by vjbooks | Jul 5, 2010 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
NY Times Bestselling Author James Lee Burke is VJ Books July 2010 Favorite Author James Lee Burke’s eagerly awaited new novel finds Detective Dave Robicheaux back in New Iberia, Louisiana, and embroiled in the most harrowing and dangerous case of his career. Seven...
by vjbooks | Jun 19, 2010 | Books to Movies, Collecting, We're Talking Books!
Beloved Burke hero Detective Dave Robicheaux returns to New Iberia to solve a series of grisly murders. The sights, smells, and sounds of the Louisiana bayous become sensory experiences in Burke’s novels, and death is a constant presence that threatens to...
by vjbooks | Jun 13, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
MWA Grandmaster Burke spins a tale replete with colorful prose and epic confrontations in his second novel to feature smalltown Texas sheriff Hackberry Holland (after Lay Down My Sword and Shield). An anonymous phone call leads Holland, a Korean vet who survived a POW...
by vjbooks | Feb 7, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
In the UK first editions are published as trade paper backs. Historically hard covers were printed only for library use, until US collectors started demanding hardcovers from UK publishers. Nevertheless, UK runs are shorter. This combined with the value of the dollar...
by vjbooks | Jan 5, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
(theaustralian.news.com, Dec. 6, Graeme Blundell) A time for old mates, Christmas is a good reason to renew acquaintance with saved-up favourite genre authors, friends who can still provoke our attention. These are the guys we know won’t let us down, their books...
by vjbooks | Dec 25, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(mcherald.com, Nov. 22, JC Patterson) Here’s a by-the-book breakdown of fine reads I have known and appreciated this year. The Big Boys: Heavyweight hits like Richard Price’s Lush Life, The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski , and my favorite read...
by vjbooks | Dec 1, 2008 | Children and YA, Collecting, We're Talking Books!
(marketwatch.com, Nov 20) Mystery Writers of America (MWA) has announced that the organization will name James Lee Burke and Sue Grafton its 2009 Grand Masters in honor of the Bicentennial of Edgar Allan Poe’s birth next year. Not since 1978 has the organization...
