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Dave Robicheaux Mystery Series
series books at Amazon.com
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"Swan Peak" [#17 2008] 
While on a fishing trip to Montana with Dave, P.I. pal Clete Purcell recognizes a security man for a Texas oil billionaire as an associate of mob boss Sally Dee, killed years before in a plane crash. Then two college kids from Montana are murdered near their fishing cabin, a Texas prison guard chasing an escaped convict shows up, and Dave's post-Katrina vacation is halted. S&S 9¼x6½ hardcover [7/2008] for $15.57 |
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"The Tin Roof Blowdown" [#16 2007]
The author vents his anger at human incompetence and nature's destruction during and after Hurricane Katrina, and especially the horrific effect on his beloved New Orleans. The plot involves finding a missing priest and a looter who ransacked the home of a Mafia boss. Pocket mass pb [6/2008] for $7.99 
S&S 9¼x6¼ hardcover pb [7/2007] for $17.16 |
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"Pegasus Descending novel by James Lee Burke (Dave Robicheaux)" [#15 2006]
A young grifter claiming to be the daughter of Dallas Klein shows up, spreads around counterfeit money, and baits Whitey Bruxal, the aging mob boss who ordered Dallas killed 25 years before. (Dave and Dallas were N.O.P.D. partners, and Dave is haunted from being unable to prevent Dallas's death because Dave was plastered that night.) Pocket Star mass pb [8/2007] for $7.99 S&S 9¼x6¼ hardcover [7/2006] for $15.60 |
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"Crusader's Cross" [#14 2005]
Dave gets his job back as deputy sheriff to help solve a string of murders. The deathbed confession of a childhood friend opens up a mystery about his brother's long-ago first love, a prostitute in 1958 Texas. Pocket mass pb [7/2006] for $7.99 S&S 9½x6½ hardcover [7/2005] for $17.13 |
"Last Car To Elysian Fields" [#13=S&S 2003]
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"Jolie Blon's Bounce" [#12=S&S 2002]
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"Purple Cane Road" [#11=Random House 2000]
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"Sunset Limited" [#10=Doubleday 1998]
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"Cadillac Jukebox" [#9=Hyperion 1996]
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"Burning Angel" [#8=Hyperion 1995]
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"Dixie City Jam" [#7=Hyperion 1994]
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"In The Electric Mist With Confederate Dead" [#6=Hyperion 1993]
"In The Electric Mist" feature film [2009 video release]
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier; starring Tommy Lee Jones, Justina Machado, John Goodman, Peter Sarsgaard,
Kelly Macdonald, Mary Steenburgen, Alana Locke, Ned Beatty, James Gammon, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Levon Helm,
Buddy Guy & Julio Cedillo; video/DVD not yet available; full credits at IMDb
DVD out 2009
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"A Stained White Radiance" [#5=Hyperion 1992]
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"Morning For Flamingoes" [#4=1990]
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"Black Cherry Blues" [#3=Little, Brown 1989]
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"Heaven's Prisoners" [#2=Henry Holt 1988]
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"Heaven's Prisoners" feature film [New Line Cinema May 1996]
Directed by Phil Joanou; starring Alec Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Mary Stuart Masterson, Eric Roberts, Teri Hatcher, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Badja Djola & Samantha Lagpacan New Line Home Video color DVD [10/2003] for $9.98 New Line Home Video color VHS [5/97] out of prodn/many used W.E.A./Atlantic soundtrack CD [5/96] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb 27"x40" poster from Amazon for $17.95 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
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"The Neon Rain" [#1=Henry Holt 1987]
Billy Bob Holland Mystery Series
"Cimarron Rose" [#1=Hyperion 1997]
"Heartwood" [#2=Doubleday 1999]
"Bitterroot" [#3=S&S 2001]
"In The Moon of Red Ponies" [#4=2004]
Other Books
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"Jesus Out To Sea: Stories" [2007] 11 short stories by James Lee Burke S&S 8¼x5½ pb [6/2007] for $11.20 |
"White Doves At Morning" [S&S 2002]
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"The Lost Get Back Boogie" [LSU Press 1986]
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"The Convict" [LSU Press 1985]
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"Two For Texas" [Pocket Books 1982]
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"Lay Down My Sword and Shield" [Thomas Y. Crowell 1971]
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"To The Bright and Shining Sun" [Scribner's 1970]
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"Half of Paradise" [Houghton Mifflin 1965]
daughter Alafair Burke's Mystery Novels
Alafair Burke entry at Wikipedia
official Alafair Burke website
Samantha Kincaid Mystery Series
"Judgment Calls" [July 2003]
"Missing Justice" [June 2004]
"Close Case" [July 2005]
Ellie Hatcher Mystery Series
"Dead Connection" [July 2007]
"Angel's Tip" [Aug 2008]
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