Creole Belle is James Lee Burke's newest novel in his Dave Robicheaux series. Dave and his sidekick and sometimes-partner, Clete Purcel, are back together again trying to solve crimes and stay out of trouble. Dave (a deputy sheriff) and Clete (a private investigator) are both recovering from injuries sustained in the last book, while investigating the disappearance of cajun chanteuse Tee Jolie Milton and her sister Blue. When Tee Jolie's body washes up on the shore of a bayou, partially frozen in a block of ice, David and Clete try to unravel the twisted threads that make up life in small town Louisiana. Tee Jolie and Blue's disappearances are tangled up in the fight for big oil and the oil spills in Louisiana, and the tycoons that control the oil. Clete, as usual, gets involved with a woman that is not good for him and in a surprise twist, meets a relative, while Dave struggles with visions that may or may not be real. The best part of this book is also one of the saddest, because the reader can see Clete's downward spiral and is powerless to stop it. I enjoy James Lee Burke's books because I love his descriptions of Louisiana and life among its citizens in New Iberia and New Orleans. I also like that there is plenty of information about Alafair Burke, (James' real life adopted daughter) and their interactions, in this novel. For more information on James Lee Burke, check out his website at http://www.jamesleeburke.com/
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