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Burning AngelJames Lee Burke
Mystery

Burning Angel

412 pagesFirst published 199518 editions
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At the center of Burning Angel is Sonny Boy Marsallus, a fixer, a gambler, a lender of money to prostitutes who are trying to leave the life. But since Prohibition, the Giacano family has locked up the action in New Orleans and its surrounding parishes. When things get hot for Sonny Boy, he hightails it south of the border for parts unknown in El Salvador and Guatemala. When Sonny resurfaces in New Orleans, Detective Dave Robicheaux of the Iberia Parish sheriff's office couldn't be more surprised - that is, not until Sonny passes him a mysterious notebook for safekeeping that seems to contain…

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Editions

18 editions
  • Audiobook · English · 2008
    Crusader's Cross
    Simon & Schuster Audio · 9780743572064
  • Audiobook · English · 2006
    Crusader's Cross
    Recorded Books · 9781419348679
  • Paperback · English · 2006
    Crusader's Cross
    Pocket · 512 pages · 9780743277204
  • Paperback · English · 2006
    Crusader's Cross
    Large Print Press · 533 pages · 9781594131158
  • Audiobook · English · 2006
    Crusader's Cross
    Recorded Books · 9781419348655
  • Hardcover · English · 2005
    Crusader's Cross
    Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) · 320 pages · 9780752872148
Organized crimePolice in fictionDetective and mystery storiesPolicePrivate investigatorsDave Robicheaux (Fictitious character)Race relationsFiction