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1) Echo burning
Author
Series
Jack Reacher novel volume 5
Language
English
Description
While hitchhiking through West Texas, former MP Jack Reacher encounters a young woman seeking protection for herself and her little girl from her monstrous husband, due to be released from jail, and his horrible family.
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
From the author of The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls comes a story of the 1950s Houston social scene and the irresistible, controversial woman at the bright, hot center of it all -- a story of friendship as obsessive, euphoric, consuming, and complicated as any romance.
4) Starfish
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Language
English
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Description
Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself, with the help of some wonderful new allies.
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Description
"Detective Josh Solomon always believed his wife's death was the result of a home invasion. But when he is pulled into a case with striking similarities, it doesn't take long for him to realize the chilling truth--the attack that took his wife's life was far from random."--
7) QB 1
Author
Language
English
Description
Jake Cullen, fourteen, lives in the shadows of his father and older brother until he becomes the starting quarterback for the high school football team and finally has his chance to shine.
8) Rain gods
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Series
Language
English
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Starting a new life as the sheriff of a dried-out, broken-down border town in south Texas, Hackberry Holland is drawn into a murder investigation when nine dead prostitutes are dug up in the desert, forcing him to focus on something other than his own demons.
9) Roses
Author
Publisher
Grand Central
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
The story of the powerful founding families of Howbutker, Texas, and how their histories remain intertwined over the span of three generations.
10) Somerset
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Follows the lives of two antebellum southerners, Silas Toliver and his best friend Jeremy Warwick, as they head into a new territory known as Texas in search of black gold in this prequel to "Roses."
11) Calling my name
Author
Language
English
Description
"Taja Brown, growing up in a conservative and tightly knit African American family, battles family expectations to discover a sense of self and find her unique voice and purpose"--
12) Indigo dying
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In the small town of Indigo, Texas, to teach a workshop, herbalist China Bayles and her best friend Ruby help investigate the murder of resident Casey Ford, whose plans to sell his mining rights would have destroyed the town forever.
14) Blue-eyed devil
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Series
Language
English
Description
In this sequel to Kleypas's first contemporary novel, Sugar Daddy, Haven Travis is the rebellious heiress of a wealthy oil family. But as Haven marries a man of whom the family disapprove, her life is set on a new and dangerous path. Two years later, when Haven returns to town, she is determined never to fall for the wrong man again. Hardy Cates, an enemy of her family, is the last person she needs darkening her door -- or setting her soul on fire....
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English
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Llewelyn Moss is hunting antelope near the Texas/Mexico border when he stumbles upon several dead men, a big stash of heroin, and more than two million dollars in cash. He takes off with the money -- and the hunter becomes the hunted. A drug cartel hires a former Special Forces agent to track down the loot, and a ruthless killer joins the chase as well. Also looking for Moss is the aging Sheriff Bell, a World War II veteran who may be Moss' only hope...
17) Blackbird
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
In a small town in Ark-La-Tex, Detective Jim Bonham has been assigned to a new case. On the outskirts of the town, a woman has been found brutalized and nailed to a cross. Bonham recognizes her immediately: it is Dr. Deborah Gold, one of the town's psychologists. The questions pile up quickly. How many perpetrators would it have taken to commit this atrocity? Why was a Roman coin found at the foot of the body? And why a murder as gruesome and cruel...
20) Spanish dagger
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Series
Language
English
Description
Between the herb shop, the catering business, and a weekend paper-making class, China Bayles has her work cut out for her. And now China's half-brother is opening up old wounds, trying to investigate their father's supposedly accidental death, and her husband is taking on the case-meaning she's just bound to get involved.
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