• A Morning for Flamingoes

  • A Dave Robicheaux Novel
  • By: James Lee Burke
  • Narrated by: Mark Hammer
  • Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (1,960 ratings)

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A Morning for Flamingoes

By: James Lee Burke
Narrated by: Mark Hammer
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Dave Robicheaux felt the bone-grinding pain rip through his body as the .45 did its damage. Through the agonizing haze that enveloped him, he heard an almost inhuman laugh: the hideous, victorious cackling of Jimmie Lee Boggs - a sound he would never forget.

It had started out as an ordinary prisoner transfer, then turned into a blood bath when the convicted murderer got hold of a gun. Robicheaux could still hear that contemptible laughter, replacing the horrors from 'Nam he relived every night, echoing in the still of his darkened bedroom.

When Boggs is spotted in New Orleans, Robicheaux follows, joining a DEA sting operation in the Quarter. Poised for revenge, he prepares to face his fears and silence the laughter once and for all. But, in the murky water of the Pearl River, Robicheaux finds that some things are more important than sweet, simple revenge.

More mayhem? Listen to another of James Lee Burke's Dave Robicheaux thrillers.
©1990 James Lee Burke (P)1993 Recorded Books

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"A highly spiced gumbo of vice, violence, voodoo." ( Observer)

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A Morning For Flamingoes

I love his stories. I have read James Lee Burke for many years. It’s great to have the audio books now
The story keeps you right into it And the narrator makes you feel involved

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Possibly my favorite Robicheaux novel

This is James Lee Burke at the top of his game. Dave Robicheaux is one of my favorite characters and Burke is a master of mood and scenery. This one was free, but it would have been worth a credit. The language is definitely from the late 20th Century and some words sound surprising in 2023.

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Good ole Dave

really liked it. Narrator is good. Not as good as Will Patton Solid story too

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Great tale

As usual James Burke delivers a fantastic story woven throughout Louisiana. There is mystery drugs cops and plenty of picturesque bayou storyline.

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loving the series like w. patton

loved the book and love the writing. I wish will Patton was the reader for all of the robeiux series

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Recording skips

I have recently added James Lee Burke to my list of recorded books. The stories are good, and I enjoy the performance, but these recording will skip several minutes with no way of retrieving the missing parts. I've listened to hundreds of Audible books. This is the first time it has happened. It happened in Morning for Flamingos and now in A Stained White Radiance. This is very annoying.

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exceptional

awesome story great narration.
couldn't stop listening, this book is one of my favorites thank you.

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Loved it

Burke catches the "shades of gray" between good and evil better than other cop novelists. His resolutions are satisfyingly just.

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Wonderful descriptions, colorful, sweet New Iberia

Wonderful descriptions, colorful, details of plants, weather, sunsets and feelings and people that keep me returning to him.

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Narration

I love these books I have read all of them at least once and I have listened to the last half of the series on audible and now the first four as well. I love this author and these characters the stories are exceptional the writing exceptional and most of the audiobooks or well narrated. My only issue is that for a few of the books there’s a different narrator this book being one of the ones narrated by Mr. Hammer. I just don’t like his performance as well as the gentleman who reads the rest of the books I believe his name is Paterson but I’m not positive. In Mr. hammers versions all of the voices sound very similar. my pet peeve isClete Purcells voice. cleat is supposed to be a tough guy from the Irish channel yet he sounds more like a redneck. It just doesn’t work for me.
fortunately most of the series is
Performed by Mr. Patterson

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