Heaven's Prisoners

James Lee Burke’s second Robicheaux novel takes the detective out of New Orleans and into the bayou as he seeks a quieter life.

Vietnam vet Dave Robicheaux has turned in his detective’s badge, is winning his battle against booze, and has left New Orleans with his wife for the tranquil beauty of Louisiana’s bayous. But a plane crash on the Gulf brings a young girl into his life—and with her comes a netherworld of murder, deception, and homegrown crime. Suddenly Robicheaux is confronting Bubba Rocque, a brutal hood he’s known since childhood; Rocque’s hungry Cajun wife; and a Federal agent with more guts than sense. In a backwater world where a swagger and a gun go further than the law, Robicheaux and those he loves are caught on a tide of violence far bigger than them all...

Burke's southern experience

As always Burke's stories are exceptional and done with an amazing and intimate flavour of the deep south..

Well done. Good narration.

very well done production. great story great narrator. I particularly enjoyed the depth of character development.

Wish it were longer

Typically Burke and Robicheau's memorizing world. Dark, poignant and haunting to the finish.

Hard Hitting Cajun Mystery

This is a short story and that is the reason I gave it a 4 instead of a 5. You want more. the narrator does a fantastic job of being the hero. It is an exciting story. You will not be able to put this one down.

Abridged Version

Writing is great! Wish I could have found an audio version that was not abridged.