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Langtry Sisters volume 2
Publisher
Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
62) The inn
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Language
English
Description
Ex-Boston homicide detective Billy Robinson has retreated to a quiet life on the New England coast. Struggling to cope following the death of his beloved wife, he must now run the inn that Siobhan took care of so well. The inn's quirky residents help keep Billy on solid ground as he grieves, and the group soon become an unconventional family. But this small town is in the grips of a growing opioid epidemic, and when a young resident gets hooked into...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Some people greet the day with open arms. Sheriff Sunshine Vicram would rather give it a hearty shove and get back into bed, because there's just too much going on right now. There's a series of women going missing, and Sunny feels powerless to stop it. There's her persistent and awesomely-rebellious daughter Auri, who's out to singlehandedly become Del Sol's youngest and fiercest investigator. And then there's drama with Levi Ravinder-the guy she's...
64) Hell's Half Acre
Author
Series
Hell's half acre volume 1
Publisher
Pinnacle Books
Language
English
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Those were the last words uttered by a dying man who was the boomtown's most recent sheriff. Rail-thin and half starved, desperate cowpuncher Jess Casey ignores the travel advice. Instead, Jess not only enters Fort Worth, he becomes the new sheriff, inheriting the body-riddled little slice of heaven called Hell's Half Acre, the wide-open, deadliest piece of real estate on the American frontier. Hell's Half Acre is home to Kurt Koenig and his gang-run...
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"Walt Longmire faces one of his most challenging crime scenes as he tries to reckon with the revelations of his last case where he confronted the ghosts of his past and questioned the very nature of justice and mercy in the hard country of the West. Deepin the heart of the Wyoming countryside, Sheriff of Absaroka County, Walt Longmire, is called to a crime scene like few others that he has seen. This crime brings up issues that go back to Walt's grandfather's...
Author
Series
Gunsmith volume 331
Publisher
Jove Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"He doesn't look old enough to drink, let alone wear a badge. But twenty-year-old Sheriff Dan Starkweather has a lifetime of hatred for his outlaw father--and he sure can shoot. Clint Adams is impressed--and agrees to help track the senior Starkweather's gang. When Nate Starkweather shoots a sheriff, he aims for the tin badge--which is why the kid had his made of iron. So all Clint and Dan have to do is follow the shot-through badges. But when the...
Author
Series
Country roads novels volume 2
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Grace King knows two things for certain: she loves working at her grandmother's cafe, and she loves the hunky town sheriff. She always has. As she bakes him sweet treats, Grace fantasizes about helping him work up an appetite all night long. But whenever she thinks she's finally getting somewhere, he whips out some excuse to escape.
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
c2015.
Language
English
Description
Notorious serial killer Brenda Nevins has cajoled, seduced, blackmailed, and left a trail of bodies all across Washington State. Now, after a daring prison escape, she is free to carry out her ultimate act of revenge. The targets: forensic pathologist Birdy Waterman and sheriff's detective Kendall Stark. The pawn: a television psychic hungry for fame, ratings, and blood.
Author
Publisher
Super Hoot Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
From the wreckage of a research facility in Switzerland, a plume of toxic smoke and ash pours into the sky, forming an impenetrable cloud that is slowly smothering the world in darkness. As Europe disappears beneath the Cloud, a squad of United States marines are sent on a desperate mission to find out what went wrong, and how to undo it before it's too late. Venturing into a cold, dark world, the marines must travel deep under the Cloud, with no...
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"Bestselling thriller author Tess Harrow and her teenage daughter, Gertrude, need a fresh start. Now that Tess's divorce is final, the best place for her and Gertie to heal and reconnect is the rustic cabin in the woods that Tess inherited from her late grandfather. Between the beautiful pond on the property, the majestic mountain views, and the peaceful forest, it should be a relaxing getaway. But they've barely made it through the door when an explosion...
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Series
Joanna Brady mysteries volume 5
Language
English
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Description
Top ten New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance brings us another mesmerizing thriller featuring Arizona Sheriff Joanna Brady as she searches for the brutal killer of a young girl.
Brianna "Bree" O'Brien never returned from Skeleton Canyon. Someone brutally murdered the pretty, popular teenager who had stolen away under cover of darkness to rendezvous with her boyfriend. Perhaps youthful rage, jealousy and savage passion cost young
...72) An obvious fact
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Series
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English
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In the midst of the largest motorcycle rally in the world, a young biker is run off the road and ends up in critical condition. When Sheriff Walt Longmire and his good friend Henry Standing Bear are called to Hulett, Wyoming - the nearest town to America's first national monument, Devils Tower - to investigate, things start getting complicated. As competing biker gangs; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; a military-grade vehicle donated...
Author
Series
Caleb York novels volume 1
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When a corrupt sheriff tries to take George Cullen's daughter as his bride and force him to sell his ranch, Cullen refuses to go down without a fight and hires the West's toughest gunslinger to destroy his enemy.
74) Dead weight
Author
Series
Posadas County mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2009, ©2000
Language
English
Description
"Sheriff Bill Gastner knows his Posadas, NM, territory as well as he understands the foibles of the human condition. So when a backhoe crushes a man to death, it's more instinct than fact that leaves him feeling theres more to this "accident" than meets the eye. Adding to his problems, anonymous letters charing his best deputy, Tom Pasquale, with hustling Mexican nationals for cash are being dispatched around town. Gastner takes this one personally;...
75) Cold to the bone
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Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"First female sheriff of Toole County, Montana, Nicole Cobain earned the position through mental and physical grit and when a young girl is found murdered on icy Lake Maria, every bit of it is tested. But what begins as a chase for the killer quickly unravels into a high stakes medical transaction with harrowing consequences"--Dustjacket flap.
77) Scavengers
Author
Series
Posadas County mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
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Series
Language
English
Description
After a lifetime on the move, Ivy Snow is an expert in all things temporary--schools, friends, and way too many Mr. Wrongs. Now that she owns a successful taco truck in San Francisco and an apartment to call home, Ivy's reinvented life is on solid ground. And she's guarded against anything that can rock it. Like the realities of a past she's worked hard to cover up. And especially Kel O'Donnell. Too hot not to set off alarms, he screams temporary....
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"After years of working as an FBI agent, Titus Crown returns home to Charon County, land of moonshine and cornbread, fist fights and honeysuckle. Seeing his hometown struggling with a bigoted police force inspires him to run for sheriff. He wins, and becomes the first Black sheriff in the history of the county. Then a year to the day after his election, a young Black man is fatally shot by Titus's deputies. Titus pledges to follow the truth wherever...
80) One tough cowboy
Author
Series
Moving violations volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"For as long as Samantha can remember, Hunter--a man as strong as steel, with a heart of gold--has been her hero. It came as no surprise to Samantha when she found out that the ranch-hardened cowboy who always protected her from bullies went on to become the town's sheriff. What does surprise her is how incredibly hot he still is. And how much she still wants him... And, lo and behold, Hunter still has feelings for Samantha. The long-smoldering heat...
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