James Lee Burke, bestselling author of the Louisiana-based Dave Robicheaux crime fiction series, now begins a new series with a new landscape. In Cimarron Rose, Burke brings his talent for lyrical writing and hard-edged suspense to the American West.
Billy Bob Holland is a lawyer for the people of sunbaked Deaf Smith, in southern Texas. Although occasionally he is haunted by memories of a violent past, his life is serene—until a local guitarist, Lucas Smothers, lands in jail for raping and
murdering a young woman. As Billy Bob gathers information to defend him, the evidence soon points to the son of a wealthy local businessman. In the ensuing battle, money is pitted against the law. But a deeper struggle also arises, for Lucas is Billy Bob’s illegitimate son.
Sweet Pea Chaisson has parked his pink Cadillac convertible full of hookers in the parking lot of a convenience store in Spanish Lake, Louisiana. He’s causing a commotion, but not because of the car or the women—his mother’s coffin is sticking out of the trunk.
Welcome again to the world of Dave Robicheaux, the Bayou cop who works murder cases and a 12-step program with a unique mixture of gentleness and suppressed rage. On his beat in Iberia Parrish, ancient burial sites, a Vietnam war
diary, an old affair, and a street hustler are stirring up trouble. Dave needs to solve these overlapping puzzles, or he’ll end up without a job—or his life.
Edgar Award–winning author James Lee Burke twines threads of the past and present to create unforgettable visions and characters.
Dave Robicheaux vindt vier lichamen in een neergestort vliegtuig. De autoriteiten melden echter slechts drie slachtoffers…
Dave Robicheaux – Vietnam-veteraan, ex-alcoholist en voormalig detective – doet zijn best zijn criminele en gewelddadige verleden van zich af te schudden als beheerder van een verhuurbedrijf van boten.
Dan stort voor zijn ogen een vliegtuigje neer. Robicheaux kan een meisje redden, de overige vier inzittenden overleven de crash niet. Toch melden de autoriteiten dat er slechts drie mensen zijn omgekomen.
Wie was de vierde man en waarom wordt zijn identiteit verborgen gehouden? Wie plaatste een bom in het vliegtuig? Het detective-instinct van Robicheaux dwingt hem nader op de zaak in te gaan.
Er zijn echter mensen die trachten Robicheaux ven zijn onderzoek af te houden. Maar hij is reeds zo ver in de zaak betrokken dat niets en niemand hem er meer van kan afhouden. Dan worden twee huurmoordenaars op hem afgestuurd. Door hen belandt hij in een gruwelijk web van moord, verraad en bedrog. Robicheaux ontdekt dat hij niemand kan vertrouwen behalve een ex-vriendin, de prostituee Robin...
In his most autobiographical novel to date, James Lee Burke continues the epic Holland family saga with a writer grieving the death of his daughter while battling earthly and supernatural outlaws.
Novelist Aaron Holland Broussard is shattered when his daughter Fannie Mae dies suddenly. As he tries to honour her memory by saving two young men from a life of crime amid their opioid-ravaged community, he is drawn into a network of villainy that includes a violent former Klansman, a far-from-holy minister, a biker club posing as evangelicals, and a murderer who has been hiding in plain sight.
Aaron's only ally is state police officer Ruby Spotted Horse, a no-nonsense woman who harbours some powerful secrets in her cellar. Despite the air of mystery surrounding her, Ruby is the only one Aaron can trust. That is, until the ghost of Fannie Mae shows up, guiding her father through a tangled web of the present and past and helping him vanquish his foes from both this world and the next.
Drawn from James Lee Burke's own life experiences, Every Cloak Rolled in Blood is a devastating exploration of the nature of good and evil and a deeply moving story about the power of love and family.
Bestselling author James Lee Burke returns to delight audiobook listeners who crave fast-paced crime fiction with Cadillac Jukebox. This thunderous and introspective audiobook—the ninth book of the award-winning series—pits the
earthy and robust Dave Robicheaux against forces of law and power far beyond his control.
When a racially motivated murder nearly three decades old churns back to the surface, Robicheaux is confronted by mob bosses, corrupt police chiefs and even dirtier politicians. Despite his efforts to stay clear of the action, he is inevitably
drawn into the center of the conflict as evidence points to the current resident of
the governor’s mansion.
Can Robicheaux uncover the truth and stay one step ahead of the people who want him silenced?
New Orleans: het werkterrein van inspecteur Dave Robicheaux, van de pulserende jazz in de Franse wijk tot in de moerassen waar drugsdealers hun weg weten te vinden.
Hij heeft al heel wat gevechten achter de rug: in Vietnam, met moordenaars en prostituees, met zijn superieuren bij de politie, met de fies. Als Robicheaux het lijk van een jonge zwarte prostituee uit een kreek vist, raakt hij verzeild in een levensgevaarlijk wespennest. Hij krijgt het aan de stok met een Nicaraguaanse bende, er wordt een prijs op zijn hoofd gezet, en hij dreigt ten onder te gaan in een poel van corruptie die New Orleans teistert als een tropische slagregen. Voor de rechercheur met Cajun-bloed in de aderen gaat de uitweg over lijken.
Neon glamour is een intelligent en intrigerend geschreven crime over hebzucht, wraak en verleiding.
The 9th Dave Robicheaux novel from the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling, award-winning author of THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN.
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 when he makes governor. Worse still, Buford's wife, Karyn, seems unhealthily interested in getting very close to Robicheaux - just like old times . . . The LaRoses, each for their own reasons, want Crown's case buried.
Praise for one of the great American crime writers, James Lee Burke:
'James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed.' Michael Connelly
'A gorgeous prose stylist.' Stephen King
'Richly deserves to be described now as one of the finest crime writers America has ever produced.' Daily Mail
The tenth Robicheaux mystery, winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award.
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 trouble, Robicheaux is trying to keep Cool Breeze alive. Something ties Breeze to the Flynns, and all three of them to local plantation magnate Archer Terrebonne. Something long past is poisoning all their lives, bringing death in its wake...
Praise for one of the great American crime writers, James Lee Burke:
'James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed.' Michael Connelly
'A gorgeous prose stylist.' Stephen King
'Richly deserves to be described now as one of the finest crime writers America has ever produced.' Daily Mail
Fans of Dennis Lehane, Michael Connelly and Don Winslow will love James Lee Burke
