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Original Title:	The Neon Rain
ISBN:	0753820331 (ISBN13: 9780753820339)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Dave Robicheaux #1
Characters:	Dave Robicheaux
Setting:	New Orleans, Louisiana(United States) Louisiana(United States)

The Neon Rain (Dave Robicheaux #1)

James Lee Burke

Paperback | Pages: 285 pages

Rating: 3.95 | 20421 Users | 1159 Reviews

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Title	:	The Neon Rain (Dave Robicheaux #1)
Author	:	James Lee Burke
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 285 pages
Published	:	2005 by Phoenix (first published 1987)
Categories	:	Mystery. Fiction. Crime. Thriller. Mystery Thriller. Detective. Noir

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Detective Dave Robicheaux has fought too many battles: in Vietnam, with killers and hustlers, with police brass, and with the bottle. Lost without his wife's love, Robicheaux's haunted soul mirrors the intensity and dusky mystery of New Orleans' French Quarter -- the place he calls home, and the place that nearly destroys him when he becomes involved in the case of a young prostitute whose body is found in a bayou. Thrust into the world of drug lords and arms smugglers, Robicheaux must face down a subterranean criminal world and come to terms with his own bruised heart in order to survive.

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Everyone says too many books, too little time. I'm changing it to too many great writers, too little time. The first book I read by James Lee Burke was Wayfaring Stranger. I read it before it was published in July of 2014 because I received an advance reading copy from the publisher. It was an unbelievably good book and I wanted to read more from this author. So here it is August of 2017 and I have just finished my second book by James Lee Burke. How could I let so many years go by without

A Twitter pal talked me into starting these books and I'm glad she did. My husband and I went on a trip to New Orleans in 1995, (so pre-Katrina), and I loved it. To this day it was the best vacation we ever had and the very best food I ever ate. We went shortly after Mardi Gras and it was warm and beautiful. We visited the zoo and botanical gardens, had lunch on the banks of the Mississippi, rode a street car through the garden district and had dinner in the French Quarter. This book took me

3.5After reading six Holland Family novels I just had to start this series. I began with a bit of trepidation because I knew those books would be a hard act to follow. Here's what happened.It took me right back to New Orleans which I visited about the time the novel was written.It opened a hardcore window into a mans soul as he daily struggles to say no to the siren call of alcoholism.It brought back all the reasons I participated in anti-Vietnam War marches, though I really had no honest clue

Mmmm mmmmm, I do love me some James Lee Burke. I'm a huge fan of beautiful prose, and Burke provides that here in large helpings. If you want tons of atmosphere, lots of poetic phrasing, and a loving sense of place, you can't do much better. And then there's the characters with their regionally flavored dialogue and, in audio format, accents to enjoy. IMHO Burke's books are especially enjoyable in audio, because of all the regional flavors and the natural cadences inherent in his writing. It's a

This is the novel I read after "Donna Tartt's Goldfinch" and it was meant as some light relief reading after reading such a massive and complex book. Well that was me looking all stupid. If anything Mr Burke does know how to write a complex story as well, and he brings the Bayous and New Orleans to life on paper. It is my biggest failure of of not visiting the Big Easy before Kathrina and somehow the writer does bring that lost world back to life.Dave Robicheaux, a brilliant name, visits a man

I know of an acquiring editor who ran a board for new authors who not only counted Burke a favorite, but recommended him as an example of a beautiful prose style. From the almost 60 pages I got through, I can understand that. I didn't abandon this novel because I thought the writing anything less than top notch. The dialogue seems authentic and distinctive, there are descriptions of Louisiana that are evocative and lyrical coming through the first person narrative. This isn't rated two stars

4.5This is hardcore crime at its best. Detective Dave Robicheaux is one of the good guys at heart, an officer that still believes in justice and the welfare of others, but he is also one bad, bad dude, and if he has to bend the laws a little to bring about justice you better not get in his way.The only chink in the armor of this novel is that Daves toughness at times crossed the line into what I can only call stupidity... but hey, he's only human, and I would damn sure never say it to his face.