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  • Bibliography:
    6 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 2010
  • Latest Book:
    November 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Charles "Shake" Bouchon

1 - Gutshot Straight (Jan-2010)
2 - Whiplash River (Jul-2012)

Book List in Order: 6 titles



  • A fast and funny caper in the tradition of Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiaasen, and the Coen Brothers, Gutshot Straight brings a fresh new talent into the crime fiction fold: Louis Berney. He's already won raves for his short fiction collection The Road to ...



  • Having left his life of crime behind, former getaway driver Charles "Shake" Bouchon has finally realized the dream of owning his own restaurant in Belize. Unfortunately, to do so he's had to go deep in debt to a murderous local drug lord named Baby J...



  • With the compelling narrative tension and psychological complexity of the works of Laura Lippman, Dennis Lehane, Kate Atkinson, and Michael Connelly, Edgar Award-nominee Lou Berney’s The Long and Faraway Gone is a smart, fiercely compassionate crim...



  • Set against the assassination of JFK, a poignant and evocative crime novel that centers on a desperate cat-and-mouse chase across 1960s America -- a story of unexpected connections, daring possibilities, and the hope of second chances from the Edgar ...



  • From Lou Berney, the acclaimed, multi award-winning author of November Road and The Long and Faraway Gone, comes a Dark RideSometimes the person you least expect is just the hero you needTwenty-one-year-old Hardy “Hardly” Reed—good-...



  • Edgar Award-nominated and USA Today-bestselling crime writer Lou Berney returns to his critically acclaimed thriller series starring former mob wheelman Shake Bouchon, who finds himself reluctantly involved in a high-stakes hostage rescue, among the ...




Award-Winning Books by Lou Berney

The Long and Faraway Gone
2016 Anthony Award -- Paperback Original
2016 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- Paperback Original
2016 Macavity Award -- Mystery Novel
November Road
2019 Anthony Award -- Novel
2019 Macavity Award -- Mystery Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Lou Berney has published 6 books.

The next book by Lou Berney, Double Barrel Bluff, will be published in November 2024.

The first book by Lou Berney, Gutshot Straight, was published in January 2010.

Yes. Lou Berney has 1 series.