Best of “The Strand Magazine”: 25 Years of Twists, Turns, and Tales from the Modern Masters of Mystery and Fiction“The Strand Magazine was always a giant voice in our corner of the literary world—and it still is today. This collection proves why—these unearthed gems and exciting new pieces shouldn’t be missed.” —Lee Child, bestselling author of the Jack Reacher seriesThis star-studded anniversary collection features over t...

From New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke comes his definitive, must-read first title in his famous Dectective David Robicheaux series.New Orleans Detective Dave Robicheaux has fought too many battles: in Vietnam, with police brass, with killers and hustlers, and the bottle. Lost without his wife's love, Robicheaux haunts the intense and heady French Quarter—the place he calls home, and the place that nearly destroys him when he beomes involve...

"Sometimes the only way to break free is to set everything on fire."Ren Ashford is one bad decision away from homelessness when he answers an ad for a driver position that pays three times what he's worth. The interview happens in the rain outside Corvus Tower. The man who hires him—Ares Corvus, thirty-two, billionaire, devastatingly controlled—counts Ren's pulse like he's measuring his capacity for fear.Then offers him a contract.Not for driving. F...

After finding himself caught up in one of Louisiana’s oldest and bloodiest family rivalries, Detective Dave Robicheaux must battle the most terrifying adversary he has ever encountered: a time-traveling superhuman assassin.The Shondell and Balangie families are longtime enemies in the New Iberia criminal underworld and show each other no mercy. Yet their youngest heirs, Johnny Shondell and Isolde Balangie, rock and roll-musician teenagers with magical voices, have ...

Dave Robicheaux returns in an adventure as timely as real life: the fight against crime, and the fight for life in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.In the waning days of summer 2005, a storm with greater impact than the bomb that struck Hiroshima peels the face off southern Louisiana. This is the gruesome reality Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Detective Dave Robicheaux discovers as he is deployed to New Orleans.Hurricane Katrina has ravaged New Or...

James Lee Burke’s second Robicheaux novel takes the detective out of New Orleans and into the bayou as he seeks a quieter life.Vietnam vet Dave Robicheaux has turned in his detective’s badge, is winning his battle against booze, and has left New Orleans with his wife for the tranquil beauty of Louisiana’s bayous. But a plane crash on the Gulf brings a young girl into his life—and with her comes a netherworld of murder, deception, and homegrown crime. Suddenly Robic...

Named one of the best crime novels of the year by The New York Times Book Review.The shocking death of a young woman leads Detective Dave Robicheaux into the dark corners of Hollywood, the mafia, and the backwoods of Louisiana in this New York Times bestselling crime novel from “modern master” (Publishers Weekly) James Lee Burke.D...

Dave Robicheaux is back in a dangerous mystery that involves stolen money, gritty casinos, and a beautiful girl with connections to his past.When a nice young woman named Trish Klein blows into Louisiana, passing hundred-dollar bills in local casinos, detective Dave Robicheaux senses a storm bearing down on his new life of contentment. Twenty-five years ago, lost in a drunken haze in Florida, Robicheaux was too far gone to save his friend and fellow ’Nam vet Dallas...

Hollywood is in the midst of an exhilarating transformation fueled by cutting-edge technology, shifting audience preferences, and innovative distribution methods. As the landscape continues to evolve at lightning speed, studios must adapt to stay relevant and thrive. This book dives into the heart of the action, revealing the crucial focus areas studios should embrace in their ambitious 5-year plans. Get ready to explore the future of filmmaking like never before!

There is a door in the middle of the city you live in.You have walked past it. Possibly today. You did not see it because it does not look like a door — it looks like an ordinary moment, an ordinary decision, an ordinary belief you hold so naturally that defending it feels like defending yourself.That is the first trick. And it is the smallest one in this book.Trojan is not a self-help book. It is not a productivity book. It is not, despite what some early readers i...

Colorful, dramatic, blundering, and tragic – these are some of the adjectives that have been applied to the two-day engagement at Shiloh. This battle, which bears the biblical name meaning “place of peace,” was one of the bloodiest encounters of the Civil War. The Union colonel, whose words give the present book its title, foretold the losses when he told his men: “Fill your canteens Boys! Some of you will be in hell before night….”Fought in the early spring of 1862 on the west ban...

A compelling new volume from the author of Shiloh: In Hell before Night and Chattanooga: A Death Grip on the Confederacy, this book explores the strategic importance of Kentucky for both sides in the Civil War and recounts the Confederacy’s bold attempt to capture the Bluegrass State. In a narrative rich with quotations from the diaries, letters, and reminiscences of participants, James Lee McDonough brings to vigorous life an episode whose full significance has previousl...