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Authors: James Lee Burke
I pushed her rump over the gunwale, then toppled over it myself onto the deck. I hugged her
against me on the hot boards, and pressed her head tightly under my chin.
She looked up at me, and I saw concern coming back into her face.
“Wow!” I said, and tried to grin.
“What kind of shark was that, Dave?”
“It was a nurse shark. They're big wimps. But who wants to take any chances?”
“His head . . . it was ugly. It looked like he'd eaten a big brick.” Then she smiled at her own joke.
“Those nurse sharks are not only wimps, they're dumb wimps. They're always swimming into the sides of boats and reefs and things,” I said.
Her brown eyes were happy and full of light again.
“Hey, Dave, we gonna put out the lines and troll for mackerel?”
“Sure, little guy,” I said, and squeezed her against my chest again, my eyes tightly shut, hoping that she would not feel the fearful beating of my heart.
JAMES LEE BURKE
, a rare winner of two Edgar Awards, is the
New York Times
bestselling author of
The Glass Rainbow, Rain Gods, Swan Peak, The Tin Roof Blowdown, Pegasus Descending,
and
Crusader's Cross
, among many other novels. In 2009 he was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. He lives with his wife in Lolo, Montana, and New Iberia, Louisiana. Visit
www.jamesleeburke.com
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D
AVE
R
OBICHEAUX
N
OVELS
The Glass Rainbow
Rain Gods
Swan Peak
The Tin Roof Blowdown
Pegasus Descending
Crusader's Cross
Last Car to Elysian Fields
Jolie Blon's Bounce
Purple Cane Road
Sunset Limited
Cadillac Jukebox
Burning Angel
Dixie City Jam
In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead
A Stained White Radiance
A Morning for Flamingos
Black Cherry Blues
Heaven's Prisoners
The Neon Rain
B
ILLY
B
OB
H
OLLAND
N
OVELS
In the Moon of Red Ponies
Bitterroot
Heartwood
Cimarron Rose
O
THER
F
ICTION
Jesus Out to Sea
White Doves at Morning
The Lost Get-Back Boogie
The Convict and Other Stories
Two for Texas
Lay Down My Sword and Shield
To the Bright and Shining Sun
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