Pegasus Descending

Pegasus Descending is a crime novel by James Lee Burke.

Pegasus Descending

Author	James Lee Burke
Language	English
Series	Dave Robicheaux
Genre	Detective novel
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Publication date	2006
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	368 pp
ISBN	1501198580
Followed by	The Tin Roof Blowdown

Plot summary

Dave Robicheaux, once an officer for the New Orleans Police Department and before that a U.S. Army infantry lieutenant who fought in the Vietnam War,^[1] works as sheriff's deputy in New Iberia, Louisiana. When Trish Klein, a beautiful young woman, arrives to Louisiana, passing hundred-dollar bills in local casinos, Robicheaux knows there's going to be trouble. Twenty-five years earlier, while drunk in Florida, Robicheaux witnessed her father, fellow Vietnam veteran Dallas Klein, executed by a group of cold-blooded robbers. Trish tries to bait Whitey Bruxal, the aging mobster responsible for Dallas's death. Meanwhile, Robicheaux investigates the apparent suicide of young co-ed Yvonne Darbonne. The two cases are linked. He and his longtime partner, former Marine and Vietnam vet, Clete Purcel try to prove it.

Release details

• 2006, USA, Simon & Schuster, New York, ISBN 1501198580