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The Neon Rain
- Narrated by: Will Patton
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
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Summary
Dave Robicheaux has been warned that he's on somebody's hit list, and now the homicide detective is trying to discover just who that is before he ends up dead.
Meanwhile he has taken on the murder investigation of a young black girl found dead in the Bayou swamp. Robicheaux uncovers a web of corruption that leads him to a terrifying confrontation with the one horror he fears most of all.
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- Dr Phil
- 17-09-24
Monumental revisit
Will Patton. Maybe you’ll read this. Your performance of one of my favourite novels brings me back so authentically to the experience of reading it originally. Your voice is the voice of the novel perfectly. Thank you so much.
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- np
- 07-01-20
Enjoyed this book.
Good story line. Characters well formed. The love story on the side felt out of place. Overall enjoyed it a lot.
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- "dangermarky"
- 02-11-21
An unusual hybrid
I wasn’t taken with the somewhat dated 1980s grizzled machismo that sits on the surface of this novel, but I enjoyed it more as it went on. The thriller/mystery elements don’t hang together all that well, but the as the novel progresses, the always sumptuous, bordering on purple, prose begins to meander across the big questions of good and evil, love and death. I was looking for a more literary example of the detective novel and this is what The Neon Rain is. It is excellent in parts, generic in others. Apparently the Robicheaux novels become more confident and accomplished over time; I’d be interested to see if Burke manages to more smoothly integrate the literary and pulpy components.
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- Duncan Connell
- 19-07-24
Grand Slam
What a ride! I binged this book over 2 days. The authors style and descriptions are impeccable. You can almost taste the Bayou.
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- D. Sutherst
- 16-10-20
Outstanding
This was my first experience of JLB and I loved it. Sometimes very violent. Always very tense and brought together by a fantastic narrator.
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- Mc Pits
- 26-07-17
Great start but middle section boring
Great narration. Too much emphasis on alcoholism in the middle. Very atmospheric deep south descriptions.
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- Paully
- 27-03-18
Evocative wonderful professional production
You can tell that a great deal of effort has gone into this production. The writing and characterisation are excellent. Perfect Retro-American Deep-South Cop Novel with flushed out characters and plot. The whole story and tone reminds me a great deal of the original true detective series.
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- flyinglib
- 08-05-24
Gritty and beautifully written
A Dave Robichaux novel was namechecked in an MW Craven book I was reading. The opening passage, so terrible yet beautiful, had me hooked. There are some salty bits of language that hits a few -isms hard, but come for the gritty action and stay for Burke's artistic dreamy description.
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- Kindle Customer
- 21-09-24
Good characters a little confusing at times
I liked the characters. Found I was getting a little confused at times following the storyline. Not sure it would have all been swept under the carpet so easily but I may listen to book two and see where he goes.
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- YaHozna
- 06-05-20
Absolutely terrific
I must admit I'd never come across James Lee Burke before but was attracted by the other reviews here. Wonderful dialogue, sometimes redolent of Raymond Chandler, and full of evocative descriptions of New Orleans and the Deep South. Excellent narration too with a great variety of Louisiana accents. Was going to go straight to the next book but Audible only has a very small selection of the 'Dave Robicheaux' stories recorded. Get a move on, Audible!
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