James Lee Burke
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Clete
In the latest Robicheaux novel, Clete Purcel - veteran, private investigator, and former New Orleans cop - takes centre stage for the first time. ****…
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Harbor Lights
A story collection from one of the most popular and widely acclaimed icons of American fiction, featuring a never-before-published novella. **** These eight stories move…
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Flags on the Bayou
A novel set in Civil War-era Louisiana, as the South transforms and a brilliant cast of characters-enslaved and free women, plantation gentry, and battle-weary Confederate…
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Every Cloak Rolled In Blood
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…
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The Tin Roof Blowdown
'His most gripping thriller to date.' Mirror Hurricane Katrina has transformed New Orleans into a violent wasteland. Criminals capitalise on the devastation as survivors wait…
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Another Kind of Eden
New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke brings readers a captivating tale of justice, love, brutality, and mysticism set in the turbulent 1960s. The…
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Lay Down My Sword and Shield
THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION A powerful novel of conflict, history and shadows from the past ... by the bestselling, acclaimed author of THE TIN ROOF…
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A Private Cathedral
Detective Dave Robicheaux is caught in the crossfire of Louisiana's oldest and bloodiest gangland feud... From the wreckage of Louisiana's oldest and family rivalry, Detective…
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The New Iberia Blues
Detective Dave Robicheaux first met Desmond Cormier on the backstreets of New Orleans. He was a young pretender who dreamt of stardom whilst Robicheaux had…
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Robicheaux
'James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed.' Michael Connelly ROBICHEAUX IS…
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The Jealous Kind
'James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed.' Michael Connelly On its…
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House of the Rising Sun
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…
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Wayfaring Stranger
When 16-year-old Weldon Avery Holland encounters the notorious Bonnie and Clyde in his Texas hometown, the course of his young life is altered forever. He…
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Light of the World
James Lee Burke's legendary detective Dave Robicheaux returns to try to save his daughter from a sadistic killer. When Detective Dave Robicheaux's daughter, Alafair, declares…
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A Morning For Flamingos
'No argument: James Lee Burke is among the finest of all contemporary American novelists' DAILY MAIL A routine assignment transporting two death-row prisoners to their…
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Creole Belle
A novel in the Dave Robicheaux series, acclaimed as 'one of the wonders of American crime fiction' (MAIL ON SUNDAY) Dave is in a recovery…
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Burning Angel
The 8th Dave Robicheaux novel from SUNDAY TIMES bestselling and award-winning author James Lee Burke. Sonny Boy Marsallas, a New Orleans street hustler, entrusts Detective…
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Cadillac Jukebox
The 9th Dave Robicheaux novel from the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling, award-winning author of THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN. The call from ex-Klansman Aaron Crown couldn't have…
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Crusader's Cross
America's most acclaimed crime writer returns to Louisiana with one of the best-loved detectives in fiction, Dave Robicheaux. In the summer of 1958, Dave Robicheaux…
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Purple Cane Road
'When James Lee Burke writes, the little birdies sing, the sun comes out and old men learn to dance again. That's how good he is.…
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Heartwood
'The crime book of the year is unquestionably James Lee Burke's HEARTWOOD . . .there is no better crime writing coming out of America' EVENING…
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The Neon Rain
The outstanding first book in the ever-popular Dave Robicheaux series. Introducing the New Orleans detective Dave Robicheaux. Johnny Massina, a convicted murderer bound for the…
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Swan Peak
'With its trademark mix of brutality and poetry, Swan Peak is a brilliant piece of work from an American master.' Observer After the devastating events…
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Sunset Limited
The tenth Robicheaux mystery, winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award. Megan and Cisco Flynn are back in town. Nobody had ever been caught for…
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The Glass Rainbow
Dave Robicheaux is on the trail of a serial killer, while trying to protect his daughter from a boyfriend with a dark side, in the…
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The Lost Get-Back Boogie
Trouble is brewing and Frank Riordan is the only one willing to stop it. As he wages a one-man campaign to shut down the local…
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To the Bright and Shining Sun
A compelling coming-of-age novel from the award-winning crime writer. For generations, Perry James' family has lived under the shadow of the Cumberland range and worked…
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Heaven's Prisoners
The second Dave Robicheaux novel from the award-winning crime writer. Dave Robicheaux is trying to put a life of violence and crime behind him, leaving…
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JAMES LEE BURKE – THE ROBICHEAUX COLLECTION
The best of the best - a superb collection of crime novels from 'one of the finest American writers' GUARDIAN, including his Gold Dagger Award-winning…
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Black Cherry Blues
The third highly acclaimed novel in the Dave Robicheaux series, and winner of the Edgar award. Personal tragedy has left Dave Robicheaux close to the…
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Feast Day of Fools
A powerful and unforgettable thriller from 'one of the finest American writers' GUARDIAN Danny Boy Lorca was used to having apocalyptic visions - the beatings…
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Dixie City Jam
The 7th Dave Robicheaux novel from Sunday Times bestselling author James Lee Burke When a Nazi submarine is discovered lying in sixty feet of water…
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A Stained White Radiance
The fifth gripping novel in the highly acclaimed Dave Robicheaux series. A bullet shot through the window of Weldon Sonnier's house propels Dave Robicheaux back…
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Half of Paradise
A mesmerising novel set in the Louisiana heartland from award-winning author James Lee Burke. Toussaint Boudreaux, a black docker in New Orleans, puts up with…
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Bitterroot
America's finest crime writer sends hero Billy Bob Holland deep into Montana - paradise to some, to others a savage wilderness... 'Still the greatest, bar…
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White Doves At Morning
An epic novel of the American Civil War from the bestselling author of THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN. 'Brilliant. Its sense of place, of a world…
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Rain Gods
One of the greatest American crime writers is back with Hackberry Holland: a sheriff with a haunted past on the hunt for a deranged killer.…
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Jesus Out To Sea
A collection of evocative short stories from the celebrated author of THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN and the Dave Robicheaux series. James Lee Burke is in…
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Pegasus Descending
A superb Dave Robicheaux mystery from the multi award-winning crime writer. Dave Robicheaux left his drinking days behind him many years ago, but he still…
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Jolie Blon's Bounce
America's most acclaimed crime writer and winner of the CWA Gold Dagger returns to Louisiana with his great detective, Dave Robicheaux Three men are present…
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The Convict And Other Stories
A wonderful collection of 12 stories set mainly in and around the American Deep South from award-winning author James Lee Burke. For fans of James…
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Cimarron Rose
'Evil, bigotry and doing the right thing. All are done as expertly as ever by a master writer' DAILY TELEGRAPH Lucas Smothers, nineteen and from…
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In The Moon of Red Ponies
A fourth novel featuring former Texas Ranger turned lawyer turned crime fighter, Billy Bob Holland, set in the savage and beautiful landscape of Montana. Wyatt…
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Two For Texas
An evocative novel set during the Texas revolution from award-winning author James Lee Burke. Son Holland arrived in the Louisiana penal camp determined not to…
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Last Car To Elysian Fields
'A lyrical and lovely novel that takes Burke back to the top of the crimewriting tree where he richly belongs' Independent On Sunday It is…
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In the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead
The sixth Dave Robicheaux novel from SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author James Lee Burke. Hunting a sadistic killer who targets young prostitutes, Detective Dave Robicheaux has…