02172cam a2200325 4500 1387457849 TxAuBib 20240709120000.0 240202s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024004878 9780802163073 hardcover 0802163076 hardcover TxAuBib Burke, James Lee, 1936-, author. Clete / James Lee Burke. First edition. New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2024. 329 pages ; 24 cm. Dave Robicheaux novels, The ; 24 "Clete Purcel-private investigator, former cop, and war veteran with a hard shell covering just a few soft spots-is Dave Robicheaux's longtime friend and partner in detective work. But he has a troubled past. When Clete picks up his car from the local car wash, only to find it ransacked by a group of thugs tied to the drug trade, it feels personal-his grandniece died of a fentanyl overdose, and his fists curl when he thinks of the dealers who sold it. As Clete traces the connections in this far-reaching criminal enterprise, Clara Bow, a woman with a dark past, hires Clete to investigate her scheming, slippery ex-husband, and a string of brutal deaths all link back to a heavily tattooed man who lurks around every corner. Clete experiences shockingly lifelike hallucinations and questions Clara's ulterior motives when he and Dave start to hear rumors of a dangerous substance with potentially catastrophic effects. The thugs who destroyed Clete's car might have been pawns in a scheme far darker than they could've imagined."-- Provided by publisher. 20240709. Robicheaux, Dave (Fictitious character) Fiction. Purcel, Clete (Fictitious character) Fiction. Private investigators Fiction. Drug traffic. Fiction. Drug abuse and crime Fiction. Homicide. Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. fast The Dave Robicheaux novels ; 24.