Author: Allana Martin
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1429977531
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Allana Martin's sixth color-filled mystery, set in a remote spot on the Mexican-American border, opens with an unexpected and terrible blow for trading-post owner Texana Jones. Her husband, Clay, a popular veterinarian with patients on both sides of the (almost dry) Rio Grande, has been arrested for the murder of the river master, the official in charge of allocating the region's scant water supply under the terms of the binational agreement. Now Clay is in jail awaiting trial in a Mexican court. Having lived all her life on the fringe of Mexico, Texana is anything but naive about their harsh legal system - where there is no such thing as bail, habeas corpus, probation, or early release. The fate of the accused is not in the hands of a jury, but the hands of a single judge, a judge who may be fair, or who may have self-interests that will sway the verdict. And, unfortunately, the latter is more likely. Determined to find incontrovertible evidence of Clay's innocence that even the most venial judge would not dare to overlook, she delves into the river master's background - at no small risk. Whoever is behind all this is determined to hold on to the spoils of the effort. Texana must use all her senses, her ingenuity, and her courage to free her blameless husband from the coils of the Mexican judicial snare and the enemy behind it. Martin's firm hold on the unusual lives of the people who live - and try to make a living against many odds - in the small area where these stories are set pulls readers into a world they never knew. The strength and reality of Texana Jones's extraordinary common sense and human understanding convince her readers that she's their friend, one whose adventures they share.
Death of the River Master
Author: Allana Martin
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1429977531
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Allana Martin's sixth color-filled mystery, set in a remote spot on the Mexican-American border, opens with an unexpected and terrible blow for trading-post owner Texana Jones. Her husband, Clay, a popular veterinarian with patients on both sides of the (almost dry) Rio Grande, has been arrested for the murder of the river master, the official in charge of allocating the region's scant water supply under the terms of the binational agreement. Now Clay is in jail awaiting trial in a Mexican court. Having lived all her life on the fringe of Mexico, Texana is anything but naive about their harsh legal system - where there is no such thing as bail, habeas corpus, probation, or early release. The fate of the accused is not in the hands of a jury, but the hands of a single judge, a judge who may be fair, or who may have self-interests that will sway the verdict. And, unfortunately, the latter is more likely. Determined to find incontrovertible evidence of Clay's innocence that even the most venial judge would not dare to overlook, she delves into the river master's background - at no small risk. Whoever is behind all this is determined to hold on to the spoils of the effort. Texana must use all her senses, her ingenuity, and her courage to free her blameless husband from the coils of the Mexican judicial snare and the enemy behind it. Martin's firm hold on the unusual lives of the people who live - and try to make a living against many odds - in the small area where these stories are set pulls readers into a world they never knew. The strength and reality of Texana Jones's extraordinary common sense and human understanding convince her readers that she's their friend, one whose adventures they share.
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1429977531
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Allana Martin's sixth color-filled mystery, set in a remote spot on the Mexican-American border, opens with an unexpected and terrible blow for trading-post owner Texana Jones. Her husband, Clay, a popular veterinarian with patients on both sides of the (almost dry) Rio Grande, has been arrested for the murder of the river master, the official in charge of allocating the region's scant water supply under the terms of the binational agreement. Now Clay is in jail awaiting trial in a Mexican court. Having lived all her life on the fringe of Mexico, Texana is anything but naive about their harsh legal system - where there is no such thing as bail, habeas corpus, probation, or early release. The fate of the accused is not in the hands of a jury, but the hands of a single judge, a judge who may be fair, or who may have self-interests that will sway the verdict. And, unfortunately, the latter is more likely. Determined to find incontrovertible evidence of Clay's innocence that even the most venial judge would not dare to overlook, she delves into the river master's background - at no small risk. Whoever is behind all this is determined to hold on to the spoils of the effort. Texana must use all her senses, her ingenuity, and her courage to free her blameless husband from the coils of the Mexican judicial snare and the enemy behind it. Martin's firm hold on the unusual lives of the people who live - and try to make a living against many odds - in the small area where these stories are set pulls readers into a world they never knew. The strength and reality of Texana Jones's extraordinary common sense and human understanding convince her readers that she's their friend, one whose adventures they share.
Mystery Women, Volume Three (Revised)
Author: Colleen Barnett
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1615950109
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
Book Description
Like other fictional characters, female sleuths may live in the past or the future. They may represent current times with some level of reality or shape their settings to suit an agenda. There are audiences for both realism and escapism in the mystery novel. It is interesting, however, to compare the fictional world of the mystery sleuth with the world in which readers live. Of course, mystery readers do not share one simplistic world. They live in urban, suburban, and rural areas, as do the female heroines in the books they read. They may choose a book because it has a familiar background or because it takes them to places they long to visit. Readers may be rich or poor; young or old; conservative or liberal. So are the heroines. What incredible choices there are today in mystery series! This three-volume encyclopedia of women characters in the mystery novel is like a gigantic menu. Like a menu, the descriptions of the items that are provided are subjective. Volume 3 of Mystery Women as currently updated adds an additional 42 sleuths to the 500 plus who were covered in the initial Volume 3. These are more recently discovered sleuths who were introduced during the period from January 1, 1990 to December 31, 1999. This more than doubles the number of sleuths introduced in the 1980s (298 of whom were covered in Volume 2) and easily exceeded the 347 series (and some outstanding individuals) described in Volume 1, which covered a 130-year period from 1860-1979. It also includes updates on those individuals covered in the first edition; changes in status, short reviews of books published since the first edition through December 31, 2008.
