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Efekt Tivoli je účinek, který má na své okolí koule vržená do prostoru, odrážející se od okolních překážek, které tím sama uvádí do pohybu. Obdobně je upravena i struktura této knihy. Výsledkem je fascinující výlet po cestách nejdůležitějších objevů v historii.

Detektivní román z amerického Jihu představuje svérázného detektiva Dava Robicheauxe, který na svou citlivost vůči bezpráví doplácí řadou osobních krizí. V této knize se hrdina vrací o třicet let zpátky do minulosti, aby vyšetřil okolnosti tragické smrti své matky. Touha po pomstě ho zaslepí natolik, že téměř zapomene pracovat na současném případu, než zjistí, jak dalece s minulostí souvisí. Při svém neoficiálním pátrání se dostane nejen do vyšších politických kruhů, ale proniká i mezi mafiány a své zkorumpované kolegy, kteří na příkaz mocných odstraňují nepohodlné oběti.

Detektivní thriller jehož děj se odehrává v americké Montaně. Hlavní hrdina Billy Bob Holland, bývalý texaský ranger a nynější právník, odjíždí ke svému příteli na sever Spojených států do Montany. Jeho přítel doktor Voss, vietnamský veterán, nesmiřitelný odpůrce těžby zlata v panenské přírodě Montany, se dostává díky svým drsným metodám do konfliktu nejen s místním podsvětím, ale také s ochránci zákona. Poté co je jeho dcera brutálně znásilněna a on obviněn z vraždy, Billy Bob začíná pátrat, kdo za celou situací stojí - motorkářský gang, mexická drogová mafie, lidé z těžební společnosti? Nebo se jedná o pomstu právě propuštěného trestance Wayatta Dixona?

Napínavý příběh se odehrává v Louisianě a detektiv Robicheaux se v něm snaží vypořádat s několika vraždami i s nepotrestanou smrtí přítele před dvaceti lety. Hlavní hrdina Dave Robicheau má za sebou dramatickou minulost, teď však žije spokojeným manželským životem a vykonává funkci detektiva v iberijském okrese ve státě Louisiana. Náhodné setkání mu znovu připomnělo dávnou nevyřešenou vraždu v Miami, která ho bolestně poznamenala. Kromě starého případu Robicheaux vyšetřuje i sebevraždu studentky a několik dalších podivných úmrtí. Ve hře je místní podsvětí, vysoká politika a v neposlední řadě i problémy a noční můry samotného detektiva. Drsný detektivní román je zaměřen především na psychiku zúčastněných osob - obětí, podezřelých i vyšetřujících.

Billy Bob Holland žije v malém texaském městě, které se na televizních obrazovkách zobrazuje jako optimistické a idylické, avšak on sám tuto realitu nepoznává. Televize ignoruje zášť, malicherné spory a korupci mocných, což ho odrazuje od sledování. Jako právník se setkává s temnou stránkou života – s neštěstím, arogancí a zločinem, který se vyhýbá spravedlnosti, zatímco mocní se vykrucují z vlastních činů. Holland se snaží žít podle morálních zásad, ale jeho minulost ho pronásleduje. Když je Lucas Smothers obviněn ze znásilnění a vraždy, Holland se ujme jeho obhajoby. Snaží se přesvědčit sám sebe o Lucasově nevině, ale jeho pochybnosti jsou hluboké, neboť Lucasův příběh se podobá příběhu jeho předka, a Holland je navíc Lucasovým biologickým otcem. Tímto způsobem se Holland snaží bránit nejen Lucasovi před zákonem a veřejností, ale i sám sobě. James Lee Burke, známý autor kriminálních románů, tentokrát opustil svého tradičního hrdinu a prostředí Louisiany, avšak zůstal věrný svému stylu. Jeho díla jsou často považována za ostré analýzy americké společnosti, ačkoli se Burke potýká s nedoceněním v širším literárním kontextu.

DIXIE CITY JAM When a Nazi submarine is discovered lying in sixty feet of water off the Louisiana coast, some troubled ghosts are ready to be released. A local businessman is offering Detective Dave Robicheaux big money to bring the wreck to the surface, but he is not the only one after the submarine and its cargo. A new spirit of hatred is abroad, and its embodiment is stalking Robicheaux's wife...BURNING ANGEL When Sonny Marsallas entrusts a mysterious notebook to Dave Robicheaux, a series of violent events is set in train. What did Sonny's girlfriend know that resulted in her murder? What are Sonny's connections with the Mob that finally lead them to send a hitman after Dave? BURNING ANGEL outstrips its crime thriller label to produce a rich, sardonic and terrifying portrayal of contemporary America. PURPLE CANE ROAD Detective Dave Robicheaux embarks on a painful journey to a murky past, when he his told that his mother, Mae, was a hooker and ended her life drowned in a puddle by two cops working for the Mob. Dave learns to confront and accept his mistakes as he tries to track down his mother's killers and bring them to justice.

The narrator, an outsider to the reader's world, offers a unique perspective on a hidden drama that almost led to catastrophe. Eager to share this untold story, they promise insights into events that could have changed everything. The narrative hints at intrigue and suspense, suggesting that the tale is both personal and significant, revealing layers of complexity in a situation that remains largely unknown to the reader.

New York Times bestseller and 'one of the finest crime writer's America has ever produced' James Lee Burke returns with his latest masterpiece, the story of a father and son separated by war.

This is James Lee Burke's latest mystery featuring Dave Robicheaux. It is also much more than that. The story begins with the shooting of two would-be looters in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, and then follows a motley group of characters - from street thugs to a big-time mob boss, from a junkie priest to a sadistic psychopath - as their stories converge on a cache of stolen diamonds, while the storm turns the Big Easy into a lawless wasteland of apocalyptic proportions. The nightmarish landscape created by Katrina seems the perfect setting for Burke's almost Biblical visions of good and evil - it is as if he had to wait for this disaster to find the occasion to match his emotionally supercharged prose. You can feel the undercurrents of rage and pain beneath the narrative, making this not only his most personal and deeply felt book for some time, but quite possibly his best novel to date. This is not just a superb crime novel, it is potentially THE fictional chronicle of a disaster whose human dimensions America is still struggling to process.

How did the popularity of underwear in the twelfth century lead to the invention of the printing press? How did the waterwheel evolve into the computer? How did the arrival of the cannon lead eventually to the development of movies? In this highly acclaimed and bestselling book, James Burke brilliantly examines the ideas, inventions, and coincidences that have culminated in the major technological advances of today. With dazzling insight, he untangles the pattern of interconnecting events: the accidents of time, circumstance, and place that gave rise to the major inventions of the world. Says Burke, "My purpose is to acquaint the reader with some of the forces that have caused change in the past, looking in particular at eight innovations -- the computer, the production line, telecommunications, the airplane, the atomic bomb, plastics, the guided rocket, and television -- which may be most influential in structuring our own futures....Each one of these is part of a family of similar devices, and is the result of a sequence of closely connected events extending from the ancient world until the present day. Each has enormous potential for humankind's benefit -- or destruction." Based on a popular TV documentary series, Connections is a fascinating scientific detective story of the inventions that changed history -- and the surprising links that connect them.

Back in print at last, James Lee Burke's suspense-packed sixth novel in his bestselling Dave Robicheaux series delivers a heart-pounding bayou manhunt--and features "one of the colest, earthiest heroes in thrilerdom" ("Entertainment Weekly "). When Hollywood invades New Iberia Parish to film a Civil War epic, restless specters waiting in the shadows for Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux are reawakened--ghosts of a history best left undisturbed. Hunting a serial killer preying on the lawless young, Robicheaux comes face-to-face with the elusive guardians of his darkest torments-- who hold the key to his ultimate salvation . . . or a final, fatal downfall.

America's most acclaimed crime writer and winner of the 1998 CWA/Macallan Gold Dagger returns to Louisiana with his great detective, Dave Robicheaux schovat popis

Cajun detective Dave Robicheaux finds himself entangled with childhood friends with a violent famly history.

