BOOKS by James Burke

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1	The Tin Roof Blowdown more books like this by James Lee Burke Driven by a keen sense of right versus wrong in the fight against crime following Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana lawman Dave Robicheaux has his own demons of alcoholism and rage to contend with as well. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.87! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Purple Cane Road more books like this by James Lee Burke When Detective Dave Robicheaux discovers disturbing secrets from his mother's past, he embarks on a journey through a murky world of vice, politics and murder. Robicheaux has been told that his mother, Mae, was a hooker and ended her life drowned in a mud puddle by two cops working for the Mob. As Robicheux and his partner hunt for the killers, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Swan Peak more books like this by James Lee Burke Detective Dave Robicheaux returns in another adventure--only this time, he travels from New Iberia Parish to the wilds of Montana. see all copies from $6.25! new only from $9.38! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Dixie City Jam more books like this by James Lee Burke When a Nazi submarine is discovered lying in sixty feet of water off the Louisiana coast some troubled ghosts are ready to be released. A local businessman is offering Detective Dave Robicheaux big money to bring the wreck to the surface, but he is not the only one after the submarine and its mysterious cargo. Neo-Nazis are on the march in New ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Cadillac Jukebox more books like this by James Lee Burke The call from ex-Klansman Aaron Crown couldn't have been more unexpected. Sentenced to forty years for the decades-old shooting of a civil rights activist, Crown should have been out of Iberia Parish, Louisiana, for good. Election candidate Buford LaRose wants Detective Dave Robicheaux to ignore Aaron's calls, promising Robicheaux a lucrative job ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	In the Electric Mist with the Confederate Dead more books like this by James Lee Burke Detective Dave Robicheaux tries to connect a 35-year old homicide to a string of recent serial murders of prostitutes, convinced that a mob boss is the missing link and guilty party see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.08! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Black cherry blues more books like this by James Lee Burke Ex-cop Dave Robicheaux: His wife had been murdered ... Now they're after his little girl... From the Louisiana bayou to Montana's tribal lands, he's running front the bottle, a homicide rap, aprofessional killer ... and the demons of his past. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.65! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Sunset Limited more books like this by James Lee Burke Megan and Cisco Flynn are back in town. Nobody had ever been caught for the Klan murder of their father, Jack, and Detective Dave Robicheaux knows that trouble cannot be far behind. Particularly when the Flynns get mixed up with the case of a small-time hustler named Cool Breeze Broussard. As the Flynns find themselves deeper and deeper in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.04! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Jolie Blons Bounce more books like this by James Lee Burke In Burke's latest bayou Gothic, a schoolgirl and a prostitute have been murdered, and the prime suspect is a gifted Cajun folk musician named Tee Bobby Hulin. Cop Dave Robicheaux believes that Hulin is innocent, and sets out to prove it--but in the process, he runs afoul of a scary old man named Legion who may be the devil himself. A New York ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Crusader's Cross more books like this by James Lee Burke In the 13th installment of the Dave Robicheaux series of literary mysteries, the personal and professional once again collide to devastating effect for the Louisiana detective. When Dave and his half-brother Jimmie were teenagers in 1958, Jimmie fell in love with prostitute Ida Durbin after she rescued the two young men from a Galveston Island ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Pegasus Descending more books like this by James Lee Burke In this haunting new novel, "New York Times" bestselling author Burke takes readers back to New Orleans, where detective Dave Robicheaux becomes engulfed in a dangerous mystery surrounding a beautiful girl and stolen money. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.92! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Heaven's Prisoners more books like this by James Lee Burke HEAVEN'S PRISONERS-book Vietnam vet Dave Robicheaux has turned in his detective's badge, is winning his battle against booze, and has left New Orleans with his wife for the tranquil beauty of Louisiana's bayous. But a plane crash on the Gulf brings a young girl into his life -- and with her comes a netherworld of murder, deception and home-grown ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.08! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	A Morning for Flamingos more books like this by James Lee Burke Clutching the shards, of his shattered life, Cajun detective Dave Robicheaux has rejoined the New lberia police force. His partner is dead -- slain during a condemned prisoner's bloodyflight to freedom that left Robicheaux critically wounded...and reawakened the ghost of his haunted, violent past. Now he's trailing a killer into the sordid head of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.65! