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the tin roof blowdown
in the waning days of summer 2005 a storm with greater impact than the bomb that struck hiroshima peels the face off southern louisiana . br this is the gruesome reality iberia parish sheriffs detective dave robicheaux discovers as he is deployed to new orleans . as james lee burkes new novel the tin roof blowdown begins hurricane katrina has left the commercial district and residential neighborhoods awash with looters and predators of every stripe . the power grid of the city has been destroyed new orleans reduced to the level of a medieval society . there is no law no order no sanctuary for the infirm the helpless and the innocent . bodies float in the streets and lie impaled on the branches of flooded trees . in the midst of an apocalyptical nightmare robicheaux must find two serial rapists a morphine addicted priest and a vigilante who may be more dangerous than the criminals looting the city . br in a singular style that defies genre james lee burke has created a hauntingly bleak picture of life in new orleans after katrina . filled with complex characters and depictions of people at both their best and worst the tin roof blowdown is not only an action packed crime thriller but a poignant story of courage and sacrifice that critics are already calling burkes best work .