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Undaunted by his lack of college degree, John sets out from his meager New York apartment on a journey to Tennessee where he hopes to track down the secret papers of 17th President Andrew Johnson--documents that may or may not actually exist. On his way, he is sidetracked in the tiny, rural burg of Pantherville, Tennessee. There, he meets a quirky group of locals who inadvertently serve to obstruct him from his more scholarly pursuits.

As a Deputy U.S. Marshal, Juliet Longstreet has locked up quite a few violent ciminals. When one of Juliet's enemies is released, he's on a mission to kill--and she's first on his list. She must team up with hunky Special Forces agent Ethan Brooker to find the criminal. That is, if she can trust Ethan.

Twenty-six-year-old Aisha Branch has always gotten what she wants. Now she's getting an incredibly wealthy, white husband--unless self-made black man Miles changes enjoying a richly deserved sexual re-awakening. And her grandmother Geneva, who defied convention years ago by marrying a jazz musician, has plenty to say about all the romantic excitement.

In the spring of 1943, sixteen-year-old Kak, desperate to escape his abusive parents, lies about his age to enlist in the Canadian Air Force and soon finds himself based in England as part of a crew flying bombing raids over Germany.

After trying to take Hamburgeragogoland, also known as the United States, by storm when her family vacations in Memphis, Tennessee, a British teen returns home to deal with the attentions of too many boys, weird parents, and mad cats.

During a big snow, Mr. Putter decides to write a mystery novel, but what he ends up with is entirely different.

When she finds out who murdered her mother, Celandine, Rowan Hood returns to her former home to seek revenge.

Ralph Arguello is a criminal who put the street life behind him when he married SAPD detective Ana DeLeon. Now Ana's been gunned down and her fellow cops don't need to look far to find a prime suspect. For Ana recently reopened the most infamous cold case in SAPD history--the unsolved murder on notorious Mission Road eighteen years before that threw the San Antonio underworld into bloody chaos. Ana was about to bring charges against the suspected killer: her husband, Ralph Arguello.

Meet Kitzi Camden, former stateswoman. When she retired, Kitzi dreamed of doing what she loves best--beading. She certainly didn't plan to try her hand at amateur sleuthing. But lately, trouble seems to find her wherever she goes--even deep into the woods. When a young beader is killed at a beading retreat, Kitzi is faced with almost as many suspects as there are beads in her bag.

Judge Deborah Knott and Deputy Sheriff Dwight Bryant are due to marry in a few days, but their plans are put on hold when unforseen events demand their attention. First, an assistant district attorney is killed. Then, Judge Knott is asked to review the scheduled execution of convicted murderer Martha Hurst. Unable to resist, Judge Knott begnis sifting through the evidence and finds the two cases may be connected.