Purple Cane Road is a crime novel by James Lee Burke.
Plot summary
Dave Robicheaux, former officer for the New Orleans Police Department and before that a U.S. Army infantry lieutenant who fought in the Vietnam War,James Lee Burke, Purple Cane Road, Simon & Schuster, 2018, page 16: "I PUT MY ARMY-ISSUE .45 that i had brought home form Vietnam on the seat of my truck". works as sheriff's deputy in New Iberia, Louisiana. In this book, he discovers new evidence in a murder case and additional leads in the disappearance of his mother, a longstanding subplot to this series.
Reception Publishers Weekly gave it a starred review. Kirkus gave it a positive review. Writing for The New York Times, Richard Bernstein was intrigued by the book but found it, "so devoted to its own appearances, that it comes across as almost a commentary on itself rather than as something real..." A reviewer in the Houston Chronicle stated, "James Lee Burke scores again with great characters."
Release details 2000, USA, Simon & Schuster, New York,
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