Tom Stechschulte
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When islanders clash with Saberfox, a powerful development agency, year-round residents J.W. Jackson and his wife Zee become embroiled in the conflict. After someone tries to kill a top company executive, J.W. begins to scrutinize the inner workings of Saberfox.
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The squire of Bedlam Farm shares the unpredictable adventure of farm life. From little Jesus, the newborn donkey who becomes the farm mascot, to the sociable steer Elvis and his enormous sweetheart Luna, the creatures at Bedlam Farm find new ways to challenge Katz. Riding herd on the place is Rose, the workaholic border collie. Not even Rupert the ram can intimidate her. The sheep, the chickens and the cat all contribute to the hum (and occasional...
5) Jackalope
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IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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A jackrabbit who wishes to be feared asks his fairy godrabbit for horns and becomes the first jackalope, but there's one condition: he must not tell lies.
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As he cleans out his dead father's workshop, Jess Kirkman of North Carolina discovers a treasure map with the names of women. He goes to see them and obtains new insights into his father's character. Fourth installment in a family saga by the author of Farewell, I'm Bound to Leave You.
7) Into the web
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Roy Slater is a young man who 25 years ago ran away from his hometown to escape the consequences of an unspeakable crime. Now with his father dying, Roy returns, only to get caught up in another scandal.
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NOT ALL WARS ARE CIVIL…In a desert outpost north of Tucson, an encampment of peaceful Apaches is slaughtered by a bloodthirsty band of white vigilantes. Now the brilliant and ruthless war chief Cochise gathers his renegades and prepares for payback. Savage war is about to break out. But there are some on both sides who strive to keep the peace.
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Against the vivid backdrops of a killer hurricane that nearly destroyed the Florida Keys in 1935, the Spanish Civil War, post-war Hollywood and the first days of the Castro regime in Cuba, Hector Lassiter--legendary crime novelist--engages in a decades-long duel against a cabal of killer artists.
10) Print the legend
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In Sun Valley, Idaho, at a conference of Papa academics in 1965, three men have come to the conference with their own pieces of unfinished business to discuss with Mary, the widow of Ernest Hemingway. One is crime novelist Hector Lassiter, Hem's old friend, who's heard rumors of the discovery of lost writings. Another is Richard Paulson, a Hemingway scholar who wants to set the record straight on the suicide. Finally, there's Donovan Creedy, an old...
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Dan Reles novels volume 4
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Michael Simon's crafty Austin, Texas, thrillers like Little Faith have earned him strong comparisons to crime novelists James Ellroy and Dennis Lehane. Detective Dan Reles is settling into his new life with a wife, a son, and a career in Austin's homicide division. Then his deadbeat, ex-mafia enforcer father rolls into town. It seems that Ben Reles has had a run-in with Sam Zelig, a powerful mob godfather who will do anything to get what he wants...
12) Rose in a storm
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It's lambing season on the farm and Rose, a sheep dog, must help the farmer save the lambs being born in the winter. She soon has a more urgent task when the farmer is injured and she is left to protect the sheep from circling coyotes, with food supplies dwindling.
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In his previous books, Katz introduced us to the menagerie at Bedlam Farm, including Izzy, the border collie rescue. Affectionate and intuitive, Izzy is unlike any dog Katz has encountered, and the two undertake a journey Katz could not have imagined without the arrival of a new companion: a spirited, bright-eyed black Labrador puppy named Lenore. As trained hospice volunteers visiting homes and nursing facilities, Katz and Izzy bring comfort to people...
14) Medicine walk
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Franklin Starlight's comfort in solitude and experience in the wilderness make him appear wise beyond his sixteen years. But when his ailing father, Eldon, summons him back to town, Franklin's sense of duty clashes with the deep resentment he feels for his father's many years of absence and neglect. Finding Eldon near death after years of drinking, Franklin grudgingly agrees to help carry out his father's final wish to be buried in the warrior way,...
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Judge Crain investigates the murder of popular barber Joe Junior McBride. Joe's teenage daughter, Ashley, is best friends with Judge Crain's daughter, Patty, giving him even more impetus to solve the crime. For a seemingly innocuous town, Post Oak is rife with suspects, including Joe's troubled son, unhappy wife, pretty new barbershop assistant, and adoptive brother. As Judge Crain sorts through the evidence, he tries to stay one step ahead of his...
18) Turpentine
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When three friends--Edward "Ned" Turrentine Bayard III; Phaegin, who makes her living rolling cigars; and Curly, a fourteen-year-old miner--are wrongly accused of triggering a bomb at a labor rally, they engage in a circuitous escape, followed by a determined Pinkerton agent.
19) Father and son
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Glen Davis returns to his small Mississippi hometown on the day of his discharge from jail where he spent three years for killing a boy in a drunk driving incident, and immediately begins trying to exact revenge on the people he believes have done him wrong.
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"As a child, Joseph Beck heard the stories--when other lawyers came up with excuses, his father courageously defended a black man charged with raping a white woman. Now a lawyer himself, Beck reconstructs his father's role in State of Alabama vs. Charles White, Alias, a trial that was much publicized when Harper Lee was twelve years old"--Dust jacket flap.