Members of the Bender family of 1870s' Kansas are known for running their murder inn by luring in their guests and killing them for their money. Before being caught, they fled Kansas and were never found. The true story of the mysterious family is now explored in a new light. Award-winning author Phyllis de la Garza tells the Bender story, accompanied by newspaper clippings, original photographs of the Bender Inn and crime scene, real-life accounts of the Benders, and, most importantly, uncovered findings about Kate and John Bender and where they went after fleeing the inn.   "Deftly researched. Magnificently written. A tragic chapter in American frontier folklore retold by an author eminently qualified to do it." -Chuck Parsons, Editor, Quarterly Journal, National Association for Outlaw-Lawman History, Inc.

Death for Dinner: The Benders of (Old) Kansas

Phyllis de la Garza

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The Warm Hello

Brody, Dylan

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When a beautifully natural blonde is found brutally murdered in Athens, there must be international complications. The victim was Norwegian, her lovers were from many countries, and her ex-husband was an American Diplomat. Little did Police Captain Yannis Lavonis realize when he began the investigation that the solution could make him a victim.

Russian Doll

Vardamis, Frances D.

Literature & Fiction

Some of the most fascinating characters and courageous people in the old west were women. Phyllis de la Garza has chronicled key moments in the lives of the most memorable women.

Silk and Sagebrush: Women of the Old West

When Captain Lavonis of the Athens police is made responsible for security at the 2004 Olympic Games, others assume his responsibility is to bury anything detrimental to Greek honor. So when the teenaged son of an American CIA agent is missing, the Minister of Justice and Captain Lavonis are dispatched to keep the situation from getting out of hand. But of course it does, and Captain Lavonis is soon engaged in activities well beyond the law.

Pity the Children : A Yannis Lavonis Mystery

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Frances Diem Vardamis

Mystery

A 47 year-old Catholic nurse, wife, mother and grandmother from Ohio joined the Army Reserves in 1990 to obtain an advanced degree. Only a few months later she and her fellow medics found themselves deployed to Saudia Arabia to serve in Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm. This is her story. It is a story of questions and hardships, of emotional highs and lows and of the stress that war put on her religious faith. The medics came from all walks of life and age groups. They were thrown together in the most inhospitable of conditions. They had to learn quickly how to create makeshift tented hospitals in the desert. They were under constant threat of attack and had to function whilst wearing heavy, charcoal lined suits, boots, gas-masks and gloves to protect against chemical weapons. Showers were a rare luxury; exhaustion the most common condition. Patients were from both sides of the conflict, and language and cultural differences complicated the treatment of enemy prisoners. Coming home and adjusting to life in Middle America again was not easy. This book tells it how it was in the 1990s-an interesting and gripping story that will not be far removed from present day experiences in Iraq.

When Duty Called Even Grandma Had to Go

Warren, Sandra

Kwiatkowski, Dianah

This the true account of single parent, Sergeant Sara Raye. Her story begins as the unappreciated, youngest daughter of critical parents who always expected her to fail. Supporting her three young children on her own as a nurse was difficult enough. With deployment to war as a member of the Reserves, she had expected her family to help her. When she returned injured from service in Operation Desert Storm in the Gulf War 1991 she discovered that her ex-husband had stolen custody of her three children. Citing violation of the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act, she goes to war using public appeal, orders from Washington, and an unprecedented National Guard JAG officer's appearance in Domestic Court.

Hidden Casualties: Battles on the Homefront

Raye, Sara

Roadkill

Morreale, P.

A sneak attack in the night brought terrible wounds to the builders of the Dragoon Springs station on the Overland Stage route. Of the three terribly wounded men, only one had a hope of surviving. The others would die in agony. The men were found days after the attack and long after the buzzards, the maggots, and Cochise had arrived. There ensued a desperate attempt to save the life of the one man, but Cochise had other ideas. He had the superior force and was ready to inflict far more suffering, and the battle to save one life and to get the Overland rolling was to prove very costly. In this novel, Phyllis de la Garza illuminates the courage, pain, and determination that is crucial to the development of the American West.

Nine Days at Dragoon Springs

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