Western Mystery

Margrethe Amelia Linden (Daisy to her friends) is a young woman of gentle upbringing, some talent as a watercolorist, and firm opinions that often get her into trouble. Determined to find her missing father, in the summer of 1895 she sets out for the last place he was seen: the Wild West. It's a rude shock when her younger sister stows away on the airship - such behavior no doubt the result of her unsuitable friendship with Maggie Polgarth and the Carrick House set.

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?

Big for his age, young and impressionable drifter Charlie Chilton is taken in by the gruff leader of a gang of small-time crooks and ne'er do wells who sees something of himself in kindly, wayward Charlie. But Grady Haskell, ambitious ruffian with a shady past, soon joins the gang, convincing Charlie's friends to pursue a big score. Charlie fails to thwart the crime, and the heist turns bloody. As the only gang member caught alive, Big Charlie will soon swing for the crimes. He makes a daring escape, determined to track down Haskell and the gang and prove his innocence.

Mystic Caravan has hit Texas, and things are supposed to be quiet in Austin. The only thing of note in a city that praises itself for being weird is the nest of vampires that rules the town.

"5-Star Noir Fiction!" Murder, Sex, Exotic Cocktails and Exotic Women. And of course, some very eerie phantoms... (Note: This book contains sex, strong language, violence, and very scary situations. Not for the timid. If it were a movie, the rating would be R. It's also a long adventure, not a quick read, intended for those who love to read books which draw you in and keep you entrenched in the mystery). Set in New York City and the Florida Keys in 1956, Murder on Tiki Island is a noir-style murder mystery (updated for today's audiences) which follows Detective Bill Riggins (Murder Behind ...

They were friends. Now they’re business rivals. Is there room for being lovers too? Jada Ellis is ready to make some big life changes. When she leaves her job as caregiver in the Crossroads, Georgia nursing home and buys the local BBQ joint on a whim, everyone thinks she’s lost her mind, including her. Just as she starts to feel she’s found the perfect happy trail, she sees another kind of happy trail, leading across the road to her very buff and smoking-hot ex who’s fresh off the rodeo circuit and back in town. Dominick Cole’s grandpa advised him to stay in the small town, settle...

1942 - Granbury, Texas. A 95-year-old man walks into a recruiting office with the crazy idea to enlist - and an even crazier story. He claims to be the one and only Jesse James, the infamous bank robber allegedly shot by Robert Ford 60 years earlier. Using another man’s corpse to collect the reward, Ford allowed James to slip away and start a new life. Changing his name to Dalton, Jesse worked as a cattle broker in Fort Worth and fathered a pair of twins named Bill and Frank.

The Holt sisters - headstrong triplets returning to their hometown and their inheritance. They look alike, but they’re different in most every way possible. Three men who can’t tame them, but will love them no matter what. Paige is the dependable one who always does the right thing. Kelsey is the socialite influencer who is deeper than she seems. Brooke is the activist who chooses her causes with care. When they first returned to Rocky Ridge, all they wanted was to sell the property they’d inherited and go back to their cushy life in Hollywood. When they ran into trouble, the one who ...

The damsel is in distress, or so it seems to Conrad Browning. On his way across the wide, tall Utah territory to California, the Loner meets a beautiful Mormon girl on the run from a forced wedding - and the gun-toting faithful trying to hunt her down. But there are two sides to every story - and the ones you don't hear are the ones that can get you killed. The runaway bride has a little history of her own. Soon, the Loner touches off a storm of unholy gunfire, drawing blood from an outlaw and a death sentence from a patriarch.

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.

What happens when a giant man rides a vintage motorcycle across America? Sunny Kinnion is about to find out. He’s 6’ 10” and 350 pounds, and he’s leaving his home in Oregon for a journey of self-discovery. His destination: the Black Hills of South Dakota, where he hopes to connect with his heritage and the legends of the Wild West. But along the way, he gets caught up in a shocking incident that changes his life forever. ‘Welcome to South Dakota’ is an action-packed adventure that follows Sunny as he tries to survive and find his true identity. Author Nicholas Thorp creates a ...

A wagon train winding through the remote reaches of the Rocky Mountain high country can attract plenty of scavengers - some of them human - like Vic Bedell and his gang of cutthroats. All he wants is the women, who can be traded for gold mine supplies...or used for whatever else he has in mind. But he didn't count on Preacher leading that train.

He’s the one man she never thought she’d see again—and the one she can’t resist. Brant Foxfire didn’t expect his routine day at the office to take a wild turn, but when Hayley Graff walks into his orthodontist practice with her young son, it’s like a jolt from the past. The stunning blonde who caught his attention years ago is back—and this time, she’s a single mom with an air of mystery and a smile that knocks the wind out of him. Hayley has built a life of independence in Reedy, Wyoming, determined to protect her son and keep her past in the rearview. But seeing Brant ...

The last thing Ruby McGavin thought she would be doing after her husband, Cole, died was meeting his family. He had claimed his relatives were all dead, and she didn't know him long enough - they were only married one year - to think otherwise. But it turns out that members of Cole's family, from a small ranch town in California, are very much alive, and they show up on Ruby's doorstep with the news that she has inherited some land from her husband.

A stampede during a parade; a supposedly accidental bull riding death; a burial with a horse drawn hearse in historic Mount Moriah Cemetery all tie together for another Mitch Tobin and crew mystery. The old mining town of Deadwood in the Black Hills of South Dakota sees plenty of action during what should be the simple merger of two small banks. In the middle of the mayhem, Judy and Mitch are trying to plan a wedding but there is little time for romance when the bodies start to pile up. Throw in some dubious characters involved with the gambling casinos, a hobo who has a way with the ladies...

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.

True Grit meets Cthulhu, it ain’t gonna be pretty… Deputy Marshal Porter Rockwell can't be harmed by a bullet or a blade. As long as he never cuts his hair, Rockwell is free to right wrongs and chase criminals without worrying about the mortal consequences. But in the Old West, there are far worse things waiting to kill you than just Indians and outlaws; the Old gods and hungry ghosts, skin-walkers and horrors undreamed of… Old Gods New Tricks is a collection of weird western stories in the vein of classic pulp fiction and Louis L’Amour yarns. If you like frontier justice, larger-...

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.

One Click. One Catastrophe. One Desperate Mission. In the digital age, where shadows harbor unseen dangers and terror knows no borders, one man and his team stand as the last line of defense against an insidious threat. Cyber mayhem threatens when a religious zealot is recruited to drive fear and terrorism across the Western world. When a controversial male-supremacy platform is hi-jacked to be the messenger to coordinate international acts of mass violence, Max and the team have to act. Their fight against evil leads them to a sextorionist loverat, a ravishing, calculating cougar, a ...

She found love in the West but no peace. He found forgiveness but no rest. Now a new adversary threatens their future together: a proud Lakota warrior named Crazy Horse. Southern war widow Annabelle is eager to start a new life in a Montana gold rush town with Union cavalryman Josey Angel. But the infamous gunman has one last debt to repay. Then a band of warriors seizes Annabelle in a bloody raid, placing her at the center of the deadliest Indian war America has ever seen. Her captor, Crazy Horse, seeks to kill the white men who have trespassed on his people’s land, even as he’s ...