James Lee Burke’s most beloved character, Dave Robicheaux, returns in this New York Times bestselling mystery set in the towns and backwoods of Louisiana: an “enthralling yet grim novel that…will captivate, start to finish” (Publishers Weekly). Dave Robicheaux is a haunted man. From the acts he committed in Vietnam, to his battles with alcoholism, to the sudden loss of his beloved wife, Molly, his thoughts drift from one irreconcilable memory to the next. Images of ghosts pepper his reality. Robicheaux’s only beacon remains serving as a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana. It’s in that capacity that Robicheaux crosses paths with powerful mob boss, Tony Nemo. Tony has a Civil War sword he’d like to give to Levon Broussard, a popular local author whose books have been adapted into major Hollywood films. Then there’s Jimmy Nightengale, the young poster boy of New Orleans wealth and glamour. Jimmy’s fond of Levon’s work, and even fonder of his beautiful, enigmatic wife, Rowena. Tony thinks Jimmy can be a US Senator someday, and has the resources and clout to make it happen. There’s something off about the relationship among these three men, and after a vicious assault, it’s up to Robicheaux to uncover the truth “in the barn-burner of a climax” (Booklist, starred review). Complicating matters is the sudden death of the New Iberian local responsible for Molly’s death; namely that Robicheaux’s colleague thinks Robicheaux had something to do with it. As Robicheaux works to clear his name and make sense of the murder, a harrowing study of America emerges: this nation’s abiding conflict between a sense of past grandeur and a legacy of shame, its easy seduction by demagogues and wealth, and its predilection for violence and revenge. “It has been almost five years since James Lee Burke’s last Dave Robicheaux novel, and it was absolutely worth the wait” (Associated Press).

Robicheaux

The third novel in the highly acclaimed Dave Robicheaux series, and winner of the Edgar award. Personal tragedy has left Dave Robicheaux close to the edge. Battling against his old addiction to alcohol and haunted nightly by vivid dreams and visitations, Dave finds his only tranquillity at home with his young ward Alafair. But even this fragile peace is shattered by the arrival of Dixie Lee Pugh who brings with him a brutal trail of murder and violence. Robicheaux reluctantly agrees to help out his old friend but becomes more involved than he bargained for when he finds himself suspect Number One in the series of bloody killings. Forced to leave his home, Robicheaux's precarious existence reaches breaking point when Alafair's life is threatened. Praise for James Lee Burke: “Richly deserves to be described now as one of the finest crime writers America has ever produced.” DAILY MAIL

Dave Robicheaux

Black Cherry Blues

Winner of the 2008 Audie Award for Mystery Dave Robicheaux returns in an adventure as timely as real life: the fight against crime, and the fight for life in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In the waning days of summer 2005, a storm with greater impact than the bomb that struck Hiroshima peels the face off southern Louisiana. This is the gruesome reality Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Detective Dave Robicheaux discovers as he is deployed to New Orleans. As The Tin Roof Blowdown begins, Hurricane Katrina has left the commercial district and residential neighborhoods awash with looters and predators of every stripe. The power grid of the city has been destroyed; New Orleans reduced to the level of a medieval society. There is no law, no order, no sanctuary for the infirm, the helpless, and the innocent. Bodies float in the streets and lie impaled on the branches of flooded trees. In the midst of an apocalyptical nightmare, Robicheaux must find two serial rapists, a morphine-addicted priest, and a vigilante who may be more dangerous than the criminals looting the city.

The Tin Roof Blowdown

In the latest installment in his famous Detective Dave Robicheaux series, New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke brings Dave’s partner and friend Clete Purcel to the forefront for the first time as Clete and Dave attempt to stop ruthless smugglers of a dangerous new drug. Clete Purcel—private investigator, ex-member of the New Orleans Police Department, and war veteran with a hard shell and just a few soft spots—is Dave Robicheaux’s longtime friend and partner in detective work. But he has a troubled past. When Clete leaves his car at the local car wash, only to return to find it ransacked by a group of thugs tied to the drug trade from Mexican cartels to Louisiana, it feels personal—his grandniece died of a fentanyl overdose, and his fists curl when he thinks of the dealers who sold it. Just as Clete starts to trail the culprits, Clara Bow, a woman with a dark past hires Clete as a detective to investigate her scheming, slippery ex-husband, and a string of brutal deaths all link back to a heavily tattooed man who seems to lurk around every corner. Clete is experiencing shockingly lifelike hallucinations and questioning Clara’s ulterior motives when he and Dave start to hear rumors of a dangerous substance with potentially catastrophic effects. The thugs who destroyed his car might have been pawns in a scheme far darker than they could’ve imagined. Gripping, violent, yet interlaced with Clete’s humor and consistent drive to protect those he loves, Clete brings a fresh perspective to a truly iconic series. James Lee Burke proves yet again that he is the “heavyweight champ” and “great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed” (Michael Connelly).

Clete

James Lee Burke’s second Robicheaux novel takes the detective out of New Orleans and into the bayou as he seeks a quieter life. 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 homegrown crime. Suddenly Robicheaux is confronting Bubba Rocque, a brutal hood he’s known since childhood; Rocque’s hungry Cajun wife; and a Federal agent with more guts than sense. In a backwater world where a swagger and a gun go further than the law, Robicheaux and those he loves are caught on a tide of violence far bigger than them all...

