Pegasus Descending

Dave Robicheaux left his drinking days behind him many years ago, but he still feels guilt over a tragic event he wasn't sober enough to prevent. Dallas Klein, a gambling addict and bar buddy of Dave's when Dave was posted to Miami PD, was killed in an armed robbery he'd been forced to engineer. Two decades later, several incidents in Dave's life in Iberia Parish link to those involved. First he meets Dallas' daughter, Trish, who keeps odd company and is blackballed by the local casinos. Then the supposed suicide of a young girl appears to be connected to the man Dallas owed money to back in the Miami days. Dave's inability to let things alone gets him involved with two very powerful criminals, both wanting to protect their sons from the trouble they court and both with the attitude of the privileged and white.

When a young black drug dealer gets on the wrong side of the boys, tensions run high and there are more needless deaths - causing Dave to come to blows with the FBI, the DA's office and a thug who has little regard for any life but his own.

Short-listed for CWA Duncan Lawrie Dagger 2007

“The gentle giant of US crime writers, Burke always ensures that his Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux grapples with hot topics as much as with his own inner demons.”

James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed. Michael Connelly
A gorgeous prose stylist. Stephen King
Richly deserves to be described now as one of the finest crime writers America has ever produced. Daily Mail
i newspaper
There are not many crime writers about whom one might invoke the name of Zola for comparison, but Burke is very much in that territory. His stamping ground is the Gulf coast, and one of the great strengths of his work has always been the atmospheric background of New Orleans and the bayous. His big, baggy novels are always about much more than the mechanics of the detective plot; his real subject, like the French master, is the human condition, seen in every situation of society. Independent
The king of Southern noir. Daily Mirror
His lyrical prose, his deep understanding of what makes people behave as they do, and his control of plot and pace are masterly. Sunday Telegraph
One of the finest American writers. Guardian
When it comes to literate, pungently characterised American crime writing, James Lee Burke has few peers. Daily Express

James Lee Burke is the author of many acclaimed novels, including 12 featuring Dave Robicheaux.

He lives with his wife, Pearl, in Montana and Louisiana.

Previous titles:

Pegasus Descending (TPB Oct 06);

Crusader's Cross;

In the Moon of Red Ponies;

Last Car to Elysian Fields;

White Doves at Morning;

Jolie Blon's Bounce;

Bitterroot;

Purple Cane Road;

Heartwood;

Sunset Limited;

Cimarron Rose;

Cadillac Jukebox;

Burning Angel;

Dixie City Jam;

In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead;

A Stained White Radiance;

A Morning for Flamingos;

Black Cherry Blues;

Heaven's Prisoners;

The Neon Rain;

The Lost Get Back Boogie;

The Convict;

Two for Texas;

Lay Down My Sword and Shield;

To The Bright and Shining Sun;

Half of Paradise

Dave Robicheaux left his drinking days behind him many years ago, but he still feels guilt over a tragic event he wasn't sober enough to prevent. Dallas Klein, a gambling addict and bar buddy of Dave's when Dave was posted to Miami PD, was killed in an armed robbery he'd been forced to engineer. Two decades later, several incidents in Dave's life in Iberia Parish link to those involved. First he meets Dallas' daughter, Trish, who keeps odd company and is blackballed by the local casinos. Then the supposed suicide of a young girl appears to be connected to the man Dallas owed money to back in the Miami days. Dave's inability to let things alone gets him involved with two very powerful criminals, both wanting to protect their sons from the trouble they court and both with the attitude of the privileged and white.When a young black drug dealer gets on the wrong side of the boys, tensions run high and there are more needless deaths - causing Dave to come to blows with the FBI, the DA's office and a thug who has little regard for any life but his own.

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