New York, London, Toronto, Sydney: Simon & Schuster. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1439128243 . A Fine first printing of the first edition in equally unblemished dust-jacket, signed by author James Lee Burke on the title page; A dramatic intrigue of murder and mystery ignite when sheriff Hackberry Holland finds the bodies of nine illegal aliens in a shallow grave behind a church. The only potential witnesses to the crime, Pete and Vikki, are on the run from people who want to murder them for their involvement in the crime. It's up to Holland to decipher the clues and uncover the truth; 8vo; 434 pages; Signed by Author .

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Includes a Bonus MP3 CD of James Lee Burke's Cimarron Rose ! 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.

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Bookseller: Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 22939
Title: Rain Gods - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Author: Burke, James Lee
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
ISBN 10: 1439128243
ISBN 13: 9781439128244
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Place of Publication: New York, London, Toronto, Sydney
Date Published: 2009
Keywords: Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, C2014VM0228S

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