Western Mystery

It takes a lot to impress a Dalton girl. Cowgirl Dreamer -- Gracie can’t seem to get one step ahead of Noble for long, but she won’t back down from a good challenge. When things go haywire on the ranch, she and Noble have no choice but to band together and make things work. Seems to Noble, Gracie was right—she IS good at everything—especially kissin’. Cowgirl Miracle -- Family feud or deep, dark secret? Jessamine Dalton is determined to uncover the reason why one branch of the family tree broke off and headed north to Colorado decades ago. Hitting the road to visit their distant ...

The Dodge City Murders Book One of the Earp, Masterson Murder Mysteries In the shadow of Dodge City, 1883, something wicked plays beneath the silence… When a series of ritualistic murders strikes the gritty frontier town, lawmen Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson find themselves chasing not just a killer—but a conductor orchestrating death like a symphony. From candlelit corpses on Boot Hill to blood-soaked altars in Kansas opera houses, the two must face a haunting enemy known only by a chilling nickname: The Conductor. As they unravel a dark musical conspiracy stretching across the American...

Memphis-based investigator Matt West is back in an escalating murder mystery that will keep the reader puzzled to the end...if it is the end. What begins as a meeting with a new client draws rare book dealer and investigator Matt West into an odd Memphis murder that unveils a deadly international puzzle leading from the Mississippi River to the West Coast and back in a search for the killers and to learn their true target before it is too late to stop them. Matt West follows the bloody "paper trail" that leads where no one suspected.

Houston Homicide Detective Jack West is back at work. A fresh case he's working might be connected to a murder case fellow detectives Chang and Severson are working. The medical examiner's report shows some similarities to each murder, but the victims are strangers with nothing in common. A third murder victim found under a bridge on the Buffalo Bayou confirms Houston has a serial killer on the loose. Three very diverse people are dead—are these hate crimes, and if so, how many more will die? The clock is ticking; Jack and his team need to catch this killer before another body shows up.

Before he set down his pen, seven-time Spur Award winner Elmer Kelton—the Western Writers of America’s “Best Western Writer of All Time”—cut 50 notches on his gunbelt of classics. In this final novel of the Texas Rangers, a young lawman finds his mettle put to the test while bringing justice to a remote settlement. To stop a series of baffling killings and thefts, newly married ranger Andy Pickard is dispatched to a central Texas community where locals are quick to pin the crimes on two feuding cattlemen.

Every family passes down stories from one generation to the next...and sometimes they take on a life of their own. Family secrets are a part of life in both the Ryan and Smith families...and never more so than during an unexpected family reunion in the mountains of Utah. Nate had two goals for the trip...keep an eye on his uncle’s medical condition after the shooting that almost killed him...and keep an even closer eye on his sister. Jenna wanted a life outside of the family business. She didn’t have her brother’s tenacity or streak of independence, but she had a glimmer of hope that ...

For fifteen long years ex-rodeo star, Gage Cochran, has been adrift, traveling back and forth between central Texas and Mexico with his horse, Henry, searching for something that might ease the pain that he’s feeling, unaware that he’s been passing right by it all along. That all changes on one stormy day when he stops at a little village called, Rescue. It’s there that Gage meets Dottie Reynolds, a waitress at the Plug Nickel Cafe. Although they don’t know each other, the lonesome cowboy and good-hearted waitress seem to connect immediately, each filling a deep void in the other. ...

In a case based on a lie, only one man knows the truth. Attorney Dan Stidham breaks his self-imposed 30-year silence to expose details only he knows about the infamous West Memphis Three murders. Exposing what happened will allow him to close the door on a case that tormented him for years and to help exonerate the three innocent young men who spent decades in prison because of the malevolence of the police, prosecution, and judge.

Living near the beach in his RV with his cat, Walker just wants to relax and savor the good life in Florida. But when he gets a call from the wife of a Key West crime boss asking for a favor, he knows he can't refuse. She wants him to track down a mystery man and doesn't want her husband to find out about it. If he does, Walker could be in serious trouble. And if he doesn't find the guy, the trouble could be a lot worse. To complicate matters, Walker partners up with a hot-tempered redhead looking for the same man. Together they dig into the underbelly of Florida's east coast while trying ...

