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Flags on the Bayou
In the fall of 1863, the Union Army is in control of the Mississippi River. Much of Louisiana, including New Orleans and Baton Rouge, is occupied. The Confederate Army is in disarray, corrupt structures are falling apart, and enslaved men and women are beginning to glimpse freedom.
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Harbor Lights
Harbor Lights is a story collection featuring a never-before-published novella. These eight stories move from the marshlands on the Gulf of Mexico to the sweeping plains of Colorado to prisons, saloons, and trailer parks across the South, weaving together love, friendship, violence, survival, and revenge
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A great American novelist
– Michael Connelly
A gorgeous prose stylist
– Stephen King
One of my favorite authors
– John Grisham
An ungodly level of talent
– Dennis Lehane
Internationally Best Selling Author
JAMES LEE BURKE
James Lee Burke is a New York Times bestselling author, two-time winner of the Edgar Award, and the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts in Fiction. He’s authored forty novels and two short story collections. He lives in Missoula, Montana.
A modern master
– Publishers Weekly
America’s best novelist
– Denver Post
Burke’s writing is masterful.
– Washington Post
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Publishers Weekly Review of HARBOR LIGHTS
These impressive stories establish that Burke doesn’t need a whodunit plot to catch a reader’s attention.
Kirkus Review of HARBOR LIGHTS
Eight stories, four of them new, continue the author’s career-long project of expanding the mystery genre to include bigger crimes like slavery and deeper mysteries like the nature of evil.
Letter from JLB on the Release of FLAGS ON THE BAYOU
A letter to readers from JLB on the occasion of the release of FLAGS ON THE BAYOU