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1) Fire dancer
Author
Series
Smoke jumper volume 1
Language
English
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When a serial arsonist sets a fire that kills a ranch hand and nearly takes the life of her horse, volunteer firefighter and archeologist Tess Masterson enlists the aid of her firefighter friend Boone Carter. Together, they must find out who's behind the fires before more land and lives are destroyed.
2) Quicksand
Author
Series
Champions volume 3
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Tess Champion knows better than to trust Brock Tolman, but with the Alamo Canyon Ranch in foreclosure, Tess is forced to accept Brock's offer of a partnership. In exchange, he offers Tess one of his own young bulls. Soon enough, Quicksand is the rising star of the rodeo circuit, which proves Tess is better at picking bulls than she is men. It's not until the tycoon's private plane crashes in the wilderness, stranding him with Tess, that the truth...
3) Killer heat
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English
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak brings the trilogy to a close with more bodies found in the blistering desert, and another unlikely couple set on avenging them.
The bodies of seven women have been discovered in Skull Valley, Arizona. Jonah Young, a private security operative from Department 6, has been hired by the Yavapai County sheriff to assist in solving these murders. But Jonah's not prepared for the complications...
The bodies of seven women have been discovered in Skull Valley, Arizona. Jonah Young, a private security operative from Department 6, has been hired by the Yavapai County sheriff to assist in solving these murders. But Jonah's not prepared for the complications...
4) Fort Misery
Author
Series
Fort Misery volume 1
Language
English
Description
Captain Peter Joseph Kellerman was once a promising career soldier who'd proven his mettle in battle time and again. Now he's fighting a battle with a whiskey bottle. He's also in charge of Fort Benjamin Grierson, located west of hell, deep in Arizona Territory's Mohawk Valley on the arid edge of the Yuma desert. The men under his command aren't fit to wear the uniform. Killers, thieves, and ravagers condemned to death but who've chosen to serve,...
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Series
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English
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What is her husband's secret? Miranda Cooper's life takes a terrifying turn when an SUV deliberately runs her and her husband off a desolate Arizona road. With her husband badly wounded, she must run for help alone as his cryptic parting words echo in her head: "Be careful who you trust."
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Ex-Ranger Phil Guthrey swore he'd never stop roaming the West, bringing justice to the lawless whenever the situation called. But after cleaning up the criminals of Crook County, Arizona, he finds himself not only elected to be the county sheriff, but settling down with a pretty, young girl for a wife, except keeping the peace in Crook County is less relaxing than Guthrey would have imagined. Border bandits are accustomed to raiding the territory...
Author
Series
Byrnes family ranch volume 5
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
444 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Chet Byrnes has his hands full taking care of his family and running his ranching operation in Arizona Territory. But he still takes his responsibilities as a deputy U.S. marshal very seriously. Bandits have been crossing the border, cutting a bloody swath of mayhem--stealing horses, robbing banks, and murdering innocent folk--then high-tailing it back to safety in Mexico. The chief U.S. marshal asks Chet to lead a secret task force to stop the raids...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
8 audio discs (9 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Here is a land where a man, to live, must be a man. It is a land of granite and marble, strong stone and gold, and a man's strength must be as the strength of the primeval hills. It is a land of oaks and cedars and pines-and a man's mental grace must be as the grace of the untamed trees. It is a land of far-arched and unstained skies, where the wind sweeps free and untainted, and the atmosphere is the atmosphere of those places that remain as God...
11) The Morgans
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Series
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English
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"A gunslinging father and prodigal son, united at last, they are the Morgans. And the only thing thicker than a Morgan's blood is a Morgan's bullet ... There's nothing particularly unusual about a legendary gunman being summoned to the lawless, bullet-riddled territory of Arizona. But when Frank Morgan, aka the Last Gunfighter, rides into Tucson, he finds himself ambushed and kidnapped by ruthless Mexican bandit Ramirez's army of thugs. The only way...
12) Sycamore
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English
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"Out for a hike one scorching afternoon in Sycamore, Arizona, a newcomer to town stumbles across what appear to be human remains embedded in the wall of a dry desert ravine. As news of the discovery makes its way around town, Sycamore's longtime residents fear the bones may belong to Jess Winters, the teenage girl who disappeared suddenly some eighteen years earlier, an unsolved mystery that has soaked into the porous rock of the town and haunted...
13) Leaving Unknown
Author
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
viii, 358 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Maeve Connelly, along with Oliver her foulmother cockatiel, undertakes an epic road trip to Los Angeles. But when her car breaks down outside of Unknown, Arizona, she is in for a much longer rest stop than she expected.
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English
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Alafair and Shaw soon discover that all is not well in sunny Arizona. Elizabeth's marriage is in tatters; tensions are high between the Anglo and Latino communities following Pancho Villa's murderous raid on Columbus, New Mexico; and Alafair suspects her sister is involved in an illegal operation to smuggle war refugees out of Mexico and into the United States. And now Bernie Arruda is lying on his back in a ditch, staring into eternity.
15) Desert wind
Author
Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
Description
"Webb offers fans the profound pleasure of watching Lena mature as she comes one step closer to understanding and accepting her difficult past, while providing new readers with an introduction to this strong and genuinely likable character." -Publishers Weekly
When the man who raped Scottsdale PI Lena Jones when she was a nine-year-old foster child is released from prison, Lena is waiting for him in the parking lot-with a big knife. "Papa" Brian...
16) Drive: A Novel
Author
Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (158 pages)
Language
English
Description
"Fans of mysteries featuring literary figures as crime-solvers will thoroughly enjoy this series." -Booklist
It's 1927, and "the Ferber season on Broadway" is about to begin. The musical adaptation of Show Boat by Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern opens on December 27, and The Royal Family, her comedy of manners written with George Kaufman, opens the following night. But despite the excitement, author Edna Ferber misses both opening nights. She has...
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Series
Mule tamer volume 4
Language
English
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"The beloved Mule Tamer gang is back: the affable Arvel Walsh and his wild Mexican bride, Chica, the terse Dick Welles, the aborigine healer, Billy Livingston, Dan George, Uncle Bob and Pilar, along with a brand-new cast of colorful characters. In the election year of 1896, the future of the fledgling Arizona Rangers, captained by Arvel Walsh and Dick Welles, hangs by a political thread. The latest crisis, a greedy silver republican bent on controlling...
19) Day of the dead
Author
Series
Walker family volume 3
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
370 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
20) Stargirl
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Series
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English
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In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.