Rain gods / James Lee Burke.
When Hackberry Holland became sheriff of a tiny Texas town near the Mexican border, he'd hoped to leave certain things behind: his checkered reputation, his haunted dreams, and his obsessive memories of the good life with his late wife, Rie. But the discovery of the bodies of nine illegal aliens, machine-gunned to death and buried in a shallow grave behind a church, soon makes it clear that he won't escape so easily. As Hack and Deputy Sheriff Pam Tibbs attempt to untangle the threads of this complex and grisly case, a damaged young Iraq veteran, Pete Flores, and his girlfriend, Vikki Gaddis, are running for their lives, hoping to outwit the bloodthirsty criminals who want to kill Pete for his involvement in the murders. The only trouble is, Pete doesn't know who he's running from: drunk and terrified, he fled the scene of the crime when the shooting began. And there's a long list of people who want Pete and Vikki dead: crime boss Hugo Cistranos, who hired Pete for the operation; Nick Dolan, a strip club owner and small-time gangster with revenge on his mind; and a mysterious God-fearing serial-killer-for-hire known as Preacher Jack Collins, with enigmatic motives of his own. With the FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and a host of cold-blooded killers on Pete and Vikki's trail, it's up to Sheriff Holland to find them first and figure out who's behind the mass murder before anyone else ends up dead. In this thrilling and intricate work, James Lee Burke has once again proven himself a master storyteller and a perceptive chronicler of the darkest corners of the human heart.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781439128244
- ISBN: 9781439137369
- ISBN: 9781451648454
- ISBN: 9781982183431
- Physical Description: 434 pages.
- Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
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Subject: | Mass murder investigation > Fiction. Sheriffs > Texas > Fiction. |
Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. |
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Angier Public Library | F Bur (Text) | 33632002314988 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Erwin Public Library | F Bur (Text) | 33631001571382 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Harnett County Main Library | F Bur (Text) | 33630004407099 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Albemarle Main Library | FIC Burke (Text) | 31010000277550 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | F BURKE (Text) | 39493106144621 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Alexander Main Library | M Burke (Text) | 34269001018051 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Alleghany Public Library | F BURKE (Text) | 30664100188470 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Andrews Public Library | F BUR (Text) | 80605000797695 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Ashe County Public Library | F BUR (Text) | 50503300222926 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Avery County Morrison Public Library | FIC BUR (Text) | 31111002296091 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |