beloved wife. As he works to clear his name, Robicheaux encounters a cast of characters and a resurgence of dark social forces that threaten to destroy all of those whom he loves.©2018 James Lee Burke (P)2018 Simon & Schuster, Inc. Crime Fiction Modern Detectives Mystery Traditional Detectives Crime Fiction Detective Suspense
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The 21st outing for Dave and Clete and it's a corker with incredibly rich characters and wonderful evocations of times gone by in a lost paradise. Against this lush background are some terrific villains and the spectacularly creepy 'Smiley'. What a character!
Dave clearly feels 'time's winged chariot hurrying near' but I hope he's got enough puff left in him for further adventures as nothing compares to this series for literary crime fiction of the highest order.

The Bobbsey Twins on Top Form

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As often the case with James Lee Burke a fairly unbelievable storyline is transformed into a gripping drama ,fundamental to this is an outstanding narration. An incredibly unlikely narrative is secondary to outstanding dialogue and beautiful description.

Terrific performance

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Thrilled to see a new Robicheaux on the block. Usual suspects, either real or imaginary. Greatly relieved by the absence of Cletus' ghastly daughter, and minimal outing of Alafair.
But why...oh , but that's a plot spoiler ......see what you think ;)!

He's back!

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James Lee Burke has long been one of my two favourite authors, along with John Connolly, and I never thought anything would trump enjoying one of his wonderfully crafted tales, comprising such beautiful and elegiac prose as only those two men can weave, so wonderfully, so mesmerisingly.

But, I was wrong. For, where Mr Connolly’s publishers have chosen to opt for the droning tones of Jeff Harding, Mr Burke’s have opted for the tragically underestimated and quite wonderful Will Patton.

What a magnificent decision that has turned out to be. Let’s face it, the narration sells the audiobook, otherwise we would all be buying the kindle versions and letting our own inner voice provide the narrative. Patton’s softly measured, honey-and-scotch warmed tones mellifluously transport the fortunate and wise listener to the Atchefalaya Basin, to the Louisiana bayou, and to the home and stamping ground of Dave “Streak” Robicheaux.

This is as equally introverted and explosive a novel as any that JLB has written, and plays Robicheaux very much against himself. Far more introspective even than he was in his early years, Robicheaux is a man constantly at war with the demon dwelling in his dark corners, the violence that lurks in his soul and which comes climbing out of the bottle, when our flawed and tragic hero falls once more.

That Dave doubts even himself, was shocking to me, and I wondered on occasion if he was not right. The storytelling is simply perfect and the tale is a gripping one, with moments of such explosive carnage, counterbalanced by such tenderness and insight, that you have to recognise Robicheaux’s as the heart of a poet - albeit a poet capable of terrible things.

I can relate to a lot of JLB’s characterisation and the questions and soul-searching Dave does. As someone who has dealt with those capable of the most appalling acts, and had to carry on regardless - because someone has to do it - I have wondered were these men not better being dealt with by some other form of justice. So at times, it’s as if JLB can peer into my own soul and provide me with reassurance that, by carrying on carrying on, I was doing the right thing, the decent thing, the human and humane thing.

Still, and all, at times, I like “Streak”, one half of “the Bobbsey Twins, from Homicide” a whole lot better - and what a superb literary creation Purcell is, a Sancho Panza to Robicheaux’s Quixote, always there for his partner, as he tilts at those corrupt and rotten Southern windmills...

“Robicheaux” is a beautiful story, beautifully told by an actor at the top of his game. I look forward to listening to (I pray) a few more such, from the incredible JLB, and the wonderfully cast Mr Patton, in future.

Superb.

Patton & JLB? Magnificent as always

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Will Patton's narration unimpeachable..story compelling but perhaps a little too much overblown philosophising this time.

Gripping as always

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