Mystery

The Neon Rain

by James Lee Burke · Dave Robicheaux series

Burke's first Robicheaux novel introduces a New Orleans homicide detective navigating murder, corruption, and his own demons in a rain-soaked city where the law is never the only authority. Lyrical noir steeped in Louisiana's humid moral murk.

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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