A Stained White Radiance, James Lee Burke
A Stained White Radiance, James Lee Burke
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A Stained White Radiance

Author: James Lee Burke

Narrator: Will Patton

Abridged: 2 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/1996

Synopsis

Detective Dave Robicheaux travels to the mountains of Montana to help his best friend and unearths a larger plot that threatens them both.

Oil speculator Weldon Sonnier is the patriarch of a troubled family intimately bound to the CIA, the Mob, and the Klan. Now, the murder of a cop and a bizarre assassination attempt pull Detective Dave Robicheaux into the Sonniers’ hellish world of madness, murder, and incest. But Robicheaux has devils of his own—and they may just destroy the tormented investigator and the two people he holds most dear.

About James Lee Burke

American mystery author, James Lee Burke, was born in Houston, Texas, explaining why most of the lead characters in his novels are Texan. He has won two Edgar awards, which is a very rare experience, and is a bestselling author of two short story collections and over thirty novels. Burke is best known for his Dave Robicheaux series. His Edgar Awards were for Black Cherry and Cimarron Rose. Two of his series were made into screen plays with each movie having a-list actors playing the Robicheaux character (Alec Baldwin - Heaven's Prisoners, and Tommy Lee Jones- In the Electric Mist).

A writer must usually hold down other employment while they attempt to gain a degree of following readers. Burke's various jobs included.......truck driver, newspaper reporter, social worker, land surveyor, unemployment system employee, Job Corps worker, teacher, and finally, novelist.

Burke lives in Montana with his wife, Pearl, two daughters, and four grandchildren. His favorite advice was given by Irving Stone, when Burke was nineteen.......... "Never write a story to pay your gas bill......if you do, be assured your utilities will be turned off".

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steve on October 30, 2020

It was fascinating reading this in 2020 in light of current events (Black Lives Matter, the resurgence of white supremacy in the U.S., etc. ... and don't even get me started on the current plague of veterans experiencing PTSD and committing suicide at heart-breaking, jaw-dropping rates).... In any e......more

Goodreads review by Kathryn on May 08, 2019

Always great stories, whether you read them in series or not. The main characters are definitely real people!......more

Goodreads review by Cathy on April 11, 2012

Number five on my quest to read the Dave Robicheaux series of perhaps, 20 or so. I've really liked the previous four but this one, for me, was lacking in a couple of areas. Too, far to many, characters for my liking and the bad guys are from all kinds of groups of bad guys. At times, I had to flip b......more

Goodreads review by Michael on February 27, 2024

I sometimes cannot decide if Dave Robicheaux is a good guy or a bad guy. He always seems to go over the line in some form, but he is also plagued with a conscience. Definitely a tortured soul. I both enjoy and dislike these novels at the same time yet find myself drawn to them. Every time you read o......more

Goodreads review by Mark on April 03, 2015

I’ve never been to New Orleans, or even anywhere in Louisiana for that matter, but after reading 5 of Burke’s superb series featuring Dave Robichaeaux, I feel like I’ve been there. Burke has a talent for conveying the sense of the place, to the point that you can almost taste and smell it. It’s a ri......more

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