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After the Civil War, Johnny heads home to Texas to find the mother and sister of a close friend who died beside him in battle.

When A.P. political reporter Lorena Hickok—Hick—is assigned to cover Mrs. Franklin D.

In the newest China Bayles Mystery in the New York Times bestselling series, China comes to the aid of a nurse who ends up in the hospital...

In the exciting new mystery from the New York Times bestselling author, China Bayles fears for her husband's life as an escaped convict targets him.

Ex-cowgirl and quilter Bennie moves to California to start over after the sudden death of her husband. Working as the curator of a folk-art museum, Benni uncovers clues to a small-town murder.

Benni's talent for finding trouble surfaces in an unlikely place--her own church.

The lone survivor of a deadly fever, Shannon is taken in by Kiowa Chief Seccoro as a child. But when the warrior chief is killed, Shannon knows he cannot return to the jealous tribe.

Four soldiers of fortune slip into Mexico to nab five million dollars in buried gold.

Recently widowed, Love Mercy Johnson longs to make amends with her estranged grandchildren.

Attending the San Celina Mid-State Fair, Benni Harper's enjoyment of the fair's activities are put on hold after the theft of a quilt intended for a special exhibition and the discovery of a corpse

Benni Harper and the ladies of her Coffin Star Quilt Guild are enjoying San Celina, California's first-ever Memory Festival--when a sniper guns down a local cop.

After his haystacks are burned, Farmer Harmsworth barricades the common path through Applebeck Orchard. Reliable witnesses say the arson was the work of a lantern-bearing specter.

The high school principal asks China Bayles to secretly investigate the popular football coach who led the Panthers to six state championships.

When a man dies soon after Tullie bashes his head with her cane, China's estranged mother frantically calls for her daughter's help.

Deep in Texas hill country, ex-lawyer China thinks life is hectic enough already, and then her teenaged son unearths human remains while digging in a nearby cave.