All James Lee Burke's Phoenix paperbacks are now in the same stunning livery James Lee Burke has won the CWA/Macallan Gold Dagger once and the Edgar Award twice His novels have sold over 350,000 copies in paperback alone 'Still the greatest, bar none ... there's nothing currently on show to match, let alone better, Burke's latest' LITERARY REVIEW 'James Lee Burke could not write badly if he tried...brilliant' EVENING STANDARD 'He writes explosively about crime and elegiacally about America. And he does so with style and passion enough to turn admirers into addicts' LITERARY REVIEW 'This superb crime novel shows Burke to be at the height of his powers' SUNDAY TIMES
James Lee Burke is the author of many previous novels, including twelve featuring Detective Dave Robicheaux. He lives with his wife, Pearl, in Missoula, Montana and New Iberia, Louisiana.
James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist
whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed.
*Michael Connelly*
A gorgeous prose stylist.
*Stephen King*
Richly deserves to be described now as one of the finest crime
writers America has ever produced.
*Daily Mail*
There are not many crime writers about whom one might invoke the
name of Zola for comparison, but Burke is very much in that
territory. His stamping ground is the Gulf coast, and one of the
great strengths of his work has always been the atmospheric
background of New Orleans and the bayous. His big, baggy novels are
always about much more than the mechanics of the detective plot;
his real subject, like the French master, is the human condition,
seen in every situation of society.
*Independent*
The king of Southern noir.
*Daily Mirror*
His lyrical prose, his deep understanding of what makes people
behave as they do, and his control of plot and pace are
masterly.
*Sunday Telegraph*
One of the finest American writers.
*Guardian*
When it comes to literate, pungently characterised American crime
writing, James Lee Burke has few peers.
*Daily Express*
James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist
whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed. *
Michael Connelly *
A gorgeous prose stylist. * Stephen King *
Richly deserves to be described now as one of the finest crime
writers America has ever produced. * Daily Mail *
There are not many crime writers about whom one might invoke the
name of Zola for comparison, but Burke is very much in that
territory. His stamping ground is the Gulf coast, and one of the
great strengths of his work has always been the atmospheric
background of New Orleans and the bayous. His big, baggy novels are
always about much more than the mechanics of the detective plot;
his real subject, like the French master, is the human condition,
seen in every situation of society. * Independent *
The king of Southern noir. * Daily Mirror *
His lyrical prose, his deep understanding of what makes people
behave as they do, and his control of plot and pace are masterly. *
Sunday Telegraph *
One of the finest American writers. * Guardian *
When it comes to literate, pungently characterised American crime
writing, James Lee Burke has few peers. * Daily Express *
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