Heaven's Prisoners

Following his acclaimed bestseller Purple Cane Road, James Lee Burke returns with this gripping tale of justice and danger as Billy Bob Holland battles his tormented past and a vengeful foe. 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, former Texas Ranger and now a Texas-based lawyer, who has come to Big Sky Country for some fishing and ends up helping out an old friend in trouble. And big trouble it is, not just for his friend but for Billy Bob himself—in the form of Wyatt Dixon, a recent prison parolee sworn to kill Billy Bob as revenge for both his imprisonment and his sister's death, both of which he blames on the former Texas lawman. As the mysteries multiply and the body count mounts, the reader is drawn deeper into the tortured mind of Billy Bob Holland, a complex hero tormented by the mistakes of his past and driven to make things—all things—right. But beneath the guise of justice for the weak and downtrodden lies a tendency for violence that at times becomes more terrifying than the danger he is trying to eradicate. As USA TODAY noted in discussing the parallels between Billy Bob Holland and Burke’s other popular series hero, David Robicheaux, “Robicheaux and Holland are two of a kind, white-hat heroes whose essential goodness doesn’t keep them from fighting back. The two series describe different landscapes, but one theme remains constant: the inner conflict when upright men are provoked into violence in defense of hearth, home, women, and children. There are plenty of parallels. Billy Bob is an ex-Texas Ranger; Dave is an ex-New Orleans cop. Dave battles alcoholism and the ghosts of Vietnam; Billy Bob actually sees ghosts, including the Ranger he accidentally gunned down....But most of all, both protagonists hold a vision of a pure and simple life.” In Bitterroot, with its rugged and vivid setting, its intricate plot, and a set of remarkable, unforgettable characters, and crafted with the lyrical prose and the elegiac tone that have inspired many critics to compare him to William Faulkner, James Lee Burke has written a thriller destined to surpass the success of his previous novels.

Bitterroot

Few writers in America today combine James Lee Burke's lush prose, cracking story lines, and tremendous sense of history and landscape. In Cimarron Rose, longtime fans of the Dave Robicheaux series found that the struggles of Texas defense attorney Billy Bob Holland show Burke at his best in exploring classic American themes -- the sometimes subtle, often violent strains between the haves and the have-nots; the collision of past and present; the inequities in the criminal justice system. Heartwood is a kind of tree that grows in layers. And as Billy Bob's grandfather once told him, you do well in life by keeping the roots in a clear stream and not letting anyone taint the water for you. But in Holland's dusty little hometown of Deaf Smith, in the hill country north of Austin, local kingpin Earl Deitrich has made a fortune running roughshod and tainting anyone who stands in his way. Billy Bob has problems with Deitrich and his shamelessly callous demeanor, but can't shake the legacy of his passion for Deitrich's "heartbreak-beautiful" wife, Peggy Jean. When Holland takes on the defense of Wilbur Pickett -- a man accused of stealing an heirloom and three hundred thousand dollars in bonds from Deitrich's office -- he finds himself up against not Earl's power and influence, but also a past Billy Bob can't will away. A wonderfully realized novel, rich in Texas atmosphere and lore, and a dazzling portrait of the deadly consequences of self-delusion, Heartwood could only have been written by James Lee Burke, a writer in expert command of his craft.

Heartwood

Winner of the 2012 Audie Award for Mystery The critically acclaimed thirtieth entry from New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke, featuring Texas Sheriff Hackberry Holland in an epic tale that is equal parts thriller, Western, and literary masterpiece. James Lee Burke returns to the Texas border town of his bestseller Rain Gods, where a serial killer presumed dead is very much alive…and where sheriff Hackberry Holland, now a widower, fights for survival—his own, and of the citizens he’s sworn to protect. When alcoholic ex-boxer Danny Boy Lorca witnesses a man tortured to death in the desert, Hackberry’s investigation leads him to Anton Ling, a mysterious Chinese woman known for sheltering illegals. Ling denies any knowledge of the attack, but something in her aristocratic beauty seduces Hack into overlooking that she is as dangerous as the men she harbors. And when soulless Preacher Jack Collins reemerges, the cold-blooded killer may prove invaluable to Hackberry. This time, he and the Preacher have a common enemy.

Feast Day of Fools

A 2020 Audie Award Finalist Named one of the best crime novels of 2019 by The New York Times Book Review. The shocking death of a young woman leads Detective Dave Robicheaux into the dark corners of Hollywood, the mafia, and the backwoods of Louisiana in this New York Times bestselling mystery from “modern master” (Publishers Weekly) James Lee Burke. Detective Dave Robicheaux’s world isn’t filled with too many happy stories, but Desmond Cormier’s rags-to-riches tale is certainly one of them. Robicheaux first met Cormier on the streets of New Orleans, when the young, undersized boy had foolish dreams of becoming a Hollywood director. Twenty-five years later, when Robicheaux knocks on Cormier’s door, it isn’t to congratulate him on his Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations. Robicheaux has discovered the body of a young woman who’s been crucified, wearing only a small chain on her ankle. She disappeared near Cormier’s Cyrpemort Point estate, and Robicheaux, along with young deputy, Sean McClain, is looking for answers. Neither Cormier nor his enigmatic actor friend Antoine Butterworth are saying much, but Robicheaux knows better. As always, Clete Purcel and Davie’s daughter, Alafair, have Robicheaux’s back. Clete witnesses the escape of Texas inmate, Hugo Tillinger, who may hold the key to Robicheaux’s case. As they wade further into the investigation, they end up in the crosshairs of the mob, the deranged Chester Wimple, and the dark ghosts Robicheaux has been running from for years. Ultimately, it’s up to Robicheaux to stop them all, but he’ll have to summon a light he’s never seen or felt to save himself, and those he loves. Stephen King hailed New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke “as good as he ever was.” With The New Iberia Blues, Burke proves that he “just keeps getting better” (Booklist, starred review), and is “one of a small handful of elite suspense writers whose work transcends the genre, making the leap into capital-L Literature” (BookPage).

