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Book 7 of 20 in the Robicheaux Series
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Hachette Books (July 10, 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0786889004
  • ISBN-13: 978-0786889006
  • Product Dimensions: 4.1 x 1.1 x 6.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (138 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 starsMike Hammer meets Spenser...
By Cynthia K. Robertson TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on August 21, 2005
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After reading a bunch of bestseller but lackluster mysteries this summer, it was wonderful to discover an author of some substance-James Lee Burke. Dixie City Jam (the Dave Robicheaux series) reads more like a mystery written by a novelist, and Burke's literary style is unmatched by most mystery writers today.

Dave Robicheaux, a former New Orleans PD policeman, is now a detective with the New Iberia sheriff's office. Robicheaux discovered a Nazi u-boat in Gulf waters, and now a number of people are lining up to find the sub's location. Will Buchalter is a spooky, brutal, neo-Nazi who is willing to stop at nothing to get his hands on the sub, and haunts Robicheaux and his family (leaving dead bodies in his wake). There are also several subplots involving drug deals, prostitution, mobsters, crooked cops, and a vigilante murderer killing drug dealers and cutting out their hearts.

Burke's characters are a colorful bunch, and Robicheaux's former partner and now PI, Cletus Purcel, is probably the best of the bunch. He will have you in stitches as he goes against the mob. New Orleans is also a major player in Dixie City Jam, and the sultry, sensuous, steamy city (the locals call it The Big Sleazy) provides a fitting backdrop.

Burke's writing is top notch, and his dialog between characters reads like Mike Hammer meets Spenser. Robicheaux has a background in literature (something rare in law enforcement) and it's easy to see that Burke is a serious writer who shares a love of literature with his fictional detective. Burke has received a number of deserved literary awards and was even nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

The only negative about Dixie City Jam is that some of it seemed a bit unbelievable.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsFinely tuned evocation of crime in the Big Easy
By Stone Junction on June 17, 2001
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It can be a terrible thing for the avid reader to discover the works of an already established and prolific author. If the author is not to the reader's taste, no problem exists; if, however, the author's work grabs the reader by the throat and refuses to let go, the reader is faced with the daunting task of reading everything else the author has written. Such is the case with James Lee Burke and his series of Dave Robicheaux novels; while I already have a sizable list of novels on my summer reading list, I am forced, after reading DIXIE CITY JAM, to seek out more of Burke's mystery novels.
DIXIE is set in and around the city of New Orleans (always a vivid setting for an atmospheric mystery). Dave Robicheaux is a detective with the Sheriff's Office who is juggling many balls at once. In addition to his police duties, he has been hired to locate a WW II U-boat that was sunk in local waters many years ago. He also has the added predicament of helping out his old comrade Clete Purcel stay alive as he constantly and foolishly aggravates local crime figures Max and Bobo Calucci. But things come to a head when he finds himself warding off the unwelcome advances of Will Buchalter, an enormous neo-Nazi who's ultimate motives for terrorizing Robicheaux's family remain frighteningly obscure.
Clearly, Burke has no problem with handling many different plot threads. The narrative leaps from element to element; an ailing gangster who wishes to make amends; a young man who is trying to become more than be believes he can be; an interrogation scene that will make the reader squirm. His management of these disparate elements is so skillful, so loaded with portent, that the eventual solution to Robicheaux's many dilemmas comes off as anti-climactic.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsWith the first words I'm back in southern Louisiana!
By A Customer on February 1, 1999
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When I heard Will Patton's first sentence of my first Dave Robicheaux novel I really did feel that I was transported to New Orleans and southern La. Those wonderful full, round vowels, clipped d's and t's at the end of words, and the melodious, artistic descriptions paint a picture I can't get enough of. Now I'm waiting to get my hands on the next James Lee Burke masterpiece - especially with Patton reading. Don't worry about which of Burke's novels you're grabbing because eventually you'll read them all, one after another like not being able to stop eating pralines or fresh oysters!
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2.0 out of 5 starsHere is Why I Suggest You Skip This Book in the Series..
By Mattole on November 20, 2013
I was a faithful listener of the Dave Robicheaux series and liked the books for all kinds of reasons but it was a dreadful experience to listen to Dixie City Jam. The gist of my complaint is this: despite the fact that through the previous six books Robicheaux has been established in our minds as a highly capable and intelligent detective, in Dixie City Jam this same seasoned detective is acting in ways that are so brain-dead incompetent as to be unbelievable. Apparently the author (and his editor, if he had one) forgot to ask a vital question: "Is this character acting in ways that are consistent with the person he is, as I have created him?" He either did not bother to ask this question out of distraction or hubris, or he assumed that fans of the series would blithely go along with whatever he wrote.

For whatever reason we are left with a Dave Robicheaux who time after time makes naive assumptions and bonehead decisions as if he has learned absolutely nothing from his many years of encountering and pondering the criminal mind. He is a clueless victim in this book, blithely ignoring screamingly obvious clues and warning flags as he sleep-walks into troubles that endanger both himself and his family. Sorry James Lee Burke, but you were snoozing at the wheel when you were writing this book, and the few moments of tension you managed to create in the story were achieved on the cheap.

Again, I had been a faithful listener to the D.R series previous to Dixie City Jam. But this book was so very very bad that I had to take a 6-month break in order to become curious enough to approach the series again. Believe me when I say that you will lose nothing by skipping this book and using those hours of your lifespan for something else. I suggest that you move on to Burning Angel instead, where the author seems to have remembered his writing skill and his audience - and Dave Robicheaux begins to act like an intelligent human being again.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 starsGood Read

I've read the first 7 now, and this is best one yet...a little too much reflective detail for me......but a good read none the less...Enjoy!

Published 1 month ago by Jeff Segers
5.0 out of 5 starsAlways a good read. Burke brings you in and doesn't let ...

Always a good read. Burke brings you in and doesn't let go until the book is closed.

Published 2 months ago by Paula Fischer
4.0 out of 5 starsnumerous punctuation and spelling errors in the e-book slowed the ...

numerous punctuation and spelling errors in the e-book slowed the reading so much that you could not keep up with the pace. Read more

Published 2 months ago by Myronnabq
4.0 out of 5 starsFour Stars

good read

Published 2 months ago by bill wilbur
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat story, well developed characters

It was typical burke. Great story, well developed characters.

Published 2 months ago by Melissa Henningsen
5.0 out of 5 starsAnother great Dave Robicheaux

James Lee Burke never disappoints!

Published 2 months ago by L. Beard
4.0 out of 5 starsI have not read these in order, but the ...

I have not read these in order, but the Cletus character is always out of control, which I suppose is the plan. Read more

Published 2 months ago by Lynn E Combs
4.0 out of 5 starsFour Stars

Good read.

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5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

A beautiful writer - his ability to put you in the scene is unmatched!

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5.0 out of 5 starsJames Lee Burke, what else is there to say.

Love all of this series.

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