Tag Archives: New Orleans

James Lee Burke’s Pegasus Descending

James Lee Burke lives in two places, and he writes about them both. He has a home in Montana (where he has set his Billy Bob Holland series) and another in New Iberia, Louisiana. Pegasus Descending is the latest in … Continue reading

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James Lee Burke’s Purple Cane Road

Dave Robicheaux is a middle-aged guy, trying to get along. Still haunted by his experiences in Viet Nam, troubled by his relationship with his long-dead parents, he is now a homicide detective in New Iberia Parish in Louisiana. His second … Continue reading

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Various artists’ Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is one of the pre-eminent music festivals in the United States. Held annually in the Crescent City since 1969, after a few fits and starts earlier in the decade, it celebrates New Orleans … Continue reading

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James Lee Burke’s Dave Robicheaux series

Let’s get this straight, right off the top; Dave Robicheaux is not a private investigator! He works for the Sheriff’s department in New Iberia, a sleepy backwater parish in Louisiana — and the town isn’t quite as sleepy as it … Continue reading

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Tim Lebbon & Christopher Golden’s Mind the Gap

Hidden, magical London is all the rage these days. First there was Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere, then China Mieville’s Un Lun Dun. And now there’s Mind the Gap, a collaborative effort between American novelist and comics writer Christopher Golden and British horror novelist Tim … Continue reading

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Tim Lebbon & Christopher Golden’s The Map of Moments

Readers who come to The Map of Moments looking for something similar to Mind the Gap are in for a rude shock. Where the first novel of the Hidden Cities was essentially YA, The Map of Moments is steeped in sex and death, a whirlwind … Continue reading

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