Heaven's Prisoners

Name: Heaven's Prisoners
Author: James Lee Burke

by James Lee Burke

Drunken Vietnam vet entangled in murder case involving organized crime

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James Lee Burke

James Lee Burke is one of the most literary crime writers in America, whose Dave Robicheaux series is set in the Cajun bayou country of Louisiana with a poetic intensity rarely found in genre fiction. His prose has been compared to Faulkner, and his moral seriousness elevates his work far above conventional thrillers. He has won multiple Edgar Awards.

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