Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&N=3+4294937090+7266 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707305 Cattleman Homer Bannon is a walking advertisement for traditional, old-frontier morals--in contrast to his stepson, Hud. Homers grandson Lonnie is torn between emotions for his father and grandfather as he struggles to define his own identity. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707291 Set in the early 60s, this novel is a very funny and completely raunchy satire of life in Texas and in California, and a true and very American portrait of an artist as a young man. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707263 Essays by President George W. Bush and H. Ross Perot stand alongside the writings of some of the most famous historical figures who ever lived in Texas, including Sam Houston, David Crockett, Stephen F. Austin, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and many more. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710288 Lewton Paterson is a gambling man hoping to put his rough-and-tumble past behind him and marry into a quiet, respectable family. Arriving in Whispering Mountain, Lewt sets his sights on one of the McMurray sisters. But it doesnt take long for Lewt to realize that gambling on love is his riskiest proposition yet. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707635 A tornado rips through the quiet town of Harmony. Emerging from the devastation, Harmonys citizens struggle with relationships both old and new--and grow stronger by risking their hearts to make connections with others. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710295 To destroy Cain, the father of the vampire race, Sabina Kane must locate the only man capable of bringing him to his knees: the mage Abel. Traveling to Italy to find Abel, Sabina draws ever closer to fulfilling her destiny--but the goddess Lilith has something much darker in store for the embattled heroine. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707614 A young lifeguard, a doctor sick with cancer, and two children have disappeared, leaving no trace. Its only when they start to resurface, in small moments and sudden flashes of consciousness, that the true gravity of their existence comes to light. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707632 Frank Morgan and a handful of survivors are stranded in Western Canada. An old enemy of Franks has resurfaced, and with him a band of murderous Metis rebels armed with stolen U.S. Army Gatling guns. Now Frank and his ragtag bunch are the only thing standing between this dangerous foe and a bloodbath. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707629 When a string of murders threatens to stall negotiations between the mages and vampires, Sabina Kane--outcast, assassin, magnet to supernatural species--leaps into the fray. But the more she learns, the more she realizes that there are dark forces stirring. And the killer in her sights might be more than capable of shutting her down--for good. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710345 After defying her husband during the war, Virginia plantation wife Iris Dunleavy is deemed insane and taken to Sanibel Asylum to receive treatments for her unruliness. There she meets another broken soul--Confederate soldier Ambrose Weller--and falls in love with him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707371 In this memoir, the soon-to-be divorced Debra buys a dilapidated Texas cabin miles from her teaching job. While waiting to adopt a child, she refurbishes and expands the rude dwelling. She soon finds herself in the strange new world of single motherhood, complicated by her being white and her adopted daughter being black. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708252 Horse breeder Tobin McMurray doesnt venture too far from his homestead. But when a Texas senator offers Tobin handsome compensation to deliver a horse to his daughter and teach her how to ride, he grudgingly agrees. Soon Tobin finds himself falling in love with the beautiful woman--but their budding romance is headed straight for danger. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709035 China Bayles is finally on the verge of finding out the truth about her fathers death. But her reservations about letting her half-brother Miles hire her husband prove all too accurate when she discovers Miles has a hidden agenda. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708253 Texas Ranger Travis McMurray prefers chasing outlaws to being cooped up in domestic life. But all that changes when he meets Rainey, a stunning beauty who steals not only his heart--but his horse. On the run from an arranged marriage, Rainey wants to start a new life in the West--but will Travis be able to track her down before she disappears for good? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710333 Tough-as-rawhide ranger Sam Burrack pursues a posse of violent jailbreakers. As he follows the bloody trail, Sam comes face-to-face with an unpleasant foe: the legendary Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709615 Conn OConnor struggles to find a connection between a bloodstained car, a missing yacht, and a stolen infant heir, a mystery that deepens years later when fledgling reporter Irene Kelly explores a young mans claim that he is the missing baby. