Crusader's Cross: A Dave Robicheaux Novel (Dave Robicheaux Mysteries)
by James Lee Burke
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Author: James Lee BurkeReader: Will Patton
Edition: Audio Cassette
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Abridged, Audiobook, Unabridged
Published: 2005-07-12
ISBN: 0743549996
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Book Reviews of Crusader's Cross: A Dave Robicheaux Novel (Dave Robicheaux Mysteries)
Book Review: Burke never disappoints....
Summary: 5 Stars
There are a lot of good mystery writers out there and there's even a decent number of great ones, but there's only a few that are the true elite. In times past, you could include Raymond Chandler, Ross MacDonald and James MacDonald among this group. Nowadays, you have writers like Michael Connelly, Elmore Leonard, Dennis Lehane and James Ellroy. James Lee Burke is also in this select group and Crusader's Cross is yet another reason why he merits such status.
Crusader's Cross is another in Burke's series of novels featuring Dave Robicheaux, who over the years has gone from New Orleans cop to private eye to small town deputy. Along the way, he's battled many inner demons, most notably alcoholism, and been married three times (the first would end in divorce, the second with a murder, and the third by natural causes). Now Robicheaux is in his sixties and as Crusader's Cross begins, he's retired.
A man from Dave's past, however, will bring back memories of a time over four decades ago, when Dave's half-brother Jimmie fell for prostitute Ida Durbin. When Jimmie tried to rescue her from her pimp, Ida disappeared and was assumed dead. Now, a dying acquaintance of Dave's has raised doubts, and Dave, ever the crusader, will soon take the badge back to look for her. There's also a more important reason for his being allowed back on the force: there is a serial killer on the loose, and the two cases will eventually become linked in an unexpected way.
As is often the case in a Robicheaux novel, the past has a huge influence on the present, not only with Ida Durbin, but also the wealthy Chalons family who have a few skeletons in their past. In particular, the Chalons son Val will go to war with Dave, inclined to use money to ruin his adversary. For Dave, things will get really bad for him in many ways, but fortunately he has two things in his corner: his longtime friend (and darker half) Clete Purcel and a pretty nun who will charm Dave. There is also the return of Jimmie Robicheaux after an absence of ten books or so to stir the pot.
A good mystery writer will keep you turning the pages. A great one will give you two contradictory feelings: you want to see how it all turns out, but you also want to enjoy the experience as long as possible. Burke does all this, and more: he is a truly great writer whose descriptive abilities bring his world to life and whose characters are both compelling and complex. Crusader's Cross, as much as his other novels, demonstrates just how good Burke can be.
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Summary of Crusader's Cross: A Dave Robicheaux Novel (Dave Robicheaux Mysteries)
"Critically acclaimed and bestselling crime writer James Lee Burke returns to Louisiana where his ever-popular hero, Dave Robicheaux, sleuths his way through a hotbed of sin and uncertainty. For Dave Robicheaux, life in Louisiana is filled with haunting memories of the past -- images from Vietnam, the violent streets of New Orleans, and his own troubled youth. In Crusader's Cross, a deathbed confession from an old schoolmate resurrects a story of injustice, the murder of a young woman, and a time in Robicheaux's life he has tried to forget. Her name may or may not have been Ida Durbin. It was back in the innocent days of the 1950s when Robicheaux and his brother, Jimmie, met her on a Galveston beach. She was pretty and Jimmie fell for her hard -- not knowing she was a prostitute on infamous Post Office Street, with ties to the mob. Then Ida was abducted and never seen again. Now, decades later, Robicheaux is asking questions about Ida Durbin, and a couple of redneck deputy sheriffs make it clear that asking questions is a dangerous game. With a series of horrifying murders and the sudden appearance of Valentine Chalons and his sister, Honoria, a disturbed and deeply alluring woman, Robicheaux is soon involved not only with the Chalons family but with the murderous energies of the New Orleans underworld. Also, he meets and finds himself drawn into a scandalous relationship with a remarkable Catholic nun. Brilliant, brooding, and filled with the author's signature lyricism, Jim Burke's latest novel is a darkly suspenseful work of literature. "Unabridged Books
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