{"product_id":"creole-belle-9781982100308","title":"Creole Belle","description":"\u003cb\u003eDave Robicheaux investigates the disappearance of a young Creole woman, while an oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico threatens to destroy the cherished beauty of the Louisiana bayous in this gripping thriller. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet against the events of the Gulf Coast oil spill, rife with \"the menaces of greed and violence and man-made horror\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eCreole Belle\u003c\/i\u003e finds Dave Robicheaux languishing in a New Orleans recovery unit since surviving a bayou shoot-out. The detective's body is healing; it's his morphine-addled mind that conjures spectral visions of Tee Jolie Melton, a young woman who in reality has gone missing. An iPod with an old blues song left by his bedside turns Robicheaux into a man obsessed... And as oil companies assign blame after an epic disaster threatens the Gulf's very existence, Robicheaux unearths connections between tragedies both global and personal--and faces down forces that can corrupt and destroy the best of men. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A work of dark and radiant brilliance\" (\u003ci\u003eRichmond Times-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eCreole Belle\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a novel that shows how the sins of the fathers poison the ground their children walk on\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/23\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982100308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.20d","brand":"James Lee Burke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42059363123381,"sku":"9781982100308","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0322273a-1f8b-410c-b3ba-7b568b4bd963.jpg?v=1650342818","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/creole-belle-9781982100308","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}