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709036 Between the herb shop, the catering business, and a weekend paper-making class, China Bayles has her work cut out for her. And now Chinas half-brother is opening up old wounds, trying to investigate their fathers supposedly accidental death, and her husband is taking on the case-meaning shes just bound to get involved. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709699 When her parents are killed in a raid, 11-year-old Helen Morrison and her younger sister Katy are kidnapped by a band of Comanches. Given the name Tehanita, Helen vows to maintain her white identity and clings tightly to her only possession--the dress she was wearing when captured. She is appalled by Katys quick adjustment to her new home and family. Helen resists assimilation but she must make a decision. Should she become a woman of the People? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708778 Just as Frank and his son begin to bond, a criminal mastermind designs an evil plan to kill them both. Harvard-educated businessman Conrad Browning is so desperate he hires his estranged father Frank to neutralize the trouble plaguing his New Mexico railroad line. As the unlikely pair rides to the remote railroad site, they outshoot vengeful bushwhackers and hostile Apaches. But when a gorgeous young lady stumbles into their camp one night, they soon find themselves under her disarming spell. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707998 E.J. Pugh is six years removed from her last crime scene, but little does she know death awaits her at a romance writers convention. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709086 Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack must bring the woman he once loved, Ella Lang, a.k.a. The Queen of the Outlaws, and her bloodthirsty saddle partners to justice, a dangerous job that could be the death of him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708923 Jones details the horrifying events set in motion by a tragic childhood incident. When med student Hale is called home by his ailing mother on Halloween night, he and a group of friends are trapped in an inescapable cycle of violence. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709971 Joseph Kimmel is heading to San Antonio to settle his deceased brothers estate but becomes stranded on the vast open prairie when his horse is stolen. He is rescued by an egocentric Alsatian immigrant, but falls back into trouble when he marries a young blond girl. Running for their lives, Joseph and his new bride head to the hill country, where they hope to build a cattle ranch. Unfortunately, the ruthless Texas Rangers have other ideas. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709616 Investigative reporter Irene Kelly joins a team leading a serial killer into the Sierra Nevadas to locate the graves of his victims. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709037 Albert re-imagines Beatrix Potter wearing her sleuthing cap as the village of Sawrey lies buried beneath a blanket of Christmas snow. While she and her animal friends investigate a puzzling death, Miss Potter wonders if she can acknowledge her fondness for Mr. Heelis and still remain loyal to her fiancs memory. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709700 Under the sprawling branches of the ancient man-fig tree in the town square, the gossiby men of Thornham relax and spin colorful yarns for each others amusements. There, reputations are established or sullied, and local rumors of all kinds are passed on and contested. Though they dont show it, they are effectively weaving a folk history of their own town and of the Old South. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710137 In 1946 a young couple is brutally murdered in the East Texas town of Cold Springs. Now--34 years later--rumor has it that the sole suspect in these murders has returned. While the response to this report ranges from giddy excitement to vile loathing, another dead body turns up. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708779 Matt Jensen, reared by legendary mountain hero Smoke, is the last of a proud breed. He will soon learn that dispensing justice with a gun is the only true way to execute righteous revenge in the Old West. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707999 On the happy occasion of the wedding between Chief Deputy Emmett Hopkins and Deputy Jasmine Bodine, all hell breaks loose when the town bank is robbed, a sheriffs deputy is murdered, and a city police officer is left for dead. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709087 As Julie Wilder races to greet her father, she sees his ashen face and fixed stare too late to escape the hooded nightriders who suddenly surround her. When bounty hunter Baines Meredith discovers her the next day--battered, bleeding, and barely alive--he covers her nakedness and gently cares for her. But can Baines help Julie develop the strength, courage, and skill she needs to administer her own brand of frontier justice? