VACANCY: Secrets and Second Chances in Small-Town Texas By Jann Alexander Women’s Fiction / Mystery and Crime Publisher: Black Rose Writing Publication Date: September 24, 2026 Synopsis A struggling single mother and a suspicious widow, at odds. Both have a habit of hiding from hard truths. INSPIRED BY REAL EVENTS Helen […]
Sinister Remnants: (A Tori Winters Mystery) Cozy Mystery 4th in Series Setting – Texas Publisher : Mystic Circle Books Publication date : June 26, 2026 Print length : 380 pages Synopsis The Past Leaves Traces! Some Turn Deadly! Ambushed during a press tour of the new Red […]
Synopsis Mirage is a gritty crime thriller set in South Texas, where the desert sun burns the truth into the earth and the shadows hide what official reports never dare to tell. The story plunges readers into the seedy and violent underworld of human smuggling, cartel influence, corrupt government officials, and the hidden systems that allow […]
The growing power of AI—and the veiled forces advancing it—drives the tension in FRANTIC by Brent Bradley. What begins as an unsettling session inside a prison quickly expands into a high-stakes chase across Texas, where psychological insight becomes a weapon and every new discovery intensifies the countdown. Dr. Brian Heiser dismisses most […]
PARADE OF SECRETS A Lane Hayes Mystery By Kimberly Fish Historical Mystery / Female Sleuth Publisher: Fish Tales Publishing Publication Date: October 31, 2025 Pages: 341 Synopsis Layers of history, suspense, and emotion. March, 1948. Lane Mercer Hayes, and her husband, Zeke, have that post-war life that everyone envies. His winning […]
Synopsis In this standalone sequel to The Big Drift—winner of five awards including the Spur Award of Western Writers of America—Patrick Dearen explores race relations against the backdrop of the Big Dry, a devastating drought in the 1880s in Texas. Zeke Boles, a black cowhand, awaits hanging in North Texas for a murder he didn’t […]
Synopsis A farm devastated. A dream destroyed. A family scattered. And one Texas girl determined to salvage the wreckage. Ruby Lee Becker can’t breathe. It’s 1935 in the heart of the Dust Bowl, and the Becker family has clung to its Texas Panhandle farm through six years of drought, dying crops, and dust storms. […]
Synopsis The roads Donna has traveled throughout her life – some boring and some not so boring – have formed the person she is today. Each road had a side trail that led her to many adventures, resulting in life-changing experiences. Growing up a house mover’s daughter had its challenges. The hardest one to […]
UNDER THE GULF COAST SUN By SKIP RHUDY Romance / Coming of Age / Surfing Publisher: Stoney Creek Publishing Pages: 266 Publication Date: April 22, 2025 Synopsis This coming-of-age tale set against the sun-soaked beaches of 1970s Port Aransas, Texas, is a love letter to the people and culture of the […]
THE SCIENTIST AND THE SERIAL KILLER: THE SEARCH FOR HOUSTON’S LOST BOYS By Lise Olsen True Crime / History Publisher: Random House Pages: 464 Publication Date: April 1, 2025 Synopsis The Scientist and the Serial Killer is the gripping, upside-down detective story of a Texas forensic anthropologist named Sharon Derrick who, […]