Bill Crider
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Series
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English
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"Ellie Taine was a newlywed working the dry land in 1880s Texas when the desperados came. They killed her husband, raped her and left her for dead. But she hunted them down and, along the way, found an inner strength that no man can match. Now ruthless killer Angel Ware has engineered a bold escape from a prison wagon. Blaming his sister Sue for his arrest, Angel and his gang track her down to Ellie's ranch, mount a bloody attack, and take Sue's child....
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Beloved Texas Sheriff Dan Rhodes is back with his final murder case in That Old Scoundrel Death. When a man is run off the road by a thug with a snake tattooed around his neck, Sheriff Dan Rhodes knows it's his duty to stop and help out. The grateful victim gives his name as Cal Stinson, on his way to the nearby town of Thurston to take a look at the old school building before the city tears it down. The next day, Cal Stinson turns up again. Only...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Anthony Award-winning author Crider delivers the 14th book in his highly acclaimed smalltown Texas series. When a black cat appears on Sheriff Dan Rhodes's doorstep, it leads him into a murder investigation in which he soon deals with a women's literary society, a Red Hat club, a metal-detecting group, illegal gambling, and a chainsaw attack.
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Series
Sheriff Dan Rhodes books volume 23
Publisher
Minotaur Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
264 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"There's no such thing as a day off for a sheriff. Even in a small Texas town like Clearview, there's always something going on for law enforcement. Still, most days don't involve a run-in with an alligator. And that's not the worst of Sheriff Dan Rhode's troubles, either. There's a dead man in Billy Bacon's barn, through Bacon swears he doesn't know how the body got there. Rhodes is a bit skeptical, given that the intruder has been shot twice and...
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Series
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Sheriff Rhodes is asked to join the Clearview Barbershop Chorus, he suspects there's an ulterior motive, because he can't sing a note. Fortunately, his detecting skills hit all the right notes.
12) A mammoth murder
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Series
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
263 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
One hot summer morning, big, tough Bud Turley brings an enormous tooth into the Blacklin County police station and asks Sheriff Dan Rhodes to keep it for him until the paleontologist from the community college comes up to examine it. Turley insists that the tooth is proof that Bigfoot roams the woods, unless it is from a prehistoric animal, which Rhodes thinks is more likely. But Turley's buddy Larry Colley has maintained for years that he's seen...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
259 pages ; s22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Life is never easy for Texas Sheriff Dan Rhodes. When he is called in the middle of the night to investigate gunshots at a haunted house, Rhodes finds the body of meth dealer Neil Foshee. Recently released from jail, Foshee has his fair share of potential murderers, including former girlfriend Vicki, her new boyfriend, the nephew of Clearview's mayor, and Foshee's criminal cousins Earl and Louie. Complicating matters is Seepy Benton, the community...
Author
Series
Sheriff Dan Rhodes books volume 18
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Before classes start one morning, the body of English instructor Earl Wellington is found outside the building of the community college campus in Clearview. Wellington was clearly involved in a struggle with someone and has died as a result. Sheriff Dan Rhodes pursues and arrests a student, Ike Terrell, who was fleeing the campus. Ike's father is Able Terrell, a survivalist who has withdrawn from society and lives in a gated compound. He's not happy...
19) Of all sad words
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
265 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English