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708840 The day after their welcoming dinner in Blodgett, Texas, Lucy Goodnights husband Phil, a bank manager, vanishes. Soon the townspeople discover that their bank has been robbed. Suspicions point to Phil, who hs just been given the keys to the bank and the combination to the vault. Lucys only hope it so turn to her grandfathers - the legendary lawmen John Carmack and Charley Dawson - to find Phil and clear his name. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707995 When local real-estate mogul Tom Delgado is found murdered in his office, the police suspect his wife, Dovie. She had plenty of motive after finding out Tom changed his will to include another woman, but Judge Jackson Crains gut tells him the newfound widow is innocent. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708245 In the lage 1830s, the Mexican War is winding down, but tensions between the Texans and the Comanches threaten the fledgling Texas Republic. Towns are being raided and hundreds of murdered settlers litter the countryside. Sam Houston himself sends Isaac Webb on a mission of peace with Captain Noak Smithwick. Isaac, eager for a truce, longs for a simpler life with the woman he loves, but he knows that his future is clouded by bloodshed and violence. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709353 Jane, a wealthy rancher living in a Mormon village, must marry the arrogant Elder Tull as the Mormon churchmen decree. But Lassiter rides into town to teach Tull and his mob a lesson. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709123 Simon Jesters past is full of secrets. Ony his step-children, 12-year-old Alice and her older brother Boone, know the true darkness that lies in his heart. When terror invades their lives, the two children are forced to attempt daring escapes and acts of betrayal in order to survive. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707992 Biggie is active planning the towns Pioneer Days festival when she learns of Mayor Gribbons scheme to establish a landfill right next to her family cemetary. She meets the mayor at a local diner, but the man suddenly falls dead into his angel food cake. Biggie certainly didnt like him very much, but she wouldnt kill him. With the help of her grandson, 12-year-old JR, her voodoo-practicing maid Willie Mae, and Willie Maes wise, neer-do-well husband Rosebud Robichaux, Biggie decides to solve the murder while charging onward with the preparations for the towns big celebration. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708733 Dallas OConnor is excited about a chance to escape the suffocating heat of Texas for a cool photo shoot in Seattle. But soon after her arrival, a top male model and his Porsche plunge fatally into the ocean. Dallas suspects foul play, and shes determined to sift through an assortment of zany characters to find the killer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709252 Bounty hunter Dixie Flanagan cant believe a jury has acquitted serial rapist Lawrence Coombs. But when a group of women calling themselves the Avenging Angels attacks Coombs, Dixies implicated--and thats just the start of her troubles. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708125 This novel revolves around Jick McCaskill, a 14-year-old growing up in 1930s Montana. This incandescent coming-of-age tale dramatizes the climatic events of one summer that inevitably mark Jicks awakening from childhood to adulthood. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709617 Intrepid investigative reporter Irene Kelly begins receiving letters from a psychotic pen pal. It seems someone is bent on creating a real life Greek tragedy--and in this play, everyone is supposed to die. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708203 Down-on-his-luck cowpoke Jimmy Clevis needs some money in a hurry. When he receives a job offer from an old fellow named Tull, Clevis quickly accepts. Soon hes heading south to Paloma Springs on a mission to find the mans missing son but big trouble lays in wait. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709773 Goodnight, a fishing town on the Gulf Coast of Texas, is slowly being swallowed by an increasingly lifeless sea. Shrimpers and fishermen, with nothing to catch, watch their vessels rot in the stagnant brine. And then a gigantic sea creature, long believed extinct, washes ashore. But during the struggle to profit from this find, a menacing hurricane looms offshore. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708932 With his gang of murderous thugs, Stirman pursues Erainya, the boss of college professor turned P.I. Tres Navarre. Erainyas husband Fred helped put Stirman behind bars, and although Fred is dead, Stirman wants his revenge. Now only Tres can stop him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709815 Mark Reynolds is an up-and-coming minister in an affluent Houston church and Amanda is the girl of his dreams. The outlook for his future is extremely bright until Amanda tells him that she is pregnant. The newlyweds are tormented with one tragedy after another. But hope lies in a quiet town in the Texas panhandle. