COLORADO MOON
Jim Jones
Jared Delaney is now married to the love of his life, Eleanor Delaney- the former school teacher of Cimarron.
Jared has taken to the trail to Colorado to sell his beef cattle, hoping to cash in on a new venture that will saves the Kilpatrick ranch.
While away, a new gang of outlaws sneak into Cimarron and overtake the town and well as Jared’s ranch.
Another fun western read!
Written for The New York Times Best Sellers.
BROTHERHOOD OF EVIL
William W. Johnstone
A mad doctor, Dr. Jonas Trask- a former Army surgeon, has decided to hunt down Smoke Jensen.
This outlaw seems to be different from the other killers that often are in hunt of Smoke- this one wants Smoke alive?
Dr. Trask takes out the sheriff of Big Rock and controls the town.
It takes all the cunning of Smoke, Matt, and Preacher to try to win against the overflowing odds.
A great western read.
Written for The New York Times Best Sellers.
BOUND FOR MURDER
Victoria Gilbert
“Sunny” Fields, Amy Webber’s best friend, is running for the town’s mayor.
Worst of all luck happens and a skeleton is found on Sunny’s grandparents’’ farm. A skeleton, who according to the sheriff, had been murdered and buried there for many years.
Quite a downer for a political campaign.
Soon murders are piled on top of murders in this small town.
A fun read!
Written for The New York Times Best Sellers.
HELL’S HALF ACRE: COLD-BLOODED
William W, Johnstone
Hell’s Half Arce has been invaded my a new, ‘revolutionary’ prisoner release. A local politician is looking to make a name for hiself by showing how to rehabilitate prisoners is by setting tehm free and assisting them to ‘change their ways’.
In the eyes of Sherrif Jess Carey, this is not working out for the town he is supposed to keep safe.
A fun (and insightful to present day happenings) read.
Written for The New York Times Best Sellers.
A Mrs. Miracle Christmas
Debbie Macomber
Laurel McCullough and her husband Zach are feeling overwhelmed by Laurel’s grandmother’s downward spiral with dementia. Laurel is pressured by more responsibilities at her elementary school than usual. Their marriage is feeling the strains of the desires for a family, but their inability to get pregnant.
Finally, after much discussion, they seek help.
Enter Mrs. Miracle.
A fun and touching read.
Written for The New York Times Best Sellers.
A Murder for the Books
A Blue Ridge Library Mystery
Victoria Gilbert
Amy Webber, after an awkward disassociation with her former job, becomes the librarian at a small town in Virginia.
A new neighbor, a former dancer- now a teacher- moves in next door.
Soon they are entwined in a murder mystery: an old lady in the library’s archives is murdred and it seems to be somehow tied to more murders more than one hundred years ago.
I had never read anything by Victoria Gilbert.
A fun murder mystery.
Written for The New York Times Best Sellers.
OLD BONES
Preston and Child
A fictionalized celebration of a historic happening. My favorite reads!
Clive Benton, a historian doing research on the Donner Party, seeks the help of Nora Kelly, am archaeologist working out of the Santa Fe Institute.
Clive has found the original diary of one of the Donner member.
They teem up to find the pace where the last of the Donner family members died.
Soon rookie FBI agent Corrie Swanson joins them- because of a series of grave-robberies, murders, and possible kidnappings.
A great read.
You won’t want to put it down!
Written for The New York Times Best Sellers.
Texas John Slaughter:
Deadly Day in Tombstone
William W. Johnstone
A shady barroom owner/gambler hosts the richest poker tournament in the West.
A ‘lovable’ local Romeo is accused on the unthinkable with a rancher’s daughter.
Cheating card players decide there are easier ways to get rich than winning at cards – murder.
Sherriff Texas John Slaughter of Tombstone has to decipher the clues and hold his town together.
A fun Western read!
Written for The New York Times Best Sellers.
A Stranger in Town
William W. Johnstone
Ben Trout and Zach Larsen rob a train that is passing through the Indian Nations.
U.S. Deputy Marshal Ed Pine follows them but is ambushed for his troubles.
Deputy Will Tanner sets off in search of Pine – as well as the robbers.
A fun read!
Written for The New York Times Best Sellers.
A Hill of Beans
William W. Johnstone
Dewey “Mac” McKenzie, a man running from a checkered past, sign up for a cattle drain adventure.
Eventually, Mac becomes the cook for the crew.
Secrets, piled upon secrets, piled upon secrets cause this book to be a great Western read!
Written for The New York Times Best Sellers.
