Barrett, Jr., Neal: Skinny Annie Blues [MYSTERY BARRETT]

Mystery; Notified by an anonymous caller that his father has died and to stay away from the family home in Texas, Wiley Moss promptly journeys to the teeming West, where he encounters everything from a redneck porn king to a Whitney Houston look-alike.

Bingham, Linda: All Roads Lead Home [FICTION BINGHAM]

Every year the Guidry sisters return to their small hometown of Trinity to renew the ties that bind. But this Christmas will be different. Geneva will give her daughters gifts that will change their lives and lead to a new appreciation of the home they were so eager to leave.

Blake, James Carlos: Under The Skin [FICTION BLAKE]

An illegitimate son of an infamous Mexican revolutionary serves as the bodyguard to a pair of gangsters who hold sway over depression-era Galveston, before he falls in love with the young wife of an aging but powerful Mexican warlord.

Braun, Matthew: The Overlords [PBRACK WESTERN]

Western; During Prohibition the town of Galveston belonged lock, stock, and barrel to a handful of criminal overlords. Kingpins of vice, gambling, liquor, and big-time show business, the overlords didn't count on a stubborn, Hollywood stuntman who inherited his uncle's bank and a grudge. Nor could they predict that one Texas Ranger and a beautiful woman were daring enough to take on an undercover assignment—and try to shut down America's paradise of gambling. Now, a dangerous brew of mobsters, flappers, traitors, lovers and lawmen is about to explode in a sin city by the sea. And the only question left is who will still be standing when the last man goes down.

Brown, Sandra: The Rana Look [FICTION BROWN]

Romance; Tired of being treated as a commodity, Rana Ramsey, a top fashion model, decides to escape the limelight and assume a new identity in Galveston, where she meets handsome quarterback Trent Gamblin.

Crider, Bill: Dead On The Island [MYSTERY CRIDER]

Mystery; 1st in Truman Smith series. Private eye Truman Smith has given up the detective business since he failed to find his own missing sister. However, an old friend pleads with him to find another friend's missing teenage daughter. Seems the daughter has just discovered that her mother used to be a prostitute & didn't react well. But is that really why she's missing?

Crider, Bill: Galveston Gunman [LARGE PRINT CRIDER]

Three desperados bushwack Lee Strate and lift his hard-earned stake of $5000. Left for dead on a trail, Lee is saved by Jack Farmer, a free black man, who tends Lee's wounds and agrees to help recover the money. In Houston, Lee finds out that the three bad guys work for Colonel Benson, an ambitious and evil hombre, fiercely racist and still fighting the war. When Benson takes off for Galveston, Lee and Jack follow, and soon discover that Benson and his henchmen are stirring up racial trouble among the dock workers.

Crider, Bill: Gator Kill [MYSTERY CRIDER]

Mystery; 2nd in Truman Smith series. While hanging out in Galveston, Truman Smith agrees to investigate an alligator poaching, but this seemingly straightforward case becomes much uglier and more dangerous as Truman gets closer to the truth.

Crider, Bill: Murder Takes A Break [MYSTERY CRIDER]

Mystery; 5th in Truman Smith series. P.I. Truman Smith would rather do anything other than get involved in a missing person case. But when Dino shows up on his doorstep he feels compelled to help.

Crider, Bill: Prairie Chicken Kill [MYSTERY CRIDER]

Mystery; 4th in Truman Smith series. Truman Smith abandons his customary soda pop and Faulkner novel to skulk through Galveston's back alleys on the trail of a cold-blooded killer.

Crider, Bill: When Old Men Die [MYSTERY CRIDER]

Mystery; 3rd in Truman Smith series When Truman Smith's old friend Dino seeks him out to help find Outside Harry, Truman wants no part of the case, but the first person he questions is murdered and Truman knows that Harry's life is in his hands.

Gardner, Mary: Boat People [FICTION GARDNER]

Focuses on a community of newly arrived Vietnamese. Characters include Dr. Lang Nguyen, a medical resident from an upper-class family; Hai Truong, who is haunted by "the ghost husband in her head"; Hai's daughter Linh, who must cope with her mother's hospitalizations; and Trang, who is searching for the American father she never knew. Gardner vividly demonstrates the myriad difficulties faced by newcomers to America, movingly describing the sociology-language difficulties, culture clashes, and racism, both implicit and explicit-of a multiracial society.

