The year was 1873. Joe Argile was down on his luck--and damned mad at the world. He'd lost his last dollar in a card game and then, after an altercation with the bartender, the sheriff had told him to get out of town. The big Colt on Argile's hip had helped him out before when he was broke, and he saw his opportunity to rob the lumber yard in the next town down the trail.

The year was 1921, and Sheriff Bill Brewster had a murder on his hands. His only possible link to the killer was a pair of blood-stained coveralls discovered in a trash can. Forensic science was in its infancy in the early 1920s, but in the hands of Dr. Winslow Tegan, the coroner, those coveralls would provide a number of clues to the killer's identity.

Mr. Quinn would soon be retiring. That news left people wondering how Mrs. Quinn would ever get along with the nasty old man being home all day. He seemed to hate her, and then, soon after he retired, Mr. Quinn killed her pet cat. But Mr. Quinn's retirement was cut short.

The year was 1903. It's near midnight, and Sam's Saloon is bustling with activity when a young stranger burst through the door. He's looking for the sheriff because he's just seen a dead man out east of town--and there's a piece of paper with writing on it clutched in the dead man's hand. The killers are in that saloon--and they want that paper before the sheriff can get it.

The trial was over. Jessica Snow had provided the evidence that convicted Senator Shawn Holland. As she left the courtroom, however, Jessica knew that Holland and his powerful underworld friends wanted her dead. As she begins another undercover assignment, Jessica is determined about one thing--she's going to be hard to kill.

The Rothchild Asylum for the Criminally Insane, established in 1857, closed in the 1970s. Dark secrets regarding criminal activity remain hidden within the asylum. Retired detective Phil Sawyer and his friend Lorelei Crawford search for that evidence--and discover that someone yet today will kill to keep those secrets.

Joan Gilbert works undercover as a gun runner, supplying guns on the black market, until a mole in the police department gives her away. In the ensuing gun battle, she manages to kill three thugs and is nearly killed herself. Once out of the hospital, she's out to identify the mole and seek revenge on the powerful crime figure who wants her dead.

An ancient mansion with a spooky history--and rumors of a treasure hidden there in the basement. How could two young men resist the temptation to search for that treasure once the house is thought to be vacant? Readers go with them as they ignore KEEP OUT signs and climb down steep stone stairways. What they find in that basement is the story told in The Webcore Mansion's Dark Secret.

A small plane crashed in a remote region of the national park three weeks ago. No trace of its pilot was found. The plane's registration suggests a link to organized crime. Now three men are at the ranger station. They're "going camping." The ranger has suspicions as to whey they're there--but October is no time for inexperienced hikers in those mountains.

Christian fiction: When Angelica, a slave of Mabutoma's dictator, General Dawodu, is summoned to his office, she knows she'll be expected to "entertain" yet another foreign visitor. Will that visitor, Ken Davis, a geologist Dawodu hopes will find gold in his country, mistreat her--or prove to be the best friend she ever had? Can they escape the country when a coup by Dawodu's enemies threatens?

There's a serial killer on the prowl. His seventh victim was found behind Peggy's apartment--and she's scared. The police have appealed to the public for help. Can Peggy and her sister, Jennifer, help apprehend the killer before it's too late--for them?

Earnest Forrester is mighty upset with the county officials. They've ignored his repeated warnings about a monster living in Lake Fairbury. People think he's crazy. Paul and Jerry plan to play a trick on Forrester. They'll plant a huge plastic alligator in the lake and see what happens when Forrester spots "the monster."