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The Neon Rain

By: James Lee Burke
Narrated by: Will Patton
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Dave Robicheaux has been warned that he's on somebody's hit list, and now the homicide detective is trying to discover just who that is before he ends up dead. Meanwhile he has taken on the murder investigation of a young black girl found dead in the Bayou swamp. Robicheaux uncovers a web of corruption that leads him to a terrifying confrontation with the one horror he fears most of all.©1987 James Lee Burke (P)2009 Recorded Books LLC Crime Crime Fiction Detective Fiction Modern Detectives Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Exciting Emotionally Gripping Scary
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Good story line. Characters well formed. The love story on the side felt out of place. Overall enjoyed it a lot.

Enjoyed this book.

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First of all, Will Patton does a brilliant job of narrating this book. Robichaeux as a character is fascinating, infuriating and boneheaded all at once, but he ticked so many boxes for me. Recommended.

Loved it and I can’t wait to hear the others

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I was slightly disappointed in this early (1987) work after thoroughly enjoying Burke's "Wandering Stranger" (2014). All the same themes are there, personal honour, Southern manners, police corruption, human frailty and deep seated evil - but it was done so much better in his later work. It's not that Neon Rain is a bad book but I have no desire to read the rest of this 24 book series.

One other positive is the brilliant narration by Will Patton.

Not His Best

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The narration was great, but it couldn't make up for a very dated, at-times overwritten story of tough but sensitive cop--a Vietnam War vet who can quote Robert Frost while shaking down and/or smoking smut sellers, drug dealers, and killers. It's right out of the Reagan era of gun snuggling and Sandinistas.

A bit overwritten--an exercise in how many times you can use the words purple and orange.

Biggest faux pas was when Fitzpatrick became Fitzgerald and then back to Fitzpatrick. Surely an editor would have corrected this a long time ago???

Dated story of '80s sensitive macho cop

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Brilliant books brilliantly narrated hurry up with the others in the series please. I have been an avid reader of these books since they were released so I'm overjoyed that they are now being released in audible as I prefer to listen to books rather than music when working. These books are so well written and Will Patton does such a wonderful job of the narration, you can actually visualise the scenes, it's like you are there. I thoroughly enjoyed this and am really looking forward to the next one and all the other Dave Robicheax books despite reading them many times over the years. Please hurry up with them.

High time Dave Robicheaux books were on Audible

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