Light of the world

Police detective Dave Robicheaux faces off with the most diabolical villain he has ever faced in the twentieth installment of the Dave Robicheaux series. Sadistic serial killer Asa Surette avoids the death penalty for murders he committed while capital punishment was banned. But when Robicheaux's da...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burke, James Lee, 1936-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Series:Burke, James Lee, 1936- Dave Robicheaux novel ; 20.
Subjects:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Police detective Dave Robicheaux faces off with the most diabolical villain he has ever faced in the twentieth installment of the Dave Robicheaux series. Sadistic serial killer Asa Surette avoids the death penalty for murders he committed while capital punishment was banned. But when Robicheaux's daughter Alafair writes a series of articles implicating Surrette in other murders which could get him death, he decides to escape prison and make her pay. Can Robicheaux save his daughter?
Physical Description:548 pages ; 25 cm.
ISBN:9781476710761 (Hardcover)
1476710767 (Hardcover)
Author Notes:James Lee Burke, winner of two Edgar awards, is the author of nineteen previous novels, many of them "New York Times" bestsellers, including "Cimmaron Rose", Cadillac Jukebox", & "Sunset Limited". He & his wife divide their time between Missoula, Montana, & New Iberia, Louisiana.

(Publisher Provided)