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The New Iberia Blues: A Dave Robicheaux Novel Audiobook (Free)

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Named one of the better crime novels of 2019 by THE BRAND NEW York Times Book Review.

The shocking death of a young woman prospects Detective Dave Robicheaux in to the dark corners of Hollywood, the mafia, and the backwoods of Louisiana within this gripping mystery from “modern master” (Publishers Weekly) Adam Lee Burke.

Detective Dave Robicheaux’s world isn’t filled up with too many content tales, but Desmond Cormier’s rags-to-riches tale is certainly one of them. Robicheaux first about The New Iberia Blues: A Dave Robicheaux Novel met Cormier around the streets of New Orleans, when the youthful, undersized boy got foolish dreams of becoming a Hollywood movie director.

Twenty-five years later on, when Robicheaux knocks on Cormier’s door, it isn’t to congratulate him on his Golden Globe and Academy Prize nominations. Robicheaux has discovered the body of a girl who’s been crucified, putting on only a little chain on her ankle. She disappeared near Cormier’s Cyrpemort Stage estate, and Robicheaux, along with young deputy, Sean McClain, want for answers. Neither Cormier nor his enigmatic actor friend Antoine Butterworth say much, but Robicheaux knows better.

As generally, Clete Purcel and Dave’s girl, Alafair, have Robicheaux’s back again. Clete witnesses the get away of Texas inmate, Hugo Tillinger, who may hold the key to Robicheaux’s case. As they wade additional into the investigation, they result in the crosshairs of the mob, the deranged Chester Wimple, and the dark ghosts Robicheaux continues to be running from for a long time. Eventually, it’s up to Robicheaux to avoid all of them, but he’ll have to summon a light he’s hardly ever seen nor felt to save lots of himself, and those he loves.

Stephen King hailed NY Times bestselling writer James Lee Burke “as good as he ever was.” Right now, with THE BRAND NEW Iberia Blues, Burke proves that he “remains to be the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose function, taken individually or all together, is unsurpassed” (Michael Connelly).