Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Burke, James Lee

Clete James Lee Burke. - First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. First edition. - New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2024. - 329 pages ; 23 cm. - A Dave Robicheaux novel Book 24 .

"Clete Purcel--private investigator, former cop, and war veteran with a hard shell covering just a few soft spots--is Dave Robicheaux's longtime friend and partner in detective work. But he has a troubled past. When Clete picks up his car from the local car wash, only to find it ransacked by a group of thugs tied to the drug trade, it feels personal--his grandniece died of a fentanyl overdose, and his fists curl when he thinks of the dealers who sold it. As Clete traces the connections in this far-reaching criminal enterprise, Clara Bow, a woman with a dark past, hires Clete to investigate her scheming, slippery ex-husband, and a string of brutal deaths all link back to a heavily tattooed man who lurks around every corner. Clete experiences shockingly lifelike hallucinations and questions Clara's ulterior motives when he and Dave start to hear rumors of a dangerous substance with potentially catastrophic effects. The thugs who destroyed Clete's car might have been pawns in a scheme far darker than they could've imagined"--

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Robicheaux, Dave (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Private investigators--Fiction.
Veterans--Fiction.
Drug traffic--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Drug abuse--Fiction.



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