NPR: Dave Robicheaux Finally Tackles Katrina

Dave Robicheaux Finally Tackles Katrina

Oh, I have been waiting for this for the past two years.

There are two detective characters whose stories I never miss -- Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch and James Lee Burke's Dave Robicheaux. And ever since Hurricane Katrina tore apart my favorite city in America, New Orleans, I wanted to see how Burke and his Cajun detective would deal with it. Martha Woodroof reported on Day to Day that my answer has come: The Tin Roof Blowdown.

I have next week off, and you can bet I'm headed down to the bookstore to get my copy. Summer reading here I come. (You can read an excerpt of Burke's latest Robicheaux novel at Simon & Schuster's Web site.)

5:42 PM ET | 07-30-2007 | permalink

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