Bitterroot

What’s not to like about James Lee Burke. Like C.J. Box – “go-to” authors when you’re not ready to tackle a heavy non-fiction – Burke’s stories are always fascinating reads, each sentence carved in stone, demanding your attention. A preeminent western writer, Burke’s a wonderful story teller, and th......more

Fun, smooth, and deep.......more

This was a pretty good book. I suppose in giving it four stars, I am unfairly comparing Burke to himself rather than to other writers, at least to a degree. Here's the issue: most writers who keep a series going have trouble adding another and keeping it distinct; the only two situations where I've s......more

In the late 90's I was hooked on the novels of James Lee Burke, particularly the ones featuring his best-known creation Dave Robicheaux. The last one I read was Cadillac Jukebox and that was ages ago, so when I went into 2nd and Charles a few weeks ago looking for a few guaranteed page-turners to pi......more

Admitting that I stayed up until 3:30 a.m. just because I wanted to find out what would happen next probably gives you an idea of how I feel about this enthralling book. Compelling and engaging characters, exciting and plausible stories, and the ongoing analysis of everyone's motives by the flawed Bi......more