The New Iberia Blues

Sonnier-familien har en mørk og dyster bakgrunn, og Dave Robicheaux kjenner de fleste av hemmelighetene deres. Men selv han blir rystet når fortidens mudder kommer opp til overflaten, forlengst tilbaketrengte demoner blir synlige igjen, og vold og drap med økende hyppighet oppsøker de tre Sonnier-søsknene, som han har kjent fra de var barn. Det er en veritabel heksegryte Dave Robicheaux med velkjent stahet stikker hånden ned i, sterkere krydret enn i cajun-sjappene i New Orleans՚ bakgater, med ingredienser som CIA, gangstervelde og Ku Klux Klan. James Lee Burke har med bøkene om cajun-detektiven Dave Robicheaux skapt en av de mest originale seriene i moderne amerikansk kriminallitteratur. En uren, hvit stråleglans er en kriminalroman av beste klasse, klartseende, poetisk og ytterst velskrevet. «En uren, hvit stråleglans er en bemerkelsesverdig velskrevet krim. Burkes sprog er så rikt og så fylt med poesi at man som leser gir seg ende over. Miljøskildringene fanger mesterlig inn den egenartede cajun- kulturen med dens franske røtter, og han levendegjør Louisianas eksotiske sumplandskap i den grad at man formelig fornemmer solen, regnet, plantene, duftene. Burkes personer er dertil tegnet med sikker psykologisk innsikt,» – Terje Stemland, Aftenposten « . . . spenning fra første til siste side.» – Anne Marie Seem, Nordtrønderen og Namdalen James Lee Burke debuterte som kriminalforfatter i 1987, med Neon Rain, den første i en serie politiromaner i den hardkokte genren, med cajunen Dave Robicheaux i hovedrollen. Et vesentlig element i disse bøkene er miljøskildringen – de trange gatene i New Orleans, sumplandskapet rundt byen. Rasemotsetningene, den fattige underklassen, kriminaliteten. James Lee Burke er selv vokst opp i Louisiana, og bor fortsatt deler av året i New Orleans. Han er ellers bosatt i Missoula i Montana og har, utenom serien om Dave Robicheaux, skrevet flere romaner og en novellesamling. Han ble i 1989 tildelt den amerikanske Edgar-prisen for beste kriminalroman, med Black Cherry Blues.

En uren, hvit stråleglans

Ute i dypet finnes de, likene av de tyske ubåtmannskapene som under annen verdenskrig lå ved munningen av Mississippi og ventet på amerikanske oljetankere. Som barn hadde førstebetjent Dave Robicheaux mareritt om de døde sjøfolkene. Som student kom han tilfeldigvis over vraket av en av båtene mens han dykket. Det er denne hendelsen som mange år senere – i et New Orleans på vei mot tusenårsriket – setter både hans og andres liv i fare. Hvorfor er en jødisk organisasjon og en dreven skurk fra det irske miljøet interessert i båten? Hvor kommer den italienske mafiaen inn i bildet? Og ikke minst: hvem er egentlig Will Buchalter, mannen som målbærer ideer som skulle vært knust en gang for alle i 1945, og som ikkeskyr noen midler for å lokalisere ubåten? Er det grobunn for slike ideer i dagens USA? Må hver generasjon ta sin kamp med disse mørke kreftene? Hvem står bak drapene på svarte narkolangere, som alle blir funnet med hjertet skåret ut og en rose i såret? Kan ondskapen i det hele tatt bekjempes av vanlige, høyst feilbarlige mennesker? « ... spennende ... Burkes skildring av cajun-kulturen ... hever romanen over det meste som skrives av hardkokt krim for tiden.» – Per Magnussen, Hamar Dagblad « ... dramatisk og drivende godt fortalt ...» – Terje Stemland, Aftenposten James Lee Burke debuterte som kriminalforfatter i 1987, med Neon Rain, den første i en serie politiromaner i den hardkokte genren, med cajunen Dave Robicheaux i hovedrollen. Et vesentlig element i disse bøkene er miljøskildringen – de trange gatene i New Orleans, sumplandskapet rundt byen. Rasemotsetningene, den fattige underklassen, kriminaliteten. James Lee Burke er selv vokst opp i Louisiana, og bor fortsatt deler av året i New Orleans. Han er ellers bosatt i Missoula i Montana og har, utenom serien om Dave Robicheaux, skrevet flere romaner og en novellesamling. Han ble i 1989 tildelt den amerikanske Edgar-prisen for beste kriminalroman, med Black Cherry Blues.

