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Start with The Neon Rain and continue through all 24 books in the listed reading order.
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Book 1 by James Lee Burke
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Book 1:The Neon Rain
James Lee Burke
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Book 2:Heaven's Prisoners
James Lee Burke
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Book 3:Black Cherry Blues
James Lee Burke
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Book 4:A Morning for Flamingos
James Lee Burke • 1990
After a prisoner transport goes violently wrong, leaving Dave Robicheaux badly wounded and his partner dead, he agrees to work undercover for the DEA. Posing as a disgraced cop, he infiltrates a New Orleans crime boss...
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Book 5:A Stained White Radiance
James Lee Burke • 1992
A murdered cop and a failed assassination drag Dave Robicheaux back into the orbit of the Sonnier family, wealthy siblings bound up with the mob, the CIA, and a slick politician. Digging into their past forces Dave to...
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Book 6:In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead
James Lee Burke • 1993
As a film crew shoots a Civil War movie in Louisiana, a serial killer targets young women along the back roads. Investigating, Dave Robicheaux begins seeing ghostly Confederate soldiers, blurring the line between his...
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Book 7:Dixie City Jam
James Lee Burke • 1994
Dave Robicheaux has known since boyhood about a Nazi submarine lying off the Louisiana coast. When word of the wreck leaks, a neo Nazi killer, a Jewish activist, and mob figures all converge on the site, putting Dave'...
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Book 8:Burning Angel
James Lee Burke • 1995
Sharecroppers from the Fontenot family are being pushed off land they have worked for generations, just as a fixer’s girlfriend turns up dead. Dave Robicheaux uncovers links between buried treasure, corrupt landowners...
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Book 9:Cadillac Jukebox
James Lee Burke • 1996
Decades after a civil rights leader was gunned down, a rough hewn Cajun named Aaron Crown sits in prison for the crime. When political ambitions and old lies collide, Dave Robicheaux risks his career to learn whether...
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Book 10:Sunset Limited
James Lee Burke • 1996
Forty years after labor organizer Jack Flynn was crucified to a barn wall, his daughter returns to New Iberia seeking answers. Dave Robicheaux's memories of finding the body pull him into a fresh conspiracy involving...
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Book 11:Purple Cane Road
James Lee Burke • 2000
While helping an old friend, Dave Robicheaux learns that his long vanished mother may have been murdered by corrupt cops decades earlier. His search for the truth tangles with a death row case and forces him to reopen...
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Book 12:Jolie Blon's Bounce
James Lee Burke • 2002
When a teenage girl is raped and murdered, all evidence points to Tee Bobby Hulin, a troubled Cajun musician. Dave Robicheaux doubts his guilt, but another killing, mob connections, and a demonic figure named Legion m...
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Book 13:Last Car to Elysian Fields
James Lee Burke • 2003
A brutal beating leaves a controversial New Orleans priest near death, a drunk driving crash kills three local girls, and a legendary bluesman vanished years ago from Angola prison. Dave Robicheaux finds the threads c...
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Book 14:Crusader's Cross
James Lee Burke • 2005
A dying friend's confession sends Dave Robicheaux back to a brief love affair from his youth with a mysterious woman who later disappeared. As he digs, a present day murder, a sadistic predator, and a predatory priest...
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Book 15:Pegasus Descending
James Lee Burke • 2006
Years ago in Florida, a drunk and grieving Dave Robicheaux watched his friend Dallas Klein executed by robbers. Now Klein's daughter shows up in Louisiana, flashing cash and baiting the mobster she blames. At the same...
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Book 16:The Tin Roof Blowdown
James Lee Burke • 2007
In the chaos after Hurricane Katrina, Dave Robicheaux investigates the shooting of looters and the torture killing of a third man in drowned New Orleans. The case pits him against predators feeding on the disaster whi...
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Book 17:Swan Peak
James Lee Burke • 2008
Seeking rest in Montana after Katrina, Dave Robicheaux and Clete Purcel instead find themselves amid murdered college students, vengeful ex cons, and a sadistic prison guard. The wide open country hides grudges as dee...
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Book 18:The Glass Rainbow
James Lee Burke • 2010
A series of murdered young women in a neighboring parish leads Dave Robicheaux toward a notorious pimp, an ex con turned bestselling writer, and the wealthy family courting his daughter. Clearing his friend's name may...
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Book 19:Creole Belle
James Lee Burke • 2012
Recovering from a shooting, Dave Robicheaux becomes obsessed with the disappearance of a young Creole singer who visited him in the hospital. As an oil spill fouls the Gulf, his search uncovers corporate corruption, h...
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Book 20:Light of the World
James Lee Burke • 2013
Vacationing in Montana with his family and Clete Purcel, Dave Robicheaux suspects that a notorious sadistic killer may have faked his death and followed them west. When attacks mount, Dave faces a web of old enemies,...
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Book 21:Robicheaux
James Lee Burke • 2018
Grieving his wife and slipping toward the bottle again, Dave Robicheaux wakes from a blackout to learn a corrupt politician has been murdered. As he investigates, he must consider the possibility that he pulled the tr...
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Book 22:The New Iberia Blues
James Lee Burke • 2019
The crucified body of a young woman found near the Gulf Coast pulls Dave Robicheaux into a case involving his old acquaintance, now a celebrated film director, along with Hollywood hangers on, mobsters, and a fugitive...
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Book 23:A Private Cathedral
James Lee Burke • 2020
Caught in a blood soaked feud between two Louisiana crime families, Dave Robicheaux tries to protect a pair of star crossed young lovers. His efforts draw the wrath of a mysterious assassin who seems to step out of ti...
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Book 24:Clete
James Lee Burke • 2024
New Orleans born brawler Clete Purcel finally takes center stage when thugs tear apart his beloved Cadillac, searching for something hidden inside. As he and Dave Robicheaux follow the trail, they uncover a plot tied...
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Dave Robicheaux FAQ
What is the best order to read the Dave Robicheaux series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with The Neon Rain.
How many books are in the Dave Robicheaux series?
There are 24 books currently listed in the Dave Robicheaux series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Dave Robicheaux series?
New readers should start with The Neon Rain, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Dave Robicheaux series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears possibly ongoing and spans releases from 1990 to 2024.