I recently finished reading A Private Cathedral, the latest Dave Robicheaux novel by James Lee Burke. I really like this series. Burke is a very gifted writer, and so I was surprised to find that Sandra Dallas, a local novelist and fellow University of Denver alum, gave the book a less than enthusiastic review in the Denver Post. This was because in this latest story, Dave and his friend Clete are investigating some questionable dealings between a Mafia family and a wealthy, New Iberia, Louisiana landowner, who might not only be evil, but supernaturally so. I personally enjoyed the book, and did not find the plot outlandish at all. In previous stories, the protagonist, New Iberia police detective Dave Robicheaux, has seen confederate soldiers walking through the mist, and has also seen a riverboat with his mother and father and deceased friends steaming toward him when he has been seriously wounded. This series is about the existence of evil in this world, and the need to take action against it however and whenever you can. Dealing with satanic forces is just part of the job. I strongly recommend reading this book, and thanks to the bad reviews, it should not take too long on the waiting list to get it from your local library.
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