Mississippi Jam

To dødsdømte fanger skal overføres til et annet fengsel. Tee Beau Latiolais, som ser ut som et barn i voksne klær, og Jimmie Lee Boggs, en profesjonell leiemorder. Ansvarlig for transporten er førstebetjent Dave Robicheaux. De flykter og etterlater seg to lik og en hårdt såret Dave Robicheaux. Og dette er bare begynnelsen. Minos Dautrieve, en gammel venn av Dave og agent i FBI, er ute etter en mafiaboss i New Orleans, Tony Cardo. Han ber Dave bli politispion, og fremskaffe bevis for at Tony er involvert i omsetningen av narkotika. I New Orleans finner vi også Jimmie Lee Boggs. Som mener han har et uoppgjort regnskap med Dave. Og tee Beau. Som Dave prøver å redde fra den elektriske stol. Dave vinner innpass i New Orleans՚ underverden. Han blir Tony Cardos fortrolige, og møter igjen Bootsie Mouton, ungdomskjæresten som har giftet seg med en mafioso. Mot sin vilje trekkes han stadig lenger inn i Tonys marerittaktige tilværelse, og føler etter hvert at lojaliteten splittes. Dave Robicheaux trenger all den ryggdekning han kan få. Og mer til. «James Lee Burke har etablert seg som en av de absolutt beste kriminalforfattere i USA.» – The Los Angeles Times Book Review «Burkes serie om politimannen Dave Robicheaux står i en klasse for seg.» – Anne B. Ragde, Aftenposten James Lee Burke debuterte som kriminalforfatter i 1987, med Neon Rain, den første i en serie politiromaner i den hardkokte genren, med cajunen Dave Robicheaux i hovedrollen. Et vesentlig element i disse bøkene er miljøskildringen – de trange gatene i New Orleans, sumplandskapet rundt byen. Rasemotsetningene, den fattige underklassen, kriminaliteten. James Lee Burke er selv vokst opp i Louisiana, og bor fortsatt deler av året i New Orleans. Han er ellers bosatt i Missoula i Montana og har, utenom serien om Dave Robicheaux, skrevet flere romaner og en novellesamling. Han ble i 1989 tildelt den amerikanske Edgar-prisen for beste kriminalroman, med Black Cherry Blues.

En morgen for flamingoer

Filmskuespilleren Elrod T. Sykes er – ifølge ham selv – i stand til å «se ting». Som liket av en afrikaner med en kjetting rundt kroppen. Og døde sørstatssoldater. Men hvem tar alvorlig en mann som påstår han har overnaturlige evner, når han er så full at han har problemer med å holde Cadillacen på veien? De blankslitte knoklene han finner i en bortgjemt sump, er likevel håndgripelige nok. Og cajunen Dave Robicheaux, førstebetjent ved sheriffkontoret i Iberia Parish, var øyenvitne da mannen med kjetting ble drept – lynsjet – i 1957. Men Dave Robicheaux får beskjed om ikke å rote i for lengst henlagte saker, og konsentrere seg om mordet på en nitten år gammel prostituert, Cherry LeBlanc. Sjelden har politiet sett et lik som har vært utsatt for så rå vold. Hva er sammenhengen mellom den døde afrikaneren og mordet på Cherry LeBlanc – eller andre uoppklarte kvinnemord i distriktet? Hvorfor påstår mafiabossen Baby Feet Balboni, som er blitt en viktig mann i lokaløkonomien, at han ikke kjenner til drapet? Og hvorfor er Dave Robicheaux՚ eget liv plutselig i fare? «Dersom du ser deg om etter Lew Archers eller Phillip Marlowes etterfølger, kan du finne ham i Dave Robicheaux.» - Houston Chronicle «Du vil aldri glemme at du leste denne boken ... en fascinerende kriminalroman.» – Odd Magnar Syversen, Aftenposten « . . . intenst spennende . . . » – Ole Jacob Hoel, Adresseavisen James Lee Burke debuterte som kriminalforfatter i 1987, med Neon Rain, den første i en serie politiromaner i den hardkokte genren, med cajunen Dave Robicheaux i hovedrollen. Et vesentlig element i disse bøkene er miljøskildringen – de trange gatene i New Orleans, sumplandskapet rundt byen. Rasemotsetningene, den fattige underklassen, kriminaliteten. James Lee Burke er selv vokst opp i Louisiana, og bor fortsatt deler av året i New Orleans. Han er ellers bosatt i Missoula i Montana og har, utenom serien om Dave Robicheaux, skrevet flere romaner og en novellesamling. Han ble i 1989 tildelt den amerikanske Edgar-prisen for beste kriminalroman, med Black Cherry Blues.

I elektrisk tåke

New Orleans är kriminalkommisarie Dave Robicheaux stad – från de franska kvarterens pulserande jazzmusik till droglangarnas ogenomträngliga gömställen i träsken utanför stadskärnan. Men Dave Robicheaux har utkämpat för många strider. Han är ärrad av Vietnam, av kampen mot mördare och rånare, av korruptionen inom poliskåren och av sin inre strid mot spriten. När han hittar en prostituerad kvinnas lik i träskvattnet hamnar han utan att det i en dödsfälla. Plötsligt tvingas han kämpa ensam i en malström av korruption, mord och gigantiska drogpengar. Hans enda vapen är hans kantstötta och uppgivna självkänsla och den hederskodex han mot alla odds försöker leva efter – och nu måste avgöra om han också är beredd att dö för. "Lika explosiv som allt annat i Dave Robicheaux fläckade förflutna, men samtidigt skarpare skildrad än tidigare, utan att kännas det minsta pompös." - Kirkus Reviews "Ännu en vinnare av en mästare." - Library Journal "En förbannat bra bok ... Intrigen och miljöerna ar lika målande och fängslande som alltid." - Philip Oakes, Literary Review

