Heartwood - Hardcover

Burke, James Lee

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385488432 ISBN 13: 9780385488433

Verlag: Doubleday, 1999

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Book by Burke James Lee

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In the sequel to Cimarron Rose, defense attorney Billy Bob Holland comes up against ruthless local kingpin Earl Dietrich, when he takes on the case of Wilbur Pickett, accused of stealing $300,000 in bearer bonds from Dietrich's office, as well as painful secrets from his own past. 125,000 first printing.

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y layered novel of crime, character, and place from the two-time Edgar Award winner, Gold Dagger Award winner, and New York Times bestselling author of  Sunset Limited.

Few writers in America today combine James Lee Burke's lush prose, crackling story lines, and tremendous sense of history and landscape.  In Cimmaron Rose, longtime fans of the Dave Robicheaux series found that the struggles of Texas defense attorney Billy Bob Holland show Burke at his best in exploring classic American themes--the sometimes subtle, often violent strains between the haves and the have-nots; the collision of past and present; the inequities in the criminal justice system.

Heartwood is a kind of tree that grows in layers. And as Billy Bob's grandfather once told him, you do well in life by keeping the roots in a clear stream and not letting anyone taint the water for you. But in Holland's dusty little hometown of Deaf Smith,

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• Verlag: Doubleday
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0385488432
• ISBN 13: 9780385488433
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 341