When I ask author James Lee Burke whether the rumor is true that he’s finally written a novel devoted to his brawling, beloved character Clete Purcel, he laughs heartily and pumps his fists in the air.
A lot of readers are going to have the same reaction.
Clete has been the faithful sidekick to Burke’s best-known character, Dave Robicheaux, through 23 bestselling novels. They were “the Bobbsey Twins from Homicide,” then became freelance detectives in the territory around New Orleans and New Iberia, Louisiana, and points west.
