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Louisiana. Sumpigt och fuktigt. Gassande sol och häftiga värmeåskväder. Där de mest udda existenser uppehåller sig, där blod är tjockare än vatten. Här lever polismannen Dave Robicheaux med fru och dotter. Han känner sina hemtrakter väl och medlemmarna i familjen Sonnier. Deras förbindelser med CIA, maffian och Ku Klux Klan är inget han vill rota i. Men ett mordförsök och en död polis tvingar Dave in i en härva av galenskap, mord och incest, en värld där ondskan hotar att förgöra honom och dem han älskar mest av allt.

Winner of the 2024 Edgar Award for Best Novel! From American master James Lee Burke comes a novel set in Civil War-era Louisiana as the South transforms and a brilliant cast of characters—enslaved and free women, plantation gentry, and battle-weary Confederate and Union soldiers—are caught...

Daily Bible reading in one place. Each day there will be a new episode with your daily Bible reading. No need to go to your Bible reading app and switch between Old and New Testaments, No need to keep up with what you have and have not read, just listen each day, if you miss an episode (day), just catch up as soon as you can,.

Billy Bob Holland is a lawyer for the people of sunbaked Deaf Smith, in southern Texas. Although occasionally he is haunted by memories of a violent past, his life is serene—until a local guitarist, Lucas Smothers, lands in jail for raping and murdering a young woman. As Billy Bob gathers information to defend him, the evidence soon points to the son of a wealthy local businessman. In the ensuing battle, money is pitted against the law. But a deeper struggle also arises, for Lucas is Billy Bob’s illegitimate son.

This thunderous and introspective audiobook pits the earthy and robust Dave Robicheaux against forces of law and power far beyond his control. When a racially-motivated murder nearly three decades old churns back to the surface, Robicheaux is confronted by mob bosses, corrupt police chiefs and even dirtier politicians. Despite his efforts to stay clear of the action, he is inevitably drawn into the center of the conflict as evidence points to the current resident of the governor's mansion. Can Robicheaux uncover the truth and stay one step ahead of the people who want him silenced?

In his most autobiographical novel to date, James Lee Burke continues the epic Holland family saga with a writer grieving the death of his daughter while battling earthly and supernatural outlaws. Novelist Aaron Holland Broussard is shattered when his daughter Fannie Mae dies suddenly. As he...

A collection of BBC radio documentaries celebrating the lunar landings and their legacy. On July 20th 1969, for the first time in history, man walked on the moon. Over 50 years later, this 'giant leap for mankind' still captures our imagination, and in this four-part collection, we bring together some of the most fascinating and insightful BBC documentaries about our ever-changing relationship with our only natural satellite.

Vintage James Lee Burke: The first novel introducing the memorable Texas sheriff Hackberry Holland, coming of age against the backdrop of the civil rights era in a sultry border town. In hot and sultry Texas, Hack, an attorney and Korean War POW, is being pushed by his wife, his brother, and his...

Winner of the 2012 Audie Award for Mystery The critically acclaimed thirtieth entry from New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke, featuring Texas Sheriff Hackberry Holland in an epic tale that is equal parts thriller, Western, and literary masterpiece. James Lee Burke returns to the...

From New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke, Detective Dave Robicheaux becomes entangled in a mystery that connects a series of grisly murders with an ex-convict turned bestselling author, a notorious local pimp, and the man currently dating Robicheaux’s daughter. On the trail of a...

From New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke, Detective Dave Robicheaux becomes entangled in a mystery that connects a series of grisly murders with an ex-convict turned bestselling author, a notorious local pimp, and the man currently dating Robicheaux’s daughter. On the trail of a...

“America’s best novelist” (The Denver Post) brings back one of his most fascinating characters—Texas sheriff Hackberry Holland, cousin to lawman Billy Bob Holland—in this heart-pounding bestseller. In a heat-cracked border town, the bodies of nine illegal aliens—women and girls...

Dave Robicheaux has spent his life confronting the age-old adage that the sins of the father pass on to the son. But what was his mother's legacy? Dead to him since his youth, Mae Guillory has been shuttered away in the deep recesses of Robicheaux's mind. He's lived with the fact that he would...

Detective Dave Robicheaux returns to center stage in an incendiary new novel by James Lee Burke. A gripping tale of racial violence, class warfare, and the sometimes cruel legacy of Southern history, Sunset Limited is a stunning achievement, confirming Burke's place as one of America's premier...

Edgar-palkitun Burken suosittu ja kiitelty Dave Robicheaux -sarjan jatko-osa. Vaikutusvaltaisen Sonnierin perheen menneisyys on synkkä kuin Louisianan jokisuiston yö. Murhayritys ja poliisin kuolema vetävät Robicheauxin mukaan perheen hulluuden, murhien ja insestin verkkoon.

Etsivä Dave Robicheaux taistelee jälleen hyvän puolella pahaa vastaan hikisessä ja väkivaltaisessa Louisianassa, kun menneisyys palaa viheliäisesti häiritsemään nykyisyyttä. Neljäkymmentä vuotta sitten tapahtunut ammattiyhdistysmies Jack Flynnin ristiinnaulitseminen jäi aikanaan selvittämättä. Nyt Flynnin tytär Megan palaa New Iberiaan, Lousianaan, ja on selvää, ettei hänen perheensä verinen menneisyys voi enää jäädä peittoon.

Louisialainen ex-poliisi Dave Robicheaux kohtaa omat demoninsa ja brutaalin vastustajan tässä synkässä trillerissä. Robicheaux joutuu selvittämään kahta murhaa, jotka eivät näytä liittyvän toisiinsa. Molemmista syytetään kuitenkin samaa miestä, lahjakasta blues-muusikkoa. Robicheaux uskoo muusikon olevan viaton. Asian todistaminen käy vaikeaksi, kun vastassa on lähes yliluonnollisen paha mies.

Lentokone putoaa mereen. Ex-kyttä ja ex-alkoholisti Dave Robicheaux onnistuu pelastamaan ainoan henkiin jääneen. Poliisisukeltajien saapuessa paikalle huomataan, että yksi ruumiista on kadonnut. Robicheaux alkaa tutkia tapausta. Hän kietoutuu takaisin unohtamaansa rikoksen maailmaan, jossa tuntuu olevan liikaakin houkutuksia.

SOMMAREN 1958 har Dave och Jimmie Robicheaux just slutat skolan. Det är slutet på oskuldens epok - en tid då en rosa Cadillac, en välfylld jukebox och en lyckad fisketur var vägen till lyckan. Då dyker den rödhåriga Ida Durbin upp. En kvinna med tvivelaktig moral, som försvinner lika hastigt som hon kom. Men Jimmie har aldrig glömt sin ungdomsförälskelse.