Tough, former New Orleans cop Dave Robicheaux is back. On a visit to a dying cop whom he once hated, Robicheaux is led towards the solution of the disappearance of a young woman he and his brother once knew--and family secrets he must confront and resolve.

Clutching the shards, of his shattered life, Cajun detective Dave Robicheaux has rejoined the New lberia police force. His partner is dead -- slain during a condemned prisoner's bloodyflight to freedom that left Robicheaux critically wounded...and reawakened the ghost of his haunted, violent past. Now he's trailing a killer into the sordid head of die Big Easy-caught up in the lethal undercurrents of a mob double-cross...confronting his most dangerous enemy: himself

Book #3 from the series: Dave RobicheauxBACK IN THE UNDERWORLD HE TRIED TO LEAVE BEHIND Haunted by the memory of his wife's murder and his father's untimely death, ex-New Orleans cop Dave Robicheaux spends his days in a fish-and-tackle business. But when an old friend makes a surprise appearance, Robicheaux finds himself thrust back into the violent world of Mafia goons and wily federal agents. From the Louisiana bayou to Montana's tribal lands, Robicheaux is running from the bottle, a homicide rap, a professional killer and the demons of his past. Rich with fascinating characters and dramatic plot twists, James Lee Burke and his Cajun detective Dave Robicheaux recall the best of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe -- tough, complex and thoroughly entertaining.

Iry Paret's done his time -- two years for manslaughter in Louisiana's Angola State Penitentiary. Now the war vet and blues singer is headed to Montana, where he hopes to live clean working on a ranch owned by the father of his prison pal, Buddy Riordan. In prison, Iry tinkered with a song -- "The Lost Get-Back Boogie" -- that never came out quite right. Now, the Riordan family's problems hand him a new kind of trouble, with some tragic consequences. And Iry must get the tune right at last, or pay a fateful price.

As a child he was frightened by the stories...It's out there, under the salt of the Gulf of Mexico, off the Louisiana coast--a buried Nazi submarine. Detective Dave Robicheaux of the New Ibera Sheriff's office has known if its existence since childhood, when he was terrified by nightmares of the evil Nazi sailors just offshore. Then, as a teenager, he stumbled upon the sunken sub while scuba diving--but for years he kept the secret of its watery grave.... And now he must face the terrible reality.But decades later, when a powerful Jewish activist wants the sub raised, Robicheaux's knowledge puts him at the center of a terrifying struggle of conflicting desires. A neo-Nazi psychopath named Will Buchalter, who insists that the Holocaust was a hoax, wants to find the submarine first--and he'll stop at nothing to get Robicheaux to talk.James Lee Burke looks long and hard into the human heart of darkness in his most electrifying novel yet, a story of terror and courage in a Southern Louisiana where the horrific and the beautiful rise from the same fertile soil.

A brand new collection of evocative short stories from the celebrated author of THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN and the Dave Robicheaux series.

Helping the Fontenot family of sharecroppers from being forced away from their longtime home, detective Dave Robicheaux discovers a link between the eviction and the murder of a New Orleans fixer's girlfriend. Reprint. Tour. PW.

When a man imprisoned for killing a black civil rights leader protests his innocence before Dave Robicheaux, the Louisiana detective finds himself pressured by the state's new governor and his seductive wife to stay away from the case. Reprint."

Exploring the unexpected consequences of knowledge, this book intertwines historical events and discoveries, revealing how seemingly minor occurrences can lead to significant advancements. James Burke, drawing from extensive research, presents a narrative filled with intrigue, akin to a detective story, highlighting the interconnectedness of ideas and innovations. Designed for interactive reading, it features cross-chapter references that mimic hypertext, allowing readers to navigate the text dynamically. The journey uncovers the profound implications of how ideas converge and evolve over time.

