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A corpse is found lashed to a submerged cabin under the Missouri River just south of a Sioux Indian reservation... A corpse tied there perhaps seventy years ago... A corpse shot and tied there just before the river was flooded over a resort island first discovered by the Lewis and Clark Expedition...FBI Agent Manny Tanno is assigned to assist local law enforcement in the decades-old homicide. Suspects abound, including the owner of a trucking ...

The old and new collide in Nashville. A crooked developer, Tommy Kahn, plans to demolish a historic building, the Eagles Nest, and build yet another sleek, new tower. At The Bluebird Cafe, where so many music careers have been launched, a washed-up drunk named Notorious interrupts Willow Goodheart's performance, accusing her of stealing his song. Truth-teller Caleb Hunter, determined to shine a light on the corruption in New Nashville, is murd...

Dynastic succession in criminal organizations is rarely uncontested. When Leo Dunleavy, Chief of Buffalo's Homicide Squad, rolls up on a burning house with a mob underboss bleeding in the front yard and money blowing around in the street, he knows a war has erupted to succeed the declining Don. Dunleavy and his squad move against them and he reignites his personal hunt to catch the mysterious killer he has been tracking for three decades.

When retired maintenance man Frank Sinatra finds Darell Willows's body in the swimming pool of the Last Gasp Motel in Omnipodge, California, Frank must deal with the responding police officer making wisecracks about his name while trying to figure out what happened. Detective Duke Lambert arrives and quizzes Frank. Frank agrees to help the detective, whom he has worked with before. Suspects include the residents of the Last Gasp and the son an...

It's 1923 and Rocky Mountain National Park is scarcely eight years old. District Ranger Tim McIntyre is investigating the killing of three elk. Gala Book, eleven-year-old daughter of the local barber, has befriended one particularly huge bull elk. She decides to protect it by leading it into the backcountry of the national park. Elk are not the only endangered animals, either. While someone's killing elk to get the "whistler" ivory teeth, some...

Jeff Taylor is fresh out of medical school and prepping for the state licensing exam. He and wife Karen Brady have moved to Fallen Leaf Lake, near South Lake Tahoe. Karen is on the East Coast attending a family reunion while Jeff stays in California to study.Perusing a local newspaper, Jeff reads about the death of a famous water skier, Brett Boyd, who lived at an exclusive high-country enclave known as Sky Lake. Brett and Jeff were close chil...

P.I. Brig Ellis is on his way to spread the ashes of a friend with whom he once soldiered. But his nostalgic journey soon becomes a nightmare when hideous murders occur and Ellis is labeled the prime suspect.

In 1920, Rocky Mountain National Park is only five years old. With the Great War finally over and the automobile readily available, many Americans are motoring to the National Parks for vacation. Ranger McIntyre's main job is to protect the wilderness from the campers and sightseers. But a body, clad only in underpants, is discovered floating beneath a waterfall. Shortly thereafter a second corpse, also clothed only in underwear, is found lyin...

Among Ranger McIntyre's problems is Small Delights Lodge, a resort inside Rocky Mountain National Park. Someone has taken a shot at the owner, tried to electrocute him, set a bear loose at his door, sabotaged his boat, and disabled the brakes on his car. Suspects include the virago who owns Grand Harbor Lodge, a rogue park ranger, and a mob of Chicago gangsters who want Small Delights for a prohibition speakeasy. When the situation escalates t...

Few folks remember that the U.S. Mint in Denver was robbed of $200, 000 in 1922. One robber was found dead. The others vanished with the money. Even fewer people know that at the same time, the Lawn Lake Dam was being built in Rocky Mountain National Park. Assisted by glamourous detective Vi Coteau, Ranger Tim McIntyre investigates the murders of two workers at Lawn Lake and finds two women acting suspiciously. Also suspicious is the fact t...

