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Books By James Lee Burke

Don't Forget Me
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
Jesus Out to Sea: Stories
The Convict and Other Stories
Harbor Lights
Lay Down My Sword and Shield
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
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
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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A False Mirror
Laurie R. King's Sherlock Holmes
The Whitechapel Conspiracy
The Perfect Son
The Summer Guests
The Spiteful Shadow
Fall of Giants
The Face in the Mirror
The Highwayman: A Longmire Story
The Echoes
The Scottish Prisoner
A Simple Murder: A Kate Burkholder Short Story Collection
Shots Fired
Forbidden Fruit
The Edge
I'm Not Done with You Yet
Photo Finish
The Scroll
The Twisted Root: A William Monk Novel
The Chalk Pit
K is for Killer
The New Girl
Grievous Sin
Time to Depart
Paradise Valley
Death at the Sanatorium
The Serpent and the Pearl
Christmas in Absaroka County: Walt Longmire Christmas Stories
Nemesis
The Iron Hand of Mars
Pieces of Her: A Novel
Ammie
The Trees
Book of the Dead
The Perfect Victim
Snakebit: A Mike Bowditch Short Mystery
Snowblind
Scratch a Woman
Doctored Evidence
The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2024
When Will There Be Good News
J is for Judgment
The Glass Rainbow
Chaos
The Wrong Side of Goodbye
Prince of Darkness
The Black Cabinet
Plain Truth
Stagestruck
Milk and Honey: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
Windigo Island
Prince of Fire
His & Hers
To Play the Fool
Hot Six
The Child's Child
I is for Innocent
Insidious Intent
Bad Move
Too Close to Home
An Echo of Murder: A William Monk Novel
Plum Spooky
False Witness: A Novel
Death in Darkness
Nobody Walks
Northwest Angle
Deadly Appearances
White Nights
At Risk
Blind Descent
A Fatal Thaw
Death of a Travelling Man
The 4th Man: An FBI Profiler / Detective D. D. Warren Story
The Secrets of the Abbey
Hell and Back: A Longmire Mystery
Desert Star
Before the Poison
Past Prologue: MatchUp Collection
The Silver Pigs
Call After Midnight
Uniform Justice
Under the Color of Law
A Land More Kind Than Home
The Fool's Run
The Wedding Guest
A Private Cathedral
Bloodstream
He Shall Thunder in the Sky
The Dead Travel Fast
Stay Hidden
Keeper of the Bride
Miss Kopp Just Won't Quit
Guilt: An Alex Delaware Novel
The Good
Tie Dyed and Dead
Love You to Death
The Black Cat: A Richard Jury Mystery
Stop Them Dead
Remaindered
Hush Now
Invitation to Die: A Short Story of Falco's Rome
Convenience Boy and Other Stories of Japan
A Red Herring Without Mustard
Deal Breaker
In a Dark House
Devil May Care
The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2023
Ring In the Dead: A J. P. Beaumont Novella
The Fleur de Sel Murders: A Brittany Mystery
Bluegate Fields
The Mist
Big Little Lies
The Man Who Fell from the Sky
Tall Oaks
Willful Behavior
The Marching Season
The Unheard
We Are All Guilty Here
Rock with Wings
Come Death and High Water
Blindfold Game
Shoulder the Sky: A Novel
The Killing Hour
The Crocodile Bird
Still See You Everywhere
Fallen: A Novel
The Hollows
Predator
Look for Me
Death Song
The Maid
A Breach of Promise: A William Monk Novel
A Letter of Mary
Total Recall: A V. I. Warshawski Novel
The Gods of Guilt
Blind Justice: A William Monk Novel
Double Homicide
The Proving Ground
The Flower Master
Judgment Prey
Dull Knife
Give Unto Others
The Tick of Death
Heaven's Keep
Presumed Guilty
Buried Prey
A Fearsome Doubt
Pit Stop: Sean Reilly vs. Glen Garber