In this gripping new novel, Detective Dave Robicheaux returns to New Iberia, Louisiana, facing the most harrowing case of his career as seven young women are brutally murdered in neighboring Jefferson Davis Parish. While the killings suggest a serial killer, the death of high school honor student Bernadette Latiolais stands out, as she doesn't fit the profile of typical victims. Robicheaux and his friend Clete Purcel confront Herman Stanga, a despised pimp and crack dealer, but when Stanga is found dead after a violent encounter with Purcel, the investigation spirals into chaos, jeopardizing Clete's life and career. Compounding Robicheaux's troubles is his daughter Alafair, who is on leave from Stanford Law to finish her novel. Her relationship with Kermit Abelard, a celebrated novelist from a declining Louisiana family, raises alarms for Robicheaux, especially given Abelard's ties to Robert Weingart, a manipulative ex-convict author. As Alafair seems to drift away, Robicheaux grapples with his own paranoia, only to discover that his instincts about the dangers surrounding her are all too accurate. Set against a backdrop of beauty threatened by dark forces, this novel promises to be a standout in the Robicheaux series.

James Lee Burke's legendary detective Dave Robicheaux returns to try to save his daughter from a sadistic killer.

A sprawling thriller drenched with atmosphere and intrigue that takes a young boy from a chance encounter with Bonnie and Clyde to the trenches of World War II and the oil fields along the Texas-Louisiana coast.

New York Times bestselling author and “the reigning champ of nostalgia noir” (The New York Times Book Review) James Lee Burke returns with a powerful novel in the Holland Family series set in 1950s Texas, as the specter of the Korean War looms. On its surface, life in 1950s Houston is as you’d expect: stoic fathers, restless teens, drive-in movies, and souped-up Cadillacs. But underneath that surface lies a world shifting under high school junior Aaron Holland Broussard’s feet. The underlying class war between the haves and have nots is growing steadily, along with the menace of conflict overseas in Korea, providing a harrowing backdrop to his growth to manhood. But when Aaron spots the beautiful Valerie Epstein at a drive-in, he steps in when he sees her fighting with her boyfriend, Grady Harrelson. Aaron’s newfound confidence helps catch Valerie’s eye, and the two begin dating. Grady is a live wire though, and presents a looming problem for Aaron. You will recall the feelings and inspirational power of your first love, and empathize with Aaron’s extraordinary challenges to protect himself and the ones he loves in “this dark, atmospheric story” (Publishers Weekly). The Jealous Kind illustrates how first loves, friendship, violence, and power can alter what traditional America means for the people trying to find their way in a changing world.

The shocking death of a young woman leads Detective Dave Robicheaux into the dark corners of Hollywood, the mafia, and the backwoods of Louisiana in this gripping mystery from modern master (Publishers Weekly) James Lee Burke.

A Civil War thriller shot through with Southern Gothic, from the godfather of Southern noir James Lee Burke.

Hackberry Holland is a man haunted by a chequered and traumatic past. A former POW from the Korean War, he has left everything behind to become sheriff of a dried-out, broken-down border town in south Texas. But Hack soon finds himself dealing with more than just his own demons when nine dead prostitutes are dug up behind a run-down church. The search for justice - and revenge - pits Hack against hired guns, drug dealers who operate on both sides of the border and a psychotic killer known as The Preacher. As Holland frantically tries to end the cycle of killings and bring justice to the dead girls, he discovers just how dark the deepest corners of the human heart can get and how redemption can come in the form of a woman's love...

'A twisted spar whistled through the air like a cannon ball, cutting through the tops of two maple trees. The air became black with coal dust. As the last echo of the explosion began to thin in the distance, the boy could hear the leaves from the trees settling to the ground around him...' In TO THE BRIGHT AND SHINING SUN James Lee Burke brings his brilliant feel for time and place to a stunning story of Appalachia in the early 1960s. Here Perry Woodson Hatfield James, torn between family honour and the lure of seedy "watering holes" must somehow survive the tempestuous journey from boyhood to manhood and escape the dark heritage of the Cumberland Mountains in this 'surging, bitter novel as authentic as moonshine' (New York Times)

Billy Bob Holland's visit to his old friend Doc Voss in Montana turns into a nightmare when Doc's daughter is brutally attacked, the suspect is burned alive, and Doc is arrested. Meanwhile, Wyatt Dixon, a member of a dangerous gang, is after Billy's life.

