Every Cloak Rolled in Blood

Name: Every Cloak Rolled in Blood
Brand: Simon & Schuster Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Author: James Lee Burke
ISBN: 9781797139012

Author: James Lee Burke

Series: A Holland Family Novel

Narrator: Will Patton

Unabridged: 7 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Published: 05/24/2022

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Suspense & Thriller

Synopsis

In his most autobiographical novel to date, James Lee Burke continues the epic Holland family saga with a writer grieving the death of his daughter while battling earthly and supernatural outlaws.

Novelist Aaron Holland Broussard is shattered when his daughter Fannie Mae dies suddenly. As he tries to honor her memory by saving two young men from a life of crime amid their opioid-ravaged community, he is drawn into a network of villainy that includes a violent former Klansman, a far-from-holy minister, a biker club posing as evangelicals, and a murderer who has been hiding in plain sight.

Aaron’s only ally is state police officer Ruby Spotted Horse, a no-nonsense woman who harbors some powerful secrets in her cellar. Despite the air of mystery surrounding her, Ruby is the only one Aaron can trust. That is, until the ghost of Fannie Mae shows up, guiding her father through a tangled web of the present and past and helping him vanquish his foes from both this world and the next.

Drawn from James Lee Burke’s own life experiences, Every Cloak Rolled in Blood is a devastating exploration of the nature of good and evil and a deeply moving story about the power of love and family.

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 May 04, 2022

Every Cloak Rolled in Blood by James Lee Burke is the fourth novel in the Holland Family Saga series. Categorized as a crime novel and as a paranormal mystery, it brings to life rural Montana, and specifically, eighty-five-year-old novelist Aaron Holland Broussard. Aaron is having a tough time a......more

Goodreads review by Michael on July 01, 2022

Worth the Fighting For Montana author Aaron Holland Broussard can no longer see what is left for him. His world exploded into a million fiery fragments of hell the day his daughter died. He will not accept his daughter’s death, he will either find a way to bring her back or he will go to her. He says......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on December 06, 2023

Review first posted on MysteryandSuspense.com On the author’s own website he’s posted a tribute to his late daughter, Pamela, who died in July 2020. It’s an extraordinarily moving piece, the absolute pain and despair experienced by a parent losing one of their children is manifest here. It’s no coinc......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on May 20, 2023

'Every Cloak Rolled In Blood' is the 4th book in James Lee Burke's 'Holland Family Saga', and is the writer's most autobiographical novel to date. Burke's daughter Pamela died of natural causes in 2020, causing Burke and his wife profound grief and sorrow. The author transfers some of that heartache......more

Goodreads review by Dave on June 18, 2022

Crikey. This was my first James Lee Burke novel and it won't be the last. In a world obsessed with stupidity and celebrities who do their dirty washing in public, this is humbling. Symbolic, biblical, it's a history lesson that few want to know about. I took no umbrage. It's no secret that the autho......more

Quotes

"James Lee Burke couldn't have a better narrator than Will Patton to lend his voice and skill to the story of 86-year-old Aaron Broussard, a novelist living in Montana who is trying to find justice in an unjust world. Patton’s gruff but gentle voice tinged with the experiences of a hard life allows listeners to comprehend how Broussard deals with his complicated reality. He tries to make sense of a man either haunted by ghosts or in the throes of senility. Characters like state trooper and possible love interest Ruby Spotted Horse and the spirit of Broussard’s only daughter, Fannie Mae, lend urgency to the tale."