'James Lee Burke is a genius' Guardian. He has won the Gold Dagger once and the Edgar Award twice. His previous novel, THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN, increased is readership even further, and received superb reviews: 'It's been a long time since a crime novel made me cry. It's been a long time since a crime novel made every hair on my body stand on end. THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN did both' Independent on Sunday. 'THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN is the novel James Lee Burke was born to write ... the passages describing the actual flooding are tremendously powerful but Burke also weaves a fully satisfying novel into this extreme event' Evening Standard. 'The story, about greed and murder and redemption, contains some of Burke's most brilliantly realised characters ... a compelling and moving narrative, punctuated by his devastating descriptions of the ravaged city' Sunday Telegraph. Shortlisted for the Galaxy British Book Awards, Best Crime Novel 2008.
James Lee Burke is the author of many previous novels, many featuring Detective Dave Robicheaux. He won the Edgar Award in 1997 for 'Cimarron Rose', while 'Black Cherry Blues' won the Edgar in 1989 and 'Sunset Limited' was awarded the CWA Gold Dagger in 1998. He lives with his wife, Pearl, in Missoula, Montana and New Iberia, Louisiana.
With its trademark mix of brutality and poetry, Swan Peak is a
brilliant piece of work from an American master.
*Observer*
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*
The gentle giant of US crime writers, Burke always ensures that his
Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux grapples with hot topics as
much as with his own inner demons.
*i newspaper*
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*
Dave Robicheaux and his former partner, Clete Purcel, find trouble in western Montana in bestseller Burke's fine 17th novel to feature the New Iberia, La., sheriff's deputy (after Tin Roof Blowdown). When two security men for Texas oil millionaire Ridley Wellstone deliberately drive over Clete's fishing gear after Clete inadvertently fishes on Wellstone's private land, Clete recognizes one of them as a former associate of a mob boss who died in a plane crash years before. Soon afterward, a University of Montana coed and her boyfriend are murdered near the home where Dave and Clete are staying. Then an escaped convict from Texas turns up, pursued by a vengeful prison guard determined to return him to prison. Lyrical passages describing the Montana landscape contrast with the subtle but intense way Burke depicts the violence and perversity lurking in his characters' hearts. But despite all the nastiness, love and redemption retain the power to heal some very wounded souls in a surprising denouement. (July) Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.
With its trademark mix of brutality and poetry, Swan Peak is a
brilliant piece of work from an American master. * Observer *
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 *
The gentle giant of US crime writers, Burke always ensures that his
Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux grapples with hot topics as
much as with his own inner demons. * i newspaper *
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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