Heartwood Book Reviews

AUTHOR
James Lee Burke
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
254

Heartwood by James Lee Burke Book Summary

A brilliantly layered novel of crime, character, and place from the two-time Edgar Award winner, Gold Dagger Award winner, and New York Times bestselling author of Sunset Limited.

Few writers in America today combine James Lee Burke's lush prose, crackling story lines, and tremendous sense of history and landscape.  In Cimmaron Rose, longtime fans of the Dave Robicheaux series found that the struggles of Texas defense attorney Billy Bob Holland show Burke at his best in exploring classic American themes--the sometimes subtle, often violent strains between the haves and the have-nots; the collision of past and present; the inequities in the criminal justice system.

Heartwood is a kind of tree that grows in layers. And as Billy Bob's grandfather once told him, you do well in life by keeping the roots in a clear stream and not letting anyone taint the water for you. But in Holland's dusty little hometown of Deaf Smith, in the hill country north of Austin, local kingpin Earl Deitrich has made a fortune running roughshod and tainting anyone who stands in his way. Billy Bob has problems with Deitrich and his shamelessly callous demeanor, but can't shake the legacy of his passion for Deitrich's "heartbreak-beautiful" wife, Peggy Jean.

When Holland takes on the defense of Wilbur Pickett--a man accused of stealing an heirloom and three hundred thousand dollars in bonds from Deitrich's office--he finds himself up against not only Earl's power and influence, but also a past Billy Bob can't will away.  A wonderfully realized novel, rich in Texas atmosphere and lore, and a dazzling portrait of the deadly consequences of self-delusion, Heartwood could only have been written by James Lee Burke, a writer in expert command of his craft.

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Book Name Heartwood
Genre Mysteries & Thrillers
Published
Language English
E-Book Size 6.72 MB

Heartwood (James Lee Burke) Book Reviews 2024

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Beautifully written. This is a good story, made great by really exceptional writing.

Way too many words. There were so many subplots sometimes whole chapters were irrelevant to the story. Every description was so detailed that it was almost a story in itself. Good plot, but way too many words to tell the story.

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Summary of Heartwood by James Lee Burke

The Heartwood book written by James Lee Burke was published on 03 August 1999, Tuesday in the Mysteries & Thrillers category. A total of 254 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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