'Evil bigotry and doing the right thing. All are done as expertly as ever by a master writer'
DAILY TELEGRAPHLucas Smothers nineteen and from the wrong end of town has been arrested for
the rape and murder of a local girl. His lawyer Billy Bob Holland is convinced of Lucas's
innocence but proving it means unearthing the truth from a seething mass of deceit and
corruption. A corruption endemic in the way it can be only in a gossipy small town where
everybody knows everybody else's business. Billy Bob's relationship with Lucas's family is not
an easy one - years back he was a close friend of Mrs Smothers too close according to her
husband Vernon. And when Lucas overhears gruesome tales of serial murder from a neighbouring
cell in the local lock-up the waters are muddied even further and Lucas himself looks like a
candidate for an untimely death.Praise for one of the great American crime writers James Lee
Burke:'James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ a great American novelist whose work taken
individually or as a whole is unsurpassed.' Michael Connelly'A gorgeous prose stylist.'
Stephen King'Richly deserves to be described now as one of the finest crime writers America has
ever produced.' Daily MailFans of Dennis Lehane Michael Connelly and Don Winslow will love
James Lee Burke: Billy Bob Holland Series1. Cimarron Rose 2. Heartwood 3. Bitterroot 4. In The
Moon of Red Ponies Dave Robicheaux Series1. The Neon Rain 2. Heaven's Prisoners 3. Black Cherry
Blues 4. A Morning for Flamingos 5. A Stained White Radiance 6. In the Electric Mist with
Confederate Dead 7. Dixie City Jam 8. Burning Angel 9. Cadillac Jukebox 10. Sunset Limited 11.
Purple Cane Road 12. Jolie Blon's Bounce 13. Last Car to Elysian Fields 14. Crusader's Cross
15. Pegasus Descending 16. The Tin Roof Blowdown 17. Swan Peak 18. The Glass Rainbow 19. Creole
Belle 20. Light of the World 21. Robicheaux Hackberry Holland Series1. Lay Down My Sword and
Shield 2. Rain Gods 3. Feast Day of Fools 4. House of the Rising Sun* Each James Lee Burke
novel can be read as a standalone or in series order *
