Mystery Books

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    Elvis Cole is back...With his acclaimed bestsellers, Hostage (a New York Times Notable Book) and D

  • The Night Before

    Caitlyn Montgomery Bandeaux wakes up one Savannah morning with a pounding headache -- and covered in blood, the news of her estran

  • The Devil (Jack Taylor Novels)

    America—the land of opportunity, a place where economic prosperity beckons: but not for PI Jack Taylor, who’s jus

  • Star Island

    Meet twenty-two-year-old Cherry Pye (née Cheryl Bunterman), a pop star since she was fourteen—and about to attempt a comeback f

  • The Grave Tattoo

    In a novel reminiscent of The Rule of Four, The Dante Club and The Historian, suspense master Mc

  • A Comedian Dies

    Text for Author Bio: Simon Brett is a former radio and television comedy producer, who has been writing full-time for more than tw

  • Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less

    The conned: an Oxford don, a revered society physician, a chic French art dealer, and a charming English lord. They have one

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James Lee Burke biography

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James Lee Burke

(1936 - )

James Lee Burke (born December 5, 1936) is an American author of mysteries, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series. He has won an Edgar Award for Black Cherry Blues (1990) and Cimarron Rose (1998). The Robicheaux character has been portrayed twice on screen, first by Alec Baldwin (Heaven's Prisoners) and then Tommy Lee Jones (In the Electric Mist). Burke has also written seven miscellaneous crime novels, two short story anthologies and four books starring protagonist, Texas attorney Billy Bob Holland.

Burke was born in Houston, Texas, but spent most of his childhood on the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast. He attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and University of Missouri, receiving a BA and MA from the latter. He has worked in a wide variety of industries over the years, including oil, journalism and social care. He taught for the creative writing program at Wichita State University during the '80s, shortly before resettling in Montana.

Burke owns homes with his wife, Pearl, in Lolo, Montana, and New Iberia, Louisiana. They have four children, including their daughter Alafair Burke, who is also a prominent crime writer. They also have four grandchildren. Burke is the cousin of short story writer Andre Dubus II.

Information source: wikipedia