“America’s best novelist” James Lee Burke returns with another New York Times bestselling entry in the Dave Robicheaux thriller series (The Denver Post). Set against the events of the Gulf Coast oil spill, rife with “the menaces of greed and violence and man-made horror” (The Christian Science Monitor), Creole Belle finds Dave Robicheaux languishing in a New Orleans recovery unit since surviving a bayou shoot-out. The detective’s body is healing; it’s his morphine-addled mind that conjures spectral visions of Tee Jolie Melton, a young woman who in reality has gone missing. An iPod with an old blues song left by his bedside turns Robicheaux into a man obsessed…And as oil companies assign blame after an epic disaster threatens the Gulf’s very existence, Robicheaux unearths connections between tragedies both global and personal—and faces down forces that can corrupt and destroy the best of men.

When Dixon, a criminal who Billy Bob Holland helped send to prison, is released on a technicality, Holland finds his loved ones endangered by the vengeful killer.

In New Orleans, powerful mob boss Tony Nemo has a Civil War sword he'd like to give to Levon Broussard, a popular local author whose books have been adapted into major Hollywood films. The sword's history can be traced back to Broussard's ancestors, and Tony figures it belongs to Levon. But Tony's intentions aren't so pure.

Defending an African-American farm family from local mobsters who want their land, Cajun detective Dave Robicheaux travels from his native New Orleans to Central America in pursuit of a notorious gambler and hit man.

Set mainly in Louisiana during the years 1861-1868, this passionate novel of men, women and war tells the story of the author's ancestor, Confederate soldier Willie Burke, during the American Civil War. A classic Burke hero, Willie is soon in conflict with his superiors. The characters who people these pages, many of them based on real historical figures, are as memorable as any Burke has created. Mulatto, Flower Jamison, victim of terrible abuse who is determined to better herself; Abigail Dowling, whose Unionist sympathies put her in constant danger; Colonel Ira Jamison, rotten to his core yet who would rise from a cesspit smelling of roses... White Doves At Morning is an epic novel of the American Civil War.

For Dave Robicheaux, returning to New Orleans means confronting old ghosts and familiar dangers. Now a police officer in New Iberia, he learns that his friend, Father Jimmie Dolan, has been brutally assaulted, prompting him to investigate unofficially in the city that haunts him. Unbeknownst to Robicheaux, this decision invites an ancestral evil that threatens his life and those around him. Assisted by his friend, P.I. Clete Purcel, Robicheaux confronts Gunner Ardoin, the suspected assailant, but the situation escalates, leading to Clete's arrest and a warning for Robicheaux to stay away from New Orleans. Back in New Iberia, tragedy strikes as three teenage girls die in a drunk-driving accident involving the daughter of a prominent physician. Robicheaux traces the alcohol's source to a local daiquiri window, but when its owner is murdered, he suspects the grieving father. His theory is challenged when the murder weapon is linked to someone else. Meanwhile, Father Dolan asks for help investigating a toxic landfill in New Orleans, which leads to the mystery of a missing blues musician. Tying these threads together is Max Coll, a relentless hitman targeting Father Dolan. As violence escalates, Robicheaux finds himself drawn deeper into a web of secrets, forcing him to confront his unresolved past. This tale masterfully explores the darker sides of human nature, filled with unforgettable characters and the atmospheric tension tha

Detective Dave Robicheaux is back in his most difficult case yet.

"Lucas Smothers, nineteen and from the wrong end of town, has been arrested for the rape and murder of a local girl. His lawyer, former Texas Ranger Billy Bob Holland, is convinced of Lucas's innocence--but proving it means unearthing the truth from the seething mass of deceit and corruption that spreads like wildfire in a gossipy small town where everybody knows everybody else's business"--Amazon.com.

