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This handsome first edition of James Lee Burke's thriller Clete is in very good condition rather than new, owing to a small issue: moisture staining to the bottom of the front board and the title page, present when the book arrived new from Amazon and almost certainly the result of something in transit or storage rather than handling. The mark does not reach or affect the text, and the pages throughout are otherwise crisp, clean, and entirely unmarked — but it is visible, and I want any buyer to know exactly what they're getting before they purchase. First edition, first printing. First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition, June 2024. Published by Atlantic Monthly Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, New York. Clete brings series regular Clete Purcel to centre stage for the first time as the former cop and now licensed investigator confronts a case involving a niece's death, a long-ago betrayal, and a danger that reaches all the way back into his own past.

Trade paperback, new and unread. Covers are clean, square, and bright, with no creasing to the spine or corners and no fading or rubbing to the cover. Pages are crisp and bright throughout, entirely free of marks or annotations. Tight binding. This Simon & Schuster Paperbacks trade paperback edition published 2018, by Simon & Schuster, Inc.. The second novel in Burke's long-running Dave Robicheaux series, following The Neon Rain (1987). Vietnam veteran Dave Robicheaux has left his New Orleans detective's badge behind and is winning his battle against alcohol, living quietly in the Louisiana bayous with his wife. Burke is the two-time winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel, for Black Cherry Blues (1990) and Cimarron Rose (1998).

Paperback in good condition. Covers are clean, square, and bright, with no fading or rubbing. Spine is firm, with a small crease to the upper corner of the front cover. Pages are crisp and bright throughout, free of any marks, writing, or annotations. An embossed ownership stamp appears to the title page, indicating this copy came from a private library. Binding tight. A well-preserved copy. Published by Avon Books, New York, 1990, this is a mass market paperback reissue. The third book in James Lee Burke's Dave Robicheaux series, Black Cherry Blues won the 1990 Edgar Award for Best Novel — Burke's first Edgar win, with his second coming in 1998 for Cimarron Rose.

Paperback in very good condition. Covers are clean, square, and bright, with no fading or rubbing. Spine is firm. Pages are crisp and bright throughout, free of any marks, writing, or annotations. An embossed ownership stamp appears to the title page, indicating this copy came from a private library. Binding tight. An exceptionally well-preserved copy. The tenth novel in James Lee Burke's Dave Robicheaux series, and winner of the 1998 CWA Gold Dagger. Burke also won the Edgar Award in 1998 for Cimarron Rose and the Edgar in 1990 for Black Cherry Blues.

A Simon & Schuster Paperbacks first edition trade paperback in fine condition. Covers are clean and square with no creasing to the spine. Page edges show the lightest trace of handling, not affecting the text block. Pages are bright and clean throughout, free of any marks, stamps, or annotations. Binding is firm and tight. A fine, essentially unread copy. Published by Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, New York, in January 2020, this first edition, first printing trade paperback presents The New Iberia Blues — the twenty-second novel in James Lee Burke's celebrated Dave Robicheaux series, originally published in hardcover in January 2019, named one of the best crime novels of 2019 by The New York Times Book Review. Saturated with the heat, beauty, and moral complexity of Louisiana, it confirms Burke's standing as one of the great living voices in American crime fiction.

An Atlantic Crime/Grove Atlantic first edition, first printing hardcover in new condition. Boards are clean and square. Dust jacket is bright, crisp, and undamaged with no tears, chips, fading, or soiling. Pages are fresh and clean throughout, completely free of any marks, stamps, or annotations. Binding is firm and tight. A pristine, unread copy in new condition throughout. Published by Atlantic Crime, this first edition presents The Hadacol Boogie, the twenty-fifth novel in James Lee Burke's celebrated Dave Robicheaux series. Saturated with the heat, beauty, and moral complexity of Louisiana, it confirms Burke's standing as one of the great living voices in American crime fiction. Burke is a three-time Edgar Award winner, CWA Gold Dagger winner for Sunset Limited, Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America, Grand Prix de Littérature Policière winner, and recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts in Fiction.