A Private Cathedral, James Lee Burke
A Private Cathedral, James Lee Burke
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A Private Cathedral
A Dave Robicheaux Novel

Bestseller

Author: James Lee Burke

Narrator: Will Patton

Unabridged: 11 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/11/2020

Synopsis

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.

About James Lee Burke

American mystery author, James Lee Burke, was born in Houston, Texas, explaining why most of the lead characters in his novels are Texan. He has won two Edgar awards, which is a very rare experience, and is a bestselling author of two short story collections and over thirty novels. Burke is best known for his Dave Robicheaux series. His Edgar Awards were for Black Cherry and Cimarron Rose. Two of his series were made into screen plays with each movie having a-list actors playing the Robicheaux character (Alec Baldwin - Heaven's Prisoners, and Tommy Lee Jones- In the Electric Mist).

A writer must usually hold down other employment while they attempt to gain a degree of following readers. Burke's various jobs included.......truck driver, newspaper reporter, social worker, land surveyor, unemployment system employee, Job Corps worker, teacher, and finally, novelist.

Burke lives in Montana with his wife, Pearl, two daughters, and four grandchildren. His favorite advice was given by Irving Stone, when Burke was nineteen.......... "Never write a story to pay your gas bill......if you do, be assured your utilities will be turned off".

Reviews

Goodreads review by PamG on July 13, 2020

A PRIVATE CATHEDRAL by James Lee Burke is the twenty-third book in the Dave Robicheaux series. This is categorized as a crime thriller, but it also has a bit of supernatural suspense thrown into the mix. Detective Dave Robicheaux has been fired or suspended from three police forces in and around New......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on January 11, 2024

3.5 stars Detective Dave Robicheaux is one of James Lee Burke's most popular characters. In this book, Dave tries to help a teenage girl who's about to become a sex slave. The book can be read as a standalone. ***** Background info: Dave - an investigator for the Sheriff's Department in New Iberia, Lo......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on March 11, 2024

This is JLB’s twenty third book featuring Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux. Here he is once again joined by his close friend Clete Purcell, a local private investigator and once a colleague of Dave’s in the New Orleans Police Department. This episode is densely plotted (as these tales often are)......more

Goodreads review by Jenny on August 27, 2020

Johnny Shondell and Isolde Balangie are talented rock and roll musicians. And most importantly they are in love. But - there is always a but - (1) the Shondells and the Balangies are longtime bitter rivals in the New Iberia Louisiana criminal underworld and (2) Isolde is to be sent to Johnny's Uncle......more

Quotes

"Will Patton continues to prove himself the perfect narrator for the Dave Robicheaux series. This time the detective investigates the long-standing feud between two of Louisiana's oldest and bloodiest families and finds himself facing the threat of a chilling time-traveling assassin. The lizard-faced killer can induce horrifying hallucinations and travels on a ghost ship that can appear anywhere. Patton shifts his colorful character voices and pacing with the ease of an oyster sliding down a gullet. He gives Dave's ever-present sidekick, Clete Purcell, a gruff growl and squeezes out profanities with the bite of a hungry alligator. This new adventure entertains as it mixes several genres that challenge our perceptions of our world."

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