Swan Peak, James Lee Burke
Swan Peak, James Lee Burke
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Swan Peak
A Dave Robicheaux Novel

Author: James Lee Burke

Narrator: Will Patton

Unabridged: 13 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/08/2008

Synopsis

2009 Audie Award Finalist for Mystery

Beloved Louisiana lawman Dave Robicheaux returns—this time, traveling from New Iberia Parish to the wilds of Montana.

Dave Robicheaux, his wife, and his buddy Clete Purcell have retreated to an old friend’s ranch, hoping to spend their days fishing and enjoying their distance from the harsh, gritty landscape of Louisiana post-Katrina. But the serenity is soon shattered when two college students are found brutally murdered in the hills behind where the Robicheauxs and Purcell are staying.

Deftly weaving intricate, engaging plotlines and original, compelling characters with his graceful prose, Burke transcends genre yet again.

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 Scott on June 07, 2024

"Swan Peak" is James Lee Burke's 17th novel to feature his Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux. In this one, Robicheaux, his wife, and best friend, Clete Purcel, are on vacation visiting a friend in Montana. The slow, hot and sticky world of Iberia Parrish has been replaced with the cool, blue sky w......more

Goodreads review by Aditya on January 08, 2020

Swan Peak 's biggest decision is moving Robicheaux and Purcell to Montana on a vacation. Burke had set his non Robicheaux works in states other than Louisiana before (like Kentucky or Texas) but he had struggled to make the locales as memorable as his New Iberia. He however has a house in Montana an......more

Goodreads review by Patricia on September 13, 2017

Another really good James Lee Burke book. He has lots of descriptions and lots of characters but the stories are always very detailed and very good. This character, Dave Robicheaux, is my favorite of the characters he writes about. This author is always good for a great mystery. I kind of figured ou......more

Goodreads review by Steve on October 17, 2022

I enjoyed this one more than most (in the series), even if, early on, my sense was that the enterprise might be overwhelmed by the number of characters and intersecting plot lines. But it all held together relatively well, the momentum picked up, I didn't see many of the twists and turns coming (alt......more

Goodreads review by cliff on November 24, 2008

The latest Dave Robicheaux mystery. If you enjoy novels about middle-aged, reformed alcoholic, Catholic guilt-plagued, Cajun detectives who live with more ghosts than you can count and who periodically relive their Viet Nam nightmares - and whose PI (i.e. private investigator AND politically incorre......more

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