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Though his books can be dark he writes both delicate and vivid prose. Many

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Books By James Lee Burke

Jesus Out to Sea: Stories
The Convict and Other Stories
Harbor Lights
Lay Down My Sword and Shield
Rain Gods
Feast Day of Fools
House of the Rising Sun
Cimarron Rose
Heartwood
Bitterroot
In the Moon of Red Ponies
Half of Paradise
To the Bright and Shining Sun
The Lost Get Back Boogie
White Doves at Morning
Flags on the Bayou
Purple Cane Road
Another Kind of Eden
Jolie Blon's Bounce
Every Cloak Rolled in Blood
Last Car to Elysian Fields
Two for Texas
Crusader's Cross
Pegasus Descending
The Tin Roof Blowdown
Swan Peak
The Glass Rainbow
Creole Belle
Light of the World
Robicheaux
The New Iberia Blues
A Private Cathedral
Clete
Wayfaring Stranger
Sunset Limited
The Jealous Kind
The Neon Rain
Heaven's Prisoners
Black Cherry Blues
A Morning for Flamingos
A Stained White Radiance
In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead
Dixie City Jam
Burning Angel
Cadillac Jukebox

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James Lee Burke is often described as one of North America’s finest novelists and his prose is likened to poetry. The mixture of suspense, drama, and plot never gets lost within his vivid descriptions and evocative settings, and his characters come alive on the page.

Among his most beloved creations is Dave Robicheaux, the Louisiana detective in the long-running crime fiction series. There are many Robicheux adventures that readers love because of their empathy with the lead character and the richly drawn world evoked in each novel.

James Lee Burke’s Holland family novels are equally absorbing. With each successive book, he explores the American West and the lives of one family across generations with increasing depth and resonance. No matter what he is writing,

James Lee Burke has the ability to bring sweeping, epic themes into play while portraying the lives of his characters intimately, creating stories that linger in the minds of readers.

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Recommended Books From James Lee Burke Fans

