A stained white radiance (Pimeän hehku) is the fifth novel in the Dave Robicheaux-series by James Lee Burke. Jentas is publishing Burke’s books in Finnish.

A bullet shot through the window of Weldon Sonnier’s house propels Dave Robicheaux back into the lives of a family he’s not sure he wants to be reacquainted with … Weldon Sonnier’s CIA-influenced past has led to dangerous connections and commitments, including debts to local mob boss Joey ‘Meatballs’ Gouza. As Weldon puts himself in the line of fire, Lyle Sonnier, television evangelist and faith healer, reveals to Dave a violent family history that intersects menacingly with Dave’s own.

But overshadowing the manoeuvres of Gouza’s gang is the spectre of racial politics, and it is former Klansman Bobby Earl who will prove to be Dave Robicheaux’s most elusive enemy.

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Sunset Limited (Varjojen maa) is the tenth novel in the Dave Robicheaux-series by James Lee Burke. Jentas is publishing Burke’s books in Finnish.

Megan and Cisco Flynn are back in town. Nobody had ever been caught for the Klan murder of their father, Jack, and Detective Dave Robicheaux knows that trouble cannot be far behind. Particularly when the Flynns get mixed up with the case of a small-time hustler named Cool Breeze Broussard.

As the Flynns find themselves deeper and deeper in trouble, Robicheaux is trying to keep Cool Breeze alive. Something ties Breeze to the Flynns, and all three of them to local plantation magnate Archer Terrebonne. Something long past is poisoning all their lives, bringing death in its wake…

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Jolie Blon’s Bounce (Syvän etelän blues) is the second novel in the Dave Robicheaux-series by James Lee Burke. Jentas is publishing Burke’s books in Finnish.

Three men are present when Amanda Boudreau is raped and murdered, and small-time hustler Tee Bobby Hulin’s prints are found at the crime scene. Dave Robicheaux reckons he’s innocent, and Tee Bobby pleads so, then attempts suicide in his holding cell. Why?

Tee Bobby is released on bail and soon after there is a second murder. When lawyer Perry LaSalle takes on the defence of Tee Bobby, Dave knows his motives are fuelled by guilt. For Tee Bobby’s grandmother was seduced by Perry’s grandfather, and Amanda Boudreau’s death is related to events that happened long before Tee Bobby was born…

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Heaven’s Prisoners (Taivaan vangit) is the second novel in the Dave Robicheaux-series by James Lee Burke. Jentas is publishing Burke’s books in Finnish.

Dave Robicheaux is trying to put a life of violence and crime behind him, leaving homicide to run a boat-rental business in Louisiana’s bayou country. But one day while fishing in the Gulf with his wife Annie, he witnesses an event that will change his life forever.

A small two-engine plane suddenly crashes into the sea and Robicheaux dives down to the wreckage to find four bodies and one survivor; a little girl miraculously trapped in a pocket of air. When the authorities insist only three bodies were recovered from the plane, Robicheaux decides to investigate the mystery of the missing man.

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