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708194 Lassiter and his partner Borling are sentenced to 25 years in prison after being convicted of a killing they had no part in committing. But with some daring ingenuity they manage to escape from behind bars--only to see their efforts thwarted by treachery. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709038 It is now 1907, and in her Lake Country village, Beatrix Potter is about to encounter both woodland magic and an intriguing mystery. As she helps some village children look for fairy folk, she stumbles upon evidence that a flame-haired stranger may have dangerous plans. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709701 Bethany and Wade Cameron are young newlyweds bound for the Texas Panhandle in the 1800s. In the land of endless cattle ranges, they plan to build a modest home and work the fields, making a life for themselves as best they can. Though the journey west is long and arduous and their new surroundings are less than hospitable, the Camerons persevere through courage, faith, and most importantly the support of each other. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709019 Former rancher Herschel Baker has just settled into the job as sheriff of Yellowstone County when a cowboy is hung from a tree with the words Hoss Steeler pinned to his chest. Its vigilante justice, plain and simple, and its just the sort of lawlessness that Herschel refuses to abide. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707380 Frank Morgan agrees to escort a group of ladies northwest into the wilds of Alaska. But the deadly winter and harsh, unfamiliar terrain plague their journey northward. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708106 Stunned by a Valentines Day telegram, Teddy Roosevelt reaches his Manhattan home just in time to watch death first claim his mother and then his wife on that dark day in 1884. Abandoning a promising political career, 25-year-old Teddy seeks the healing solace of the Dakota Bad Lands. After bagging grizzly and elk, decking a gun-waving giant, and building two thriving cattle ranches, Teddy soon finds himself in the sights of a deadly rival. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710015 Caldwell was born in Texas in 1951; in a land of plains so vast they frightened her. Caldwells mother was a clandestine lover of books; her father was a master sergeant in World War II. These personalities shaped Caldwell; during the passionate rebellions of the 1960s, she was one of the children who once made life hell for the Greatest Generation and in the process turned out pretty great themselves (Russell Baker, author). Turning to books for each poignant change in her life, Caldwell eventually became what her mother could not: a writer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709095 Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack thought hed seen every kind of dispicable act of cruelty and murder that any man could exact on another. He thought wrong. When he stumbles upon the butchered remains of a scalp-taking massacre, hes choked with disgust. So Burrack teams up with veteran Sheriff Boyd Tacket, whos more than willing to help bring these vile rats to justice. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707738 The fire called Riley to his destiny, just like the spinning-wheel called Sleeping Beauty. Now, Riley has third-degree burns on 63% of his body. At the Shriners Burns Institute, he must endure countless skin grafts and searingly painful baths. And, for the rest of his days, he will live behind a mask. But through his painful recovery, he finds his own good fairy and life begins to make perfect sense to Riley--even if few others understand. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709074 Bluff City is a booming silver mining town full of pigeons to pluck. When two of its wealthiest citizens devise plans to rob their neighbors legally and illegally, only Clay Adams stands in their way. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709238 Passing through Crooked Creek, Utah, Chance Tyree runs afoul of the law, and soon finds himself on the wrong end of a hanging rope. Only Owen Fowler can help him. But is Owen a friend or is he the harbinger of even greater trouble for Chance? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710142 Fleeing a shameful past, seventeen-year-old Ned Thorne joins the U.S. Army and, in 1871, is sent to the dangerous Arizona territories, where he joins his captain and a ragtag troop in the search for a missing woman supposedly kidnapped by the Apache. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708780 Following in the footsteps of his adoptive father Smoke, Matt Jensen has big boots to fill. Matts never been one to shy away from a confrontation, and hes got a fire burning in his belly thats leading him straight toward a deadly showdown in the town of Braggadocio. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708555 Aspiring Hollywood screenwriter Chick Goodnight--descendant of the legendary cowboy Jimmy Goodnight--strives to make his mark in a world that seems completely alien to his down-home sensibilities. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709494 On the opening day of deer season, a tall, sexy blonde appears in the woods, distracting hunters with her sexy moves. It looks like shes just having some kinky fun. But when a hunter is murdered, suddenly the prank turns sinister. Now its up to game warden John Marlin to prevent more hunters from becoming trophies. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708771 Legendary gunslinger Frank Morgan is content as marshal of his Nevada hometown. Trouble rides in, however, when Dex Brighton shows up with an authentic-looking claim to the local silver mine. Suspicious of this stranger, Frank sends for some legal eagles. But after theyre gunned down, Frank realizes the looming standoff must be settled by the law of hot lead. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708789 After the epic battle of Adobe Walls, Lt. Frank Baldwin and former buffalo hunter Billy Dixon lead a band of Indian and white scouts into Texas to assist the U.S. 5th Infantry combat unruly natives. But as they are drawn into a series of increasingly deadly skirmishes, the fighters come to learn that in Texas, there is no time for peace--only eternal war. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708000 All the good sheriff of Prophecy County, Oklahoma, wanted out of his well-earned vacation to Las Vegas was some fun and relaxation. Milt certainly didnt gamble on finding his own kin embroiled in murder and battery--but thats exactly what hes dealt. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709708 Ellen Marshall is in her second marriage, now the mother of a 12-year-old son with her first husband Franklin and a four-year-old daughter with her current husband John. Ellen is growing tired of Johns constant need for everyones reassurance. Having left Franklin for his rigidity and domineering attitude, Ellen realizes she may have traded one set of imperfections for another. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709088 Reeling from the death of his wife Rosa, Fast Larry Shaw turns to whiskey to drown out the sorrow. But even with a drink in one hand, hes still the fastest shot around. So when he becomes a target for a Mexican bounty hunter after killing two banditos, Fast Larry will have to protect himself the only way he knows how. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709858 Thirty years after the Battle of San Jacinto, Texans and Mexicans are still spilling blood over control of the Nueces Strip. And Horse thieves and bushwhackers transform this hot, dry stretch between the Nueces and Rio Grande rivers into a lawless inferno. Despite long odds, Captain McNelly and his small band of Texas Rangers strive to bring lasting peace to this swirling vortex of murder and racial hatred. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707407 Newlywed Texas Ranger Andy Pickard must track down Donley Bannister, on the run after killing a notorious horse thief. But when outlaws ambush Ranger Pickard, Bannister risks his life to rescue his pursuer--giving the injured young ranger reason to pause. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709033 The town of Indigo is beign revived through efforts of China Bayles, criminal attorney turned herbalist, and ehr artsy country crew. But when landowner Casey Ford threatens to sell his property to a strip mining company, the townsfolk fear the worst. Protecting the town is so important that someone kills Casey to stop the sale. So, China must find the murderer as well as run the towns cultural cascade. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708776 With his Winchester blazing, Frank Morgan races to rescue Cecil and Ben Tolliver from 20 thundering banditos. When his rifle runs dry, Morgan draws his trusty Colt and drops enough desperados to scatter the rest. Does Don Felipe Almanzar lead these marauding vaqueros, as rancher Tolliver believes? Or do they follow the terrifying Black Scorpion? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707996 Jackson Crain is a widowed county judge living in a quiet Texas town with his quirky 13-year-old daughter. When his deceased wifes sister is found dead, all signs point to her husband, whos rumored to be sleeping around. But Crain turns up a surprising suspect--the attractive woman who just moved into town. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710253 Amanda Eyre Ward delivers a debut short story collection imbued with humor, clear-eyed insight, and emotional richness. Here a small-town librarian considers the possibility of a new future. A recent New York widow braves the dating scene. And--in six linked stories spanning a decade of her life--Lola Wilkerson navigates lingering questions about who she wants to be when she grows up, elopement, and motherhood. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709354 The bloody feud between the Jorth and Isbel families has been unrelenting, vicious, unforgiveable, and deadly. Save for the hearts of two impossible lovers, the feud might have killed all members of both families. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707993 As J.R., Biggie Weatherfords 12-year-old grandson, recounts Biggies uncanny ability to solve the peskiest cases, his observations are spiced with his wry adolescent view of grownups. A trip to a nearby town introduces J.R. to a ghost and presents Biggie with a perplexing local murder. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708123 Doig captures the passion and tenacity of turn-of-the-century immigrants struggling to build new lives amidst Montanas windswept Rockies. The tale unfolds into a contest of the heart between Anna Ramsay and Angus McCaskill--kept apart by obligations--as they and their stormy kin vie to tame the brutal land. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708192 The lone survivor of a deadly fever, Shannon is taken in by Kiowa Chief Seccoro as a child. But when the warrior chief is killed, Shannon knows he cannot return to the jealous tribe. He is soon adopted by a rich rancher--into another world where he doesnt fit. But Shannon has not forgotten Seccoros promise that the land of Ghost Canyon would one day be his. And nothing will stand in this rogue warriors way. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707488 Secret Service agent Dev Mallory is unleashed in a tale of beating hooves and blistering action. Assigned to protect a Thoroughbred at a high-stakes horse race in Corvair, California, Dev has his beautiful partner Tess ONeill snatched away from him before he can even arrive at his destination. Now the race is on for Dev to save Tess and uncover a conspiracy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709865 The Rangers are reorganizing and Rusty Shannon is the most sought-after veteran for reenlistment; however, he has other plans. When his dreams to marry and settle down are shattered, Shannon begins his pursuit of the rogue he believes to be responsible. But the trail he is following may lead him to the wrong man. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710037 Judge Roy Bean is an infamous arbiter of Old West justice. For years, he writes admiring letters to British stage actress Lillie Langtry, and she occasionally responds. But just as they are about to meet face-to-face, fate intervenes and keeps this oddball romance from blooming. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709622 Investigative reporter Irene Kelly becomes the chief suspect in the murder of her aunt. As she tries to elude police, protect her relatives, and uncover the murderer, Irene must untangle a maze of long-held family secrets. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708734 Nobody can concoct a fashionable new image quite like Dallas OConnor. So when a new all-girl band plows through 42 stylists without finding a match, Dallas is whisked to the Caribbean to whip up the bands new look and save the day. The local priestess scoffs that Dallas wears de face of death, but the scenery is too lush and the drinks are too many for Dallas to care. That is, until a dead body spoils the sand on the pristine beach. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708769 Framed for robbery and murder by a pack of low-life outlaws, Smoke Jensen is locked up and sentenced to the gallows. But no bars of iron or bonds of rope can withstand a vengeful Mountain Man. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710074 Hey, baby, Debbie and Edwina arent likely to thank anybody very much when a despicable sneak thief pilfers Elvis Presleys blue suede shoes--the main exhibit at a Salt Lick, Texas, festival for the King. But with everyones favorite Southern detectives on the case, the proceedings are likely to be as tasty as a bacon, banana, and peanut-butter sandwich. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709269 Panther Burn, exiled from his Northern Cheyenne tribe, senses war on the horizon as he sadly watches his Suothern Cheyenne brothers abandon their anscestral customs and become slaves to the culture of the white men. Jubal Bragg, haunted by an Indian ambush, leads a vicious band of frontier militia men. When a sequence of malevolent events brings these two men face to face, they engage in a tragic struggle over the lands of the western frontier. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708208 Recapturing the experiences of naturalist and painter Robert Parker, Thompson showcases a mans battle against bloodthirsty prospectors. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709133 Elderly local woman Mari Baroja is poisoned, breathing her last at the Durant Home for Assisted Living. Sheriff Longmire wants to know whos been to see her lately. As the Sheriff enters the outermost edge of her web, he sets in motion a string of disturbing occurences involving members of the isolated community: the coal and methane industry, the former Sheriff, and other interests. With Deputy Victoria, Mr. Santiago, and his friend Henry Standing Bear, Longmire must wrangle a man with an appalling history of abuse. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708128 Ivan Doigs memoir shares the experiences and culture that shaped his early years and made him fall in love with the West. From his childhood in a family of homesteaders through the death of his mother and his move to Montana to herd sheep, Doig shows his intimate connection with the American West. