I recently finished James Lee Burke's new novel, _Cimmarron
Rose._ Although
it might not be in the classic hardboiled style, along the
cozy-hardboiled
spectrum, it is certainly toward the hardboiled end of
things. Except for
setting (substitute Texas hill country for Louisiana bayou),
this could be a
Robichaux novel. A former cop with a tendency for violence
has to come to
terms with his past. The Robichaux novels are peopled with
cajuns and
rednecks; _Rose_ is peopled with Mexicans and rednecks. In
spite of my tone,
I like Burke's novels and his writing. I do think he is
getting a bit
predictable though. Anybody else out there read it?
C Thornton
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