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1615950109
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
Book Description
Like other fictional characters, female sleuths may live in the past or the future. They may represent current times with some level of reality or shape their settings to suit an agenda. There are audiences for both realism and escapism in the mystery novel. It is interesting, however, to compare the fictional world of the mystery sleuth with the world in which readers live. Of course, mystery readers do not share one simplistic world. They live in urban, suburban, and rural areas, as do the female heroines in the books they read. They may choose a book because it has a familiar background or because it takes them to places they long to visit. Readers may be rich or poor; young or old; conservative or liberal. So are the heroines. What incredible choices there are today in mystery series! This three-volume encyclopedia of women characters in the mystery novel is like a gigantic menu. Like a menu, the descriptions of the items that are provided are subjective. Volume 3 of Mystery Women as currently updated adds an additional 42 sleuths to the 500 plus who were covered in the initial Volume 3. These are more recently discovered sleuths who were introduced during the period from January 1, 1990 to December 31, 1999. This more than doubles the number of sleuths introduced in the 1980s (298 of whom were covered in Volume 2) and easily exceeded the 347 series (and some outstanding individuals) described in Volume 1, which covered a 130-year period from 1860-1979. It also includes updates on those individuals covered in the first edition; changes in status, short reviews of books published since the first edition through December 31, 2008.
The Field of Life and Death & Tales of Hulan River
Author: Hong Xiao
Publisher: Cheng & Tsui
ISBN: 9780887273926
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Xiao Hong is considered by many to be China's first feminist novelist.
Publisher: Cheng & Tsui
ISBN: 9780887273926
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Xiao Hong is considered by many to be China's first feminist novelist.
Solero
Author: Brien Cole
Publisher: ETT Imprint
ISBN: 192238433X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
"In the dark of river bends, in the slow meander of deceit, in the closed still autumn mist, Freddy and Joyce with poles in hand, propel the craft into the stream." "The parrot chirps, he chews a nut then begins to chew upon the mast." The squawking parrot knows it all, the secret keeper of this land, of wine and river, war and love, and dreams men brought to river bank; alas they tried to build them. Part family saga, part love story, told over three generations by an undeliable parrot, "a most marvellous tale."
Publisher: ETT Imprint
ISBN: 192238433X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
"In the dark of river bends, in the slow meander of deceit, in the closed still autumn mist, Freddy and Joyce with poles in hand, propel the craft into the stream." "The parrot chirps, he chews a nut then begins to chew upon the mast." The squawking parrot knows it all, the secret keeper of this land, of wine and river, war and love, and dreams men brought to river bank; alas they tried to build them. Part family saga, part love story, told over three generations by an undeliable parrot, "a most marvellous tale."
A Narrative of the Expedition Sent by Her Majesty's Government to the River Niger, in 1841, Under the Command of Captain H.D. Trotter, R.N.
Author: William Allen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, West
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, West
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
River of death
Author: Alistair MacLean
Publisher: Doubleday Books
ISBN: 9780385172059
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
An expedition searching for a legendary lost city in South America discovers a Nazi reunion, a river of death, a scheme of revenge, and other terrifying surprises
Publisher: Doubleday Books
ISBN: 9780385172059
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
An expedition searching for a legendary lost city in South America discovers a Nazi reunion, a river of death, a scheme of revenge, and other terrifying surprises
The River
Author: Andrew J Knight
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 129148583X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Streams of time intertwine, as lovers collide and civilisations fall. Three worlds, three times, three agonies, all held together by the desperate conciousness of one man. A relationship collapses under the weight of a tragedy beyond comprehension; a man is framed for murder and runs from the law into worlds unimaginable; a forgotten soul, trapped in a frozen existence, begins to thaw. And bubbling below the surface - quietly, slowly, unobserved - Euphoria wakes from her slumber; hungry to unleash a deluge of evil which threatens the flood all worlds. VISIT www.andrewjknight.com/theriver for discount codes (if available) and further information.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 129148583X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Streams of time intertwine, as lovers collide and civilisations fall. Three worlds, three times, three agonies, all held together by the desperate conciousness of one man. A relationship collapses under the weight of a tragedy beyond comprehension; a man is framed for murder and runs from the law into worlds unimaginable; a forgotten soul, trapped in a frozen existence, begins to thaw. And bubbling below the surface - quietly, slowly, unobserved - Euphoria wakes from her slumber; hungry to unleash a deluge of evil which threatens the flood all worlds. VISIT www.andrewjknight.com/theriver for discount codes (if available) and further information.
The History of the Battles and Adventures of the British, the Boers, and the Zulus, & C. in Southern Africa
Author: Duncan Campbell Francis Moodie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : South Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : South Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
The Master Library: Pioneers of the faith
Author: Walter Scott Athearn
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
London Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description