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  • A Stained White Radiance

  • A Dave Robicheaux Novel, Book 5
  • By: James Lee Burke
  • Narrated by: Mark Hammer
  • Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (1,030 ratings)

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A Stained White Radiance

By: James Lee Burke
Narrated by: Mark Hammer
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Publisher's summary

From the best-selling author who "can touch you in ways few writers can" (The Washington Post), James Lee Burke's fifth Dave Robicheaux novel is now an audiobook.

Cajun police detective Dave Robicheaux knows the Sonnier family of New Iberia - their connections to the CIA, the mob, and to a former Klansman now running for state office. And he knows their past - as dark and murky as a night on the Louisiana bayou. An assassination attempt and the death of a cop draw Robicheaux into the Sonniers' dangerous web of madness, murder and incest. But Robicheaux has devils of his own. And they've come out of hiding to destroy the tormented investigator - and the people he holds most dear.

Filled with the usual Burke combination of brilliant action and a stunning novelistic theme, A Stained White Radiance will keep Burke's fans riveted - and win him many new ones.

©1992 James Lee Burke (P)2012 Simon & Schuster

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"James Lee Burke is the best writer of detective fiction on the American scene and A Stained White Radiance is proof.... It takes the crime novel into places it's never gone before." ( San Francisco Examiner)

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Good story and interesting characters

I'm getting comfortable with Mark Hammer finally. Will Patton spoiled me. This is one of the better Burke works. Just the right amount of Clete Purcell also. Love that character.

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World Weary Narration adds to a great book series

I lived in Southeastern Louisiana my teen years and into my early twenties.. Mark Hammer injects a weariness into his narration that fits Dave Robicheaux. It is a different feel from WIll Patton, the other narrator I have heard in this series, but for some reason there is an unmatched emotional resonance I experience when Mr Hammer mans the microphone.

JL Burke gets the rhythm right for characters who speak in a Cajun dialect and you can feel the atmosphere in the place I lived within each sentence. I am up to book 5 and look forward to listening to this entire series. It is the equal of Harry Bosch, Jack Reacher, or the father of them all in my view, Travis McGee,

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You can go back but it’s not a lot of fun.

I started the Dave Robicheaux series in the middle and decided to Pick up the beginning books. The Characters had evolved so much that going back to their earlier forms was a little difficult. Still a good book.

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Excellent

loved it. I connected with the characters. I will recommend it to my friends who belong to book clubs.

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The cops know how to protect!

In a time when policemen are so disrespected, it is great to listen to a story of what they go through. And no one has the command and elegance of the English language as Burke to weave a tale that affects you body and soul.

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Another JLB Winner

Every Burke story & narration is great prose and spoken (whether by Hammer or Will Patton) in a truly believable dialect.

Most of my favorite authors deliver reliably solid stories but none as consistently as James Lee Burke. OK, maybe CJ Box and Baldacci are as solid too.

Buy it - Listen - Enjoy!

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Great book, great reader

I started reading James Lee Burke a couple of years ago and gradually moved through the last half dozen novels. I then went on to begin the series and have listened to the first five. I've now listened to "A Stained White Radiance" and have moved on to the next in the series. "Stained" is a pretty good book, not the best in the series but still rating a 5-star review. What makes this one stand out is the perfect narration by Mark Hammer, who brings the characters and story to life in a way I can't imagine another reader emulating.

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Now thats a story!

I'm hooked on the adventures of Dave and Cletus! Great authenticity in narration. It takes me straight to Nawlins'!

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Native

Fun novel but I wish someone from Louisiana would have read it. As a native and lifelong resident of Louisiana I find the verbal fumbling comical.

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I love the series

I feel like I am part of the adventure. Great characters and wisdom beyond any motivator speaker.

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