City cops face prohibition bootleggers, gangster gamblers, and get complaints about this loud new "jazz" music. But up at Rocky Mountain National Park, Ranger McIntyre has nothing to do except eat breakfast, go fishing-and solve a couple of possible murders. One is an amateur mountaineer found hanging from his own rope on Flattop Mountain. The other, a geologist studying stones on Flattop, somehow ingested a poison plant. Both deaths could be ...

The old and new collide in Nashville. A crooked developer, Tommy Kahn, plans to demolish a historic building, the Eagles Nest, and build yet another sleek, new tower. At The Bluebird Cafe, where so many music careers have been launched, a washed-up drunk named Notorious interrupts Willow Goodheart's performance, accusing her of stealing his song. Truth-teller Caleb Hunter, determined to shine a light on the corruption in New Nashville, is murd...

Ranger Tim McIntyre is investigating a series of break-ins at private homes located within the boundaries of Rocky Mountain National Park that are closed for the winter. In one of these homes, a well-dressed stranger is found dead on the floor with his head in the fireplace, apparently suffocated by soot.The investigation reveals that the dead man was a shady antiques dealer looking for a "lost" painting by Albert Bierstadt. A crooked restaura...

Sin, suffer... stakeout? While untangling an academic plagiarism case involving a well-known author and his troubled protege, private investigator Olivia Lively learns that when it comes to life, love, and authorship, the lines can get pretty fuzzy. Olivia Lively's private investigation business might be flourishing, but her private life is a mess. Her latest romantic mistake is stalking her, her socialite mother is trying to hook her up wit...

Fresh out of the territorial prison, Tucker Ashley meets up with his old friend Jack, who staked a claim along Deadwood Gulch at the beginning of the Black Hills gold rush. But they arrive at the claim to find it has been jumped by two men. Jack and Tucker kick them off, only to be confronted by rule enforcers for the mining district-Zell McGinty and his son, Trait, gunmen known for their ruthlessness. Tucker's long prison sentence-away from t...

Here's some free advice: Retired or not, never double-cross a hitman.¿Upon leaving court after his fourth divorce, retired hitman Ian Connah learns that his financial manager has disappeared with Connah's retirement funds. While he is determined to get his money back, Connah's dilemma is that, in order to finance his quest, he must return to the trade. Connah becomes a bodyguard for two former girlfriends (each a rival for his affection) who d...

With a two-week vacation so close he can feel it, Rocky Mountain National Park Ranger Tim McIntyre is torn away from fantasies about how much fly-fishing he can fit in when he's roped into using his free time for an informal investigation as a favor to a friend. That's fine with McIntyre, because the friend is FBI secretary Vi Coteau, and investigating at his sweetheart's behest makes it likely that he'll be spending time in close quarters wit...

Aventurine Morrow is alone in Lincoln, England, attempting to overcome writer's block while researching a new subject, Katherine Swynford. Here she befriends a cathedral tour guide, Henry Hallsey, whose daughter Nicola has gone missing. When a woman is found dead on the grounds of the Old Bishop's Palace, and the Swynford Jewel is stolen, Aventurine falls under suspicion. With police dogging her every step, Avi must seek the help of wily forme...

The Bucket of Blood Saloon is robbed, but the kind of hard cases that terrorize 1870s Dakota Territory don't stop there: the owner is murdered and one of his upstairs girls is abducted. Tucker Ashley is back in action. This time, he's gotten himself talked into tracking for the posse-but only because the kidnapped girl is his best friend's fiancée. Tucker leads the pathetic posse-made up of a couple of cattle rustlers, a gambler, and a blacks...

To read Body Be Sound is to step into the world of an observant poet. She misses nothing, from the way syrup flows inside a tightly packed jar of preserved tomatoes to how a manatee is feminized by the sea. More than anything, these luminous poems will fill you with wonder, a much-needed sentiment in these, or any other, times. -Sayantani Dasgupta, author of Women Who Misbehave and Fire Girl: Essays on India, America, & the In-Between