Edgar winner Burke’s excellent latest adventure for Dave Robicheaux (after Clete) sees the Louisiana detective tangling with the proprietor of a lawless bayou enclave. The action begins in 1999, with ...

Take a deep dive into the world of literature while enjoying events centered around Iberia Parish’s favorite detective, Dave Robicheaux, at the annual Books Along the Teche Literary Festival. The ...

Best-selling author James Lee Burke has made New Iberia a travel destination. His Dave Robicheaux book series is wildly popular all over the world. The stories are centered around New Iberia and ...

James Lee Burke has published three novels spotlighting other characters over the four years it’s been since we last had a mystery featuring his signature character, Dave Robicheaux. James Lee Burke ...

In Last Car to Elysian Fields (Simon & Schuster, $24.95), the estimable James Lee Burke has a visiting Irishman -- an IRA-trained hit man -- describe rain-soaked, crime-wracked New Orleans as "an ...

The 22nd book in Burke’s popular mystery series featuring Louisiana sheriff’s deputy Dave Robicheaux involves an escaped murderer, a visiting Hollywood director and a washed-up corpse nailed to a ...

Twenty years ago, Dave Robicheaux watched helplessly, too drunk to do anything about it, as a friend was gunned down in an armored-car robbery. Now, sober and back on his own turf, he finds the old ...