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Dave Robicheaux novels volume 2
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English
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"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;...
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Dave Robicheaux novels volume 5
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English
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Cajun police detective Dave Robicheaux knows the Sonnier family of New Iberia--their connections to the CIA, the mob, and to a former Klansman now running for state office. And he knows their past, as dark and murky as a night on the Louisiana bayou. An assassination attempt and the death of a cop draw Robicheaux into the Sonniers' dangerous web of madness, murder and incest. But Robicheaux has devils of his own. And they've come out of hiding to...
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Bowser and Birdie novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
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650L
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English
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Bowser is a mutt, just adopted by eleven-year-old Birdie Gaux and her grandmother, but when they all get home to Grammy's bait and tackle shop in the bayou they discover that their prize stuffed marlin has been stolen--so Bowser decides to investigate, and things quickly become complicated and dangerous.
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Dave Robicheaux novels volume 1
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English
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Detective Dave Robicheaux, a man haunted by his past, must face down the New Orleans underworld when he investigates the murder of a young prostitute.
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Chet and Bernie mysteries volume 6
Chet and Bernie mystery volume 06
Chet and Bernie mystery volume 6
Thorndike Press large print mystery
Chet and Bernie mystery volume 06
Chet and Bernie mystery volume 6
Thorndike Press large print mystery
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English
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Out for a drive, Chet and Bernie run into a prison work crew featuring an old criminal friend they helped send to prison, Frenchie Boutette. From an old Louisiana family full of black sheep, Frenchie needs Bernie and Chet's help in locating his brother, Ralph, who has disappeared with his houseboat. But before they can head off to the bayou, Bernie is attacked by a member of a strange gang called the Queiros. And though he's tempted to take another...
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Bowser and Birdie novels volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Bowser the mutt lives with eleven-year-old Birdie Gaux and her grandmother in the normally quiet Louisiana bayou town of St. Roch, but news that a Bull shark has somehow made its way into the swamp has everyone excited, and the cash bounty for landing the shark has lured some very shady characters into town--one hunter in particular is prepared to go to any lengths to collect the money.
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From one of America's most widely acclaimed writers comes a masterwork of detective fiction, the most suspenseful, thematically complex, and dazzling accomplishment in the series featuring Dave Robicheaux. A movie crew has come to New Iberia, Louisiana, to film a Civil War epic, and star Elrod Sykes just can't seem to keep his lavender Cadillac on the road. Under threat of a drunk-driving charge, he offers Detective Dave Robicheaux information in...
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"In the days of yore, he flew the skies and scorched angry mobs--now he hides from swamp tour boats and rises only with the greatest reluctance from his Laz-Z-Boy recliner. Laying low in the bayou, this once-magnificent fire breather has been reduced to lighting Marlboros with nose sparks, swilling Absolut in a Flashdance T-shirt, and binging Netflix in a fishing shack. For centuries, he struck fear in hearts far and wide as Wyvern, Lord Highfire...
9) Body of lies
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Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan, rocked by the discovery that the child's skeleton she buried is not that of her murdered daughter, feels compelled to leave her lover Joe and adopted daughter Jane and take an assignment in Baton Rouge that leads her to the heart of a dangerous, and perhaps deadly, government conspiracy.
10) A thin dark line
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Broussard and Fourcade novels volume 1
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English
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Terror stalks the streets of Bayou Breaux, Louisiana. A suspected murderer is free on a technicality, and the cop accused of planting evidence against him is ordered off the case. But Detective Nick Fourcade refuses to walk way. He's stepped over the line before. This case threatens to push him over the ege. He's no the only one. Deputy Annie Broussard found the woman's mutilated body. She still hears the phantom echoes of dying screams. She wants...
11) Fat Tuesday
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Former New Orleans policeman Burke Basile kidnaps a mobster's beautiful wife in revenge for the death of his partner. Unforeseen problems begin almost immediately as Basile, hiding with her in a secluded cabin, realizes he is falling in love. The lady is no gangster's moll, her marriage a sacrifice for her family. By the author of Exclusive.
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Cajun-born Jock Boucher is a renegade federal judge who takes justice into his own hands. When Bob Palmetto, a scientist who's been hiding from authorities for 20 years, claims that another judge accepted bribes and helped an energy company steal his intellectual property, Jock investigates and verifies the corruption claims. With the help of Detective Fitch of the New Orleans Police Department, seeks justice against the company and its powerful founder...
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