James Lee Burke
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Detective Robicheaux Returns In 'The Glass Rainbow'
James Lee Burke is in top form in his 18th novel about Dave Robicheaux — a preternaturally perceptive Cajun detective in Louisiana. A Vietnam vet and recovering alcoholic, his hair-trigger emotions swing from rage at injustice to compassion for the disenfranchised.
Author Interviews
'Rain Gods' Find Mystery Writer In New Territory
Best known for his series about Louisiana cop Dave Robicheaux, crime writer James Lee Burke moves westward in his latest novel. Rain Gods has a different protagonist, Hackberry Holland, and is set in the dry landscape of Texas.
Critics' Lists: Summer '07
Late-Summer Reads to Squeeze In Before Fall
Lots of you are taking late-summer vacations or devoting weekends to squeezing out the last bits of this lovely season, and we didn't want you do to do it bookless. Here's a late, but still timely, list of summer book recommendations from Day to Day's Karen Grigsby Bates.
Books
James Lee Burke's Fictional Take on Katrina
by Martha Woodroof
James Lee Burke has been writing about South Louisiana for half a century. The first wave of post-Katrina fiction is now hitting bookstores, and Burke rides it with two new books: Tin Roof Blowdown, the latest novel in his Dave Robicheaux series, and the story collection Jesus Out to Sea.
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