Light of the world
By: James Lee Burke
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Series: A Dave Robicheaux novel -- [20]
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 548
ISBN-13: 9781476710761
Subjects: Fiction; Dave Robicheaux (Fictitious character); Serial murderers; Escaped prisoners; Good and evil
Description: Police detective Dave Robicheaux faces off with the most diabolical villain he has ever faced in the twentieth installment of the Dave Robicheaux series. Sadistic serial killer Asa Surette avoids the death penalty for murders he committed while capital punishment was banned. But when Robicheaux's daughter Alafair writes a series of articles implicating Surrette in other murders which could get him death, he decides to escape prison and make her pay. Can Robicheaux save his daughter?