Tin Roof Blowdown, The

Description: New Orleans is awash with corpses after Hurricane Katrina unleashes its awesome power. In a city patrolled only by looters, all law and order gone, the survivors wait in trees or on rooftops for help that never comes. In a landscape transformed into a violent wasteland, Dave Robicheaux must investigate the shooting of two looters and find out why some very dangerous people are hunting a third. Is it because they unwittingly ransacked the house of a notorious mob boss? Or did a chance encounter with the father of a raped girl seal their fate? As Robicheaux starts to uncover a ruthless tale of greed, torture and murder, his own family comes under threat from a sinister psychopath, and the devastated city provides the perfect stage for a final confrontation between good and evil.

Review: This crime writer wears Faulkner's mantle now -- Boyd Tonkin INDEPENDENT Brutal, lyrical and brilliant GUARDIAN James Lee Burke is one of our finest writers of crime fiction DEADLY PLEASURES


Prizes: Shortlisted for British Book Awards: Books Direct Crime Thriller of the Year Award 2008 and CWA Duncan Lawrie Dagger 2008.

Author Biography: James Lee Burke is the author of many previous novels, many featuring Detective Dave Robicheaux. He won the Edgar Award in 1997 and 1989 and SUNSET LIMITED was awarded the CWA Gold Dagger in 1998. He lives with his wife, Pearl, in Missoula, Montana and New Iberia, Louisiana.