Mystery

Heaven's Prisoners

by James Lee Burke · Dave Robicheaux series

Robicheaux, now running a bait shop in Louisiana bayou country, is pulled back into violence when his wife is killed and he's forced to confront both the men responsible and his own capacity for vengeance. Burke's prose turns the swamp into a moral landscape.

Dave Robicheaux in reading order

• 1. The Neon Rain — James Lee Burke
• 2. Heaven's Prisoners — James Lee Burke
• 3. Black Cherry Blues — James Lee Burke
• 4. A Morning for Flamingos — James Lee Burke
• 5. A Stained White Radiance — James Lee Burke
• 6. In the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead — James Lee Burke
• 8. Burning Angel — James Lee Burke
• 9. Cadillac Jukebox — James Lee Burke
• 10. Sunset Limited — James Lee Burke / Freddy Michalski
• 11. Purple Cane Road — James Lee Burke
• 12. Jolie Blon's Bounce — James Lee Burke
• 13. Last Car to Elysian Fields — James Lee Burke
• 14. Crusader's Cross — James Lee Burke
• 15. Pegasus Descending — James Lee Burke
• 16. The Tin Roof Blowdown — James Lee Burke / Will Patton
• 17. Swan Peak — James Lee Burke
• 18. The Glass Rainbow — James Lee Burke
• 19. Creole belle — James Lee Burke
• 20. Light Of The World — James Lee Burke
• 22. The New Iberia Blues — James Lee Burke
• 23. A Private Cathedral — James Lee Burke
• 26. Clete — James Lee Burke

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