Cruel Intent
A Trick of the Light
Luck and Judgement: A DC Smith Investigation
Evans Above
The Brutal Heart
Full Blast
Serpentine: An Alex Delaware Novel
Ammie
Desperate Undertaking
A Lonely Death
Close to Death
Survival of the Fittest: An Alex Delaware Novel
G is for Gumshoe
Lion in the Valley
Death Comes to Pemberley
Death in Focus
The Tick of Death
Believing the Lie
Heavenly Pleasures
Safe Before Dawn
Need You Dead
What to Do When Someone Dies
Miss Pym Disposes
Boar Island
I Follow You
The Distant Hours
Nine Dragons
Body of Evidence
Christmas Crumble: An Agatha Raisin Short Story
The Charming Quirks of Others
A Dangerous Place
Another Man's Moccasins: A Longmire Mystery
Blood Trail
The Good
The Jackal's Head
Red Mist
The Searcher
A Christmas Gathering
And Justice There Is None
To Kill a Troubadour
No Honor Among Thieves: An Ali Reynolds Novella
An Island of Suspects: A Brittany Mystery
The Nesting Dolls
To Die but Once
Vertigo 42: A Richard Jury Mystery
Invisible Prey
Southern Discomfort
Pray for Silence
Dust
Improbable Cause
Trickster's Point
The Family Way
Miss Kopp Investigates
Deep South
Too Good to Be True
The Summons
An Unwilling Accomplice
Summer of the Dragon
Faith
Moscow Rules
Mary's Christmas
In Their Footsteps
In Dublin's Fair City
Two for Texas
Chasing the Dime
Unnatural Habits
Lightning Strikes the Silence
The Heron's Cry
Hallowed Ground: A Kate Burkholder Short Story
Milk and Honey: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
The Stone Circle
The Man in Black and Other Stories
The Shadow Dancer
Still Life
Dakota
The Thursday Murder Club
The Lion and the Rose
A Morning for Flamingos
Red Knife
Butchers and Other Stories of Crime
Shadow Prey
Tamarack County
Savage Run
In a Gilded Cage
Next to Last Stand: A Longmire Mystery
Murder in the Rue Dumas
Crocodile on the Sandbank
Echoes of Sherlock Holmes
Watching Eagles Soar
Mrs. Pollifax on Safari
Ocean Prey
The Levee
The Story Teller
Dead Beat
Greygallows
Wicked Business
Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled
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The Armor of Light
Queen of Hearts
Crack Down
On Eden Street: A Kings Lake Investigation
A Christmas Deliverance: A Novel
Letters to a Soldier
The Hippopotamus Pool
To Darkness and to Death
A Breach of Promise: A William Monk Novel
Feast Day of Fools
The Amersham Rubies
The Camera Man: A DC Smith Investigation
Death of a Hussy
Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha
Two of the Deadliest
Lord of the Silent
Injustice for All
Silent Prey
Black Diamond
Bootlegger's Daughter
Vesuvius by Night
Queen of the Flowers
Out of Bounds
The Janus Stone
A Whisper in the Dark
The House Sitter
A Christmas Resolution: A Novel
The Detective Wore Silk Drawers
A Sunlit Weapon
Diamond Dust
All Mortal Flesh
Search the Dark
A Grave Talent
Web of Evil
Tombstone Courage
Moon Music: A Novel
The Ritual Bath
The Blood of an Englishman
Paradise Valley
The Kept Woman: A Will Trent Thriller
Beneath the Bleeding
S is for Silence
False Prophet: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
The Night Crew
Evidence: An Alex Delaware Novel
One Fatal Flaw
Someone in the House
The House at Sea's End
Nemesis
The Iron Hand of Mars
Pretty Girls: A Novel
Waxwork
Southampton Row
The Right Jack
With Child
A Study in Sherlock
The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds
Poseidon's Gold
Bethlehem Road
Death on the Tiber
The Jupiter Myth
A Good Hanging
It Begins in Betrayal
Hunting Season
A Chateau Under Siege
Not the Ones Dead
For the Sake of Elena
Q is for Quarry
Dance Hall of the Dead
Unusual Suspects: Stories of Mystery and Fantasy
A Duty to the Dead
Full Scoop
One Coffee With
Messenger of Truth
Shadows Reel
Death of a Nurse
Hidden Depths
A Christmas Hope: A Novel
The Running Grave
Death of a Spy
A Last Goodbye
Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage
The Jealous Kind
Kaleidoscope
Switchblade
A Deceptive Devotion
Unfinished Business
Hell Is Empty: A Longmire Mystery
Trial by Fire
The Woman on the Island: A Vera Stanhope Short Story
A Fatal Lie
Postcards From the Mediterranean
Murder on a Midsummer Night
Knock
Death of a Celebrity
Vanish with the Rose
The Fleet Street Murders
Mad River
Land of the Living
The Crossing
Agatha Raisin: The Complete BBC Radio Drama Collection
The Lying Game
Life Support
The Scroll
The Talented Mr. Varg
Agatha Raisin and The Wizard of Evesham
Bitterroot
Killing Season: A Thriller
The Dancing Floor
Headhunters
Hour of the Hunter
Seeds of Deception: A Kate Burkholder Short Story
Holy Ghost
The Circle
Compulsion: An Alex Delaware Novel
The Black Echo
Time of Fog and Fire
Potboiler
Secret Smile
Desert Star
The Long Way Home
Private Eyes
Divorce Horse: A Walt Longmire Story
Killing Tide: A Brittany Mystery
The Three Monarchs: A Sherlock Holmes Short Story
Masked Ball at Broxley Manor
The Dream Stalker
Bruno
Scarpetta
The Forgotten Garden
The Body Farm
The Shape Shifter
In League with Sherlock Holmes
The Tin Roof Blowdown
The Last Good Day
A Royal Pain
A Taste of Life
Murder for Love
Dead on Target: An Agatha Raisin Mystery
The Sins of the Wolf: A William Monk Novel
Agatha Raisin and Tthe Haunted House
Killer Market
The Reversal
Rutland Place
Callander Square
The Kingdom
The Secret Hangman
Bertie and the Tinman
Evanly Bodies
Minor in Possession
You Will Never Be Me
In the Woods
The Silver Pigs
The Temptation of Forgiveness
The Heist
Drawing Conclusions
Wicked Appetite
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy
Taking the Fifth
Name Withheld
The Master of Blacktower
Common Murder
The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine
The Red Room
Code to Zero
The Night Fire
The Blood Card
A Cold Day for Murder
The Rose Arbor
The First Cut: A Novel of Suspense
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax
The Red Door
Void Moon
Windigo Island
Paragon Walk
The Ink Black Heart
Dear Miss Kopp
Sunset Limited
Lamentation
The Black Widow
Macbeth: William Shakespeare's Macbeth Retold
Death in Darkness
Ruth's First Christmas Tree
Precious and Grace
Isle of Dogs
Blindsighted
Caravan: A Novel
The Wizard's Daughter
Ring In the Dead: A J. P. Beaumont Novella
A False Mirror
Murder in Montparnasse
Point of Origin
The Vanishing Man
An Incomplete Revenge
A Stained White Radiance
The Cellist
The English Assassin
Death of a Master Chef: A Brittany Mystery
Gun Games

“People are what they do, not what they say, not what they think, not what they pretend to be.”

James Lee Burke, The New Iberia Blues
Diane Hill
“James Lee Burke’s writing is so fantastic. Eloquent and profound. He’s really unlike any crime fiction author out there in that he just seems to keep on pushing the envelope of what’s possible in terms of the themes he explores and how he writes. His books are mysteries, Westerns, allegorical tales, all wrapped together. No matter what, I’m always drawn in by his prose and his characters…I adore Dave Robicheaux.”

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