The Resource Light of the world, James Lee Burke
Light of the world, James Lee Burke
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The item Light of the world, James Lee Burke represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in North Madison County Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Light of the world, James Lee Burke represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in North Madison County Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- Louisiana Sherriff's Detective Dave Robicheaux and his longtime friend and partner Clete Purcel are vacationing in Montana's spectacular Big Sky country when a series of suspicious events leads them to believe their lives-and the lives of their families-are in danger. In contrast to the tranquil beauty of Flathead Lake and the colorful summertime larch and fir unspooling across unblemished ranchland, a venomous presence lurks in the caves and hills, intent on destroying innocent lives. First, Alafair Robicheaux is nearly killed by an arrow while hiking alone on a trail. Then Clete's daughter, Gretchen Horowitz, whom readers met in Burke's previous bestseller Creole Belle, runs afoul of a local cop, with dire consequences. Next, Alafair thinks she sees a familiar face following her around town-but how could convicted sadist and serial killer Asa Surette be loose on the streets of Montana? Surrette committed a string of heinous murders while capital punishment was outlawed in his home state of Kansas. Years ago, Alafair, a lawyer and novelist, interviewed Surette in prison, aiming to prove him guilty of other crimes and eligible for the death penalty. Recently, a prison transport van carrying Surette crashed and he is believed dead, but Alafair isn't so sure. Says The Plain Dealer (Cleveland), “Already designated a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, Burke should get another title, say, for sustained literary brilliance in his Dave Robicheaux series.” Light of the World is a harrowing novel that examines the nature of evil and pits Dave Robicheaux against the most diabolical villain he has ever faced
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 548 pages (hardcover)
- Note
- Book 20 of the Dave Robicheaux Novel series (series numeration from NoveList)
- Isbn
- 9781476710761
- Label
- Light of the world
- Title
- Light of the world
- Statement of responsibility
- James Lee Burke
- Subject
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- trueVietnam veterans
- trueMurder investigation
- trueMysteries
- truePacific Northwest fiction
- truePolice -- Louisiana
- truePolice procedurals
- trueRobicheaux, Dave (Fictitious character)
- Robicheaux, Dave (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- trueSerial murderers
- trueSouthern fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Detective and mystery fiction
- trueDetectives
- FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueGood and evil
- Good and evil -- Fiction
- trueHardboiled fiction
- Kansas -- Fiction
- trueLouisiana
- trueMontana
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Louisiana Sherriff's Detective Dave Robicheaux and his longtime friend and partner Clete Purcel are vacationing in Montana's spectacular Big Sky country when a series of suspicious events leads them to believe their lives-and the lives of their families-are in danger. In contrast to the tranquil beauty of Flathead Lake and the colorful summertime larch and fir unspooling across unblemished ranchland, a venomous presence lurks in the caves and hills, intent on destroying innocent lives. First, Alafair Robicheaux is nearly killed by an arrow while hiking alone on a trail. Then Clete's daughter, Gretchen Horowitz, whom readers met in Burke's previous bestseller Creole Belle, runs afoul of a local cop, with dire consequences. Next, Alafair thinks she sees a familiar face following her around town-but how could convicted sadist and serial killer Asa Surette be loose on the streets of Montana? Surrette committed a string of heinous murders while capital punishment was outlawed in his home state of Kansas. Years ago, Alafair, a lawyer and novelist, interviewed Surette in prison, aiming to prove him guilty of other crimes and eligible for the death penalty. Recently, a prison transport van carrying Surette crashed and he is believed dead, but Alafair isn't so sure. Says The Plain Dealer (Cleveland), “Already designated a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, Burke should get another title, say, for sustained literary brilliance in his Dave Robicheaux series.” Light of the World is a harrowing novel that examines the nature of evil and pits Dave Robicheaux against the most diabolical villain he has ever faced
- Summary
- Sadist and serial killer Asa Surrette narrowly escaped the death penalty for the string of heinous murders he committed while capital punishment was outlawed in Kansas. But following a series of damning articles written by Dave Robicheaux's daughter Alafair about possible other crimes committed by Surette, the killer escapes from a prison transport van and heads to Montana - where an unsuspecting Dave happens to have gone to take in the sweet summer air, accompanied by Alafair, his wife Molly, faithful partner Clete, and Clete's newfound daughter, Gretchen Horowitz.
- Award
- Spur Awards, Best Western Contemporary Novel, 2014.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10185508
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1936-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Burke, James Lee
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3552.U723
- LC item number
- L54 2013
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- A Dave Robicheaux Novel
- Series volume
- [Book 20]
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Robicheaux, Dave (Fictitious character)
- Good and evil
- Kansas
- FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Light of the world, James Lee Burke
- Note
- Book 20 of the Dave Robicheaux Novel series (series numeration from NoveList)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 21414873
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 548 pages (hardcover)
- Isbn
- 9781476710761
- Lccn
- 2013008797
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Label
- Light of the world, James Lee Burke
- Note
- Book 20 of the Dave Robicheaux Novel series (series numeration from NoveList)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 21414873
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 548 pages (hardcover)
- Isbn
- 9781476710761
- Lccn
- 2013008797
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
Subject
- trueVietnam veterans
- trueMurder investigation
- trueMysteries
- truePacific Northwest fiction
- truePolice -- Louisiana
- truePolice procedurals
- trueRobicheaux, Dave (Fictitious character)
- Robicheaux, Dave (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- trueSerial murderers
- trueSouthern fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Detective and mystery fiction
- trueDetectives
- FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueGood and evil
- Good and evil -- Fiction
- trueHardboiled fiction
- Kansas -- Fiction
- trueLouisiana
- trueMontana
Genre
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueHardboiled fiction
- trueMysteries
- truePacific Northwest fiction
- truePolice procedurals
- trueSouthern fiction
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