Dave Robicheaux Books in Order

New Orleans detective Dave Robicheaux pulls a murdered young woman from a bayou and stumbles into a tangle of drug dealers, mobsters, and arms traffickers. As he pushes back, corrupt cops and old war scars make the case brutally personal.

Retired from the New Orleans Police Department, Dave Robicheaux sees a drug plane go down and rescues a terrified little girl from the wreckage. Bringing her home draws a local crime boss and federal agents to his doorstep, shattering his fragile peace.

Trying to rebuild his life as a fishing guide in Montana, Dave Robicheaux is framed for murder after probing the disappearance of Native American activists. To clear his name and protect his daughter Alafair, he has to confront oil interests and the mob.

After a prisoner transport goes violently wrong, leaving Dave Robicheaux badly wounded and his partner dead, he agrees to work undercover for the DEA. Posing as a disgraced cop, he infiltrates a New Orleans crime boss's world while hunting the killer who escaped.

A murdered cop and a failed assassination drag Dave Robicheaux back into the orbit of the Sonnier family, wealthy siblings bound up with the mob, the CIA, and a slick politician. Digging into their past forces Dave to face his own buried loyalties and rage.

As a film crew shoots a Civil War movie in Louisiana, a serial killer targets young women along the back roads. Investigating, Dave Robicheaux begins seeing ghostly Confederate soldiers, blurring the line between his nightmares and a case tied to very real power.

Dave Robicheaux has known since boyhood about a Nazi submarine lying off the Louisiana coast. When word of the wreck leaks, a neo Nazi killer, a Jewish activist, and mob figures all converge on the site, putting Dave's family in the crosshairs.

Sharecroppers from the Fontenot family are being pushed off land they have worked for generations, just as a fixer’s girlfriend turns up dead. Dave Robicheaux uncovers links between buried treasure, corrupt landowners, and an independent operator with lethal secrets.

Decades after a civil rights leader was gunned down, a rough hewn Cajun named Aaron Crown sits in prison for the crime. When political ambitions and old lies collide, Dave Robicheaux risks his career to learn whether Crown is a scapegoat for more powerful men.

Forty years after labor organizer Jack Flynn was crucified to a barn wall, his daughter returns to New Iberia seeking answers. Dave Robicheaux's memories of finding the body pull him into a fresh conspiracy involving old Klan violence, crooked businessmen, and a desperate thief.

While helping an old friend, Dave Robicheaux learns that his long vanished mother may have been murdered by corrupt cops decades earlier. His search for the truth tangles with a death row case and forces him to reopen the darkest rooms of his own past.

When a teenage girl is raped and murdered, all evidence points to Tee Bobby Hulin, a troubled Cajun musician. Dave Robicheaux doubts his guilt, but another killing, mob connections, and a demonic figure named Legion make clearing Tee Bobby a dangerous obsession.

A brutal beating leaves a controversial New Orleans priest near death, a drunk driving crash kills three local girls, and a legendary bluesman vanished years ago from Angola prison. Dave Robicheaux finds the threads converging around a powerful family and a relentless hit man.

A dying friend's confession sends Dave Robicheaux back to a brief love affair from his youth with a mysterious woman who later disappeared. As he digs, a present day murder, a sadistic predator, and a predatory priest suggest that old sins never really died.

Years ago in Florida, a drunk and grieving Dave Robicheaux watched his friend Dallas Klein executed by robbers. Now Klein's daughter shows up in Louisiana, flashing cash and baiting the mobster she blames. At the same time a college student's apparent suicide pulls Dave into a linked case.

In the chaos after Hurricane Katrina, Dave Robicheaux investigates the shooting of looters and the torture killing of a third man in drowned New Orleans. The case pits him against predators feeding on the disaster while his own family is threatened by a remorseless sociopath.

Seeking rest in Montana after Katrina, Dave Robicheaux and Clete Purcel instead find themselves amid murdered college students, vengeful ex cons, and a sadistic prison guard. The wide open country hides grudges as deep as anything on the Gulf Coast.

A series of murdered young women in a neighboring parish leads Dave Robicheaux toward a notorious pimp, an ex con turned bestselling writer, and the wealthy family courting his daughter. Clearing his friend's name may mean exposing a conspiracy that reaches into his own home.

Recovering from a shooting, Dave Robicheaux becomes obsessed with the disappearance of a young Creole singer who visited him in the hospital. As an oil spill fouls the Gulf, his search uncovers corporate corruption, human trafficking, and a violent clan ready to burn everything down.

Vacationing in Montana with his family and Clete Purcel, Dave Robicheaux suspects that a notorious sadistic killer may have faked his death and followed them west. When attacks mount, Dave faces a web of old enemies, oil money, and evil that feels almost supernatural.

Grieving his wife and slipping toward the bottle again, Dave Robicheaux wakes from a blackout to learn a corrupt politician has been murdered. As he investigates, he must consider the possibility that he pulled the trigger, even while new threats gather around his friends and parish.

The crucified body of a young woman found near the Gulf Coast pulls Dave Robicheaux into a case involving his old acquaintance, now a celebrated film director, along with Hollywood hangers on, mobsters, and a fugitive convict. The investigation tests his faith in justice and in himself.

Caught in a blood soaked feud between two Louisiana crime families, Dave Robicheaux tries to protect a pair of star crossed young lovers. His efforts draw the wrath of a mysterious assassin who seems to step out of time itself, forcing Dave to face both human and otherworldly demons.

New Orleans born brawler Clete Purcel finally takes center stage when thugs tear apart his beloved Cadillac, searching for something hidden inside. As he and Dave Robicheaux follow the trail, they uncover a plot tied to a new drug, a dangerous woman, and Clete's own haunted past.

When a cloaked stranger dumps the body of a young woman on Dave Robicheaux's property, he and new partner Valerie Benoit dig into a killing that reaches from bayou backroads to mob linked casino plans. The investigation threatens Alafair and stirs up ghosts both literal and figurative.