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A private cathedral, James Lee Burke

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After finding himself caught up in one of Louisiana's oldest and bloodiest family rivalries, Detective Dave Robicheaux must battle the most terrifying adversary he has ever encountered: a time-travelling superhuman assassin. The Shondell and Balangie families are longtime enemies in the New Iberia criminal underworld and show each other no mercy. Yet their youngest heirs, Johnny Shondell and Isolde Balangie, rock and roll-musician teenagers with magical voices, have fallen in love and run away after Isolde was given as a sex slave to Johnny's father. As he seeks to uncover why, Detective Dave Robicheaux gets too close to both Isolde's mother and the mistress of her father, a venomous New Orleans mafioso whose jealousy has no bounds. In retribution, he hires a mysterious assassin to go after Robicheaux and his longtime partner, Clete Purcel. This hitman is unlike any the “Bobbsey Twins from Homicide” have ever faced. He has the ability to induce horrifying hallucinations and travels on a menacing ghost ship that materialises without warning. In order to defeat him and rescue Johnny and Isolde, Robicheaux will have to overcome the demons that have tormented him throughout his adult life - alcoholism, spectres from combat in Vietnam, and painful memories of women to whom he opened his heart only to see killed. A Private Cathedral, James Lee Burke's fortieth book, is his most powerful tale, one that will captivate readers - mixing crime, romance, mythology, horror, and science fiction to produce a thrilling story about the all-consuming, all-conquering power of love
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eng
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Large print edition.
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589 pages (large print)
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9781432879235
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A private cathedral
Title
A private cathedral
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James Lee Burke
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Language
eng
Summary
After finding himself caught up in one of Louisiana's oldest and bloodiest family rivalries, Detective Dave Robicheaux must battle the most terrifying adversary he has ever encountered: a time-travelling superhuman assassin. The Shondell and Balangie families are longtime enemies in the New Iberia criminal underworld and show each other no mercy. Yet their youngest heirs, Johnny Shondell and Isolde Balangie, rock and roll-musician teenagers with magical voices, have fallen in love and run away after Isolde was given as a sex slave to Johnny's father. As he seeks to uncover why, Detective Dave Robicheaux gets too close to both Isolde's mother and the mistress of her father, a venomous New Orleans mafioso whose jealousy has no bounds. In retribution, he hires a mysterious assassin to go after Robicheaux and his longtime partner, Clete Purcel. This hitman is unlike any the “Bobbsey Twins from Homicide” have ever faced. He has the ability to induce horrifying hallucinations and travels on a menacing ghost ship that materialises without warning. In order to defeat him and rescue Johnny and Isolde, Robicheaux will have to overcome the demons that have tormented him throughout his adult life - alcoholism, spectres from combat in Vietnam, and painful memories of women to whom he opened his heart only to see killed. A Private Cathedral, James Lee Burke's fortieth book, is his most powerful tale, one that will captivate readers - mixing crime, romance, mythology, horror, and science fiction to produce a thrilling story about the all-consuming, all-conquering power of love
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1936-
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Burke, James Lee
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Literary form
fiction
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A Dave Robicheaux novel
Series volume
23
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  • Robicheaux, Dave
  • Robicheaux, Dave (Fictitious character)
  • Police
  • Vendetta
  • Mafia
  • Organized crime
  • Time travel
  • Assassins
  • Police
  • New Orleans (La.)
  • New Iberia (Louisiana)
  • New Iberia (La.)
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adult
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A private cathedral, James Lee Burke
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Control code
000067189704
Dimensions
23 cm.
Edition
Large print edition.
Extent
589 pages (large print)
Form of item
large print
Isbn
9781432879235
Lccn
2714000973
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unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
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  • n
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(OCoLC)1176302647
Label
A private cathedral, James Lee Burke
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
000067189704
Dimensions
23 cm.
Edition
Large print edition.
Extent
589 pages (large print)
Form of item
large print
Isbn
9781432879235
Lccn
2714000973
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1176302647

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