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James Lee Burke (Author)
A novel about the American Civil War.
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This is a fourth novel featuring former Texas Ranger turned lawyer turned crime fighter, Billy Bob Holland, set in the savage and beautiful landscape of Montana.
New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke brings readers a captivating tale of justice, love, brutality, and mysticism set in the turbulent 1960s.
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In his most autobiographical novel to date, James Lee Burke continues the epic Holland family saga with a writer grieving the death of his daughter while battling earthly and supernatural…
The third highly acclaimed novel in the Dave Robicheaux series, and winner of the Edgar award.
The second Dave Robicheaux novel from the award-winning crime writer.
A compelling coming-of-age novel from the award-winning crime writer.
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A fateful encounter with Bonnie and Clyde, a crime of greed, cruelty and the horror of war. From the award-winning author of THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN
New York Times bestseller and ‘one of the finest crime writer’s America has ever produced’ James Lee Burke returns with his latest masterpiece, the story of a father and son…
One of the greatest American detectives is back! Detective Dave Robicheaux is facing his toughest case yet.
The shocking death of a young woman leads Detective Dave Robicheaux into the dark corners of Hollywood, the mafia, and the backwoods of Louisiana in this gripping mystery from modern…
James Lee Burke
Since winning the Edgar Award for Black Cherry Blues in 1989, James Lee Burke has enthralled an increasing number of fans with books that transport the reader to the dangerous…
Tough, former New Orleans cop Dave Robicheaux is back. On a visit to a dying cop whom he once hated, Robicheaux is led towards the solution of the disappearance of…
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From its opening scene in revolutionary Mexico to the Battle of the Marne in 1918, and on to the bordellos and saloons of San Antonio during the reign of the…
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In a novel that bursts with suspense, dead-on dialogue, and characters as memorable as the Louisiana bayou, tough-talking detective Dave Robicheaux is haunted by his discovery of the slain body…
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Haunting suspense and captivating villains, the hallmark of James Lee Burke’s bestselling novels of evil and redemption, are brilliantly evoked in his new Billy Bob Holland opus, the follow-up to…
Despite their misgivings about the Cause, Willie Burke and his best friends, three young men from New Iberia, Louisiana, enlist in the Confederate Army and head off to war, in…
Includes an excerpt from the author’s Feast Day of Fools.
Praised by Joyce Carol Oates for the luminosity of his writerly voice, Burke returns with his most allegorical novel to date, illuminating vital issues of our time–immigration, energy, religious freedom–with…
Texas attorney Billy Bob Holland must confront the past in order to save his illegitimate son from a murder conviction in this brilliant, fast-paced thriller from beloved New York Times…
A masterwork of detective fiction–the most suspenseful, thematically dazzling accomplishment in the Robicheaux series. While Hollywood shoots a Civil War movie in the New Iberia parish, Robicheaux tries to contain…
From American master James Lee Burke comes a novel set in Civil War-era Louisiana as the South transforms and a brilliant cast of characters - enslaved and free women, plantation…
The shocking death of a young woman leads Detective Dave Robicheaux into the dark corners of Hollywood, the mafia, and the backwoods of Louisiana in this gripping mystery from an…
One of the countrys most acclaimed and popular novelists offers a selection of ten short stories centered on the devastation in Louisiana and Mississippi during and after Katrina.
Far from Louisiana, Detective Dave Robicheaux and his wife attempt to relax in the untouched wilderness of rural Montana. But the serenity is soon shattered when two college students are…
Driven by a keen sense of right versus wrong in the fight against crime following Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana lawman Dave Robicheaux has his own demons of alcoholism and rage to…
Includes an excerpt from The glass rainbow.
Picking up where The Glass Rainbow ended, Creole Belle finds David Robicheaux recuperating in New Orleans–near the site an oil well blowout on the Gulf. Robicheaux is visited by a…
Originally published: New York: Simon & Schuster, 2017.
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This first novel by New York Times bestselling author Burke–a long-out-of-print Pulitzer Prize winner—tells the story of a Korean war veteran and ex-con who tries to put the past behind…
From the winner of two Edgar Awards comes another gritty, thrilling mystery with a brand-new character: Texas Sheriff Hackberry Holland, cousin of beloved character Billy Bob Holland. Available in a…
For years, Det. Dave Robicheaux of the New Iberia Sheriff’s office kept the secret of the watery resting place of the Nazi submarine. Now decades later, when a powerful Jewish…
This is the story of Son Holland and Hugh Allison - two prison escapees from Louisiana - and their whirlwind trip to Texas territory where they collide with more fascinating…
New edition of award-winner James Lee Burke's powerful crime novel set against the backdrop of Hurricane Katrina and its devastating effects on New Orleans.
Burke, a rare winner of two Edgar Awards and named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, returns with a compelling portrait of contemporary Texas and a man caught…
In this haunting new novel, New York Times bestselling author Burke takes readers back to New Orleans, where detective Dave Robicheaux becomes engulfed in a dangerous mystery surrounding a beautiful…
New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke brings readers a captivating tale of justice, love, brutality, and mysticism set in the turbulent 1960s –
When two women are brutally murdered in New Iberia, Louisiana, drug addicted blues singer Tee Bobby Hulin is suspected. But police detective David Robicheaux senses Hulin is innocent, and uncovers…
A summer getaway in Montana for Dave Robicheaux’s family and friends is violently shattered by the arrival of serial killer and prison escapee Asa Surrette.