Burning Angel

James Lee Burke. Hyperion Books, $7.99 (464pp) ISBN 978-0-7868-8904-4

Continuing the Dave Robichaux series, Burke's mystery concerns present-day tensions springing from age-old racial injustices. (Aug.)

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