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710035 In 1895 Texas, Karel Skala enters the world while his mother dies in childbirth. Fifteen years later, guilt-stricken Karel puts his familys fortunes on the line in a horse race against a powerful Spanish patriarch. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709620 Irene Kellys sleuthing is put to the ultimate test when her husband is taken hostage. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708206 Saloon proprietor Vin Lockhart is known throughout Denver as a respectable businessman. He also has a reputation for quickness on the draw--a skill sure to come in handy when his old Oglala friends solicit his aid. It seems treacherous whites are once again intent on pushing the Oglaglas from their already diminished lands. A man of honor through and through, Vin commits himself to their fight. But in these rough and tumble times, even the best gunslinger occasionally misses the mark. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708126 Ivan Doigs prequel to his memoir This house of sky highlights his childhood before his mothers death and captures the texture of the American West, the fortunes of a family, and one womans indomitable spirit. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709618 Ten years ago mobster Whitey Dane was facing a murder rap. Then the evidence vanished, along with a cop who seemed to be dirty. Now, the missing cops bones have been discovered in the wreckage of a plane crash, and Frank Harrimans investigation sends him down a terrifying path. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708204 Former Texas Ranger John Checker and a rag-tag group of travelers are are returning home to Dodge City, Kansas, after rescuing Checkers niece and nephew from his ruthless stepbrother Star McCallister and his gang. But their escape is fraught with danger thanks to patrolling Indians and McCallister shadowing their every move. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709719 Whirlwind, the twin brother of Stone, disappears during a raid into northeastern New Spain. So Stone brings together Cheyenne, Kiowa, and Gataka warriors to go after his missing brother--but there are many things between earth and sky that oppose his quest. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708933 Tres Navarre, Ph.D., has taken a summer teaching job at the University of Texas at Austin. He plans to live with his brother Garrett, a computer wizard, while enjoying a laid-back academic term. But when Garretts partner in a start-up company is murdered, Tres must switch from professor to detective. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707458 Brutally efficient judge Isaac C. Parker is determined to rid Arkansas and the Indian Territory of all manner of criminals. But his quest for justice and liberal use of the gallows earn him just as many friends as enemies and take a toll on every aspect of his life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709714 Seventeen-year-old Kevin Adams best friend is the first polio victim of Fort Appleby. In just a few short months, Kevins adolescence is stripped away and he must confront decisions he is not prepared to make. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708195 The hero Lassiter is called into the town of Bluegate to help Josh Falconer save his failing business. But Lassiter arrives too late, and Josh has already made an untimely departure from the land of the living. Now Lassiter will move heaven and earth to punish those responsible. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709039 When Beatrix finds an abandoned infant, Captain Woodcock and Dimity care for the child as Beatrix and her furry and feathered friends search for its mother. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709702 Pat Shahan, 35, is minister of a Protestant church in an unnamed city. During one typical day filled with budget problems and self-centered parishoners, Pat keeps up an internal dialog with his God--a deity who can sound like Pats mother or father, but often sounds like the clergymans own voice. The day begins with a fund-raising Crusade where the agenday may be Fleece the Sheep. Yet it ends with Pats yearning to Love His Sheep instead. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709026 Abbotts go-for-broke style is on full display in Panic, the tale of a man dodging threats on his life after his world is turned upside down. Evan Casher discovers his mothers murdered corpse and is then rescued from certain death by a shotgun-wielding stranger. His life in immediate peril, Evan races to uncover the truth of his existence. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708107 Lawman Clint Brannock has survived his two brothers and become the patriarch of the extensive Brannock family. Elizabeth, his stouthearted sister-in-law, is a political powerhouse in her own right. Now Clint is commissioned to track down the infamous vigilante Miguel Ortega and put an end to his violent revolution. Soon Elizabeths relationship with Ortega comes under scrutiny, and the family faces grave danger.