A dynamic, gripping collection of short stories from "America's best novelist" (Denver Post), the New York Times bestselling James Lee Burke.
23rd September 2024
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A dynamic, gripping collection of short stories from "America's best novelist" (Denver Post), the New York Times bestselling James Lee Burke.
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A story collection from one of the most popular and widely acclaimed icons of American fiction, featuring a never-before-published novella.
These eight stories move between the marshlands of the Gulf of Mexico, the sweeping plains of Colorado, and the prisons, saloons, and trailer parks of the South, weaving together quiet acts of love and survival with shocking eruptions of violence and revenge. Harbor Lights is populated with unforgettable characters, unfolds in lyrical prose, and displays James Lee Burke's singular skills in this masterful anthology.PRAISE FOR JAMES LEE BURKE, THE AWARD-WINNING KING OF SOUTHERN NOIR:'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'No argument: James Lee Burke is among the finest of all contemporary American novelists' Daily Mail'The greatest crime writer currently at work' Spectator'The reigning champ of nostalgia noir' New York Times'Masterly' Sunday TelegraphCritic Reviews
Burke is like no other crime writer, his prose is lyrical, swirling and nostalgic The Times
The king of Southern noir Daily Mirror
When it comes to literate, pungently characterised American crime writing, James Lee Burke has few peers Daily Express
If you don't know Lee Burke and his steamy underworld, you're missing a lifelong pleasure Radio Times
James Lee Burke is the greatest crime writer currently at work Spectator
A gripping thriller from a master of the form i Paper
About the Author
James Lee Burke is the author of many novels, and the critically-acclaimed, bestselling Detective Dave Robicheaux series. He won the Edgar Award for both Cimarron Rose and Black Cherry Blues, and Sunset Limited was awarded the CWA Gold Dagger. Two For Texas was adapted for television, and Heaven's Prisoners and In the Electric Mist for film. Burke has been a Breadloaf Fellow and Guggenheim Fellow, has been awarded the Grand Master Award by the Mystery Writers of America and has been nominated for a Pulitzer award. He lives with his wife, Pearl, in Missoula, Montana.
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