Henry Carter Hull

From acclaimed author Nina Vida comes a powerful novel set in the 1840s. The Texicans provides an illuminating glimpse at the rugged lives of the downtrodden in pioneer society- immigrants, slaves, Indians, and Mexicans. Joseph Kimmel is heading to San Antonio to settle his deceased brother's estate but becomes stranded on the vast open prairie when his horse is stolen. He is rescued by an egocentric Alsatian immigrant, but falls back into trouble...

Carlisle Wainwright Cushing, inspired to become a attorney by her mother whose multiple marriages alone could keep Carlisle in business, returns home to Texas to handle her mom's latest divorce only to find herself facing her ex-beau Jack Blair in court, and to make matters worse, she is roped into reviving the family-sponsored hundredth annual debutante ball, the very event that prompted her to move to Boston years earlier.

Trey McLean leaves the family farm to head west and make a life for himself as a cattleman, learning the trade along with lessons about deceit, violence, and love.

Billie, matriarch of the Coleman family, is dying and tries to heal the rifts that separate her family.

Episodic stories showcasing amiable and offbeat characters in Virgil, Texas, such as the world's laziest woman and 50 sets of twins on the eve of the town's celebration of the states' sesquicentennial.

McQuaid sets off for Mexico to track down the man he believes killed a friend who happened to be driving his truck, leaving China Bayles and McQuaid's son to deal with the real murderer, who is much closer to home.

Private investigator China Bayles was looking forward to her vacation retreat at a Texas convent, but the peace and quiet she anticipated is disrupted by undercurrents of tension engendered by the recent death--supposedly an accident--of the convent's mother superior.

When the local mailman meets an untimely death, Biggie Weatherford learns that his death is not as accidental as the police believe.

Nancy Bell's best-selling Biggie series combines Texas small-town humor with tantalizing mysteries. As J.R., Biggie Weatherford's 12-year-old grandson, recounts Biggie's uncanny ability to solve the peskiest cases, his observations are spiced with his wry adolescent view of grownups. A trip to a nearby town introduces J.R. to a ghost and presents Biggie with a perplexing local murder.