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  • Heaven's Prisoners

  • By: James Lee Burke
  • Narrated by: Will Patton
  • Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (1,069 ratings)

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Heaven's Prisoners

By: James Lee Burke
Narrated by: Will Patton
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Publisher's summary

Vietnam vet Dave Robicheaux has turned in his detective's badge, is winning his battle against booze, and has left New Orleans with his wife for the tranquil beauty of the Louisiana bayou. But a plane crash on the Gulf brings a young girl into his life - and with her comes a netherworld of murder, deception and homegrown crime. Suddenly Robicheaux is confronting Bubba Rocque, a brutal hood he's known since childhood, Rocque's hungry Cajun wife, and a Federal agent with more guts than sense. In a backwater world where a swagger and a gun go further than the law, Robicheaux and those he loves are caught on a tide of violence far bigger than them all.
©1996 James Lee Burke (P)1996 Simon & Schuster Inc., AUDIOWORKS Is an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster Inc.
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"Heaven's Prisoners never loses tension-strongly recommended." (The New York Times Book Review)

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Burke's southern experience

As always Burke's stories are exceptional and done with an amazing and intimate flavour of the deep south..

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Well done. Good narration.

very well done production. great story great narrator. I particularly enjoyed the depth of character development.

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Wish it were longer

Typically Burke and Robicheau's memorizing world. Dark, poignant and haunting to the finish.

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Suspenseful

I enjoyed the twists and turns of this book. I highly recommend this series

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Hard Hitting Cajun Mystery

This is a short story and that is the reason I gave it a 4 instead of a 5. You want more. the narrator does a fantastic job of being the hero. It is an exciting story. You will not be able to put this one down.

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Abridged Version

Writing is great! Wish I could have found an audio version that was not abridged.

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Always Good

Will Patton and James Lee Burke - what's there NOT to like?

Another great tale from two masters....

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Abridged version stinks

I am disappointed that the full version of this book isn’t available. His first book in this series was awesome. This book just felt like it was missing a lot. Hoping the next won’t be so bad.

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This is a GREAT BOOK !!!

This book will get you hooked if your not already a fan on Mr. Burke's! It's all in it, the story, the inner feelings, the corruption. This book has it all!, I highly recommend it. And anything by Wilbur Smith!

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story well developed

I enjoyed another book by JLB and read by Will Patton. I wasn't ready for it to be over.

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