Two men die mysteriously in a quiet Texas townone explodes, and the other is found naked and face down in a remote swimming pooland Sheriff Rhodes has to link the two before rumors take hold and panic reigns. Reprint.

Death by Accident (Sheriff Dan Rhodes Mysteries, No. 9)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Bill Crider

Mystery

Worldwide Library

While the rest of Blacklin County, Texas, celebrates the first winning season of high-school football in years, Sheriff Dan Rhodes finds himself dealing with drunken festivities, fights, and the murder of the team's offensive coach. Reprint.

Winning Can Be Murder

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Having broken her hard-and-fast rule about dating members of her department, Hughes Community College English professor Sally Good gets some shocking news about fellow teacher and lukewarm romantic interest Jack Neville: he's being questioned for murder.
 The victim was a much disliked college trustee stabbed with a knife that the wry, self-effacing Jack made himself in one of the adult education courses. Certain that Jack's not a killer, even if he doesn't make her libido do flips -- unlike a certain other person who is strictly off-limits -- Sally probes the dead man's shady personal and professional ethics. Another body pins suspicion on Jack even further, but Sally, using her seasoned skills for nuance and meaning, takes a different interpretation, honing in on a killer trying to hide his dirty secrets in a deadly lesson.
 This is #2 in a Professor Sally Good Mystery.

A Knife in the Back: A Professor Sally Good Mystery

World Wide Library

A Mammoth Murder

Worldwide

It was the cat who "told" Sheriff Dan Rhodes that something was wrong. It ran into the house when he opened the door. His wife, Ivy, recognized the cat as belonging to their neighbor and told Dan to go check on the widow--Helen Harris never let the cat out of the house.When Dan finds Helen's body on her kitchen floor, there is nothing to indicate that her death wasn't an accident. But Ivy's words ring in his head. Why was the cat out? Helen had been active in a number of women's groups, one of which was the OWLS, the Older Women's Literary Society. She and some other women would also venture out with digging tools to look for ancient booty in the lands around the town. They didn't usually find much, but every now and then someone would dig up a coin or a piece of jewelry with potential. Could this have been the reason for Helen's death?The investigation becomes more complicated as Rhodes learns that she actually had a number of suitors. Also, a news-hungry reporter who smells a juicy story gives Rhodes more trouble.This is the fourteenth book in which Bill Crider has wowed readers with the extraordinary adventures of his Sheriff Dan Rhodes. Add a cast of vibrant characters, including wise-cracking deputies and the slightly wacky local citizens in Rhodes's bailiwick, and every book in this series is a wonderful treat.

Murder Among the Owls (Sheriff Dan Rhodes Mysteries)

Strangers are moving into Blacklin County, and none of them is any stranger than Seepy Benton, a math teacher whom the county judge suspects is a wild-eyed radical. Benton and Max Schwartz, who has opened a music store, are among the students in the Citizens' Sheriff's Academy, which seemed like a good idea when Sheriff Dan Rhodes presented it to the county commissioners. However, when a mobile home explodes and a dead body is found, the students become the chief suspects, and the commissioners aren't happy. To make matters worse, there's another murder, and one of Rhodes's old antagonists returns with his partner in crime to cause even more trouble.As always in Blacklin County, there are plenty of minor annoyances to go along with the major ones. For one thing, there's a problem with the county's Web page. The commissioners blame Rhodes, who knows nothing about the Internet but is supposed to be overseeing their online presence. Then there's the illegal alcohol being sold in a local restaurant. It was produced in a still that Rhodes discovered after the explosion of the mobile home, and he's sure it has some connection to the murders.It's another fun ride with genre veteran Bill Crider, and, once again, it's up to Sheriff Dan Rhodes to save the day before Blacklin County becomes the crime capital of Texas.

Of All Sad Words

Folksy appeal . . . like a story told from a front-porch rocker. Publishers WeeklyWillard Scott, Americas most beloved weatherman, and acclaimed mystery writer Bill Crider team up to bring readers an engaging new mystery series starring Stanley Waters. In his first outing, Stanley is hosting a gala opening of his bed-and-breakfast a lifelong dream fulfilled when one of his guests drops dead, apparently poisoned. In an effort to maintain his reputation, Stanley, an ex-weatherman and budding innkeeper goes after a cunning killer.Large Print Edition

Murder Under Blue Skies (Thorndike Press Large Print Senior Lifestyles Series)

Willard Scott

Thorndike Pr

An Anthony and Shamus Award-nominated Author The author of the acclaimed Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery series is back with a new mystery novel set against the normally placid backdrop of academia. First, someone steals several valuable toy soldiers from the collection of the dean of a small liberal arts college. Then a college board member is shot and killed, and one of the stolen soldiers is found at the scene. 
 Available only in Mystery 4.

Dead Soldiers

Thorndike Press

Chill in Alaska, burn in Death Valley, and glory in the misty reaches of the Oregon coast--while 12 of today's best suspense writers prove that the West of here and now is as intriguing and dangerous as it ever was. Contributors include Marcia Muller, Wendy Hornsby, Bill Crider, Robert Campbell, J.A. Jance, William J. Reynolds, Susan Dunlap, Ed Gorman, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Harold Adams, John Lutz, and Bill Pronzini.

The Mysterious West

J.A. JANCE

Marcia Muller

Wendy Hornsby

STUART M. KAMINSKY

Susan Dunlap

United States

Dh Audio

An Anthony Award-winning Author There hasn't been any rain to speak of in Sheriff Dan Rhodes's Texas county for nearly two months. Rhodes does see a good side, though: He hasn't had to mow his yard in weeks, and the coming Fourth of July fireworks have been canceled. Besides, one spark in the wrong place in this weather, and the whole county could go up in flames. Although the county survives, a wooden shack does burn to the ground with the owner's body inside -- and not even a sparkler was anywhere near the premises.

Red, White, and Blue Murder: A Sheriff Dan Rhodes Mystery

Wheeler Publishing

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