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Recently paroled from prison, Iry Paret becomes drawn into a tragic conflict involving an ex-convict and their neighbors in this page-turning thriller from New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke.

Iry Paret's done his time -- two years for manslaughter in Louisiana's Angola State Penitentiary. Now the war vet and blues singer is headed to Montana, where he hopes to live clean working on a ranch owned by the father of his prison pal, Buddy Riordan. In prison, Iry tinkered... Read Full Overview

Before The Lost Get-Back Boogie appeared to wide acclaim in 1986, James Lee Burke had been out of print in cloth for thirteen years and his fifth novel had received a record 111 rejection letters. LSU Press put me back in the game and turned my career around, Burke... Read Full Overview

During his twenties Iry Paret took life easy and cool, playing guitar in honky-tonk bars in south Louisiana, boozing it up whenever possible, and trying to stay away from trouble. But trouble found him one night when he killed a man in a barroom fight and was later convicted... Read Full Overview

Iry Paret is a young blues musician trying to put the past behind him. Having served time for killing a man in a barroom brawl, Iry heads west to make a fresh start, where he settles on a Bitteroot Valley ranch with Frank and his son Buddy, Iry's old prison friend. But just as... Read Full Overview

Iry Paret is a young blues musician trying to put the past behind him. Having served time for killing a man in a barroom brawl, Iry heads west to make a fresh start, where he settles on a Bitteroot Valley ranch with Frank and his son Buddy, Iry's old prison friend. But just as... Read Full Overview