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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

Devil May Care
Left You Dead
Sworn to Silence
L is for Lawless
The Ghost Walker
The River We Remember
Edge of Eternity
Field of Bones
Songbird: A Kings Lake Investigation
The Baby Snatcher
Revenge in a Cold River: A William Monk Novel
The Accusers
The Murder Room
Hornet Flight
What Child Is This
Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled
The Ghost Fields
A Winter Grave
Den of Iniquity
House of Spies
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
Shamed
The Overlook
Give Unto Others
Twenty-one Days
The Twist of a Knife
The Midnight Feast
Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station
Eleven on Top
Saturnalia
What Rose Forgot
The Love Talker
People of Darkness
Mortal Causes
Five Christmas Gifts: A Holiday Short Story Collection
1979: An Allie Burns Novel
Flesh and Blood
Magpie Murders
Pros and Cons: A Short Story
The Closers
Trickster's Point
The Case Has Altered: A Richard Jury Mystery
A World of Curiosities
The Last Word
The God of the Hive
A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women
Dead Water
Knock
The Chalk Pit
The Body in the Castle Well
The Glass Coffin
Dead to Rights
The Surgeon: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel
Random Acts: A Joanna Brady and Ali Reynolds Novella
Trunk Music
Daughter of the Morning Star: A Longmire Mystery
Death of a Greedy Woman
The Crossing Places
Ten Big Ones
Disappeared: A Kate Burkholder Short Mystery
Trace Elements
Long Lost: A Kate Burkholder Short Story
S is for Silence
The Critic
The Last Temptation
The Double Comfort Safari Club
Union Jack
Jackdaws
A Thief of Time
Knots and Crosses
Love You to Death
Restless in the Grave
Depth Perception
Death of a Nurse
A Fatal Thaw
Gone Missing
Absolute Proof
The Postscript Murders
The Fourth Sacrifice
Pardonable Lies
Bone Box: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
Death Comes to Pemberley
Raven Black
The Cater Street Hangman
Boar Island
Blood from a Stone
Long Upon the Land
Track of the Cat
Cold Comfort: A Novella
Friends
The Glass Rainbow
To the Nines
Pegasus Descending
Divorce Horse: A Walt Longmire Story
Deep South
The Quiet Side of Passion
Picture You Dead
Hard Row
The Secret Keeper
Beating About the Bush
Beastly Things
The Camera Man: A DC Smith Investigation
The Dirty Duck
Crusader's Cross
The Mary Russell Companion
Heirs and Graces
A Truth to Lie For
Many Rivers to Cross
The Night Crew
Murder in the Rue Dumas
The Noble Path
The House at Riverton
After That Night: A Will Trent Thriller
Badlands
Plum Lucky
The First Cut: A Novel of Suspense
Search the Dark
Desert Heat
Be Buried in the Rain
Code to Zero
The Highwayman: A Longmire Story
A Casualty of War
The Miracle at Speedy Motors
Bury Your Dead
Hunting Badger
Only the Lucky: A Kate Burkholder Short Story
Booked for Murder
The Vanishing Point
The Ghostway
The Last Camel Died at Noon
The Lost Art of Gratitude
The Serpent and the Pearl
Murder on Brittany Shores: A Mystery
A Bitter Truth
The Drop
Shots Fired
Bad Boy: An Inspector Banks Novel
The Wizard's Daughter
The Part-Time Job
A Hanging at Dawn: A Bess Crawford Short Story
The Blessing Way
The Crossing
A Bitter Feast
Exit Wounds
H is for Homicide
City of Darkness and Light
Hard Eight
Nothing to Lose
Name Withheld
A Song for the Dark Times
Thale's Folly
Breakdown: A V.I. Warshawski Novel
A Duty to the Dead
The Red Room
Blood Memory
Tricky Twenty-Two
Last Car to Elysian Fields
The House of Unexpected Sisters
Second Watch
The Travelling Companion
Sweet
To Dwell in Darkness
Death's Half Acre
Fallout: A V.I. Warshawski Novel
The Circle
A Dangerous Fortune
The Black Cat: A Richard Jury Mystery
The Tin Roof Blowdown
Killer: An Alex Delaware Novel
False Prophet: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
Death of Riley
Love and Other Crimes
The Nature of the Beast
Resurrection Row
Shock Wave
Cleanskin
Rebus' Scotland
Vanish with the Rose
The Forgotten Garden
Wicked Charms
The Mystery Guest: A Maid Novel
X
Lane: A Case For Willows And Lane
Winter in Madrid: A Novel
A Sudden
The Truth: A DC Smith Investigation
Pirate King
Three-Day Town
Hammer of Eden
Justice Hall
Murder at the Royal Ruby
Into the Darkness
Smoke and Mirrors
Her Royal Spyness
Plain Truth
The Chessmen
Bootlegger's Daughter
The Empress File
Break No Bones
O Jerusalem
Bedford Square
The Lying Game
The Trespasser
206 Bones
Deception on His Mind
The Gods of Guilt
The Black Echo
A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax
The Heron's Cry
Ammie
A Nun in the Closet
Frozen: A Vera Stanhope Short Story
Wednesday's Child: An Inspector Banks Novel
Three Twisted Stories
The Twisted Root: A William Monk Novel
The Naming of the Dead
Growth Marks
Doors Open
The Unlikely Spy
Cold Wind
Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death
Damage Control
Motor Mouth
You Are Dead
How the Light Gets In
Careless in Red
Playing for the Ashes
A Chateau Under Siege
The Three Monarchs: A Sherlock Holmes Short Story
Deserves to Be Dead: MatchUp Collection
Royal Blood
Persons of Interest: A DC Smith Investigation
Prayers for the Dead
Scarpetta
Mystery: An Alex Delaware Novel
Image in the Lake
The Sisters of Glass Ferry
A Distant View of Everything
Kick Back
The Black Loch
The Kill Artist
A Red Herring Without Mustard
The Colors of All the Cattle
A Night Too Dark
The Spook Who Spoke Again
Tears of the Giraffe
Still Life: A Karen Pirie Novel
An Official Killing
The Ghost of Christmas Past
The Hippopotamus Pool
Pay Dirt: A V.I. Warshawski Novel
Spider Bones
The Lewis Man
Livid
Failure to Appear
Private Eyes
Trace
Racing the Devil
Wildcat: V. I. Warshawski's First Case
Killing Moon: A Harry Hole Novel
A Christmas Gathering
The Lantern's Dance
Come Death and High Water
Black Cherry Blues
Victims: An Alex Delaware Novel
Dorchester Terrace
The Darkest Evening
The Lighthouse
The Skull Beneath the Skin
Monster: An Alex Delaware Novel
Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?
The Memory Game
The Prisoner of Castillac
One Of Us Is Dead
Masked Ball at Broxley Manor
To Track a Traitor
Fatal Remedies
Biting the Moon
The Other Side of the Door
Free Fire
Alexandria
Hour of the Hunter
Heat Lightning
Full House
Watchers of Time
Manitou Canyon
The Last Coyote
Bones Are Forever
The Last Days of Kira Mullen
The Messenger
By Its Cover
The Distant Echo
Death of a Valentine
Payment in Kind
False Witness: A Novel
A Matter of Justice
High Country
The Scam
A Christmas Legacy: A Novel

“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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