Grissom, Ken: Big Fish [MYSTERY GRISSOM]

Mystery; Sequel to Drop-Off. Hired to fix an exclusive sportfishing tournament, John Rodrigue discovers that his activities are merely a front for the dirty dealings of a big oil company, and he must make a daring rescue to save a hijacked oil platform.

Grissom, Ken: Drop-off [MYSTERY GRISSOM]

Mystery; After doing a favor for a friend by sinking an abandoned boat, Creole diver John Rodrigue finds himself embroiled with big-time drug smugglers, law enforcement, a wily politician, and the murder of his lover and his best friend.

Morris, Suzanne: Galveston [FICTION MORRIS]

About the passions of 3 women and 3 generations during Galveston's youth beginning with Claire Becker, a woman with a secret. Fifteen years later the story touches the life of the innocent girl, Serena Garret, and finally exposes the lies many years later when Willa Frazier discovers an old carpetbag.

Morris, Suzanne: Skychild [FICTION MORRIS]

Worried by her son's increasing unresponsiveness, Monica Maguire takes her 2 year old, Ian, to the doctor only to be told that he is probably autistic, certainly psychotic, & there is little hope of improvement. Is Ian's sickness the consequence of her husband Forrest's remoteness, or must she now reveal a secret about Ian's birth she has kept even from her husband? Confused, her marriage coming apart, Monica takes Ian to Galveston Bay, to a place she knew as a child, and in a startling climax discovers the love & understanding they have both needed so badly.

Nagle, P. G.: Galveston [FICTION NAGLE]

3rd book in Civil War series. Confederate soldier Jamie Russell returns to Galveston during the course of the war to visit his family. With all the men in the army his sister Emma is working on the family farm, and Jamie must break it to her that her fiancé has been killed in battle.

Ortolon, Julie: Don’t Tempt Me [PBRACK ROMANCE]

Romance; 3rd in Pearl Island series. Sexy, bad-boy chef Adrian St. Claire has never had a woman say no, until he attempts to charm Jackie Taylor, the owner of the Pirate's Pleasure cruise ship, into helping him find a legendary heirloom on a sunken ship in cove of Pearl Island.

Ortolon, Julie: Falling For You [PBRACK ROMANCE]

Romance; 1st in Pearl Island series. The heir to Galveston's leading financial dynasty, Oliver Chancellor is content with his destined future—a place in his family's bank and an engagement to a prim debutante—until he encounters the beautiful and passionate Rory St. Claire, a fiery young woman who turns his life upside down.

Ortolon, Julie: Lead Me On [PBRACK ROMANCE]

Romance; 2nd in Pearl Island series. Tired of playing the role of little sister to every man in Galveston, Allison St. Claire sets out to change her life with a little romance with gorgeous writer Scott Lawrence.

Rozelle, Ron: The Windows Of Heaven [FICTION ROZELLE]

Fictional account of the greatest natural disaster ever to befall this country, the great Galveston hurricane of September 8, 1900.

Shiner, Lewis: Slam [FICTION SHINER]

Released from prison after serving a sentence for tax evasion, Dave finds a job as a caretaker for a luxurious beach house, only to have his life transformed by his discovery of the joys of skateboarding and by the arrival of Terell, an old friend.

Stewart, Sean: Galveston [SCIENCE FICTION STEWART]

Science Fiction; The return of magic to the world at the dawn of the 21st century split the city of Galveston into two parallel worlds—a "normal" city of survivors and a perpetual Carnival town of magic-touched creatures. When Sloane Gardner discovers how to cross between the two Galvestons, she becomes a link between a father and son whose destinies hold the key to the survival of both worlds.

Swanson, Doug: House Of Corrections [MYSTERY SWANSON]

Mystery; 5th in Jack Flippo series. Drawn to Galveston to help an old friend, a down-on-his-luck private investigator finds plenty of trouble when he tries to dispose of a quarter million dollars in drug money.

Taylor, Benjamin: Tales Out Of School [FICTION TAYLOR]

Soon after immigrating to Galveston Island, the Gerson Mehmel family attains wealth (as brewers of Sweet Brook beer) and social prominence. A few decades later, bankruptcy, disease, and madness wipe out all their gains. The able elder son, Aharon, marries outside his Jewish faith, contracts syphilis, and dies in a hurricane. The effete younger son, Leo, watches birds and loafs. As the sole member of the next generation, Felix is a precocious adolescent who quotes Virgil, attempts to fly, and experiments with homosexuality. Meanwhile, his mother suffers the inner turmoil of having been raised a Catholic, converting to Judaism, and becoming an apostate to both religions.