A private cathedral
by
 
Burke, James Lee, 1936- author.

Title
A private cathedral

Author
Burke, James Lee, 1936- author.

Series
Dave Robicheaux ;

Series Number
23.

Summary
"On his way to visit an inmate at a Texas prison who has promised him information, Detective Dave Robicheaux stops off at an amusement park to watch a teenaged Elvis-like rock-and-roller from his hometown of New Iberia named Johnny Shondell playing to a crowd of swooming young girls. One of them is another New Iberia teenager named Isolde Balangie. The Shondell and Balangie families are longtime rivals in the New Iberia criminal underworld. Yet Johnny and Isolde are in love. And like Romeo and Juliet, Johnny and Isolde are being kept apart by their families. In fact, Isolde tells Robicheaux, her parents have given her to the Shondell patriarch to be used as a sex slave. Seeking to uncover why, Robicheaux gets too close to both Isolde's mother and her father's mistress. As retribution, the elder Balangie orders a mysterious assassin to go after Robicheaux and his longtime partner, Clete Purcell. Yet this is unlike any hitman Robicheaux has ever faced: he has the ability to induce hallucinations and might be a time-traveling reptilian."-- Provided by publisher.

Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Physical Description
370 pages ; 25 cm

Genre
Thrillers (Fiction)
 
Detective and mystery fiction.

Subject Term
Robicheaux, Dave (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
 
Police -- Fiction.
 
Assassins -- Fiction.
 
Vendetta -- Fiction.
 
Mafia -- Fiction.
 
Organized crime -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
Louisiana -- Fiction.

Publisher
Simon and Schuster,

Publication Date
2020

ISBN
9781982151683

Publication Information
New York : Simon and Schuster, 2020.

Call Number
BURKE


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