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"From the New York Times bestselling author Darynda Jones comes the second novel in her laugh-out-loud Sunshine Vicram mystery series, A Good Day for Chardonnay. Running a small-town police force in the mountains of New Mexico should be a smooth, carefree kind of job. Sadly, full-time Sheriff-and even fuller-time coffee guzzler-Sunshine Vicram, didn't get that memo. All Sunshine really wants is one easy-going day. You know, the kind that starts with...
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Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Virgil knows that his sleepy hometown is starting to reflect the times, in good ways and bad. It still comes as a shock when his deputy is almost killed by the body of a woman falling from the highway overpass onto his car. A woman who had been fleeing for her life.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"From the award-winning author of The Absence of Mercy, comes a gripping and darkly psychological novel about family, suspicion, and the price we are willing to pay to protect those we love the most. It's the summer of 1954 and the residents of Cottonwood, California are dying. At the center of it all is six-year-old Danny McCray, a strange and silent child the townspeople regard with fear and superstition, and who appears to bring ruin to those around...
84) Rescue me
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Series
Montana rescue volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Deputy Sam Brooks is committed to keeping the town of Mercy Falls, Montana, safe. But when an arsonist strikes, Sam must abandon all his safety rules to rescue the woman he's falling in love with"--
85) Dark signal
Author
Series
Kate Fox novels volume 2
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Who would want to kill Chad Mills? Kate finds that he made a few enemies as president of the railroad workers union. Meanwhile his widow is behaving oddly. And why was his neighbor Josh Stevens at the Mills house on the night of the accident? While her loud and meddling family conspires to help Kate past her divorce, State Patrol Officer Trey closes in on Josh Stevens as the suspect. Kate doesn't believe it. She may not have the experience, but she's...
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Wyoming men volume 11
Language
English
Description
When Sheriff Cody Banks's wife died, he blamed Abbie Brennan for the illness he's sure killed Deborah and, in his grief, made sure she knew it. Looking back now, he knows that his behavior was likely the reason Abbie left town years ago. So when he sees her, and the child she's raising, at her great-uncle's funeral, Cody attempts to apologize, ashamed to see the fear he puts in her beautiful eyes and determined to show her he's no longer that same...
88) A long December
Author
Series
Carl Houseman novels volume 5
Publisher
Rugged land
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
When an infestation of feral pigs culminates in a murder in Blacklin County, Sheriff Dan Rhodes finds the ensuing investigation complicated by angry hog hunters, a crusading talk-show host, a bounty hunter, and the reappearance of a troublemaking motorcycle duo.
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Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Before classes start one morning, the body of English instructor Earl Wellington is found outside the building of the community college campus in Clearview. Wellington was clearly involved in a struggle with someone and has died as a result. Sheriff Dan Rhodes pursues and arrests a student, Ike Terrell, who was fleeing the campus. Ike's father is Able Terrell, a survivalist who has withdrawn from society and lives in a gated compound. He's not happy...
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Series
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
On a chilly Monday in late spring, Sheriff Dave Cubiak is at the Green Arbor Lodge for lunch when a scream from a nearby medical conference disrupts the scene. Leaping into action, he finds the ninety-three-year-old director of the prestigious Institute for Progressive Medicine collapsed on the floor, dead of a suspected heart attack. As Cubiak interrogates the witnesses, he's struck by the inconsistencies in their stories. Some evade questions while...
93) Heartshot
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Series
Posadas County mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Poisened Pen Press
Pub. Date
2000, c1991
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Matt Wheeler was a legend in the West. His fast gun and dedication for justice made him a sought-after lawman for hire, but all of that vanished one dark night. Matt was convicted of murder for killing the man who killed his woman. Now he's spent his time in jail and is looking to even the score against the men who set him up"--FantasticFiction.com.
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Series
Ben Packard mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A small town's dark secrets turn deadly... When an early morning call brings Deputy Ben Packard to the scene of a home invasion, he finds Bill Sandersen shot in his bed. Bill was a well-liked local who chased easy money his whole life, leaving bad debts and broken hearts in his wake. Everyone Packard talks to has a story about Bill, but no one has a clear motive for wanting him dead. The business partner. The ex-wife. The current wife. The high-stakes...
96) Depth of winter
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Series
Walt Longmire mysteries volume 14
Walt Longmire mystery volume 14
Thorndike Press large print mystery
Walt Longmire mystery volume 15
Walt Longmire mystery volume 14
Thorndike Press large print mystery
Walt Longmire mystery volume 15
Language
English
Description
"The new novel in Craig Johnson's beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire series. Welcome to Walt Longmire's worst nightmare. In Craig Johnson's latest mystery, Depth of Winter, an international hit man and the head of one of the most vicious drug cartels in Mexico has kidnapped Walt's beloved daughter, Cady, to auction her off to his worst enemies, of which there are many. The American government is of limited help and the Mexican one even less....
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
When the world is ravaged by a zombie apocalypse, police officer Rick Grimes and a small group of others struggle to stay alive as the dead stalk them at every turn. A survivalist story at its core, the series explores how the living are changed by the overwhelming realization that those who survivie can be far more dangerous than the mindless walkers roaming the earth.
98) A mammoth murder
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Series
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Author
Series
Cavanaugh Island novels volume 2
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"Sometimes love can take you by surprise. Kara Newell has a big-city life that needs a major shake-up. Her dedication as a social worker is unwavering, yet her heart tells her that there is more to life than just work. Kara gets the push she needs when she shockingly inherits a large estate on an island off the South Carolina coast. Now the charming town of Angels Landing awaits her . . . along with a secret family she never knew she had. After surviving...
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