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Flags on the Bayou

In the fall of 1863, the Union Army is in control of the Mississippi River. Much of Louisiana, including New Orleans and Baton Rouge, is occupied. The Confederate Army is in disarray, corrupt structures are falling apart, and enslaved men and women are beginning to glimpse freedom.

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Harbor Lights

Harbor Lights is a story collection featuring a never-before-published novella. These eight stories move from the marshlands on the Gulf of Mexico to the sweeping plains of Colorado to prisons, saloons, and trailer parks across the South, weaving together love, friendship, violence, survival, and revenge

June, 2024

Clete

James Lee Burke returns to his bestselling Dave Robicheaux series, bringing Dave’s partner and friend Clete Purcel to the forefront for the first time as Clete and Dave attempt to stop the ruthless smugglers of a dangerous new drug

In his most autobiographical novel to date, James Lee Burke continues the epic Holland family saga

A captivating tale of justice, love, brutality, and mysticism set in the turbulent 1960s.

Dave Robicheaux must battle the most terrifying adversary he has ever encountered.

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Dave Robicheaux has fought many battles: with killers, hustlers, police brass, and with the bottle.

“Characters haunted by history and driven by ghosts.”
—Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times

Each story is a world unto itself, moving from the Civil War, to a conflict of family and neighbors, to the Appalachian Mountains.

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A great American novelist

– Michael Connelly

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A gorgeous prose stylist

– Stephen King

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One of my favorite authors

– John Grisham

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An ungodly level of talent

– Dennis Lehane

Internationally Best Selling Author

JAMES LEE BURKE

James Lee Burke is a New York Times bestselling author, two-time winner of the Edgar Award, and the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts in Fiction. He’s authored forty novels and two short story collections. He lives in Missoula, Montana.

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A modern master

– Publishers Weekly

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America’s best novelist

– Denver Post

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Burke’s writing is masterful.

– Washington Post

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Kirkus Review of HARBOR LIGHTS

Kirkus Review of HARBOR LIGHTS

Eight stories, four of them new, continue the author’s career-long project of expanding the mystery genre to include bigger crimes like slavery and deeper mysteries like the nature of evil.

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