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Bathing Beauties, Booze and Bullets (#2)
- Location(s): Galveston
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): 1927
(Sequel to Flappers, Flasks and Foul Play) It’s 1927 in Galveston, Texas-the “Sin City of the Southwest.” Jasmine (“Jazz”) Cross is an ambitious 21-year-old society reporter for the Galveston Gazette who tries to be taken seriously by the good-old-boy...
Faith Bass Darling’s Last Garage Sale
- Location(s): Texas
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1999
Faith Bass Darling is the sole occupant of the family mansion in Bass, Texas. She is succumbing to Alzheimers and on the last day of 1999 hears the voice of God and starts hauling the family antiques out of...
Flappers, Flasks and Foul Play
- Location(s): Galveston
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): 1920s
“Boardwalk Empire” meets “The Great Gatsby” in this soft-boiled “Jazz Age” mystery, inspired by actual events. Prohibition is in full swing in 1920s Galveston, Texas: the “Sin City of the Southwest.” Jasmine Cross, a young society reporter, feels caught...
- Location(s): Dallas
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Marie, a young single mother, lands a job at an upscale Dallas steakhouse. She is preternaturally attuned to the appetites of her patrons, but quickly learns to hide her private struggle behind an easy smile and a crisp white...
- Location(s): Arkansas, Texas
- Genre(s): Thriller, Noir
- Era(s): 1946
1946, Texarkana: a town on the border of Texas and Arkansas. Disgraced New York reporter Charlie Yates has been sent to cover the story of a spate of brutal murders – young couples who’ve been slaughtered at a local...
- Location(s): Sausalito, Texas
- Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
IT WAS THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME: PROTECT HER Before Owen Michaels disappears, he manages to smuggle a note to his new wife, Hannah: protect her. Hannah knows exactly who Owen needs her to protect – his teenage...
- Location(s): Texas
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
When Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unravelling, relocates to Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at a county hospital. There he meets David Smith, a medical student recovering from a drug...
- Location(s): Texas
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
No one could blame Bev Putterman for becoming estranged from her sister. No one but Bev, anyway. Growing up, Diana was difficult and selfish yet always their mother’s favorite. And then came the betrayal that took away the future...
- Location(s): Houston
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): 1980s
Shortlisted for the Orange Prize 2010, and critically acclaimed in US and UK. The novel is set in 1980’s Houston where Jay (whos is a lawyer) and his wife Bernadine are on a boat on the bayou celebrating her...
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened
- Location(s): Texas
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Modern
Every teenager wants to fit in and be just like everybody else. So imagine how hard that is when your father runs a taxidermy business out of the family home, your mother runs the student cafeteria, and your sister...
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