Son Holland arrived in the Louisiana penal camp determined not to spend the rest of his days suffering in a chain gang - but he didn't imagine for one minute that in order to escape he would need to kill a man. Terrified for his life, he flees the state across the river to Texas, taking with him a beautiful Indian squaw and a fellow prisoner. And as they make their way towards General Houston's infamous Texas Rangers they find themselves in the midst of the final tragic battle for the Alamo.

Interviewing an alcoholic Native American who witnessed a murder along the Texas-Mexico border, Sheriff Hack Holland and his deputy, Sam Tibbs, recognize the work of serial killer Preacher Jack Collins in an investigation that is assisted by the enigmatic Anton Ling.

Detective Dave Robicheaux has fought too many battles: in Vietnam, with killers and hustlers, with police brass, and with the bottle. Lost without his wife's love, Robicheaux's haunted soul mirrors the intensity and dusky mystery of New Orleans' French Quarter -- the place he calls home, and the place that nearly destroys him when he becomes involved in the case of a young prostitute whose body is found in a bayou. Thrust into the world of drug lords and arms smugglers, Robicheaux must face down a subterranean criminal world and come to terms with his own bruised heart in order to survive.

Billy Bob tries to live his life like the heartwood, growing from the heart out, but when his friend and neighbour is framed for the theft of.

The latest tale featuring the popular and flawed detective Dave Robicheaux takes him from the bayous of Louisiana's New Iberia Parish to the wild mountains of Montana.

A powerful novel of conflict, history and shadows from the past ... by the bestselling, acclaimed author of THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN. schovat popis

The second Dave Robicheaux novel from the award-winning crime writer.

In his most autobiographical novel to date, James Lee Burke continues the epic Holland family saga with a writer grieving the death of his daughter while battling earthly and supernatural outlaws.

New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke brings Dave Robicheaux's partner and friend Clete Purcel to the forefront for the first time, as Clete and Dave attempt to stop ruthless smugglers of a dangerous new drug

“One of the best novels of the year from one of the very best writers at work today.”—Rocky Mountain News The townspeople of New Iberia, Louisiana, didn’t crucify Megan Flynn’s father. They just didn’t catch whoever pinned him to a barn wall with sixteen-penny nails. Decades later, Megan, now a world-famous photojournalist, has come back to the bayou, looking for cop Dave Robicheaux. It was Dave who found the body of labor leader Jack Flynn. The sight changed the boy, shaped him as a man. And after forty years, Robicheaux is still haunted by the bizarre unsolved slaying. Now Megan’s return has stirred up the ghosts of the long-buried past, igniting a storm of violence that will rip apart lives of blacks and whites in this bayou country. And for a good cop with bad memories, hard desire, and chilling nightmares, the time has come to uncover the truth.

This collection features a dynamic array of gripping short stories from acclaimed author James Lee Burke, celebrated as "America's best novelist" by the Denver Post. Each story showcases his masterful storytelling and deep insights into the human experience, offering readers a compelling journey through diverse themes and rich characters. Burke's distinctive voice and vivid prose make this anthology a must-read for fans and newcomers alike.

Toussaint Boudreaux, a docker – hardworking and looking for a break – earns extra cash as a prize fighter. But the only break he gets lands him in gaol and then on a chain gang. Avery Broussard, wayward son of an old plantation family, loses his freedom for a cartload of Prohibition moonshine and finds himself attached to the same work camp as Boudreaux. Neither would have chosen the life – blood, sweat and tears come with the territory – but each is determined to make the best of it or find a way out. HALF OF PARADISE is a powerful novel of people from very different backgrounds who find their destinies tragically intertwined.

