James Lee Burke

In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead

Vietnam veteran detective confronts supernatural forces and violent criminals in bayou

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James Lee Burke

James Lee Burke is one of the most literary crime writers in America, whose Dave Robicheaux series is set in the Cajun bayou country of Louisiana with a poetic intensity rarely found in genre fiction. His prose has been compared to Faulkner, and his moral seriousness elevates his work far above conventional thrillers. He has won multiple Edgar Awards.

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