In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead

Author: James Lee Burke
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 143916763X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 512

Book Description
The sixth in the New York Times bestselling Dave Robicheaux series delivers a heart-pounding bayou manhunt—and features “one of the coolest, earthiest heroes in thrillerdom” (Entertainment Weekly ). When Hollywood invades New Iberia Parish to film a Civil War epic, restless specters waiting in the shadows for Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux are reawakened—ghosts of a history best left undisturbed. Hunting a serial killer preying on the lawless young, Robicheaux comes face-to-face with the elusive guardians of his darkest torments— who hold the key to his ultimate salvation or a final, fatal downfall.

In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead

Author: James L. Burke
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 9780380721214
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388

Book Description
Crime fiction.

A Stained White Radiance

Author: James Lee Burke
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439167621
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 512

Book Description
Detective Dave Robicheaux travels to the mountains of Montana to help his best friend and unearths a larger plot that threatens them both. Oil speculator Weldon Sonnier is the patriarch of a troubled family intimately bound to the CIA, the Mob, and the Klan. Now, the murder of a cop and a bizarre assassination attempt pull Detective Dave Robicheaux into the Sonniers’ hellish world of madness, murder, and incest. But Robicheaux has devils of his own—and they may just destroy the tormented investigator and the two people he holds most dear.

The Tin Roof Blowdown

Author: James Lee Burke
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416548505
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 532

Book Description
Follows the adventures of detective Dave Robicheaux, who struggles with alcoholism and rage while fighting to protect lives in Katrina-devastated New Orleans.

Dixie City Jam

Author: James Lee Burke
Publisher: Hyperion
ISBN: 9780786860197
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 398

Book Description
The latest Dave Robicheaux thriller offers a look at hate crimes as Dave confronts a neo-Nazi, becomes involved in a Mafia war, and deals with a Nazi submarine buried off the Louisiana coast.

The Glass Rainbow

Author: James Lee Burke
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439128316
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 564

Book Description
Returning to his Louisiana hometown to investigate a murder, detective Dave Robicheaux finds his skills pushed to their limits when his best friend is accused and his daughter becomes involved in shady business dealings.

The Lost Get-Back Boogie

Author: James Lee Burke
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 198218342X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
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 him, even as he becomes embroiled in a heated political fight. Now available in this Premium Edition.

The Neon Rain

Author: James Lee Burke
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 145161845X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
From New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke comes his definitive, must-read first title in his famous Dectective David Robicheaux series. New Orleans Detective Dave Robicheaux has fought too many battles: in Vietnam, with police brass, with killers and hustlers, and the bottle. Lost without his wife's love, Robicheaux haunts the intense and heady French Quarter—the place he calls home, and the place that nearly destroys him when he beomes involved in the case of a young prostitute whose body is found in a bayou. Thrust into the seedy world of drug lords and arms smugglers, Robicheaux must face down the criminal underworld and come to terms with his own bruised heart and demons to survive.

Black Cherry Blues

Author: James Lee Burke
Publisher: Mulholland Books
ISBN: 0316204099
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
In this Edgar Award-winning thriller, former Louisiana homicide cop Dave Robicheaux is trying to start a new life after the murder of his wife — but he can't escape his past forever. Dave Robicheaux was once a Louisiana homicide cop. Now he's trying to start a new life, opening up a fishing business and caring for his adopted girl, Alafair. Compared to Louisiana, Robicheaux thought Montana would be safe — until two Native American activists suddenly go missing. When Robicheaux begins investigating, he is led into the dark world of the Mafia and oil companies. At the same time, someone from his past comes back to haunt him. Someone who was responsible for Robicheaux's flight from New Orleans — someone who brutally murdered his wife — and now is after young Alafair... Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel, Black Cherry Blues spans from the mystical streets of New Orleans to the endless mountains of Montana, and ranks among James Lee Burke's finest work — an enduring classic, darkly beautiful and thrilling.

Creole Belle

Author: James Lee Burke
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451648146
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 624

Book Description
Picking up where "The Glass Rainbow" ends, "Creole Belle" finds David Robicheaux recuperating in New Orleans near the site an oil well blowout on the Gulf. Robicheaux is visited by a mysterious visitor and is surprised by what's inside a floating block of ice. Available in a tall Premium Edition.