Kolumne: Getting away with murder

Mike Ripley on “Party Time”, “The Wisdom of a Mystery Man”, “The Wisdom of Waldo”, “Stocking Fillers”, “Clash of the Immortals”. And Christmas suggestions: James Lee Burke, Joseph Wambaugh etc.

Interview: James Lee Burke

David Masciotra spoke with James Lee Burke on the phone shortly after the release of his new book, “Creole Belle”. The latest in the Dave Robicheaux series is a funereal tribute to the vanishing Edenic landscape of America.

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Rezension: James Lee Burke: “Creole Belle”

If all crime novelists were as thoughtful and nuanced as James Lee Burke, we could finally put to rest those groundless prejudices against genre fiction. The marks of the thriller are always present in Burke’s stellar Dave Robicheaux series.

Rezensionen: Burke, Walker, Millar, Brookmyre

Marilyn Stasio on “Creole Belle” by James Lee Burke, “The Crowded Grave” by Martin Walker, “The Playdate” by Louise Millar and “Where the Bodies are buried” by Christopher Brookmyre.

Rezensionen: Crime fiction: 7 for the beach

James Lee Burke: “Creole Belle”; Alan Furst: “Mission to Paris”; Stephen L. Carter: “The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln”; Sean Slater: “Snakes and Ladders”; Ben H. Winters: “The Last Policeman”; Oliver Pötzsch: “The Dark Monk”; Bryan Gruley; “The Skeleton Box”.

Rezensionen: Crime: Blood in the Sand

Es werden dieses Mal besprochen: »Feast Day OF Fools« von James Lee Burke, »Ghost Hero« von S. J. Rozan, »The Vault« von Ruth Rendell und »The Burning Soul« von John Connolly.

Rezension: James Lee Burke: »Feast Day Of Fools«

The novel opens when the town drunk, a Native American given to visions, witnesses a man tortured to death, and Sheriff Holland and his deputy Pam Tibbs set out to investigate. But »Feast Day of Fools« contains myriad acts of evil.