Neonregnet

Lovens lange arm er aldrig lang nok i den lille sydvestlige grænseby i Texas, hvor Hackberry Holland er sat til at sørge for lov og orden. USA og ikke mindst Texas synes at være på sammenbruddets rand. Det samme kan siges om Hackberry Holland, der stadig er i sorg over tabet af sin elskede hustru. Han har rodet sig ud i en farefuld romance med sin vicesheriff, Pam Tibbs. Hackberry Holland fungerer som ondskabens magnet i ørkenens grænseland, måske i forsøget på at holde sine egne dæmoner i skak.  Da den alkoholiserede eksbokser Danny Boy Lorca bliver vidne til, at en mand tortureres til døde og efterfølgende melder det, fører Hackberry Hollands efterforskning ham til Anton Ling, en mystisk kinesisk kvinde, som de lokale kalder La Magdalena, og som er kendt for at skjule illegale indvandrere. Ling benægter at have kendskab til både offer og gerningsmænd, men noget i hendes bestemte opførsel og aristokratiske skønhed tvinger Hackberry til igen og igen at vende tilbage til hende.  Hackberry Hollands eksistentielle kamp imod lokale banditter og deres bagmænd er et led i en større kamp: udvekslingen af narko for våben, ødelæggelsen af de amerikanske storbyer og fastholdelsen af reaktionære banditregimer i latinamerika er grundpillerne i den krig, de kalder samfundet. Det er temaet i James Lee Burkes storslåede Narrenes Fest. James Lee Burke, født i Texas, har skrevet en lang række kriminalromaner, der alle foregår i de amerikanske sydstater. Han har to gange modtager en Edgar for årets bedste kriminalroman, og i 2009 udnævnte Mystery Writers of America ham til stormester. Hans debutroman `Sangen om det blå græs‘ blev nomineret til en Pulitzer Prize. Han bor i dag på en ranch i Montana med sin kone Pearl.

Narrenes fest

En ung kvinde med alt for mange problemer kommer brasende ind i Dave Robicheaux's liv. Hendes far, engang Robicheaux's gode ven, var under et bankrøveri blevet likvideret af gangstere. Robicheaux havde ufrivilligt været vidne til udåden, dengang for meget mere end 20 år siden. I Pegasus i frit fald udforsker James Lee Burke endnu engang beviser, psyker og mennesker - for at finde en slags mening i de komplekse forbrydelser og ikke mindst deres rødder i fortiden. Pegasus i frit fald er en tornado af lidenskab, overraskelse og anger. Bogen er rig på atmosfære, skræmmende i de 'moderne' udbrud af pludselig vold og fuld af gåder og pludselige indsigter. Historien tager fart, da den unge kvinde begynder at strø om sig med mærkede hundrededollarsedler i lokale casinoer. Er hun en god pige, der har udviklet sig skidt? Et barn af et offer, ude på hævn? Eller en promiskuøs skønhed, der forfører alle inden for sin rækkevidde? James Lee Burke er en af det smuldrende imperiums allerstørste forfattere. Hans romaner fremtræder på én gang som stor litteratur og fremragende underholdning. Pegasus i frit fald var nomineret til prisen The Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award (Verden bedste kriminalroman) i 2007. Copyright ©, James Lee Burke 2006. Oversat af Arne Herløv Petersen fra Pegasus Descending krimi, USA, Louisiana

Pegasus i frit fald

Kriminalbetjent Dave Robicheaux er atter tilbage i New Iberia, Louisiana. Syv unge kvinder i nabobyen Jefferson Davis Parish er blevet brutalt myrdet. Robicheaux og hans freelance makker og gode ven, Clete Purcel, bliver konfronteret med Herman Stanga, en berygtet alfons og pusher. Da Stanga bliver fundet død – kort tid efter at have fået tæsk af Purcel i overværelse af utallige vidner – tager sagen en uheldig drejning, og Cletes karriere og liv hænger i en tynd tråd. En regnbue af glaser af amerikanske anmeldere blevet betegnet som den mest storslåede roman i Robicheaux-serien. Selv om det er den 18. bog i serien, kan du nemt begynde her James Lee Burke (f. 1936) er en verdensberømt, amerikansk krimiforfatter. Han er vinder af to Edgar Awards og er tildelt titlen Grand Master af MWA.

Krimiserien med Dave Robicheaux

En regnbue af glas

Dave Robicheaux har været gennem meget i sit liv og kæmper med mange spøgelser. Han har været i Vietnam, hans kone er blevet myrdet, hans far omkom på en olieplatform og nu slås han selv med flasken og har slået sig ned i sin hjemstavn Louisiana som professionel lystfisker og bådudlejer. En dag dukker nye oplysninger om mordet på hans kone op, og under dramatiske omstændigheder følger han sporet til Montana. James Lee Burke (f. 1936) er en verdensberømt, amerikansk krimiforfatter. Han er vinder af to Edgar Awards for Black Cherrry Blues og En rose fra Texas, og er tildelt titlen Grand Master af MWA.

Black cherry blues

Sammen med sin ustyrlige ven Clete Purcel er Dave Robicheaux på ferie et sted i udkanten af Rocky Mountains, da en fangetransport på vej til Montana forulykker. Den undvegne voldtægtsforbryder er set forsvinde fra ulykkesstedet, men det sete afhænger af øjnene, og er det måske i virkeligheden en dæmon? Og da "dæmonen" opsøger både Robicheaux og datteren Alafair bliver det en sag for den ferierende Dave Robicheaux. I Verdens lys optræder ondskaben i mange amerikanske forklædninger. Oligarker i olie og deres ynkværdige arvinger optræder side om side med håndlangerne, de mere traditionelle kriminelle artsfæller. Selvom Verdens lys er den 20. krimi i James Lee Burkes serie om Robicheaux, så kan man roligt starte her uden at have hørt de andre lydbøger i serien.

