Jolie Blon's Bounce Jolie Blon's Bounce
Book 12 - Dave Robicheaux

Jolie Blon's Bounce

A Novel

    • 4.1 • 541 Ratings
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Publisher Description

Dave Robicheaux is back in this powerful New York Times bestseller that takes him into the underbelly of New Iberia’s mafia to solve the brutal murder of two teenage girls.

When a beautiful teenage girl is killed, New Iberia police detective Dave Robicheaux senses that the most likely suspect, Tee Bobby Hulin, is not the actual killer. Though a drug addict and general neer-do-well, Hulin just doesn’t fit the profile for this kind of crime. He’s a Cajun blues singer (one of his songs is titled “Jolie Blon’s Bounce”), and he’s been raised by his grandmother Ladice Hulin, a proud and strong-willed black woman.

But when there’s another, similar murder—this victim a drugged-out prostitute who happens to be the daughter of one of the local mafia bigwigs—the cries for an arrest become too loud to ignore. The mafia figure, however, prefers to take matters in his own hand and sets out to find—and punish—the killer himself. Once again, Tee Bobby Hulin seems the most likely suspect.

Added to the mix of characters on the good guy side of the balance sheet is Clete Purcel, a long-time buddy of Robicheaux’s and a confirmed boozer and womanizer. Coming to New Iberia for a visit, Clete is quickly drawn into the struggle between the various forces of evil in the town: Jimmy Dean Styles, a black man intent on maintaining his empire of corruption; Joe Zeroski, a trailer-park mafioso with palatial aspirations—and of course Legion Guidrey, the devil incarnate.

GENRE
Mysteries & Thrillers
RELEASED
2002
June 4
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
349
Pages
PUBLISHER
Simon & Schuster
SELLER
Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC
SIZE
2.8
MB

Customer Reviews

Wsmanning ,

Jolie Blons Bounce

The book was good. Still do not make the connection between the book and the title.

WLanceHunt ,

Got me to read it twice.

This was an odd one. I got it a number of years back and started to read it. Then I noticed it as unread and wanting a break from my usual fair, I decided to dive in. Only to recognize the opening very well, but the rest seemed completely new. Yet I left notes to the very end. So-yes, it’s good enough to read twice. And get full of bookmarks of Sharp description and observations of human nature. Yet somehow the characters fade. Even Legion. Which is passing strange.

Harry Angstom ,

Not a bad read

I enjoyed the book. I was surprised it was free. I might read some other books by this writer.

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