Category: FOUR STARS ****

James Lee Burke is a multiple award winning mystery writer and a nominee for a Pulitzer and one of the finest writers I read. Heaven’s Prisoners is the second in the series in which, former beat cop, Dave Robicheaux is entangled in a crime investigation in the bayous of southern Louisiana. Robicheaux is further ensnared by nightmares from his days in Vietnam killing undeserving civilians, a bottomless desire to return to abusing alcohol, and a blue-collar, Cajun, and deeply ingrained commitment to justice.