Verdens lys

Kriminalbetjent Dave Robicheaux holder normalt til i New Iberia, i omegnen af New Orleans, men de sidste sommerdage i 2005 bliver han rykket tilbage, hvor han kom fra, til New Orleans. Det er ikke nogen nostalgisk hjemkomst, der venter ham. Tsunamien Katrina har ramt det sydlige Louisiana og New Orleans med fuld hammer. Med større kraft end den bombe, der faldt over Hiroshima. Befolkningen har evakueret sig selv, myndighederne er sat skakmat eller er fraværende. Der er ingen lov og orden, ingen steder hvor de svage, de hjælpeløse og uskyldige kan søge tilflugt, og boligkvartererne vrimler med rovgriske typer, der plyndrer og hærger. Midt i rædslerne bliver Dave Robicheaux sat ind for at rydde op. Han skal finde to småt begavede voldtægtsforbrydere, der er kommet på tværs af mafiaens 'erhvervsliv', og han skal finde en selvtægtsmand, der måske er farligere end de forbrydere, der udplyndrer byen. James Lee Burke har med Blues fra bliktagene skabt et uforglemmeligt billede af livet i New Orleans efter Katrine. Blues fra bliktagene er myldrende fuld af broget liv, ikke blot en krimi og spændingsroman, men en gribende historie om mod og ofre.

Blues fra bliktagene

I Creole Belle møder vi vores helt og James Lee Burkes gennemgående figur gennem mere end 20 år, Dave Robicheaux, i nye omgivelser som rekonvalescent på et hospital på St. Charles Avenue i New Orleans. Her kæmper han med en fjende, som er mere lumsk og lusket end den, der placerede en kugle i Robicheaux´ ryg for en måned siden under et skyderi ved Techefloden. Morfinen lokker ham tilbage mod den misbrugermentalitet, som engang truede med at ødelægge hans liv. Hans seneste gæst er en ung kvinde er i øvrigt gådefuld, hun dukker lydløst op dukker op ved hans sengekant og efterlader ham en iPod, der blandt andet indeholder den gamle country ´n´ blues-sang My Creole Belle. Hvad Dave ikke ved, er, at kvinden, som hedder Tee Jolie Melton er forsvundet nogle uger forinden, og ingen vil tro på, at hun er dukket op igen for at mildne livet for en gammel mand med et skudsår. Da Robicheaux så opdager, at hendes søster er blevet fundet død, indefrosset i en isblok, som flyder rundt i Mexicanske Golf, bliver han overbevist om, at det er vigtigere end nogensinde før at få manet fortidens ondskab i jorden. Dette er den 19. lydbog i krimi-serie om Dave Robicheaux, men man behøver ikke at have hørt de foregående lydbøger i serien.

Creole Belle

James Lee Burke skriver i bogen videre på slægtshistorien om familien Holland, en nærmest arketypisk Texas klan, hvor bedstefar Hackberry Holland i sin tid fik John Wesley Hardin op at hænge og var med i kampen mod Pancho Villas soldater. Vejfarende fremmed er ikke en krimi, men der er mange små skurke, og flere i overstørrelse. Det starter med den unge Weldon og Hackberry og med Bonnie og Clyde, der lige vender på gårdspladsen. Vi er i begyndelsen af 1930’erne. Ti år senere undslipper Weldon døden under Ardennerslaget og finder sin tilkommende Rosita Löwenstein, flygtning fra den spanske borgerkrig, skjult i en nazistisk dødslejr. Gift i Paris ta’r de hjem for at søge lykken – i olien og i et enkelt ukompliceret liv. Det kan imidlertid kun Hollywood præstere. Efter krigen truer Mccarthyisme, olieinteresser og myndigheder snart med at ødelægge Weldons og Rositas liv. Rosita bliver tvangsindlagt på et psykiatrisk hospital, og kun med det yderste af neglene lykkes det Weldon at befri hende og sig selv fra de mørkets kræfter, der truer samfundet – og den amerikanske drøm.

Vejfarende fremmed

En western, der skildrer udviklingen i USA fra omkring år 1900 frem til begyndelsen af 1920‘erne. Samtidig er det en nærmest mytisk fremstilling af forholdet mellem far og søn. Den farverige roman bevæger sig fra Mexico til San Antonio's bordeller og saloner og er en fortælling om kærlighed og tab, forræderi, hævn og gengældelse. Vi følger politimanden Hackberry Holland på hans rejse gennem et mere og mere moderne, korrumperet USA, hvor racisme og klassekamp, monopolisme og en "ond" våbenindustri gennemsyrer samfundet, og i hans bestræbelser på at blive genforenet med sin fremmede søn, Ishmael. James Lee Burke, født i Texas, har skrevet en lang række kriminalromaner, der alle foregår i de amerikanske sydstater. Han har to gange modtager en Edgar for årets bedste kriminalroman, og i 2009 udnævnte Mystery Writers of America ham til stormester. Hans debutroman `Sangen om det blå græs‘ blev nomineret til en Pulitzer Prize. Han bor i dag på en ranch i Montana med sin kone Pearl.

House of the Rising Sun

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.

Neon glamour

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... “Spannend en overtuigend… Burke’s proza heeft heel wat meer te bieden dan wat men gewoonlijk in een thriller aantreft...” – Chicago Tribune

Gevangene van de hemel

Billy Bob Holland is een gevoelige man met een gewelddadige kant. Een advocaat met een sterk rechtvaardigheidsgevoel, die het altijd opneemt voor de underdog. Loyaal aan zijn vrienden maar onhandig in de liefde, van goede wil maar achtervolgd door zijn eigen vergissingen, geobsedeerd door de droom van het oude Westen en met moeite overlevend in het nieuwe Westen, dat is Billy Bob Holland. De Texaanse advocaat Billy Bob Holland moet oude zonden onder ogen zien als hij Lucas Smothers gaat verdedigen. Lucas is een timide tiener die wordt beschuldigd van verkrachting en moord. Terwijl de zaak zich ontvouwt, groeit Billy Bobs overtuiging dat de jongen onschuldig is. Holland raakt in toenemende mate verstrikt in een web van leugens. De corruptie van de plaatselijke politie, een DEA-undercoveroperatie in het stadje en een psychotische ex-gevangene met een wrok maken het er niet gemakkelijker op.

