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Bestselling author James Lee Burke tells his most thrilling and insightful story yet through the eyes of fourteen-year-old Bessie Holland. At the turbulent beginning of the twentieth century, fourteen-year-old Bessie Holland longs for a love that she has never known. But as the vast Texas countryside...
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Don't Forget Me, Little Bessie
From the New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke comes the latest instalment of the Holland family saga
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Bestselling author James Lee Burke tells his most thrilling and insightful story yet through the eyes of fourteen-year-old Bessie Holland.
At the turbulent beginning of the twentieth century, fourteen-year-old Bessie Holland longs for a love that she has never known.
But as the vast Texas countryside is destroyed by oil companies and stalked by a menacing figure with a violent past, Bessie lives on constant alert to protect her home and family. Her only escape is with her suffragette English teacher, who inspires Bessie to fight against the forces of evil and poverty.
When Bessie accidentally kills a man to defend her father, she flees to New York, into a gangland that yearns for justice and mercy. There, her older brother introduces her to boys who will one day be gangsters – but, as children, admire Bessie's remarkable bravery.
Returning to his beloved Holland series, James Lee Burke portrays a world of both radiance and violence – and a young girl who takes on overwhelming forces.
PRAISE FOR JAMES LEE BURKE, THE AWARD-WINNING KING OF SOUTHERN NOIR:
'James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed' Michael Connelly
'A gorgeous prose stylist' Stephen King
'No argument: James Lee Burke is among the finest of all contemporary American novelists' Daily Mail
'The greatest crime writer currently at work' Spectator
'The reigning champ of nostalgia noir' New York Times
'Masterly' Sunday Telegraph
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781398722521
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 December 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Orion
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 260g
Pages: 368
About the Author
James Lee Burke is the author of many novels, and the critically-acclaimed, bestselling Detective Dave Robicheaux series. He won the Edgar Award for both Cimarron Rose and Black Cherry Blues, and Sunset Limited was awarded the CWA Gold Dagger. Two For Texas was adapted for television, and Heaven's Prisoners and In the Electric Mist for film. Burke has been a Breadloaf Fellow and Guggenheim Fellow, has been awarded the Grand Master Award by the Mystery Writers of America and has been nominated for a Pulitzer award. He lives with his wife, Pearl, in Missoula, Montana.
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