Flags on the Bayou

Edgar Award (Best Novel) · 2024 · Winner

Atlantic Monthly PressOctober 17, 2023mystery-crimeISBN 9780802163264

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Edgar Award (Best Novel)	2024	Winner

About This Book

Set in Civil War Louisiana, this novel follows an escaped enslaved woman whose path crosses with that of a young Union soldier, a Confederate officer, and a ruthless guerrilla fighter. Edgar Award winner for Best Novel in 2024.

About the Author

James Lee BurkeAmerican

James Lee Burke is an American author of crime fiction, best known for the Dave Robicheaux series set in Louisiana. He has won the Edgar Award for Best Novel twice and is widely regarded as one of the finest prose stylists in American crime writing.