Billy Bob Holland

De roos van Cimarron

New Orleans: stad van passie, jazz, drugs en mafia. Hier voelt Cajun-inspecteur Dave Robicheaux zich thuis als een vis in het water. Maar het is wel troebel water want hij is verbeten op jacht naar de huurmoordenaar die hem bijna om het leven heeft gebracht. Als undercover-agent van de DEA raakt hij daarbij verstrikt in het labyrint van de ondergrondse drugswereld en de mafia van de Cajun-voodoo. De spin in het web van de mafia is de altijd piekerende boss Tony Cardo, met wie Dave een verrassend vertrouwelijke band weet op te bouwen. Toch deinst Dave terug voor de nachtmerrie die Tony's leven is. Het contact met Tony overschaduwt Dave's affaire met twee gepassioneerde vrouwen, zodat hij zieh steeds sterker heen en weer geslingerd voelt tussen hartstocht en voodoo-horror. Een ochtend voor flamingo'szindert van de filmische acties, dramatische complotten en leugenachtige verdachtmakingen. Het is Burkes boeiendste boek tot nu toe.

Een ochtend voor flamingo's

Sonny Boy Marsallus is een huurmoordenaar, een gokker en de financiële toeverlaat van hoeren die uit het wereldje willen stappen. Hij is ook de enige die het durft op te nemen tegen de gevestigde maffia van New Orleans. Maar als het Sonny Boy te heet onder de voeten wordt, vlucht hij naar de binnenlanden van El Salvador en Guatamala. Jaren later deukt Sonny plotseling weer New Orleans op. Hij zoekt contact met detective Dave Robicheaux en overhandigt hem een notitieboek met aantekeningen over schimmige activiteiten in Midden Amerika. Sonny vraagt Robicheaux het boekje met geheimen te bewaren en het terug te geven als me niets overkomt. Kort hierna krijgt Robicheaux een tweede opdracht. Zijn hulp wordt ingeroepen door de familie Fontenot. Zij leven met nog vijf andere gezinnen op een stuk land dat nu wordt opgeëist. Door de speculant Moleen Bertrant. Waarom wil hij dat land zo graag hebben? En welke rol speelt Ruthie Jean Fontenot, met wie Bertrand al jaren een stiekeme verhouding heeft? Als Robicheaux besluit de zaak tot de bodem uit te zoeken, komt hij in aanraking met een huurmoordenaar die in zijn duistere verleden te maken heeft gehad met een collega Sonny Boy Marsallus ...

Engel der wrake

Aan het einde van de zomer van 2005 richtte orkaan Katrina gigantische verwoestingen aan. Lijken drijven door de straten, wetteloosheid en chaos overheersen. Plunderaars bevolken het gebied en het recht van de sterkste geldt. Inspecteur Robicheaux moet in deze chaos proberen de wet te handhaven en gaat op zoek naar een groepje serieverkrachters, een aan morfine verslaafde priester en een moordenaar. In zijn unieke stijl die het genre overstijgt, schept James Lee Burke een kil beeld van het leven in New Orleans na Katrina.Chaos in New Orleans is niet zomaar een actiethriller, het is ook een aangrijpend verhaal over moed en opoffering dat door recensenten al is uitgeroepen tot Burkes beste werk.

Chaos in New Orleans

Sheriff Holland krijgt een enoniem telefoontje dat hem naar het massagraf van negen Thaise vrouwen leidt. Eigenhandig graaft Holland de met kogels doorzeefde lichamen uit de droge grond. Al snel wordt het hem duidelijk dat hij te maken heeft met illegale protituees, drugssmokkel en een meedogenloze moordenaar. De enige getuigen van deze gruwelijke misdaad zijn de op de vlucht geslagen Pete Flores en zijn vriendin Vicki. Holland doet er alles aan om dit jonge onschuldige stel te vinden voordat ze in verkeerde handen vallen.

Regengoden

In Bergafwaarts gaat inspecteur Robicheaux op een welverdiende vakantie in het landelijke Montana. Samen met zijn vrouw en zijn beste vriend Clete Purcel verblijft hij op een oude ranch. Maar zijn rust wordt al snel verstoord door de brute moord op twee studenten. Robicheaux duikt in dit mysterie waarin een rijke oliebaron, zijn mismaakte broer en diens overspelige echtgenote, een perverse dominee, en een ontsnapte gevangene een rol spelen. Op zijn eigen briljante manier verweeft Burke al deze personages en plotlijnen tot prachtige proza met een verassend einde.

Bergafwaarts

Vintage James Lee Burke: The first novel introducing the memorable Texas sheriff Hackberry Holland, coming of age against the backdrop of the civil rights era in a sultry border town. In hot and sultry Texas, Hack, an attorney and Korean War POW, is being pushed by his wife, his brother, and his so-called friends in the oil business to run for political office. But Hack would prefer to drink, look after his beloved horses, and represent the occasional long-shot pro bono case at his law firm. When Hack attempts to overturn a conviction for an old army buddy, he finds himself embroiled in the seamy underbelly of the Texas patronage system—and in the earliest beginnings of the United Farm Workers movement, led by a beautiful woman who speaks to his heart in a way no one else has. As Hack begins to bring justice to the underserved, he finds both a new love and a new purpose. With his skillful blend of engaging plotlines, compelling characters, and graceful prose, James Lee Burke demonstrates the shimmering clarity of vision that has made him beloved by suspense fans all over the globe.

