A Private Cathedral (Unabridged)
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4.0 • 4 Ratings
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- $25.99
Publisher Description
After finding himself caught up in one of Louisiana’s oldest and bloodiest family rivalries, Detective Dave Robicheaux must battle the most terrifying adversary he has ever encountered: a time-traveling superhuman assassin.
The Shondell and Balangie families are longtime enemies in the New Iberia criminal underworld and show each other no mercy. Yet their youngest heirs, Johnny Shondell and Isolde Balangie, rock and roll-musician teenagers with magical voices, have fallen in love and run away after Isolde was given as a sex slave to Johnny’s uncle.
As he seeks to uncover why, Detective Dave Robicheaux gets too close to both Isolde’s mother and the mistress of her father, a venomous New Orleans mafioso whose jealousy has no bounds. In retribution, he hires a mysterious assassin to go after Robicheaux and his longtime partner, Clete Purcel. This hitman is unlike any the “Bobbsey Twins from Homicide” have ever faced. He has the ability to induce horrifying hallucinations and travels on a menacing ghost ship that materializes without warning. In order to defeat him and rescue Johnny and Isolde, Robicheaux will have to overcome the demons that have tormented him throughout his adult life—alcoholism, specters from combat in Vietnam, and painful memories of women to whom he opened his heart only to see killed.
A Private Cathedral, James Lee Burke’s fortieth book, is his most powerful tale, one that will captivate readers—mixing crime, romance, mythology, horror, and science fiction to produce a thrilling story about the all-consuming, all-conquering power of love.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A time-traveling menace adds plenty of suspense to this crime caper set in sultry Louisiana. This installment of James Lee Burke’s long-running Dave Robicheaux series finds the detective and his wisecracking, hard-drinking buddy Clete drawn into an ancient New Orleans blood feud. But nothing—not even a heinous human-trafficking ring—is as unsettling as the supernatural evil they discover lingering in the bayou mists. Burke’s writing makes you feel like you’re right there, whether Dave is describing a lush plantation garden or a seedy dive bar, and Will Patton’s narration transports you to the French Quarter, with characterizations that are as natural as they are memorable. A Private Cathedral is the perfect blend of mystery, mysticism, and total mayhem.
