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This exciting collaborative by the Private Eye Writers of America and Sisters in Crime contains short stories by well-known mystery writers including Sara Paretsky and Sue Grafton. The stories are presented in pairs, each linked to the other by a common theme or topic. The companion stories featured here are:
• " A Little Missionary Work" by Sara Paretsky paired with " Unfinished Business" ...
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THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW
When legendary gunfighter John Locke is hired to ride shotgun on a fat payroll wagon bound for Turnback Creek, Montana, it's more than a job. It's a chance to reunite with his old riding partner, ex-Marshal Dale Cooper. The pair go back a ways, and though Coop no longer wears a badge, he wants to hit the trail one more time. But the going is not easy. There are sidewinders in the shadows, ready to pilfer the loot for themselves.
Once...
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Ty Butler came from Eastern wealth-but killers destroyed everyone who shared his name. Seeking a safe haven in the open West, he's found a home among the outlaws, tinhorns, and fugitives who gather at the gaming table. His skill at reading faces and cards has kept Butler in the money-and it's kept him sharp and ready . . . for the assassins who're hunting him down.
Working his way to Dodge City, Butler finds the town in an uproar. A new law's in...
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On the run from the assassins who murdered his family, Ty Butler found a new way to survive: with a few good hands, a loaded gun, and a little luck. But lying low and keeping out of his hunters' gunsights is getting harder to do since he started earning a serious rep at the poker table-and especially now that he's made some new friends . . . named Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and Doc Holliday.
In Denver, Butler finds Holliday in the clutches of corrupt...
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A Debt to the Dead
For Daniel Shaye and his boys, the law comes second, family first. So when a letter -- an urgent cry for help -- arrives from a woman who claims to be the mother of a child sired by Shaye's late son, Matthew, the former lawman and his clan saddle up and head out for Pearl River Junction.
The desperate young woman may not be telling the whole truth -- lying instead about her boy's parentage to get the Shaye guns behind her as...
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Severn House
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2012
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1963 was a very bad year for Frank Sinatra, but the Rat Pack are always ready to give a helping hand.
Eddie Gianelli is helping a friend's wife get out from under a blackmailer when news comes through that JFK has been assassinated. Frank Sinatra was a close friend of JFK and the Rat Pack—including Eddie—rally round to give Frank moral support. Then comes the news that Sinatra's son, Frank Jr., has been kidnapped. Eddie continues
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Professional gambler Ty Butler knows he should keep moving to stay ahead of the killers who wiped out his family and are now gunning for him. But when a serious card player finds a challenging game in an honest house, he wants to stay awhile.
For Butler, a certain gambling hall is paradise-though the emporium's notorious owner, Little Luke Short, can't seem to steer clear of Hell's Half Acre, a corrupt and festering boil in the middle of Fort Worth....
9) Texas Bluff
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For slam-bang Western action, listeners count on bestselling author Robert J. Randisi to deliver the goods. In this installment of his popular Gamblers series, cardshark Ty Butler continues his migration to California, while stopping at every gambling hall along the way. This time his chips might be cashed in early, however, as he gets caught up in a deadly fight between two notorious criminals.
10) Denver Draw
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Best-selling author of Butler's Wager, Robert J. Randisi delivers gunslinging Westerns swirling with quick-draw justice. While fleeing his family's assassins, Tyrone Butler learns to survive with well-honed poker skills, a loaded six-gun, and a little bit of luck. But with the deck stacked against him and with way too many killers anteing up, a deadly game of Denver draw may be one Butler can't win.
11) Butler's Wager
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Best-selling author of gunslinging Westerns like Turnback Creek, Robert J. Randisi takes listeners on the treacherous trail to Dodge City. Seeking refuge from assassins who murdered the rest of his wealthy family back east, Ty Butler feels at home among rough-hewn men willing to risk it all on a single wager. But if Ty expects to get out of Dodge alive, he'll need all the aces he can muster.
12) Cold Blooded
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NYPD Detective Sergeant Dennis McQueen has his hands full with a very bizarre case. A series of dead bodies have been found, all frozen-killed by various methods, but disposed of in the same manner. Just a coincidence, or is there a serial killer at work?
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Robert J. Randisi is the best-selling author of The Gunsmith series of Westerns, with over five million books in print. Gunman John Locke, one of the best shots of all time, is as notorious as he is renowned. Whether paired with a sixgun or a rifle, John's trigger finger spells instant death-and anyone foolhardy enough to cross him had best stay out of his sights. Now he's been hired to serve as the master of ceremonies at the hanging of Ignacio Dellgado,...
14) The Picasso Flop
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Grand Central Publishing
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Just out of prison after ten years, professional poker player Jimmy Spain visits his wealthy former cell mate and listens to an offer he can't refuse. The rich man wants the ex-con to mentor his only child in the game of poker. In return, he'll set Jimmy up and pay all of his buy-ins on the poker tour. This deal looks like easy money, especially after Jimmy meets the kid—a cocky and abrasive young girl named Kat who has some good, yet raw,
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When an ex-lawman is released from prison, he hopes to put his past behind him; but that might not be an easy task in this fast-paced new entry in bestseller Ralph Compton’s Gunfighter series. Matt Wheeler was a legend in the West. His fast gun and dedication to justice made him a sought-after lawman for hire, but all of that promise vanished one sunny day when his wife was shot down in cold blood by a heartless bank robber. The thirst for vengeance...
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In this fast-paced new installment in bestseller Ralph Compton's Gunfighter series, young Dr. Gabriel Kincade heads West in search of a new life, but the mistakes of his old one are hot on his trail. Young doctor Gabriel Kincade has come west to experience the challenges of frontier medicine. He's agreed to help an older doctor who is straining to deal with the demands of a growing town, but Kincade is looking for more than a new life. He's made mistakes...
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Two old ranch hands lead one last trail drive but they can't escape death along the way in a brand new thrilling western in Ralph Compton's trail drive series. Big Jake Motley had been running the Big M spread in Texas for over 30 years. In that time, he's driven thousands of head of cattle to market in Kansas. Now, while both the Nineteenth century and the era of trail drive are coming to an end, Big Jake is determined to make one last drive to Kansas....
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Down & Out Books
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In a career spanning nearly four decades, Bill Crider published more than sixty crime fiction, westerns, horror, men's adventure and YA novels. In this collection 20 of today's best and brightest, all friends and fans of Bill's, come together with original stories to pay tribute to his memory. Authors include: William Kent Krueger, Bill Pronzini, Joe R. Lansdale, Patricia Abbott, Ben Boulden, Michael Bracken, Jen Conley, Brendan DuBois, Charlaine
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