The Neon Rain
- Authors: James Lee Burke
- Series: Book 1 in the Dave Robicheaux series
- Type: Novel
- Genres: Mystery
- Rank:Top 1000 in Best Contemporary Literature & Fiction on Amazon
- Rating: 4.2 based on 6,095 reviews
- Release Date: January 1, 1987
- Print length: 248 pages (Hardcover)
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About the book
Introducing the New Orleans detective Dave Robicheaux, this novel begins with the murder of a prostitute, which no one wants him to investigate. Persistence results in his involvement with a drug dealing Mafia, and he uncovers a web of corruption that some would kill to protect.