Another Review at MyShelf.Com

Pegasus Descending
Dave Robicheaux series #14

by James Lee Burke



      Twenty-five years ago, the young Dave Robicheaux was an alcohol-soaked cop who witnessed his friend and fellow Vietnam vet, Dallas Klein's, execution by a group of cold-blooded robbers. He was unable to intercede because he was plastered. Since then, still guilt-ridden, Dave has made redemption a lifelong pursuit. Now in New Iberia, Louisiana, a gorgeous young woman shows up who may be Dallas Klein's daughter. Trish Klein is passing counterfeit money and baiting Whitey Bruxal, the aging mobster who may have been responsible for Dallas's death.

Meanwhile, Dave investigates the apparent suicide of pretty young co-ed Yvonne Darbonne. Dave thinks the two cases are linked. He enlists longtime sidekick, Clete Purcel, to help prove it. But then, when Clete falls in love with the scheming Trish, Robicheaux's problems escalate, and he doesn't seem to be getting any closer to solving either death.

Burke's descriptions are stellar...no one does it better. Reading his prose is pure pleasure. His flawed hero is one we can all identify with and love in spite of his shortcomings, and the other complex characters defy simple labels. Cons, scams, racial prejudice, gambling debts, drugs, and death head up the fast paced, exciting plot in this fourteenth Robicheaux psychological suspense novel.

If you aren't familiar with James Lee Burke's novels, here is a good place to start...but you just might find yourself addicted like I have. There are still some of his out-of-print books that I'm trying to find.

The Book

Pocket Star/Simon & Schuster
August 28, 2007
Mass Market Paperback
1-4165-1345-0
978-1-4165-1345-2
Mystery/Suspense
More at Amazon.com
Excerpt
NOTE:

The Reviewer

Beverly J. Rowe
Reviewed 2007
NOTE:
© 2006 MyShelf.com