Last Car to Elysian Fields

A Novel

By: James Lee Burke

Narrated by: Mark Hammer

Sheriff Dave Robicheaux returns to New Orleans to investigate the beating of a controversial Catholic priest and murder of three teenage girls in this intense, atmospheric entry in the New York Times bestselling series.

For Dave Robicheaux, there is no easy passage home. New Orleans, and the memories of his life in the Big Easy, will always haunt him. So to return there means visiting old ghosts, exposing old wounds, opening himself up to new, yet familiar, dangers.

When Robicheaux, now a police officer based in the somewhat quieter Louisiana town of New Iberia, learns that an old friend, Father Jimmie Dolan, a Catholic priest always at the center of controversy, has been the victim of a particularly brutal assault, he knows he has to return to New Orleans to investigate, if only unofficially. What he doesn’t realize is that in doing so he is inviting into his life—and into the lives of those around him—an ancestral evil that could destroy them all.

A masterful exploration of the troubled side of human nature and the darkest corners of the heart, and filled with the kinds of unforgettable characters that are the hallmarks of his novels, Last Car to Elysian Fields is Burke in top form in the kind of lush, atmospheric thriller that is “an outstanding entry in an excellent series” (Publishers Weekly).©2003 James Lee Burke; (P)2003 Simon & Schuster Inc. All Rights Reserved. AUDIOWORKS is an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster, Inc.

what the heck

I'm a little upset at the lack of details on Bootsie! really not cool man

Narrator got in the way

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Enjoyed the story and it made a long drive less tedious. I love Dave Robicheaux novels but the narrator has the voices all wrong.

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

No.

Would you be willing to try another one of Mark Hammer’s performances?

No.

Could you see Last Car to Elysian Fields being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

Sure.

Reader exacerbated weak plot but great characters

I'm sure i'd like to hang with the reader, but please....SLLLLLLLLLLLoooooooooooooooowwwww, and boring,
Loved the character transformation but the crux of the plot too disconnected.

Love James Lee Burke!

His writing is graphic and intellectual causing the reader to stretch beyond their own lexicon as well as their own understanding of things and people they have probably never experienced first hand.

Love Burke's Works

I'm a real fan of JL Burke's Robicheaux series and I was taken aback when Mark Hammer's voice instead of Will Paton's came through my ear phones. I don't know about accents, I've never been to LA, but Mr. Hammer 'snorks' while reading and it was very bothersome, distracting. I like the writer's work but not the reader. Maybe he had a cold, or sinus problem but I would love to hear Will read this, I'd enjoy it so much more.