Dave Robicheaux book 6 · 1993
In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead
An actor filming in the bayous near New Iberia finds the skeleton of a Black man who was murdered decades earlier, and Dave Robicheaux begins to see the ghost of a Confederate general in the mist.
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Book facts
- Author
- James Lee Burke
- Series
- Dave Robicheaux, book 6 of 25
- Published
- 1993
- Setting
- Set in New Iberia, Louisiana
- Characters charted
- 4
- Chart confidence
- High
In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead on screen
- In the Electric Mist (2009, film, Cinema). Tommy Lee Jones plays Robicheaux, who hunts a killer in the Louisiana bayou while a film crew shoots a Civil War drama nearby.
Who is in In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead
4 recurring or key characters from James Lee Burke’s chart.
Lead 1
- Dave RobicheauxSheriff’s detective in New Iberia, Louisiana
Major 1
- Clete PurcelFormer cop turned private investigator, Dave’s best friend
Minor and cameo 2
- Alafair RobicheauxDave’s adopted daughter, later a writer
- Bootsie RobicheauxDave’s wife
Also featuring these characters
Other James Lee Burke books that share the most characters with In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead.
- A Morning for Flamingos1990 · Dave Robicheaux · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Burning Angel1995 · Dave Robicheaux · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Black Cherry Blues1989 · Dave Robicheaux · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Cadillac Jukebox1996 · Dave Robicheaux · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon