Swan Peak (Dave Robicheaux #17) by James Lee Burke

After the devastating events recounted in The Tin Roof Blowdown, Dave Robicheaux and his ex-partner in Homicide Clete Purcel head for the mountains and trout streams of Montana for some much-needed healing. But while Montana might seem an Edenic paradise peopled by men and women from an earlier, more innocent time in American history, Dave and Clete soon find that there are plenty of serpents in the garden too.

The brutal deaths of a couple of hikers suggest a perverted serial killer may be at work, and Dave and Clete find themselves caught in an investigation that proves to be their worst challenge. The longer they stay in Montana, the more the homicide investigation leads back to the Wellstones, a powerful oil family headed by the imperious, horribly disfigured Leslie Wellstone and his enigmatic, patrician brother Ridley. Soon Dave and Clete become convinced the Well stones are hiding a secret - a secret that goes beyond mere murder into a world of political manipulation and fraudulent religious ministries. But it's only when escaped con Jimmy Dale Greenwood and his former tormentor, prison captain Troyce Nix, arrive in Montana that the pieces of an extraordinary conspiracy begin to fall into place - a conspiracy that has its origins in Clete's own violent past.

Genres: Mystery - Crime - Thriller - Detective - Suspense
Condition: Fair
Published: 2008 by Orion Books
Pages: 402
ISBN: 9781409100515
Weight: 550g