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Jesus Out to Sea Jesus Out to Sea James Lee Burke In this moving collection of short stories, James Lee Burke elegantly marries his flair for gripping storytelling with his lyrical writing style and complex, fascinating character portraits. The back… OL15109497W
Rain gods Rain gods James Lee Burke ELDERLY TEXAS LAWYER-TURNED-BORDER-SHERIFF HACKBERRY HOLLAND UNCOVERS THE MASS GRAVE OF NINE ILLEGAL ASIAN ALIENS. IRAQI VETERAN PETE FLORES REPORTED THE MURDERS TO AUTHORITIES AND THEN FLED WITH HIS… OL15109502W
Bitterroot Bitterroot James Lee Burke "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, Burk… OL15109503W
Last car to Elysian Fields Last car to Elysian Fields 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… OL15109505W
Sunset limited Sunset limited James Lee Burke In a land soaked with sin, Dave Robicheaux is dueling with killers, ghosts, and a woman's revenge.... The townspeople of New Iberia, Louisiana, didn't crucify Megan Flynn's father. They just didn'… OL15109507W
Lay down my sword and shield Lay down my sword and shield James Lee Burke This is a very interesting book. Especially for someone like me who has a Southern background.I don't know how Burk keeps it up but am glad he does.His fiction is believible. OL15109511W
Jolie Blon's bounce Jolie Blon's bounce James Lee Burke "When a beautiful teenage girl is killed, the victim of a particularly savage rape, New Iberia, Louisiana, police detective Dave Robicheaux senses from the very start of the investigation that the mo… OL15109516W
The lost get-back boogie The lost get-back boogie James Lee Burke Iry Paret's done his time -- two years for manslaughter in Louisiana's Angola State Penitentiary. Now the war vet and blues singer is headed to Montana, where he hopes to live clean working on a ranc… OL15109529W
Dixie City jam Dixie City jam James Lee Burke From two-time Edgar Award–winner and New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke comes a thrilling novel—now available in ebook—that pits Dave Robicheaux against the worst opponent he’s encount… OL15109530W
Half of paradise Half of paradise James Lee Burke Author correction. OL15409491W
Feast day of fools Feast day of fools James Lee Burke Interviewing an alcoholic Native American who witnessed a murder along the Texas-Mexico border, Sheriff Hack Holland and his deputy, Sam Tibbs, recognize the work of serial killer Preacher Jack Colli… OL16634635W
Feast day of fools Feast day of fools James Lee Burke Interviewing an alcoholic Native American who witnessed a murder along the Texas-Mexico border, Sheriff Hack Holland and his deputy, Sam Tibbs, recognize the work of serial killer Preacher Jack Colli… OL19956498W
Wayfaring stranger Wayfaring stranger James Lee Burke "From "America's best novelist" (The Denver Post): A sprawling thriller drenched with atmosphere and intrigue that takes a young boy from a chance encounter with Bonnie and Clyde to the trenches of W… OL19978228W
Wayfaring stranger Wayfaring stranger James Lee Burke "It is 1934 and the Depression is bearing down when sixteen-year-old Weldon Avery Holland happens upon infamous criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow after one of their notorious armed robberies. … OL19988394W
Pegasus descending Pegasus descending James Lee Burke Set in the summer of Hurricane Katrina. Dave Robicheaux left his drinking days behind long ago, after a tragic event he wasn't sober enough to prevent. Two decades later, several incidents in Dave's … OL21181200W
La nuit la plus longue La nuit la plus longue James Lee Burke Roman policier (suspense). Roman de société A l'été 2005, un terrifiant ouragan dévaste le sud de la Louisiane. Son impact sur La Nouvelle-Orléans évoque la bombe atomique qui a anéanti Hiroshima. E… OL21363865W
Burning angel Burning angel James Lee Burke A family in Louisiana, descendants of black sharecroppers, is being forced off its land by a shady group of developers. The land is said to contain gold. Dave Robicheaux, the local policeman, rises t… OL21714790W
Two for Texas Two for Texas James Lee Burke Son Holland arrived in the Louisiana penal camp determined not to spend the rest of his days suffering in a chain gang - but he didn't imagine for one minute that in order to escape he would need to … OL21730606W
The glass rainbow The glass rainbow James Lee Burke Beloved Burke hero Detective Dave Robicheaux returns to New Iberia, Louisiana, to solve a series of grisly murders. Seven young women in neighboring Jefferson Davis Parish have been brutally murdered… OL22133402W
In the moon of red ponies In the moon of red ponies James Lee Burke "At the end of Bitterroot, rodeo cowboy Wyatt Dixon - 'the most dangerous, depraved, twisted and unpredicatable human being I ever knew' - was sentences to sixty years in jail for murder. Now, one ye… OL24271791W
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