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title: "The Neon Rain: A Dave Robicheaux Novel"
brand: "james lee burke"
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# The Neon Rain: A Dave Robicheaux Novel

**Brand:** james lee burke
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- **What is this?** The Neon Rain: A Dave Robicheaux Novel by james lee burke
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## Customer Reviews

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    Blistering Burke!
  

*by D***T on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 2, 2007*

Great title for a great book.  This is my first James Lee Burke novel, won't be my last.  This is the kind of mystery writer I like, the prose flows fast and furious, and it's tense but eloquent and persuasive.  The pace is quick, the writing unpretentious and clear.  Makes for a tidy storyline that never says in boring words what can be expressed gracefully and often startlingly with powerful and moving language--the opening sentence sets the tone of what is to follow.  This type of mystery writer generates an overall tension in the book that keeps the pages turning far into the night.  Burke sounds like a guy who knows of what he speaks.  And, he turns Robicheaux into someone we care about, someone we'd be proud to call "partner."  In fact, all of Burke's characters in this book have such a depth that we can imagine them in our mind's eye as though they truly walked the bayous of Burke's homeland.  I started with this novel, even though it was written long ago and no longer available in the U.S. that I could find, because everyone advised to start here and then go on.  Well, I will certainly go on, even though this novel finds Robicheaux retired and living in New Iberia, obviously that isn't gonna happen!I did find a lot of similarities between Burke and John Connolly's writing.  In fact, New Orleans figures prominently in both of their work, even down to some of the same landmarks.  And, Connolly and Burke both share the same tight, riveting, chilling style that makes them both great writers of thrillers with believable, likeable protagonists.  But I digress.  Burke's Neon Rain introduces us to a thrilling piece of fiction that reads like yesterday's headlines. The sense of place was also deeply engrained in this story.  Burke renders the countryside of his homeland to the point I could smell the bayou and feel the dripping humidity, not to mention taste the café au lait and sense the powdered sugar on my chin from Café du Monde's beignets.  Burke pours life into characters like Didi Gee, his brother Jimmie, his father, Clete Purcel, and Annie. Is Annie a strange fit for Dave or is she a simple midwestern country girl who believes that "one day Dave will have a quiet heart?" I love the way Burke inhabits his characters and makes you care about them.  You'll hate them, love them, try to understand them, maybe even want to kill them; but you won't come away untouched.  Also, he brings to life what it must feel like to go through alcoholic withdrawals and cravings for something you know will be poison to your soul.I have seldom read a gangster novel written with such elegance and finesse.  Burke pumps out words like politicians puff out promises and everything goes down like smooth southern bourbon.  Deep feelings are examined in minute detail by a rough and tumble Cajun cop and incessant rain, in all colors, figures prominently and poetically into this story.  It's tough and violent writing and anyone who can remain untouched must not inhabit this world.  You may wonder why some of his characters would take such outrageous chances or make such extreme choices or maybe you'd do the same, so you'll root for them to succeed.  But, it's unlikely this book will leave you untouched.  Highly recommended if you'd like to get your blood coursing through your body.

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    it was OK
  

*by J***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 30, 2023*

A lot of local flavor and improbable situations, but that’s OK.  It just didn’t have a good rhythm of events.  I was hoping to read a number of his novels, but they don’t get to my level of interest.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    a sad, meandering tale of disillusionment.  Very atmospheric
  

*by T***T on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 12, 2023*

A police detective accidentally stumbles into the middle of a conspiracy between the New Orleans mob and unknown parties, when he pushes for an investigation of the death of a local prostitute.  A whirlwind of violence surrounds him, and he is even attacked by the internal affairs department within the police.  Stripped of his badge, old ghosts take over, and he must find his own path back to honor.

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