The Curse of the Pharaohs
I
Revenge in a Cold River: A William Monk Novel
Bone Box: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
Hand of Evil
Trespasser
Hatchet Island
The Grownup
Devices and Desires
Rabid: A Mike Bowditch Short Mystery
A Question of Belief
A Whisper in the Dark
Thale's Folly
Naked Once More
The Three Fates
Murder 101
Love and Death Among the Cheetahs
Credible Threat
Metro Girl
Land of the Living
A Killing Spring
The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
Chasing the Dime
A Taste for Vengeance
Through the Evil Days
High Five
The Handsome Man's de Luxe Café
Venus in Copper
An Official Killing
The Last Days of Kira Mullen
Dead Tomorrow
Cover Her Face
Gone for Good
Shoot Don't Shoot
The Crossing Places
Her Last Breath
The Kept Woman: A Will Trent Thriller
The Mystery Guest: A Maid Novel
Deadlock: A V. I. Warshawski Novel
Queen of the Night
Shake Hands Forever
Friend of the Devil: An Inspector Banks Novel
The Summer That Never Was
An East End Murder: A Charles Lennox Short Story
Murder on a Midsummer Night
A Spoonful of Poison
Heaven's Prisoners
The New Iberia Blues
The Best American Mystery Stories 1998
A Dying Light in Corduba
Pentecost Alley
The Drowning Man
Indemnity Only
Honor Bar
The Charming Quirks of Others
Death of a Nag
The Ghost Fields
Fleshmarket Close
In Dublin's Fair City
Roxanne: A Kings Lake Investigation
The Housemaid
Treachery at Lancaster Gate
The Ghostway
Life Support
Cold Vengeance
The Sedgemoor Strangler and Other Stories of Crime
Safe Before Dawn
The Confession
The Crash
Certain Prey
An Ensuing Evil and Others: Fourteen Historical Mysteries
Help the Poor Struggler
Corridors of the Night: A William Monk Novel
The Joy and Light Bus Company
Dead Lions
In a Strange City
End of the Pier
The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer
Field of Prey
One for the Money
Too Good to Be True
A New York Christmas: A Novel
Ruddy Gore
Eye of the Needle
Theft of an Idol
An Accidental Death: A DC Smith Investigation
Mourn Not Your Dead
To Die but Once
Bones to Ashes
The Baby Snatcher
Hostage to Murder
A Pale Horse
The Green Mile: The Complete Serial Novel
To Love and Be Wise
Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas
Earthly Delights
A Grave in the Woods
Dark of the Moon
So Shall You Reap
The Fourth Sacrifice
Echoes of Sherlock Holmes
Grasshopper
Another Kind of Eden
Mercy Falls
Kaleidoscope
A Private Investigation: A DC Smith Investigation
The Hanging Garden
The Pact: A Kate Burkholder Short Mystery
Ten Big Ones
A Darker Domain
Deadly Stakes
Riptide
The Defector
Battle Mountain
Broken Ground
A Hero to Hold
Four to Score
The Gift: A Christmas Thriller Novelette
Bloodless
Still Life: A Karen Pirie Novel
Baby Doll Games
Random Acts: A Joanna Brady and Ali Reynolds Novella
O Jerusalem
The Collector
Body Double
The Devil's Code
The Drop
The Kate Martinelli Series: Books 1-3
Unnatural History: An Alex Delaware Novel
Indelible: A Grant County Thriller
Hangman: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
Gone Before Christmas: A Charles Lenox Mystery
The Masterpiece
Hard Time: A V.I. Warshawski Novel
Thunder Bay
Pros and Cons: A Short Story
Why We Die
The Anodyne Necklace
The Innocent
The Scarred Woman
All That Remains
Moriarty
Second Watch
Sweet
The Stolen Hours
Killing Orders: A V.I. Warshawski Novel
The Talented Mr. Varg
The Crowded Grave
The Codex
Cold Is the Grave: An Inspector Banks Novel
Hiss and Hers
Cardington Crescent

“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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