<p>This collection of interwoven short stories focuses on one family during the Great Depression. The family hard-scrabbles a life to raise their children. Their joys and trials fill the book with memorable scenes from one of America's great by-gone eras. Written by an author who lived through those times on a farm and in a family that often made-do.</p>

Saturday Matinee

Literature & Fiction

Davenport, Maxine Neely

Genre Fiction

Blue Mesa Books

Tracy Hunter is a tomboy grown into a fearless, risk-taking police investigator who quits her job with the Chicago Police Department after the mayor's nephew gets the promotion she expected and deserved. Thumbing her nose at political jobs, she sets out to open her own business as a private detective and returns to her hometown of Ada, Oklahoma, to probe the strange events surrounding her birth. Tracy's personal inquiries quickly entangle her in the investigation of two murders, with two extreme results: she rekindles a romance with her high-school sweetheart, Hal Montgomery, now a rancher and oil tycoon, but she lands in jail and begins to suspect Hal may be involved in shady political shenanigans--and perhaps the murders. Tracy presses on toward truth on all fronts, with the help of her sister Ruth and Kit Jordan, a beautiful  Chickasaw Indian. Though they jokingly call themselves the KCIA, the  Kit and Caboodle Investigation Agency, the three join forces to find the killers and emerge as serious trailblazers of the 1960s women's movement.

Murder Times Two

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Lance Publishing

Readers will never forget Cara Morgan, the Rebel on Horseback, a fiercely solitary woman who wants to be left alone to run her ranch as she sees fit. Dodging predators on all sides, she must protect and control migrant laborers hiding from the INS; capture modern-day cattle rustlers; and win a lawsuit her brother files to overturn their father’s will. None of these struggles is more challenging, however, than her inner conflicts and questions about two men in her life. Is recently divorced Clay Thompson a twenty-first-century conquistador, bent on scoring another notch on his belt and acquiring her inheritance? And is Ramón Chavez truly an INS undercover agent or simply a rebel of another stripe, intent on having her recognize her Mexican heritage? After an assault from which she must heal physically and emotionally, Cara wants nothing more than to prove to the world that she needs no man in her life—but she first must convince herself.

Rebel on Horseback

<p>Carmela Jared is practicing law in her small hometown of San Carlos, New Mexico, when Judge Salazar appoints her to defend the Reverend Paul Morrison, pastor of a conservative church, who has been charged with the sexual abuse of young Cody Vernon. She knows the public—outraged over Catholic priests suspected of similar acts but never criminally charged—will demand a conviction. Carmela hastens to turn down the appointment, but Judge Salazar insists she represent the accused. When Paul reveals he secretly is gay, the case seems unwinnable. Carmela realizes she must battle the prejudice of many who believe all gays are pedophiles. It also complicates her emerging romance with police captain Travis Hawk, who admits to being homophobic.  Carmela’s best chance of victory is to find the real predator. Her private eye, Harry Rodriquez, and her secretary, Rosemary, add humor to Carmela’s world and keep her grounded. They stand by her side when the trial comes to a shocking conclusion.</p>

Love Is a Legal Affair

Literary

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Saturday Matinee

Murder Times Two

Rebel on Horseback

Love Is a Legal Affair