Copyright © 2020 by James Lee Burke
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Burke, James Lee, 1936- author.
Title: A private cathedral / James Lee Burke.
Description: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. | New York : Simon and Schuster, 2020. | Series: The Dave Robicheaux novels | Subjects: GSAFD: Mystery fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3552.U723 P75 2020 (print) | LCC PS3552.U723 (ebook) | DDC 813/.54--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019058582
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019058583
ISBN 978-1-9821-5168-3
ISBN 978-1-9821-5170-6 (ebook)
Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Chapter Thirty-Six
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Chapter Thirty-Eight
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Chapter Forty
Chapter Forty-One
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Copyright