The Neon Rain
A Dave Robicheaux Novel
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Narrated by:
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Will Patton
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Written by:
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James Lee Burke
About this listen
In The Neon Rain, Detective Robicheaux fishes a prostitute's corpse from a New Orleans bayou and finds that no one, not even the law, cares about a dead hooker.
©1987 James Lee Burke (P)2009 Recorded Books, LLCWhat the critics say
"One of Burke's best." ( New York Times Book Review)
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- JohnS
- 2020-08-25
Great story and writing
This is my first Burke/Robichaux book. Not sure where I have been to come late to these stories, but I will certainly read/listen to them. Great fun with this one.
The narration by Will Patton is excellent.
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- Debbie
- 2024-07-03
This book is well written!
Wow, wonderful.
But Will Patton is 1000% I could listen to him all day! Will Patton makes me believe every word
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- Jason White
- 2018-03-04
A Dark Journey
The Neon Rain is a very dark and sometimes depressing journey. The violence has bursts of reality, which I love, but what makes this work so well is our hero, Dave Robichaeux. Robichaeux is perhaps one of the most haunted characters I’ve read, but he comes across as a fully developed, three dimensional person. The plot is almost background noise in books like these where the journey prevails.
The narrator, Will Patton, sounds as though he was born to read this book to us.
Very good noir fiction.
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- Don
- 2021-08-05
You can feel the day!
Patton brings"Neon Rain" into your life. An excellent story, Patton brings you into New Orleans and gives you the smells, sounds, and pain that Burke invisioned.
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- Jamie @ Books and Ladders
- 2022-09-29
Enjoyed This!
Trigger warning: there is use of the n-word in this one.
This was one of Audible's daily deals last year that I am finally getting to now. I went into it expecting your typical crime noir detective story with a setting in New Orleans and written in late 80s. It was that with a bit more nuance to understanding some of the race relations of the area and the time, but the foreward also explained a bit more about that as well.
This wasn't quite my type of story and knowing that there are over 20 more books in the series, this is probably where my reading of Dave Robicheaux ends. It felt like a lot of other these crime novels with a lot of action but not a lot of character deept or emotions. Truthfully, you'd probably get more out of playing L.A. Noire than you will reading this.
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- Laurie
- 2023-01-30
A tough one to get into.
I liked the book but had a hard time following the characters. Good story though. Loved the narrator.
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- Kindle Customer
- 2020-01-02
ABSOLUTELY AWESOME WRITER
Have been a fan since his first book. My mind sees what he descibes. I am re-reading all his books again. He always has a way of saying words to make you think about certain things. I want to go to New Iberia to see what he so eloquently describes. Thank you James.❤🇨🇦
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- Hella
- 2023-06-18
Great intro to Dave Robichaux
Great introduction to all Dave Robichaux novels.Looking forward to all the rest of them and more.
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- Mike Reiter
- 2017-10-28
Good late 80s cop drama
Decent story of a cop hunting down some corruption. A good picture of New Orleans and excellent narration
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- Andrew77
- 2023-03-22
Loved It
What a gem. It took a bit, but really loved this one. A man out of time.
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