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When Ranger Andy Pickard is sent to central Texas to investigate a series of killings and cattle thefts, two prominent cattlemen are prime suspects.

Cowboy Hewey Calloway loves to ride the open range like a solitary sailor on an endless sea.

Young Texas Ranger Andy Pickard vows to track down the bank robber he thinks killed his friend and mentor.

The Rangers are reorganizing and Rusty Shannon is the most sought-after veteran for reenlistment; however, he has other plans.

In 1861, men are enlisting in the Texas Mounted Rifles to keep the land free from Indian raids. There are larger conflicts, however.

In the midst of a long-standing family feud, three Rangers must fight to keep order in the tenuous state of post-Civil War Texas.

One night after a cooking class, Hannah goes to throw out the garbage only to find the murdered body of the sheriff.

In the aftermath of a bitter and bloody war for independence, Texans have finally claimed their freedom from Mexico--but they don't have much else to brag about.

Rancher Blair Bishop of Two Forks, Texas, has too many enemies ... and they are closing in on him. Macy Modock, whom Bishop sent to prison ten years ago, is out of the hoosegow.

As a slave, Isaac Jefford went to war and saved the life of his master, Major Lytton.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. The last thing Maura Thomas remembers before her car careened over a steep embankment is having dinner with her college roommate.over twenty years ago.

Haunted by her dreams. Kathi Ellison is an English literature major at the University of California in Berkeley, living with her boyfriend off-campus.

Christmas normally descends on Lake Eden, Minnesota, as gently as reindeer alighting on a rooftop-but this yuletide season the only thing coming down Hannah Swensen's chimney is a case of murd

Hannah Swensen's supplies are delivered daily by Ron LaSalle, whom she often passes on her way to work.

Life in Lake Eden, Minnesota, is usually pleasantly uneventful. Lately, though, it seems everyone has more than their fair share of drama to manage.