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  • In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead

  • A Dave Robicheaux Novel, Book 6
  • By: James Lee Burke
  • Narrated by: Mark Hammer
  • Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (847 ratings)

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In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead

By: James Lee Burke
Narrated by: Mark Hammer
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Now in audiobook edition, the sixth Dave Robicheaux novel by acclaimed New York Times best-selling novelist and Edgar-winner James Lee Burke.

The image of the dead girl's body lingered in detective Dave Robicheaux's mind as he drove home. After seeing the young victim's corpse, the last thing he needed to come across was a drunk driver. But when he saw the Cadillac fishtail across the road, Robicheaux knew the driver was in trouble. What Dave didn't realize, was that by pulling the car over, he was opening his murder case wider than he could ever imagine.

The driver, Elrod Sykes, in New Iberia to star in a movie, leads Dave to the skeletal remains of a black man that had washed up in the Atchafalaya swamp. So begins a mystery that takes Dave back to an unsolved murder - a murder that he witnessed in 1957. Haunted by the past as he confronts the gruesome present-day rape and murder of young prostitutes, Robicheaux must also contend with a new partner from the F.B.I., and the local criminal gentry. But for Dave, the answers he seeks lie somewhere in the bayou mist with the ghosts of soldiers long since forgotten...

A masterwork of detective fiction, In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead is James Lee Burke's most suspenseful work to date.

©1993 James Lee Burke (P)2012 Simon & Schuster Audio
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If you could sum up In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead in three words, what would they be?

Very - good

What aspect of Mark Hammer’s performance would you have changed?

he is so dry I can't tell when he changes characters. his voice is so gravely & nasal i can not picture him as Dave. No disrespect to Mr. Hammer. I just don't care for his reading in these novels

Any additional comments?

I would love to have the whole series re read by Will Patton.

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Spellbinding

Very good book. Extremely well read by the narrator. I loved the story, and the setting. I enjoyed the movie and read (listened to) the book afterwards. If you like detective books you will like this one.

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love this series!

Narrator is awesome and his reading of the book enhances the story! would highly recommend.

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Captivating

Completely captivating story. Some pronunciation issues, but I'm local to the area making it a bit hard on the ear.

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A soldier is a soldier

The almost poetic descriptions of the Confederate General and all of the historical accounts stood out.

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One of his very best!

Disturbing characters, outlandish turns, wonderful philosophical and historical references and a truly dramatic and poignant mystery mystery.

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The Gray Soldier Rises

If you could sum up In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead in three words, what would they be?

A complicated tale

Would you be willing to try another book from James Lee Burke? Why or why not?

Yes, will be continuing the listen to the rest in this series. You get attached to the characters.

Have you listened to any of Mark Hammer’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

This is book six in this series and I listened to all of them by Hammer. Good reader, great dialect, really nice pace to his reading. Sometimes too easy and I have to go back to see what I missed.

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Movie General

The General’s parts do not and likely cannot equal to the actors voice in the movie.

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Left Turn Ending

Burke gives us yet another well written prose style book but there seems to be certain words he uses more than once in every book I have read so far e.g "fecund". I have to say I am not reading the series in strict order. They are so well crafted each book can stand alone. I am aware of the Hammer vs. Patton divide, but personally I think both men bring their own set of skills to the narration and both give a pleasant listen. As far as the characters of Bootsy, Alafair and Rosie seem to be almost after thoughts at times; dare I say 'Filler". That is why I thought this book took a really sharp left turn with the focus sharply on Alafair. Would I recommend it? Absolutely!

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very graffic

a bit more disturbing than previous. Great writing and acting. Burke's literary skills delight the English teachers' souls.

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