title: In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead
author:  James Lee Burke 
description: "A master...Burke writes prose as moody and memory-laden as his region" -- <i>Time</i><br /><br />"Awesome!" -- <i>The Wall Street Journal</i><br /><br />"Stunning!" -- <i>The Boston Globe</i>
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  # JAMES LEE BURKE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "No one captures Louisiana culture
  
  
  
  
  
  as well as James Lee Burke. . . it is also possible
  
  
  
  
  
  that no one writes better detective novels."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  #### Washington Post Book World
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "BURKE HAS CREATED A SERIES OF
  
  
  
  
  
  AWESOME DEPTH AND BREADTH."
  
  
  
  
  
  Houston Chronicle
  
  
  
  
  
  "BURKES MOST AMBITIOUS AND SUCCESSFUL
  
  
  
  
  
  ROBICHEAUX NOVEL . . .
  
  
  
  
  
  Extraordinary . . . He has never been a more acute
  
  
  
  
  
  observer, a more compelling writer, or told a better
  
  
  
  
  
  tale than he has in ELECTRIC MIST."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### New Orleans Times-Picayune
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "HAUNTING . . . GREAT ENTERTAINMENT . . .
  
  
  
  
  
  In ELECTRIC MIST, Burke steps beyond genre
  
  
  
  
  
  boundaries into new literary territory. The result is
  
  
  
  
  
  entertaining, satisfying, and thought-provoking—
  
  
  
  
  
  without losing any