"Holly Miller arrives at her cousin Josh's campsite to return his wayward pooch only to discover he is nowhere to be found and a guest of the Sugar Maple Inn is dead in his tent, prompting her and her Jack Russell Terrier, Trixie, to sniff out a sneaky killer"--

"McCauley's Westerns move at a pace that leaves readers sweating and out of breath. Blood on the Trail is one wild, entertaining ride." -Johnny D. Boggs Deputy U.S. Marshal Jeremiah Halstead keeps the peace in the mining town of Silver Cloud, Montana. But an old enemy has declared war against him. Ruthless and clever, Ed Zimmerman would have become the leader of one of the west's deadliest and hell-bent outlaw gangs. Zimmerman has offered a...

"In Juneau, a young Native archeologist is sent to protect the ancient burial sites uncovered by an Alaskan gold mining company. He never returns. In Anchorage, a female torso--minus head, hands, and feet--is washed ashore near a jogging trail by the airport. It is not the first. At Alaska's Fugitive Task Force, Arliss Cutter and deputy Lola Teariki are pulled from their duties and sent to a federal court in Juneau. Instead of tracking dangerous fugitives,...

Kali Mahoe, Hawaiian cultural expert and detective with the Maui Police Department, has been called to a bizarre crime scene. In the recesses of a deep trench on Lana'i Island, a derelict refrigerator has been unearthed. Entombed inside are the skeletal remains of someone buried decades ago. Identification is a challenge. The body is headless, the skull replaced with a chilling adornment: a large, ornately carved wooden pineapple. The old field soon...

Judged guilty by association when the marshal of El Paso, Texas, is gunned down by his former boss, reformed thief Carson Stone, to clear his name, teams up with bounty hunter Colby Tate to track down this ruthless outlaw and bring him to justice.

"Truth: Sherri Griffin and her daughter, Katie, have recently moved to the idyllic beach town of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Rebecca Coleman, widely acknowledged former leader of the Newburyport Mom Squad (having taken a step back since her husband's shocking and tragic death eighteen months ago), has made a surprising effort to include these newcomers in typically closed-group activities. Rebecca's teenage daughter Alexa has even been spotted babysitting...

"On the run for a murder he didn't commit, Matt Slaughter is lying low in the badlands with a new life, and a new woman. But old troubles are right behind him: her name is P.D. Wildmoon, a hard-drinking bounty huntress armed with a .44, a rawhide horsewhip, and three wild-eyed sons bred to kill. Their job? Bring Slaughter back to Virginia--dead or alive. Making matters worse is a Sioux war that has Slaughter caught between the vengeance of a hostile...

"Ever since he was fourteen, Cade Hunter has made his way through his own sweat and blood, with no place to call home. Most think he's not much more than a drifter. But veteran ranch hand Luke Tucker sees a resourceful youngster who's as honest as he is tough, which is why Luke shares a secret with Cade--a secret worth its weight in Union gold. When Luke and Cade make a move to find the lost fortune, Luke's past returns in the form of Lem Snider--a...

"The handsome and charismatic Earl of Stratton, Caleb Ware, has been exposed to the ton for his clandestine affairs--by his own son. As a child, Devlin Ware thought his family stood for all that was right and good in the world. They were kind, gracious, and shared the beauty of Ravenswood, their grand country estate, by hosting lavish parties for the entire countryside. But at twenty-two, he discovered his whole world was an elaborate illusion, and...

Hewey Calloway is heading north to Colorado, on a horse drive for an old friend, Alvin Lawdermilk, when he gets word that one of his hired hands is planning to rob him. After the plot is foiled, the fugitive horsehand is on the run and leaving bodies in his wake. Deputized to help bring the criminal to justice, Hewey is bestowed with a weight of responsibility that he's long avoided. Never known for his skill--or lack thereof--with a pistol, he can...