The American West in the early 1960s appears to be a pastoral paradise: golden wheat fields, mist-filled canyons, frolicking animals. Aspiring novelist Aaron Holland Broussard has observed it from the open door of a boxcar, riding the rails for both inspiration and odd jobs. Jumping off in Denver, he finds work on a farm and meets Joanne McDuffy, an articulate and fierce college student and gifted painter. Their soul connection is immediate, but their romance is complicated by Joanne's involvement with a shady professor who is mixed up with a drug-addled cult. When a sinister businessman and his son who wield their influence through vicious cruelty set their sights on Aaron, drawing him into an investigation of grotesque murders, it is clear that this idyllic landscape harbors tremendous power-and evil. Followed by a mysterious shrouded figure who might not be human, Aaron will have to face down all these foes to save the life of the woman he loves and his own

The Church in the Latin Fathers analyzes the development of Latin ecclesiology over the course of the first five centuries of Christianity. James K. Lee explores how the church is one and holy, visible, and invisible, according to Latin theologians such as Tertullian, Cyprian, Augustine, and Leo the Great.

Ein gut erhaltenes Buch von James Lee Burke, Lizenzausgabe der Verlagsgruppe Weltbild von 1999, fest gebunden mit 414 Seiten. Leichte Innenverfärbung und ein kleiner Kratzer auf dem hinteren Deckel, ansonsten in sehr schönem Zustand.

Entraîné dans une enquête déchirante sur le meurtre de sept jeunes femmes, Dave Robicheaux croit traquer un serial killer lorsque la mort d'une étudiante, bien différente des précédentes victimes, le désoriente. Alors que Clete commet une bavure, Alafair, sa fille, commence à fréquenter le rejeton d'un clan malfaisant.

Billy Bob Holland verteidigt den Dieb Wilbur Pickett und findet heraus, dass der Kläger Earl Dietrich möglicherweise in mörderische Geschäfte verwickelt ist. Alle potenziellen Zeugen für Dietrichs Machenschaften sterben auf mysteriöse Weise.

Goodbye, Detective! Dave Robicheaux’ letzter Fall - Ein Meisterwerk von Bestseller-Autor James Lee Burke Dave Robicheaux gerät zwischen die Fronten eines unerbittlichen Krieges zweier rivalisierender Mafia-Familien. Als er mit der Suche nach den Mafia-Sprösslingen Johnny und Isolde beauftragt wird, die sich ineineinder verliebt haben und untergetaucht sind, ahnt er noch nicht, dass nicht nur er selbst, sondern auch sein bester Kumpel Clete sich bald auf der Abschussliste beider Familien befinden. Jedochist die Mafia nicht ihr einziges Problem, denn Dave wird mit den Schatten seiner Vergangenheit in Form eines beinahe übernatürlichen Gegners konfrontiert. James Lee Burke wurde mehrfach ausgezeichnet: Edgar Allan Poe Award, Hammett Prize & Deutscher Krimi Preis „Die schönsten Melodien spielt Gott gern auf dem letzten Loch: Dave Robicheaux, Ermittler zwischen Herz und Finsternis, bringt ein letztes Mal Licht ins Dunkel moralischer Abgründe und krimineller Verwicklungen und ist zugleich auch ein Teil davon. Der würdige Abschluss einer epischen Heldenreise durch die Untiefen der menschlichen Seele Die Leser freuen sich!“ Jörg Stübing | Büchers Best, Dresden

Wir leben in einem dynamischen Netz des Wandels. Am Laptop können wir mehr Daten verarbeiten als die Alliierten im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Die moderne Hausfrau hat mehr Möglichkeiten als ein römischer Kaiser - weil alles mit allem zusammenhängt."Gutenbergs Irrtum und Einsteins Traum" - das sind die Reisen, die James Burke durch das Netswerk des menschlichen Wissens unternimmt. Ein Netzwerk, das von der Dynamik des Wandels geprägt ist und in dem alles mit allem zusammenhängt. Burkes Buch läßt sich deshalb über sogenannte "hot links" auch interaktiv lesen. Es bietet eine vergnügliche und anregende Kulturgeschichte mit vielen Überraschungen.

