Steven Boyer
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
414 p. : col. map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
New York City, 1845. Timothy Wilde, a 27-year-old Irish immigrant, joins the newly formed NYPD and investigates an infanticide and the body of a 12-year-old Irish boy whose spleen has been removed.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1990], c1985
Physical Desc
145 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
From one of the country's most acclaimed and popular novelists comes a selection of a dozen short stories set in James Lee Burke's most beloved milieu, the Deep South. James Lee Burke has become a dedicated voice for the people of Louisiana, especially post-Katrina. This collection demonstrates the depth of his feeling for the state that has always been such a study in contrasts: rural and urban, old and new, wild and civilized. In this moving collection...