Heartwood

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Orion Books
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2000
Edition: Reprint

Description: 338 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. Deaf Smith, Texas, A Small Town With Problems. Lawyer Billy Bob Holland's Friend And Neighbour, Luckless Ex Rodeo Rider Wilbur Pickett, Has Been Framed For The Theft Of $300,000 Worth Of Bearer Bonds Stolen From Earl Deitrich. Deitrich Is The Local Boy Made Good, Rich But Dirty, And Doesn't Care Who He Hurts On His Way To The Top. When Wilbur's Wife Kills A Man In Self-defence, She Too Finds Herself Threatened With The Local Lock-up - And Worse Besides, Thanks To A Deputy Who Wouldn't Think Twice About Sexually Harassing A Blind Woman.

Publishers Description: The crime book of the year is unquestionably James Lee Burke's HEARTWOOD . . .there is no better crime writing coming out of America' EVENING STANDARD Deaf Smith, Texas, a small town with small town problems until the local boy made good Earl Deitrich decides that he isn't prepared to share his kind of good fortune with anybody else. Wilbur Pickett is a retired rodeo rider with big dreams. Dreams of a secure future for himself and his native American wife, a blind woman who sees more than a blind woman should thanks to her ancient heritage. When Wilbur happens upon a parcel of land with black gold waiting for the taking he also happens on Deitrich and a whole bunch of violent problems. Only lawyer Billy Bob Holland is prepared to stand up for Wilbur, to stand against the juggernaut that is Deitrich and his corrupting influence. Praise for one of the great American crime writers, James Lee Burke: 'James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed.' Michael Connelly 'A gorgeous prose stylist.' Stephen King 'Richly deserves to be described now as one of the finest crime writers America has ever produced.' Daily Mail Fans of Dennis Lehane, Michael Connelly and Don Winslow will love James Lee Burke: Billy Bob Holland Series 1. Cimarron Rose 2. Heartwood 3. Bitterroot 4. In The Moon of Red Ponies Dave Robicheaux Series 1. The Neon Rain 2. Heaven's Prisoners 3. Black Cherry Blues 4. A Morning for Flamingos 5. A Stained White Radiance 6. In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead 7. Dixie City Jam 8. Burning Angel 9. Cadillac Jukebox 10. Sunset Limited 11. Purple Cane Road 12. Jolie Blon's Bounce 13. Last Car to Elysian Fields 14. Crusader's Cross 15. Pegasus Descending 16. The Tin Roof Blowdown 17. Swan Peak 18. The Glass Rainbow 19. Creole Belle 20. Light of the World 21. Robicheaux Hackberry Holland Series 1. Lay Down My Sword and Shield 2. Rain Gods 3. Feast Day of Fools 4. House of the Rising Sun * Each James Lee Burke novel can be read as a standalone or in series order *

ISBN: 0752834193