Gave to my husband.

Husband enjoyed this one. It is now available.

Will be mailing out to perryfran as part of the US/Canada wishlist #5 game and the RABCK challenge. Enjoy!

Received today. Thanks for the tag!

I've read a few other books by Burke including some in the Dave Robicheaux series and based on this one, I definitely need to read more! This is the 19th book in the series and I think have have only read two or three others. Anyway, this one was really an action-packed thriller that I would highly recommend.

At the start of this one, Dave and his friend Clete Purcell are recovering from gunshot wounds they received in the last novel, The Glass Rainbow. Cajun singer Tee Jolie Melton appears to Dave in the dead of night and leaves him an iPod whose playlist includes three of her songs nobody else can find on the device. So did Dave really see her or was his mind only imagining the visit? But then Tee Jolie's sister Blue washes up on the shore encased in a block of ice and dead of a heroin overdose with a note in her mouth saying Tee Jolie is alive. Dave and Clete are pulled into the disappearance of the two sisters when Bix Golightly demands $30,000 from Clete for a 20-year-old gambling marker he bought from gangster Frankie Giacano. But its not long before Bix and his hired muscle are all murdered. Clete actually sees Bix’s executioner, a contract killer who he identifies as Gretchen Horowitz, his illegitimate daughter who never knew her father. Clete’s knowledge of Gretchen’s guilt strains her growing friendship with both Clete and Dave’s daughter Alafair. But what is really going on and why was Tee Jolie kidnapped? As they investigate, Dave and Clete meet up with the vile Dupree family which includes Pierre who owns an ad agency and his grandfather who is supposedly a concentration camp survivor from WWII. So what are their motivations? It all seems tied to a massive oil well blowout in the gulf which involved millions of dollars. Art fraud, sexual slavery, and Nazis all play a part in this very exciting and well written suspense novel. Now I need to read more in the series because this one definitely hooked me in.

Selected by booklady331 from the ABC VBB. Enjoy!

USPS Tracking 9449028206335084646337

The book arrived today. Thank you so much for sharing it with me. I have read probably for five by this author and have enjoyed him. Kind of wish now I had started at the beginning and done them in order.

Picked it up today to read. I really enjoy the author and his rich language.

James Lee Burke never fails to deliver a beautifully written book. Dave Robicheaux is a man troubled by his past, living in New Iberia near New Orleans. It has its share of bad guys and complex good folks. Creole Bell is no exception. It's a great story, and Burke's describitive word pictures of the bayous, bays, and backwaters of Louisiana are worth the read. I can smell the humid, musty leaves. Taste the Cajun and Creole food and hear the sounds of the swamp. Mr. Burke has a gift for words. This particular story is as much about Dave's best friend Clete as about Dave, and it presents interesting history on the two men and their family members. There are insights into the nature of evil, the weaknesses of humans, and long lessons of life.

Reserved for ABC VBB February 21, 2021

Enjoy! KTM RABCK to Iwillrejoice for Allergic to A Release Challenge 2022

Arrived safely. Thank you!

Received this book from the estate of Iwillrejoice. I will find a new home for this book.

Enjoy! For Oh, the Places We Can Go Release Challenge 2024 - Belle, Denmark