The Tin Roof Blowdown The Tin Roof Blowdown
Book 16 - Dave Robicheaux

The Tin Roof Blowdown

A Dave Robicheaux Novel

    • 4.4 • 224 Ratings
    • $13.99

Publisher Description

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 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.

GENRE
Mysteries & Thrillers
RELEASED
2007
July 17
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
352
Pages
PUBLISHER
Simon & Schuster
SELLER
Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC
SIZE
5.7
MB

Customer Reviews

Teechurlady ,

Tin Roof Blowdown

Always love James Lee Burke, he takes me out of my own head and into that dirty, beautiful place we call Louisiana. Makes a southern girl smile:)

barkwolf ,

Gripping and suspensful

I've read all the 'Dave' novels as they've been released over the years and think this is one of his very best yet. The story takes place during the devestation of Katrina and the flooding, as New Orleans and the surrounding regions in the storm and it's afftermath, leaving thousands dead and even more homeless. Lots of action!

Yellerhead ,

The Tin roof Blowdown

Another excellent read! Burke is a master writer!
Having personally worked in New Orleans following the aftermath of Katrina, I find Burke's
descriptive writing of this event to be right on target! I highly recommend this book!

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