Black Cherry Blues

As [b:Black Cherry Blues 16136444 Black Cherry Blues (Dave Robicheaux, #3) James Lee Burke https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1352381867s/16136444.jpg 1509542] opens, Dave Robicheaux is trying to put his life back together. He is fighting the desire for alcohol and the depression resulting from his wife's recent death. All he wants to do is run his small business and rear his adopted daughter. But, a chance meeting with an old friend lands him in deep trouble.Accused of murder, he has to leave his native Louisiana and head into the big sky country of Montana to try and prove his innocence. There the plot thickens as Robicheaux has to deal with Mafia thugs, cold blooded murderers, local Native American problems, big oil interests, and a tough DEA agent. Nothing is simple and everything is dangerous.As usual with Burke, the writing is brilliant. His prose is rich and lyrical, the characters are well drawn, and he describes scenes much more vividly than most authors. I listened to the audio version, and Mark Hammer's narration was very good indeed.Good crime fiction.

that seemed like it took forever to read, and it was totally not worth it. Still trying to figure out the appeal of Robicheaux to mystery readers. I appreciate the insights I'm getting to someone working the program (AA) and his relapses, etc. But just don't see the point in continuing to read the series (‘tho I fully expect I'll read a few more)