James Lee Burke: The Tin Roof Blowdown (UK 2022) From the Publisher: David Robicheaux - his city in ruins - is tasked with investigating the murder of a pair of looters: is it a simple case of 'stand-your-ground', or something altogether darker? The dead men's accomplice holds the key but he has disappeared to escape the people hunting him. As Robicheaux uncovers a brutal catalogue of greed, torture and murder, his own family is threatened, and the ravaged city provides the perfect stage for a final confrontation between good and evil. James Lee Burke: The Tin Roof Blowdown. A Detective Robicheaux Thriller. New Introduction by Michael Connolly. Orion Publishing, ISBN: 9781409172413 (July, 2022), 464 p., £9.99.
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James Lee Burke: The Tin Roof Blowdown (USA 2018) From the Publisher: In the waning days of summer 2005, a storm with greater impact than the bomb that struck Hiroshima peels the face off southern Louisiana. This is the gruesome reality Iberia Parish Sheriff's Detective Dave Robicheaux discovers as he is deployed to New Orleans. As The Tin Roof Blowdown begins, Hurricane Katrina has left the commercial district and residential neighborhoods awash with looters and predators of every stripe. The power grid of the city has been destroyed; New Orleans reduced to the level of a medieval society. There is no law, no order, no sanctuary for the infirm, the helpless, and the innocent. Bodies float in the streets and lie impaled on the branches of flooded trees. In the midst of an apocalyptical nightmare, Robicheaux must find two serial rapists, a morphine-addicted priest, and a vigilante who may be more dangerous than the criminals looting the city. James Lee Burke: The Tin Roof Blowdown. A Dave Robicheaux Novel. Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 9781501198595 (February, 2018), 373 p., $16.00.
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James Lee Burke: The Tin Roof Blowdown (UK 2008) From the Publisher: In a landscape transformed into a violent wasteland, Dave Robicheaux must investigate the shooting of two looters and find out why some very dangerous people are hunting a third. Is it because they unwittingly ransacked the house of a notorious mob boss? Or did a chance encounter with the father of a raped girl seal their fate? As Robicheaux starts to uncover a ruthless tale of greed, torture and murder, his own family comes under threat from a sinister psychopath, and the devastated city provides the perfect stage for a final confrontation between good and evil. James Lee Burke: The Tin Roof Blowdown. Phoenix Books, ISBN: 0753823160 (June, 2008), 464 p., £7.99.
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James Lee Burke: The Tin Roof Blowdown (USA 2008) From the Publisher: 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. The power grid of the city has been destroyed, New Orleans reduced to the level of a medieval society. There is no law, no order, no sanctuary for the infirm, the helpless, and the innocent. Bodies float in the streets and lie impaled on the branches of flooded trees. In the midst of an apocalyptical nightmare, Robicheaux must find two serial rapists, a morphine-addicted priest, and a vigilante who may be more dangerous than the criminals looting the city. In a singular style that defies genre, James Lee Burke has created a hauntingly bleak picture of life in New Orleans after Katrina. Filled with complex characters and depictions of people at both their best and worst, The Tin Roof Blowdown is not only an action-packed crime thriller, but a poignant story of courage and sacrifice that critics are already calling Burke's best work. James Lee Burke: The Tin Roof Blowdown. A Dave Robicheaux Novel. Pocket Books, ISBN: 1416548505 (June, 2008), 498 p., $7.99.
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James Lee Burke: The Tin Roof Blowdown (UK 2007) From the Publisher: James Lee Burke: The Tin Roof Blowdown. Orion Books, ISBN: 0752889168 (November, 2007), 373 p., £12.99.
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James Lee Burke: The Tin Roof Blowdown (USA 2007) From the Publisher: 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. The power grid of the city has been destroyed, New Orleans reduced to the level of a medieval society. There is no law, no order, no sanctuary for the infirm, the helpless, and the innocent. Bodies float in the streets and lie impaled on the branches of flooded trees. In the midst of an apocalyptical nightmare, Robicheaux must find two serial rapists, a morphine-addicted priest, and a vigilante who may be more dangerous than the criminals looting the city. In a singular style that defies genre, James Lee Burke has created a hauntingly bleak picture of life in New Orleans after Katrina. Filled with complex characters and depictions of people at both their best and worst, The Tin Roof Blowdown is not only an action-packed crime thriller, but a poignant story of courage and sacrifice that critics are already calling Burke's best work. James Lee Burke: The Tin Roof Blowdown. A Dave Robicheaux Novel. Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 1416548483 (July, 2007), 373 p., $26.00.
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