A lost and frightened horse plods down the National Mall, startling the crowd. When Gabriel Du Pré spots the confused animal, the connection is immediate, for neither of these creatures belongs in the sweltering heat of a DC summer. Du Pré, a Métis Indian from the wilds of Montana, calms the horse and leads it to the nearest policeman. Du Pré is in Washington to play his people’s music for a Smithsonian festival, but after leading the horse to safety, he encounters a murder instead.

If you're new to the horse world, or an experienced rider, this book will provide you with valuable information about saddles, saddle pads, bridles, bits and more. When you are uncertain how a piece of equipment works this is where you can turn for answers. There is a lot of information for the western rider. Once you have read through this book, you will feel confident taking your seat in the saddle. You will know your tack, what it is for and how to use it properly.

5 flames for heat level in these 2 steamy romances! When two military buddies come home and face loss in a huge way, their skills and endurance are put to the test. Add in a best friend's off-limits little sister and a sassy woman set on helping them rebuild their lives, some rope and more than a few rolls in the hay, and you won't be able to stop turning pages to see what hot moment comes next! Included in this duet: Kickin' Up Dust Spurs and Surrender

Conrad Browning, aka The Loner, knows what it’s like to a have a family and a home. And he knows what it’s like to lose it all. Now, he has met a man living on the edge of sanity: a good man, a flawed man, a solitary man who might just cost The Loner his life.... Jared Tate is an aging US marshal who has saved lives, made enemies, and planted a lot of bad men in hallowed ground. But Tate is in deep trouble, the kind that comes from a troubled mind. Not remembering as much as he wants to, not forgetting as much as he should, Tate has one person to trust.

From the moment they left their homestead unguarded on that scorching Texas day, Martin Pauley and Amos Edwards became searchers. First they had to return to the decimated ranch, bury the bodies of their family, and confront the evil cunning of the Comanche who had slaughtered them. Then they set out in pursuit of missing Debbie Edwards. In the years that follow, Amos and Martin survive storms of nature and of men, seeking more than a missing girl, and more than revenge. Both are driven by secrets, guilt, love, and rage.

They struck in a pack, in the dead of night. They had crept in like thieves, like the cowards they were...but it wasn't robbery they had in mind. It was something much darker. Smoke Jensen was buying cattle 100 miles away from his Colorado ranch when he got the news. Drawing two horses from the remuda, he saddled up, rode off...and didn't stop until he reached his wife's side. She had been shot three times, and lay close to death. Smoke Jensen knew the outlaws had come to kill him. He wouldn't give them a second chance. He was going after them. And he wasn't taking any prisoners.

Having traveled the width of the galaxy to unearth details of its own murderous transgressions, as well as those of the GrayCris Corporation, Murderbot is heading home to help Dr. Mensah - its former owner (protector? friend?) - submit evidence that could prevent GrayCris from destroying more colonists in its never-ending quest for profit. But who's going to believe a SecUnit gone rogue? And what will become of it when it's caught?

A Marine returns home after suffering wounds from an RPG blast that killed many of his squad members, including his best friend. He now faces brutal battles at home. Sully’s parents are estranged, his father is an invalid, and the family ranch is nearing bankruptcy. Murdering thieves are stealing champion horses and disappearing into the desert like ghosts. While attempting to make peace with his abusive father, Sully discovers the shocking secrets that drove his parents apart. Deeply resentful, he works with his father solely for the survival of the ranch. Sully finds comfort in Maggie, ...

Born and bred in the Texas Pandhandle town of Comanche Crossing, William "Wild Bill" Longley gunned down a dozen of its men in cold blood before he got around to the sheriff and deputy - so he could take over the job himself. Then he found the perfect sidekick in a vicious career criminal named Booker Tate.

When Blair McGowan, the mail person with the longest postal route in the country of over three hundred mile a day, goes missing the question becomes—where do you look for her? The Postal Inspector for the State of Wyoming elicits Sheriff Longmire to mount an investigation into her disappearance and Walt does everything but mail it in; posing as a letter-carrier himself, the good sheriff follows her trail and finds himself enveloped in the intrigue of an otherworldly cult.

During the height of the Great War, Joanna Holmes and the Watsons receive a late-night, clandestine visit from Sir William Radcliffe, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who brings with him an agonizing tale of blackmail; a case so sensitive that it can only be spoken of in the confines of 221B Baker Street. An unknown individual has come into possession of salacious photographs, which not only sullies the family name, but may force the chancellor to vacate his seat on the War Council where his advice is most needed.