Il giallo è una vera e propria sfumatura dell'animo umano, un imprevisto dietro l'angolo che in un istante ci catapulta in una dimensione inattesa. E in questa raccolta, a indagare sulle ombre della realtà quotidiana sono le migliori firme della letteratura americana contemporanea: da Michael Connelly, che ci racconta cosa si nasconde dietro l'ennesimo incidente successo nel buio di Mulholland Drive, a Alice Munro, che disvela l'indicibile e crudele segreto risalente all'infanzia di due donne ormai adulte; da James Lee Burke, che ci proietta nei bassifondi della provincia intorno a una New Orleans distrutta dall'uragano Katrina, a Joyce Carol Oates, che illumina la tensione che cova in una casa in una piccola cittadina dello Stato di New York tra un padre cieco e due figlie separate dagli eventi della vita, fino poi a Elizabeth Strout, Holly Goddard Jones e molti altri. Venti storie diverse unite da una grande scrittura e da una capacità magnetica di sorprendere il lettore.

Detective Dave Robicheaux aus Louisiana muss mehrere brutale Morde an jungen Mädchen aufklären. Er erinnert sich, dass vor 35 Jahren ein Mord auf dieselbe Art und Weise geschah.

»Du. Bist. Tot.« Das sind die Worte, die Wanderarbeiter und Nachwuchsautor Aaron Holland Broussard zu hören bekommt, nachdem er die Stimme gegen einen skrupellosen und einflussreichen Geschäftsmann erhoben hat, der in den frühen Sechzigerjahren im amerikanischen Westen seine Interessen notfalls mit Gewalt verfolgt. Als Aaron die Morde an sechs Frauen und Mädchen angelastet werden, zieht sich die Schlinge immer enger.

Als kleiner Junge träumte Desmond Cormier immer davon, es allen zu beweisen. 25 Jahre später ist er ein erfolgreicher Filmproduzent. Durch einen Zufall entdeckt Detective Dave Robicheaux in der Nähe von ­Desmonds Strandhaus eine Leiche. Die junge Frau wurde gekreuzigt, der Mord gleicht einem Ritual. Bald werden weitere Menschen auf ähnliche Weise getötet und die Tatorte theatralisch inszeniert. Stecken vielleicht Mitglieder von Desmonds Filmcrew dahinter? Robicheaux traut niemandem. Jeder scheint etwas zu verheimlichen. Doch dann lässt sich seine Tochter Alafair ausgerechnet auf die Filmcrew ein und schon bald verspürt er eine unerklärliche Angst um sie …

Aan het einde van de zomer van 2005 legt een storm met een grotere verwoestende kracht dan de bom op Hiroshima de rauwe zenuw van zuidelijk Louisiana bloot. Dit is de gruwelijke werkelijkheid die Dave Robicheaux, inspecteur in New Iberia, ontdekt als hij in New Orleans wordt ingezet. Aan het begin van James Lee Burkes nieuwe roman Chaos in New Orleans worden het stadscentrum en de woonwijken na orkaan Katrina overspoeld met plunderaars van diverse pluimage. Doordat de elektriciteitscentrale van de stad is verwoest, is New Orleans verworden tot een middeleeuwse samenleving. Er is geen recht, geen orde, geen bescherming voor de zwakken, de hulpelozen en de onschuldigen. Lijken drijven door de straten of zijn gespiest op de takken van verdronken bomen. In deze apocalyptische nachtmerrie moet Robicheaux op zoek naar twee serieverkrachters en een aan morfine verslaafde priester.

Ausgezeichnet mit dem Edgar-Award - der neue Roman vom König der amerikanischen Spannungsliteratur »Im Süden« ist ein fesselndes, actiongeladenes Historiendrama vor dem Hintergrund des amerikanischen Bürgerkriegs und der Zeit der Sklaverei, in dem Gut und Böse um die Vorherrschaft kämpfen. Als Hannah Laveau, eine der versklavten Frauen, die auf einer Plantage arbeitet, des Mordes beschuldigt wird, begibt sie sich zusammen mit einer abolitionistischen Lehrerin auf die Flucht vor dem örtlichen Constable und den Sklavenfängern, die in den Bayous ihr Unwesen treiben. Der Roman behandelt einen Teil der historischen Vergangenheit Amerikas, der unsere Gegenwart in einem scharfen Licht erscheinen lässt.