false <![CDATA[Crusader's Cross: A Dave Robicheaux Novel ]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1257206151m/55017.jpg 55017 15 For detective Dave Robicheaux, memories -- including those of a strange and violent summer from his youth -- are best left alone. But a dying man's confession forces Robicheaux to resurrect a decades-old mystery with a missing woman at its heart. Her name may or may not have been Ida Durbin, and Robicheaux's half brother, Jimmie, paid a brutal price for entering her world. Now the truth will plunge Robicheaux into the manipulations of New Orleans' wealthiest family, into a complex love affair of his own, and into hot pursuit of a killer expanding his territory beyond the Big Easy at a frightening pace. 1057577 book 2005 "Crusader's Cross" total:551|5:9|4:11|3:9|2:2|1:0| 551 2157 710 55 3 1 false false Tue Aug 28 22:08:57 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 22:19:36 -0700 2007
In this particular story <SPOI...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 19:23:44 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 19:35:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false true Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 09:04:02 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 21:35:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:33:59 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:33:59 -0800 2009 The aging Robicheaux has led a full life__full of loss, violence, and evil. Critics agree that Crusader's Cross is a worthy addition to the series. It's all here__the violence, the power plays, the class and racial tensions, Robicheaux's stubbornness, the Louisiana landscape, and, of course, the ref...

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Jimmy, in particular, becomes infatuated with Ida and finds that s...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Sep 07 18:44:00 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 13 11:31:10 -0800 2007 Sun Sep 07 18:44:00 -0700 2008
I read the earlier books in the series out of order; about two years ago, I went back and started re-reading them in sequence. Whenever I'd go through a...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sun Aug 16 09:18:03 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 09:18:21 -0700 2009 PROTAGONIST: Dave Robicheaux, PI
SETTING: Miami, Florida
SERIES: #13 of 13
SUMMARY: Won't summarize the plot but will say that my low rating for the book is entirely due to the fact that I've read very few in the series and just could not appreciate the various com...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 16:20:13 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 16:25:22 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Aug 31 20:25:51 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 20:26:29 -0700 2007
Narrated By: Will Patton
Book 14 of The Dave Robicheaux series

With two Edgar Awards and more than a dozen New York Times best-sellers to his credit, James Lee Burke is among the most celebrated mystery writers in the world. Crusa...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 06:00:41 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 16:11:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 09:03:44 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 08:17:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Dec 20 20:17:46 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 20:20:25 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Fri Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 31 16:53:33 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 16:55:12 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 11:43:07 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 14:41:10 -0700 2009 But, I felt this book ended somewhat abruptly, and the rationale for the murders, as well as the pieces of the puzzle, were tied together like he was in ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Dec 30 11:13:29 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 11:45:34 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 14:56:01 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 18:17:33 -0700 2009
This was a really good story, one of the best in the series, I'd say.]]> 0 0 false false Sun Jan 18 18:57:24 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 18:57:24 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 01 06:45:36 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 06:51:50 -0800 2008 1 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=55017