Mystery Writers of America Presents: Luis Montez, the Chicano lawyer with "hangdog charisma," was the last person seen with Rachel, the beautiful missing writer. Now someone's trying to kill him. For Luis Montez, Denver attorney perennially on the edge of disaster, even a vacation can mean trouble. Mentally exhausted and severely banged up from his most recent misadventures, Luis accepts a friend's offer to relax on a Mexican beach. But things just don't work out the way he plans. Rachel, the young and mysterious woman he meets on the beach, disappears, and when Luis returns to Denver to try to resuscitate his law practice, he finds a flashy and tough private eye pressing him for details. Rachel is a member of a wealthy, powerful family that will stop at nothing to find her-and Luis is the last person known to have seen her. To keep the professional detective at bay, Luis embarks on his own investigation, one that takes him deep into the dark worlds of petty hoodlums, rich men's fantasies, and the underbelly of Denver's fringe literary community. In a novel that Publisher's Weekly said is permeated with "wonderful smells, sounds and flavors," Manuel Ramos weaves a compelling tale that has Luis Montez ducking bullets and firebombs, and uncovering ugly secrets hidden for years.

Blues for the Buffalo

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Ramos, Manuel

Mystery

Mystery Writers of Amer Presents

Blind Rage: The Many Faces of Murder

Politics & Social Sciences

King, Gary C.

Social Sciences

Final Remedy

Steven, Daniel

Literature & Fiction

Twelve years ago, Brandi Lakeman was snatched from her backyard. More than a decade later, the girl was miraculously recovered, yet her abductor remains at large. Now her mother, funeral director Blair Emerson, is determined to rebuild their lives, returning to Blair's childhood home of Live Oak, Texas. But their move to the friendly town cannot restore normalcy. Brandi, driven by compulsions, bears the scars of her traumatic childhood. And Blair, struggling with her own obsessions with her daughter's safety, becomes a witness in an arson investigation that has divided Live Oak. Evidence points to an environmentalist who has alienated much of the town. But Blair reports seeing a teenage boy running from near the latest fire. What she doesn't say is that he resembled the grandson of her beloved frienda troubled teen struggling to hide his own painful past. Meanwhile, a stranger is watching Blair and Brandi, stalking their cabin, lurking in the shadows at dead of night...

At Dead of Night

Amey, Linda

Contemporary

Jack Grant is a Vietnam vet turned private eye in Los Angeles, who spends his days quietly tracking fraudulent insurance claims and small-time grifters. When he agrees to meet a potential client at the L. A. Market, he finds him dead—floating in a tub of ice. The next victim is found hanging in a downtown meat freezer. What started as a safe and easy case ends with a violent confrontation in San Antonio, as Jack is plunged into a world of murderous Chilean exiles in which evil masquerades as virtue, no one is who he seems to be, and all roads lead towards a shadowy figure with a haunting, nightmarish face.

Frozen Stare

Schwartz, Richard B.

The ghost of dashing explorer Brendan Tyrell haunts Marissa Erickson, his biographer. Their meeting stirs up dangerous currents from the past as well as unsolved mysteries. What happened to Brendans unpublished manuscripts? Who was the heavily veiled woman at Brendans funeral? And finally, how did Brendan really die? Marissa must find the answers to these troubling questions to free Brendans earthbound spirit."An engrossing mix of history, mystery and what might be..."Tami Hoag, author of Dark Horse"Five stars!"Holly Damiano, Affaire DeCoeur magazine"Great hero, great book!"Kristin Ramsdell, co-author of What Do I Read Next?

The Beckoning Ghost

Kohman, Catherine W.

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