# Question about a James Lee Burke novel

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-james-lee-burke-novel/785399>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 27, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-james-lee-burke-novel/785399 "2017-04-27T22:28:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-james-lee-burke-novel/785399/1 "2017-04-27T22:28:59Z")

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In one of his Dave Robicheaux novels, Dave’s daughter Alafair is high school/college age, and is defiantly dating a ‘bad guy’, much to Dave’s dismay. Can anyone tell me the name of that novel?

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-james-lee-burke-novel/785399/2 "2017-04-28T02:45:49Z")

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_The Glass Rainbow._

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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-james-lee-burke-novel/785399/3 "2017-04-28T13:01:40Z")

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Thank you, Maserschmidt.

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**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-james-lee-burke-novel/785399/4 "2017-04-28T14:30:17Z")

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So he finally ran out of colors and had to go with the entire rainbow?

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-james-lee-burke-novel/785399/5 "2017-04-28T20:26:40Z")

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> [@salinqmind](#):
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> Thank you, Maserschmidt.

You’re welcome. Sorry for the slow response. 🙂