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A Morning for Flamingos
- Narrated by: Mark Hammer
- Series: Dave Robicheaux, Book 4
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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A routine assignment transporting two death-row prisoners to their executions goes fatally wrong, leaving Dave Robicheaux brutally wounded and his partner dead.
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Critic reviews
"No argument: James Lee Burke is among the finest of all contemporary American novelists." (Daily Mail)
"James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed." (Michael Connelly)
"A gorgeous prose stylist." (Stephen King)
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- JayCee
- 10-06-22
Stunning
Loved it, the writing, the characters, the insights and vivid descriptions.. Excellent. Thank you