RAIN GODS: A NOVEL

Book ID/图书代码： 10820010B35910

English Summary/英文概要： When Hackberry Holland became sheriff of a tiny Texas town near the Mexican border, he’d hoped to leave certain things behind: his checkered reputation, his haunted dreams, and his obsessive memories of the good life with his late wife, Rie. But the discovery of the bodies of nine illegal aliens, machine-gunned to death and buried in a shallow grave behind a church, soon makes it clear that he won’t escape so easily.

As Hack and Deputy Sheriff Pam Tibbs attempt to untangle the threads of this complex and grisly case, a damaged young Iraq veteran, Pete Flores, and his girlfriend, Vikki Gaddis, are running for their lives, hoping to outwit the bloodthirsty criminals who want to kill Pete for his involvement in the murders.

The only trouble is, Pete doesn’t know who he’s running from: drunk and terrified, he fled the scene of the crime when the shooting began. And there’s a long list of people who want Pete and Vikki dead: crime boss Hugo Cistranos, who hired Pete for the operation; Nick Dolan, a strip club owner and small-time gangster with revenge on his mind; and a mysterious God-fearing serial-killer-for-hire known as Preacher Jack Collins, with enigmatic motives of his own.

With the FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and a host of cold-blooded killers on Pete and Vikki’s trail, it’s up to Sheriff Holland to find them first and figure out who’s behind the mass murder before anyone else ends up dead. In this thrilling and intricate work, James Lee Burke has once again proven himself a master storyteller and a perceptive chronicler of the darkest corners of the human heart.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 海克貝來到德州靠近美墨邊界的ㄧ個小鎮當警長，暗自希望這個偏遠小鎮能幫助他把一切煩心事拋諸腦後，包括能夠停止繼續回想與已過世妻子間，種種美好的回憶。
不過事與願違，海克貝在ㄧ座教堂後面的墳墓堆中，赫然發現9具亞洲女人屍體，九人全被冷血槍擊射殺…
就在海克貝進行兇案調查之際，伊拉克退伍軍人彼特正帶著女友薇琪努力逃出兇手的追殺。這些追殺他的人包含這樁兇殺案的幕後真兇，而彼特之所以被追殺，跟他在這場大屠殺中的涉入有關…
麻煩的是，彼特並不知道誰在背後追殺他，因為當屠殺開始時，他正準備逃離現場。更麻煩的是，想要殺他的人也不止一人…
除了FBI,移民局和一堆冷血殺手正等著逮到彼特和維琪，海克貝也在尋找這一對亡命愛侶，而他也是最有機會最先找到兩人，且搞清楚誰是這樁屠殺案的幕後真兇。(Kate Cheng)

Awards/获奖情况：兩地小說迷應該要有幸拜讀的重要作家作品…
★ 推理小說的純文學，犯罪小說的福克納 & 紐約時報暢銷作家
★ 推理文壇上，拿過兩次愛倫坡大獎的作家只有兩位，一九三六年出生於美國休士頓的James Lee Burke便是其中一位
★ 版權銷售紀錄多達中、日等24國
★ AMAZON 近百位讀者高度讚賞！

Amazon 讀者評語: http://www.amazon.com/Rain-Gods-James-Lee-Burke/product-reviews/1439128243/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_summary?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending

Praise for James Lee Burke and RAIN GODS
“…Burke spins a tale replete with colorful prose and epic confrontations… Three strong female characters complement the full roster of sharply drawn lowlifes. The battle of wills and wits between Holland and Collins delivers everything Burke’s fans expect.”---Publishers Weekly

“Nearly every scene builds to a fine crescendo of tension…”---Kirkus Reviews

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Translations: James Lee Burke has been published in the following territories:

Brazil/Editora Record, Bulgaria/ Slovo & Prozoretz & Bard Publishing House, China/ Shaanxi Normal University, Croatia/Algoritam, Czech Republic/ BB Art, Denmark/Forlaget Hovedland, Finland/Like, France/Editions Payot & Rivages, Germany/RH-Goldmann, Greece/ Ellinika Grammata, Indonesia/PT Gramedia, Israel/ AM Oved Pub, Italy/ BaldiniCaldini & Medidiano Zero & Fenucci Editore (currently), Japan/ Kadokawa & Kodansha, Netherlands/ Bzzrtoh & Luitin-Sijthoff & Verbum (currently), Norway/Fagbokforlaget, Poland/Proszynski I S-ka, Portugal/Classica Editora, Romania/ S.C. HUMANITAS FICTION S.R.L, Russia/ U-Factoria Pub, Serbia/Vydavatelki & Alfa Naroddana Kniga, Spain/ RBA Libros, Sweden/ Kriminalforlaget, UK/ Orion Books.

About the Author/作者介绍： 身兼學者、社工、推理作家三重身分的詹姆士‧李‧勃克，從十九歲開始便熱中於創作，直至今天，他共出版了十九本著作，得過許多文學獎項，榮登過全美暢銷排行金榜，並且有多部小說成功地賣出電影改編版權…
他的戴夫‧羅比丘克斯（Dave Robicheaux，17本，繁體available）探案系列小說不但大受評論家喜愛，連以往書市反應平淡的銷售數字也跟著火熱起來，可稱之為叫好叫座兩相宜；爾後，一九八九年的第三部作品《憂傷黑櫻桃》（Black Cherry Blues，簡體已售）讓他奪下該年的愛倫坡年度最佳小說獎，一時之間勃克的身價更是不可同日而語…
勃克創造的故事情節有如通俗劇的繁複架構，但由於他對人性的洞察參透，以及大自然環境的寫實描繪，使得輿論界一致給他「犯罪小說的福克納」（the Faulkner of crime fiction）之美名。(來源：http://www.ylib.com/murder/his-0111.htm)
作者網站：www.jamesleeburke.com

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