Dave Robicheaux Series

25 primary works • 32 total works
A mystery series by James Lee Burke starring Dave Robicheaux, a deputy sheriff in New Iberia, Louisiana:

Book 1

The Neon Rain
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3.90 · 28343 Ratings · 1812 Reviews · published 1987 · 3 editions
Detective Dave Robicheaux has fought too many batt…

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    Book 2

    Heaven's Prisoners
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    4.10     · 11558 Ratings · 639 Reviews · published 1988 · 12 editions
    Vietnam vet Dave Robicheaux has turned in his dete…

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    Book 3

    Black Cherry Blues
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    4.16     · 17069 Ratings · 707 Reviews · published 1989 · 74 editions
    Book #3 from the series: Dave Robicheaux

    BACK IN TH…

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    Book 4

    A Morning for Flamingos
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    4.19     · 8764 Ratings · 450 Reviews · published 1990 · 71 editions
    A routine assignment transporting two death-row pr…

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    Book 5

    A Stained White Radiance
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    4.17     · 8929 Ratings · 345 Reviews · published 1992 · 77 editions

    Cajun police detective Dave Robicheaux knows the S…

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    Book 6

    In the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead
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    4.17     · 10987 Ratings · 562 Reviews · published 1993 · 9 editions
    Hunting a sadistic killer who targets young prosti…

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    Book 7

    Dixie City Jam
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    4.11     · 7766 Ratings · 343 Reviews · published 1994 · 64 editions
    As a child he was frightened by the stories...

    It's…

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    Book 8

    Burning Angel
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    4.06     · 6880 Ratings · 316 Reviews · published 1995 · 71 editions
    The Fontenot family has lived as sharecroppers on …

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    Book 9

    Cadillac Jukebox
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    4.05     · 7225 Ratings · 312 Reviews · published 1996 · 70 editions
    No one was surprised when Aaron Crown was arrested…

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    Book 10

    Sunset Limited
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    4.07     · 7217 Ratings · 290 Reviews · published 1998 · 63 editions
    L'inspecteur de police Dave Robicheaux de New Iber…

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    Book 11

    Purple Cane Road
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    4.17     · 8870 Ratings · 418 Reviews · published 2000 · 63 editions
    Dave Robicheaux has spent his life confronting the…

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    Book 12

    Jolie Blon's Bounce
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    4.18     · 8181 Ratings · 376 Reviews · published 2002 · 76 editions

    The Barnes & Noble Review

    James Lee Burke's fiction…

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    Book 13

    Last Car to Elysian Fields
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    4.14     · 6537 Ratings · 341 Reviews · published 2003 · 55 editions
    It is a rainy late-summer's night in New Orleans. …

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    Book 14

    Crusader's Cross
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    4.18     · 8470 Ratings · 390 Reviews · published 2005 · 64 editions
    In the summer of 1958, Dave Robicheaux and his hal…

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    Book 15

    Pegasus Descending
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    4.19     · 7720 Ratings · 398 Reviews · published 2006 · 65 editions
    WHEN A NICE YOUNG WOMAN named Trish Klein blows in…

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    Book 16

    The Tin Roof Blowdown
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    4.19     · 15282 Ratings · 984 Reviews · published 2007 · 89 editions
    This is James Lee Burke's latest mystery featuring…

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    Book 17

    Swan Peak
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    4.13     · 8757 Ratings · 567 Reviews · published 2008 · 64 editions
    Trouble follows Dave Robicheaux.James Lee Burke's …

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    Book 18

    The Glass Rainbow
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    4.22     · 11150 Ratings · 769 Reviews · published 2010 · 72 editions
    Detective Dave Robicheaux is back in New Iberia, L…

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    Book 19

    Creole Belle
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    4.19     · 8358 Ratings · 917 Reviews · published 2012 · 12 editions
    Set against the events of the Gulf Coast oil spill…

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    Book 20

    Light of the World
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    4.07     · 7546 Ratings · 864 Reviews · published 2013 · 48 editions
    In Light of the World, sadist and serial killer As…

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    Book 21

    Robicheaux
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    4.21     · 8879 Ratings · 1044 Reviews · 35 editions
    Dave Robicheaux is a haunted man. Between his recu…

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    Book 22

    The New Iberia Blues
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    4.11     · 8259 Ratings · 1039 Reviews · published 2019 · 32 editions
    Detective Dave Robicheaux’s world isn’t filled wit…

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    Book 23

    A Private Cathedral
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    4.02     · 7639 Ratings · 900 Reviews · published 2020 · 24 editions
    The Shondell and Balangie families are longtime en…

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    Book 24

    Clete
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    3.97     · 6082 Ratings · 557 Reviews · published 2024 · 2 editions
    James Lee Burke returns to his bestselling Dave Ro…

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    Book 25

    The Hadacol Boogie
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    4.25     · 40 Ratings · 30 Reviews · expected publication 2026 · 7 editions
    Dave Robicheaux, James Lee Burke’s iconic detectiv…

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    Book 1-3

    Robicheaux: Books 1-3
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    4.28     · 147 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1986 · 3 editions
    Includes: The Neon Rain, Heaven's Prisoners, Black…

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    Book 4-6

    Robcheaux: Tales from New Iberia
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    4.52     · 82 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2005 · 3 editions
    Includes: A Morning for Flamingos / A Stained Whit…

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    Book 5-9

    A Dave Robicheaux Audio Collection
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    4.46     · 111 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1992 · 1 edition
    Includes: A Stained White Radiance, In the Electri…

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    Book 6 & 9-10

    The Best of Robicheaux
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    4.53     · 116 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2000 · 4 editions
    IN THE ELECTRIC MIST WITH CONFEDERATE DEAD - When …

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    Book 7-8 & 11

    Three Great Novels: Dixie City Jam, Burning Angel, Purple Cane Road
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    4.59     · 97 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2002 · 4 editions
    DIXIE CITY JAM When a Nazi submarine is discovered…

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    Book 10

    Sunset Limited & Cimarron Rose
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    4.45     · 277 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 1999 · 1 edition

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    Book 16-18

    A Dave Robicheaux Boxed Set: Book 16-18
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    4.42     · 43 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2012 · 1 edition
    Catch up on Dave Robicheaux’s latest adventures.

    Th…

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