CLETE
by James Lee Burke (Orion, $37.99)
In James Lee Burke brings us a fresh take on his beloved series starring ageing Cajun investigator Dave Robicheaux and Clete Purcel, his long-time friend. Or, as Burke has described him over the years, an “albino ape” in a pork-pie hat, a trickster of folklore, a quasi-psychoticcentres on the sidekick, Burke’s change-up gives readers a new perspective on Clete and Dave. Vivid and violent, skitters along on Burke’s masterful prose, soaks us in its Louisiana setting, and gives readers long-time and new a haymaker of a read.
