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                       Eye of the Mountain God

ISBN 10-312-54546-0   978-03125468 Hardcover $24.95 Release date: April 13, 2010  

A woman who finds five emerald arrow heads wrapped in her morning newspaper, an autistic little girl who knows things she can't know, an angry man who was pleased with the events of nine-eleven and wants to improve on the deeds of Che Guevera - these are the ingredients. They prove to be an explosive mix.

 

 

Listen to the Mockingbird

ISBN 1-59058-348-5  9-781590-583487  Tpbk $14.95

This somewhat feminist, historical mystery/suspense novel takes place in 1861 in New Mexico Territory, where the Civil War is about to have a startling impact on a woman who calls herself Matty Summerhayes. Matty is struggling to develop a horse ranch to make enough money to return to the East. A stranger dies in her barn, a rumor of a lost gold mine on her land emerges, and soon someone is trying to run her off her ranch.

Thicker Than Blood

ISBN 1-59058-163-6 Large Prnt Tpbk; Avail now $22.95

ISBN 1-59058-366-1 Std Tpbk $14.95

ISBN 1-59058-148-2 HC on sale now $24.95

Rachel Chavez owns - and lives in - an L.A. parking garage. She's trying to stay sober and make ends meet. When she discovers a dented car with smudges of what might be blood on the fender, she learns of the hit-and-run death of an executive at InterUrban Water District. This is Chinatown in the 21st century, plus the conflicting emotions of a woman trying stay afloat and alive, the mixed motives of everyone from activists to bureaucrats, and an eclectic band of misfits who help Rachel solve the crime - from homeless fortune-teller Irene to night-shift office cleaner Goldie.

Lifeblood

ISBN 1-59058-346-9 HC $24.95  

ISBN 1-59058-347-7 Lg Prnt Std Tpbk $22.95

Rachel Chavez, a tough but vulnerable recovering alcoholic, owns and lives in an apartment on the top floor of a parking garage in downtown Los Angeles. She is horrified when she discovers two unconscious young Mexican boys locked in an apparently abandoned van in the garage. She rushed them to the emergency room. Doctors declare one dead on arrival. The other, dehydrated but alive, is admitted to the hospital. But when Rachel checks back the next day, the hospital has no record of either child.