The Neon Rain
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| Author | James Lee Burke |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Dave Robicheaux |
| Genre | Detective novel |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | 1987 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 320 pp |
| ISBN | 0753820331 |
| Followed by | Heaven's Prisoners |
The Neon Rain is a crime novel by James Lee Burke, the first in a series featuring the fiction detective, Dave Robicheaux.
Plot summary
While fishing on a back country bayou New Orleans Police Department officer Dave Robicheaux finds a body. Robicheaux, once a U.S. Army infantry lieutenant who fought in the Vietnam War,[1] becomes involved with drug dealers, mafia chieftains, and a former army general with shady arms dealings in Central America.
Release details
- 1987, USA, Simon & Schuster, New York, ISBN 0753820331
References
- ^ James Lee Burke, The Neon Rain, Simon & Schuster, 2018, page 251: "As a police officer I've shot four people, and I won't tell you about my record in Vietnam, except that I'm sick of all of it.".