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Tag Archives: Louisiana

Black Cherry Blues, by James Lee Burke


Black Cherry Blues. James Lee Burke. Harper Mystery paperback. ©1989. $10. In the joint, guys in lock-up can get about anything. Make about anything, given enough time, persistence, someone willing to break laws associated with bringing contraband into a jail, and a lazy guard or two. No stretch of the imagination here, right? We should…

August 21, 2015 in Book Review, Dave Robicheaux, James Lee Burke, Literature.

Book Review: Purple Cane Road, by James Lee Burke


Purple Cane Road, by James Lee Burke. 2000. Dell Fiction. Paperback. $8 Some people, when they write, take you there. You know what I mean; poets, authors, songwriters whose ink magically transmutes thoughts and imagery from their minds into ours. Lyrical words spellbind us, capturing our attention like the scent of a woman, like driving…

September 7, 2013 in Book Review, Literature, United States.

Book Review: Voodoo River, by Robert Crais


Voodoo River. Robert Crais. Hyperion Paperback. Suspense. 1995. $8 I use a combination of tape flags and mechanical pencil to take notes in the margins when I read. I read crime/suspense novels for fun (and no profit, other than my own benefit), and to help people realize the geography they are being exposed to in…

July 14, 2013 in Assessment, Book Review, Earth Science, Education, Geography, Higher Education, Literature, Travel.

Book Review: Feast Day of Fools, by James Lee Burke


Feast Day of Fools, by James Lee Burke. Pocket Books. Crime Fiction. 2011. Paperback $10. I broke from tradition; I began reading another series by JLB. Feast Day of Fools is the second novel featuring the South Texas sheriff, Hackberry Holland. The first novel, Rain Gods, I have yet to read. The local book slinger had only this…

June 28, 2013 in Book Review, Geography, Literature.
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