Burning Angel
1995 • 358 pages

Ratings2

Average rating4

15

Sonny Boy Marsallas, a New Orleans street hustler, entrusts Detective Dave Robicheaux with a mysterious notebook, kicking off a series of violent incidents and raising questions that need answers, and fast... What did Sonny's girlfriend know that got her murdered? Why is Sonny known as Red Angel by Central American guerrillas? And what do the Mafia want with a desolate stretch of New Iberia? This time Sonny Boy may have pushed his luck with the Giacano family one deal too far. A rich, sardonic and terrifying portrayal of contemporary America with a setting which is as charged as an electric storm.


Become a Librarian

Series

Featured Series

21 primary books

#8 in Dave Robicheaux

Dave Robicheaux is a 21-book series with 21 primary works first released in 1987 with contributions by James Lee Burke.

#1
The Neon Rain
#2
Heaven's Prisoners
#3
Black Cherry Blues
#4
A Morning for Flamingos
#5
A stained white radiance
#6
In the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead
#7
Dixie City Jam
#8
Burning Angel
#9
Cadillac Jukebox
#10
Sunset Limited
#11
Purple Cane Road
#12
Jolie Blon's Bounce

Reviews

Popular Reviews

Reviews with the most likes.

The story line is a bit tangled and the plot isn't necessarily sorted out by the end but the writing is wonderful.

July 7, 2018

Top Lists

See all (7)

List

16,574 books

Ebook Library

The Cavalier's Cup
The Reader Is Warned
The Problem of the Wire Cage
The House at Satan's Elbow
The Peacock Feather Murders
He Wouldn't Kill Patience
My Late Wives

List

1,587 books

Audiobook

caburg
CaitSupporter
The Lost City of the Monkey God
Split Second
Oregon Hill
Day of Atonement
Garden of Lamentations
Tribe
The detective's daughter

List

912 books

Libby

caburg
CaitSupporter
Still Alice
A Is for Alibi
Fever Dream
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
The Woman In Cabin 10
Underground Airlines
My Not So Perfect Life