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Cimarron rose more books like this by James Lee Burke Lucas Smothers, nineteen and from the wrong end of town, has been arrested for the rape and murder of a local girl. His lawyer Billy Bob Holland is convinced of Lucas's innocence but proving it means unearthing the truth from a seething mass of deceit and corruption. A corruption endemic in the way it can be only in a gossipy small town where ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	A Stained White Radiance more books like this by James Lee Burke The fifth novel featuring Cajun detective Dave Robicheaux. A bullet fired through the window of Weldon Sonnier's house propels Robicheaux back into the lives of a family with whom he's not sure he wants to be reacquainted. Weldon's CIA-influenced commitments may have put him in the line of fire. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Connections more books like this by James Lee Burke How did the popularity of underwear in the twelfth century lead to the invention of the printing press? How did the waterwheel evolve into the computer? How did the arrival of the cannon lead eventually to the development of movies? In this highly acclaimed and bestselling book, James Burke brilliantly examines the ideas, inventions, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.72! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Heartwood more books like this by James Lee Burke Deaf Smith, Texas, a small town with small town problems until the local boy made good Earl Deitrich decides that he isn't prepared to share his kind of good fortune with anybody else. Wilbur Pickett is a retired rodeo rider with big dreams. Dreams of a secure future for himself and his native American wife, a blind woman who sees more than a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Burning angel more books like this by James Lee Burke Sonny Boy Marsallas, a New Orleans street hustler, entrusts Detective Dave Robicheaux with a mysterious notebook, kicking off a series of violent incidents and raising questions that need answers, and fast...What did Sonny's girlfriend know that got her murdered? Why is Sonny known as Red Angel by Central American guerrillas? And what do the Mafia ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	The neon rain more books like this by James Lee Burke "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLING AUTHOR JAMES LEE BURKE THE NEON RAIN Detective Dave Robicheaux has fought too many battles: in Vietnam, with killers and hustlers, with police brass, and with the bottle. Lost without his wife's love, Robicheaux's haunted soul mirrors the intensity and dusky mystery of New Orleans' French Quarter -- the place he calls ... see all copies from $2.34! new only from $8.66! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Lost Get-Back Boogie more books like this by James Lee Burke An ex-con and blues musician, Iry Paret tries to put his life back together by moving in with an old prison friend, but soon a romantic interest puts him in a difficult, compromising situation. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.59! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Last Car to Elysian Fields more books like this by James Lee Burke For Dave Robicheaux, there is no easy passage home. New Orleans, and the memories of his life in the Big Easy, will always haunt him. So to return there -- as he does in "Last Car to Elysian Fields" -- means visiting old ghosts, exposing old wounds, opening himself up to new, yet familiar, dangers. When Robicheaux, now a police officer based in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Bitterroot more books like this by James Lee Burke Following his acclaimed bestseller "Purple Cane Road," James Lee Burke returns with a triumphant tour de force. Set in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana, home to celebrities seeking to escape the pressures of public life, as well as to xenophobes dedicated to establishing a bulkhead of patriotic paranoia, Burke's novel features Billy Bob Holland, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	White Doves at Morning more books like this by James Lee Burke For years, critics have acclaimed the power of James Lee Burke's writing, the luminosity of his prose, the psychological complexity of his characters, the richness of his landscapes. Over the course of twenty novels and one collection of short stories, he has developed a loyal and dedicated following among both critics and general readers. His ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	In the Moon of Red Ponies more books like this by James Lee Burke In this fourth novel starring Billy Bob Holland, the ex-Texas Ranger turned attorney, he must defend himself against threats both personal and professional. Billy Bob and his PI wife Temple had hoped that they'd seen the last of Wyatt Dixon, the insane rodeo clown who buried Temple alive in the previous novel, BITTERROOT. Unfortunately, he's been ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	In the electric mist with Confederate dead. more books like this by James Lee Burke Hunting a sadistic killer who targets young prostitutes, Detective Dave Robicheaux has no mind to be sidetracked into persuading ex-schoolmate mobster Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni to leave town. And it turns out that Balboni is the money behind a Civil War movie that's bringing in good business. But then the film crew stumble on a skeleton out in the ... see all copies from $2.34! new only from $25.11! \| signed copies \| first editions

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