Rain Gods : #2 / Hackberry Holland
Burke, James Lee, 1936-
Rain Gods : #2 / Hackberry Holland James Lee Burke. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition - 439 pages 24 cm. - Hackberry Holland, 2 .
MWA Grandmaster Burke spins a tale replete with colorful prose and epic confrontations in his second novel to feature smalltown Texas sheriff Hackberry Holland (after Lay Down My Sword and Shield). An anonymous phone call leads Holland, a Korean vet who survived a POW camp, to the massacre and burial site of nine Thai women, a crime that brings FBI and ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) officials running. As a slew of bad guys relocated from New Orleans after Katrina grapple for advantage in new territory, mercurial killer Preacher Jack Collins finds plenty of work. Pete Flores, a possible witness to the massacre, and his girlfriend are targeted by Collins for elimination, and by the FBI for bait. Holland must protect the hapless Flores and his girl from both. Three strong female characters complement the full roster of sharply drawn lowlifes. The battle of wills and wits between Holland and Collins delivers everything Burke's fans expect.
9781439128244 (hardcover) 9781439137369 (ebook)
2009012166
Sheriffs--Texas--Fiction
Mass murder investigation--Fiction
Mystery fiction.
PS3552.U723 / R35 2009
813/.54
Rain Gods : #2 / Hackberry Holland James Lee Burke. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition - 439 pages 24 cm. - Hackberry Holland, 2 .
MWA Grandmaster Burke spins a tale replete with colorful prose and epic confrontations in his second novel to feature smalltown Texas sheriff Hackberry Holland (after Lay Down My Sword and Shield). An anonymous phone call leads Holland, a Korean vet who survived a POW camp, to the massacre and burial site of nine Thai women, a crime that brings FBI and ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) officials running. As a slew of bad guys relocated from New Orleans after Katrina grapple for advantage in new territory, mercurial killer Preacher Jack Collins finds plenty of work. Pete Flores, a possible witness to the massacre, and his girlfriend are targeted by Collins for elimination, and by the FBI for bait. Holland must protect the hapless Flores and his girl from both. Three strong female characters complement the full roster of sharply drawn lowlifes. The battle of wills and wits between Holland and Collins delivers everything Burke's fans expect.
9781439128244 (hardcover) 9781439137369 (ebook)
2009012166
Sheriffs--Texas--Fiction
Mass murder investigation--Fiction
Mystery fiction.
PS3552.U723 / R35 2009
813/.54