Review
'...the pace, the plotting and the scene-setting are, as always, marvellously evocative and sustained.' (Philp Oakes LITERARY REVIEW )
'Nobody evokes the steamy bayous that surround New Orleans and the seedy low-life that dwells there more eloquently than James Lee Burke, one of America's most elegaic writers in any genre.' (Myles McWeeney IRISH INDEPENDENT )
'There's not much left to add to the praise already heaped on Burke. He is simply one of the best crime writers in the world.' (Susanna Yager SUNDAY TELEGRAPH )
'Robicheaux's complex character elevates Burke's work above the usual crrime fiction genre ... he keeps it up there with his elegaic descriptions of the Louisiana landscape, a place where, in the marshland of the bayou, the past is an integral part of the present.' (SUNDAY EXPRESS )
'[James Lee Burke] has a shelf-full of awards and a shedful of sales. Everyone who knows the genre grasps that his series of books about the Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux has grown into one fo the crowning achievements in current US fiction. Together, they compose a matchless portrait of the ragged America we saw dissolve into chaos and cruelty.' (Boyd Tonkin THE INDEPENDENT )
'As ever with Burke, the novel is beautifully written, prefectly structured and peppered with some wonderfully flawed characters. But, more than that, he tells a great story, making some pretty profound oservations along the way.' (Allan Laing HERALD )
'Crusader's Cross is further confirmation of why [Burke's] the best in the business.' (IRISH EXAMINER )
'Nobody evokes the steamy bayous that surround New Orleans and the seedy low-life that dwells there more eloquently than James Lee Burke, one of America's most elegaic writers in any genre.' (Myles McWeeney IRISH INDEPENDENT )
'There's not much left to add to the praise already heaped on Burke. He is simply one of the best crime writers in the world.' (Susanna Yager SUNDAY TELEGRAPH )
'Robicheaux's complex character elevates Burke's work above the usual crrime fiction genre ... he keeps it up there with his elegaic descriptions of the Louisiana landscape, a place where, in the marshland of the bayou, the past is an integral part of the present.' (SUNDAY EXPRESS )
'[James Lee Burke] has a shelf-full of awards and a shedful of sales. Everyone who knows the genre grasps that his series of books about the Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux has grown into one fo the crowning achievements in current US fiction. Together, they compose a matchless portrait of the ragged America we saw dissolve into chaos and cruelty.' (Boyd Tonkin THE INDEPENDENT )
'As ever with Burke, the novel is beautifully written, prefectly structured and peppered with some wonderfully flawed characters. But, more than that, he tells a great story, making some pretty profound oservations along the way.' (Allan Laing HERALD )
'Crusader's Cross is further confirmation of why [Burke's] the best in the business.' (IRISH EXAMINER )
Review
'...the pace, the plotting and the scene-setting are, as always, marvellously evocative and sustained.' -- Philp Oakes LITERARY REVIEW 'Nobody evokes the steamy bayous that surround New Orleans and the seedy low-life that dwells there more eloquently than James Lee Burke, one of America's most elegaic writers in any genre.' -- Myles McWeeney IRISH INDEPENDENT 'There's not much left to add to the praise already heaped on Burke. He is simply one of the best crime writers in the world.' -- Susanna Yager SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Robicheaux's complex character elevates Burke's work above the usual crrime fiction genre ... he keeps it up there with his elegaic descriptions of the Louisiana landscape, a place where, in the marshland of the bayou, the past is an integral part of the present.' SUNDAY EXPRESS '[James Lee Burke] has a shelf-full of awards and a shedful of sales. Everyone who knows the genre grasps that his series of books about the Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux has grown into one fo the crowning achievements in current US fiction. Together, they compose a matchless portrait of the ragged America we saw dissolve into chaos and cruelty.' -- Boyd Tonkin THE INDEPENDENT 'As ever with Burke, the novel is beautifully written, prefectly structured and peppered with some wonderfully flawed characters. But, more than that, he tells a great story, making some pretty profound oservations along the way.' -- Allan Laing HERALD 'Crusader's Cross is further confirmation of why [Burke's] the best in the business.' IRISH EXAMINER
