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America's best novelist brings back one of his most fascinating characters- Texas sheriff Hackberry Holland, cousin to lawman Billy Bob Holland-in this heart-pounding bestseller.
In a heat-cracked border town, the bodies of nine illegal aliens-women and girls, killed execution-style-are unearthed in a shallow grave. Haunted by a past he can't shake and his own private demons, Hack attempts to untangle the grisly case, which may lead to more bloodshed. Damaged young Iraq vet Pete Flores, who saw too much before fleeing the crime scene, and his girlfriend, Vikki Gaddis, are running for their lives. Sorting through the lowlifes who are hunting down Pete, and with Preacher Jack Collins, a God-fearing serial killer for hire, in the mix, Hack is caught up in a terrifying race for survival-for Pete, Vikki, and himself.
In a heat-cracked border town, the bodies of nine illegal aliens-women and girls, killed execution-style-are unearthed in a shallow grave. Haunted by a past he can't shake and his own private demons, Hack attempts to untangle the grisly case, which may lead to more bloodshed. Damaged young Iraq vet Pete Flores, who saw too much before fleeing the crime scene, and his girlfriend, Vikki Gaddis, are running for their lives. Sorting through the lowlifes who are hunting down Pete, and with Preacher Jack Collins, a God-fearing serial killer for hire, in the mix, Hack is caught up in a terrifying race for survival-for Pete, Vikki, and himself.
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"Burke is a deliberate storyteller; he doesn't skimp on the action, but his exploration of human foibles is deep, and his characters are true...Rain Gods is about catching the bad guys, but it's also a moving, melancholy examination of how we do wrong, then try our best to atone."
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
"If James Lee Burke has the deepest regional voice in the genre -- and I do believe that's so -- it's because he understands those feelings that keep people connected to the places where they have, or once had, roots...Preacher is one of Burke's most inspired villains..."
Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review
"...readers will find some of the best and most memorable prose of Burke's career...It is the narrative...that is the biggest strength of this character-driven novel. Burke is at heart a poet capable of describing the light and the dark in equal measures of the beautiful and horrific, one who can both gradually illuminate the darkness and cast dark shadows across the sun, often within the space of
Joe Hartlaub, Bookreporter.com
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- SeriesHackberry Holland #2