Lay Down My Sword and Shield

A short story from one of the country’s most-acclaimed and popular novelists James Lee Burke's story collection, JESUS OUT TO SEA.

A Season of Regret

Texas City, 1947

In the isolated hills of Montana, an aging college professor clashes with trespassing hunters and reckons with his mortality. The basis for the feature film God’s Country starring Thandiwe Newton and directed by Julian Higgins. A short story from one of the country’s most-acclaimed and popular novelists James Lee Burke’s story collection, Jesus Out to Sea.

Winter Light

Bestselling author James Lee Burke’s “stunning” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) masterpiece is the story of a father and son separated by war, circumstance, and a race for the Holy Grail—a thrilling entry in the Holland family saga. After a violent encounter that leaves four Mexican soldiers dead, Texas Ranger Hackberry Holland escapes the country in possession of a stolen artifact believed to be the mythic cup of Christ, earning the ire of a bloodthirsty Austrian arms dealer who places Hack’s son, Ishmael, squarely in the cross hairs of a plot to recapture his prize. On the journey from revolutionary Mexico in 1918 to the saloons of San Antonio during the Hole in the Wall Gang’s reign, we meet three extraordinary women: the Danish immigrant who is Ishmael’s mother and Hackberry’s one true love; a brothel madam descended from the Crusader knight who brought the Shroud of Turin back from the Holy Land; and a onetime lover of the Sundance Kid, whose wiles rival those of Lady Macbeth. In her own way, each woman will aid Hack in his quest to reconcile with Ishmael, to vanquish their enemies, and to return the Grail to its rightful place. An epic tale of love, loss, betrayal, vengeance, and retribution, The House of the Rising Sun further cements Burke’s reputation as “one of America’s all-time masters” (New York Journal of Books).

A Holland Family Novel

House of The Rising Sun

Dave Robicheaux has spent his life confronting the age-old adage that the sins of the father pass on to the son. But what was his mother's legacy? Dead to him since his youth, Mae Guillory has been shuttered away in the deep recesses of Robicheaux's mind. He's lived with the fact that he would never really know what happened to the woman who left him to the devices of a whiskey-driven father. But deep down, Dave still feels the loss of his mother and knows that the infinite series of disappointments in her life could not have come to a good end. While helping out an old friend, Dave is stunned when a pimp looks at him sideways and asks if he is the son of Mae Guillory, the whore a bunch of cops murdered thirty years ago. Her body was dumped in the bayou bordering Purple Cane Road, and the cops who left her there are still on the job. Dave's search for his mother's killers leads him to the darker places in his past, and solving this case teaches him what it means to be his mother's son. Purple Cane Road has the dimensions of a classic -- passion, murder, and nearly heartbreaking poignancy -- wrapped in a wonderfully executed plot that surprises from start to finish.

Purple Cane Road

A short story from one of the country’s most-acclaimed and popular novelists James Lee Burke's story collection, Jesus Out to Sea. 

The Burning of the Flag

The Night Johnny Ace Died

Why Bugsy Siegel Was a Friend of Mine

A short story from one of the country's most-acclaimed and popular novelists James Lee Burke's story collection, Jesus Out to Sea.

The Village

Water People

Detective Dave Robicheaux returns to center stage in an incendiary new novel by James Lee Burke. A gripping tale of racial violence, class warfare, and the sometimes cruel legacy of Southern history, Sunset Limited is a stunning achievement, confirming Burke's place as one of America's premier stylists as well as master storytellers. The forty-year-old crucifixion of a prominent labor leader named Jack Flynn remains an unsolved atrocity that has never been forgotten in New Iberia, Louisiana. When Flynn's daughter, Megan, a photojournalist drawn to controversial subjects, returns to the site of her father's murder, it quickly becomes clear that her family's bloodstained past will not stay buried. Megan gives her old friend Dave Robicheaux a tip about a small-time criminal named Cool Breeze Broussard, scarcely suspecting that the seemingly innocuous case will lead Robicheaux and his partner into the midst of a deadly conspiracy. Combining brilliant prose, crackling suspense, and an exquisite sense of character and place, Sunset Limited is a wrenching tale of historic violence and soiled redemption that reveals one of America's finest novelists at his masterful best.

Sunset Limited

Detective Dave Robicheaux travels to the mountains of Montana to help his best friend and unearths a larger plot that threatens them both. Oil speculator Weldon Sonnier is the patriarch of a troubled family intimately bound to the CIA, the Mob, and the Klan. Now, the murder of a cop and a bizarre assassination attempt pull Detective Dave Robicheaux into the Sonniers’ hellish world of madness, murder, and incest. But Robicheaux has devils of his own—and they may just destroy the tormented investigator and the two people he holds most dear.

A Stained White Radiance

INCLUDES THE STORY “WINTER LIGHT,” THE BASIS FOR THE FILM GOD’S COUNTRY STARRING THANDIWE NEWTON? One of the country’s most-acclaimed and popular novelists offers a selection of ten short stories centered around the devastation in Louisiana and Mississippi during and after Katrina. 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 backdrop of the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast is a versatile setting for Burke’s stories, which cover the scope of the human experience—from love and sex to domestic abuse to war, death, and friendship.

Jesus Out To Sea Collection

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