A modern master
America’s best novelist
Burke’s writing is masterful
JAMES LEE BURKE
James Lee Burke is a New York Times bestselling author, three-time winner of the Edgar Award as well as the Grand Master Award from Mystery Writers of America, winner of the CWA Diamond Dagger and Gold Dagger and the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, and the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts in Fiction.
A great American novelist
A gorgeous prose stylist
One of my favorite authors
An ungodly level of talent
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Introduction to THE HADACOL BOOGIE from JLB
An introduction –with music!–to THE HADACOL BOOGIE from JLB
THE HADACOL BOOGIE Audiobook Preview
Here’s the first chapter of THE HADACOL BOOGIE, read by Will Patton. Enjoy!






