Richard Abshire - The Dallas Deception [MYSTERY ABSHIRE]

• Jack Kyle, private eye, is summoned by his pal Eddie to catch a blackmailer who made a pornographic tape of a friend's daughter.

Susan Wittig Albert - Hangman's Root [MYSTERY ALBERT (also LARGE PRINT FICTION ALBERT)]

• China Bayles finds herself snarled in a deadly animal rights dispute in Pecan Springs, Texas, when her friend Dottie, the Cat Lady, is charged with the murder of a local scientist who experimented with animals.

Carolyn Banks - Death on the Diagonal [PBRACK MYSTERY]

• Robin Vaughan, a nosy newcomer to the tumbleweed backwater of Bead, TX, sniffs trouble when the editor of the local weekly is killed in a hit-and-run accident.

Neal Barrett - Dead Dog Blues [MYSTERY BARRETT]

• Nothing ever happens in Pharaoh, TX...that is, until millionaire Max Coomer is found frostily dead and temporary constable Jack Track begins his nightmarish pursuit of a maniac who doesn't like anyone in town.

Austin Bay - The Coyote Cried Twice [MYSTERY BAY]

• After hiring on as a fence-digger at a Texas border country ranch, Vietnam vet Bill Buchanan finds himself caught up in some mysterious and dangerous goings-on.

Nancy Bell - Biggie and the Poisoned Politician [MYSTERY BELL]

• Biggie Weatherford, the wealthiest and most eccentric woman in the tiny east Texas town of Job's Crossing, winds up in the middle of a murder investigation when the mayor drops dead in his angel food cake.

William Bernhardt - Double Jeopardy [FICTION BERNHARDT]

• Dallas attorney Travis Byrne has been appointed to defend Al Moroconi, a vicious criminal who shoots his way out of court and entangles Byrne in a web of corruption and betrayal.

Jay Brandon - Defiance County [MYSTERY BRANDON]

• After a hideous double murder tears a small Texas town apart, special prosecutor Kelsey Thatch struggles through a grid of interlocking relationships to uncover the secrets at the root of the tragedy.

Linda McKeever Bullard - Shades of Justice [FICTION BULLARD]

• Gwen Parrish, the first black female prosecutor in Harris County, tries to balance a complicated personal life with a high-profile but treacherous new case.

Susan Rogers Cooper - Funny as a Dead Relative [MYSTERY COOPER]

• Redheaded comedienne Kimmey Kruse suspects foul play when her Aunt Letitia dies from a barrage of wasp stings at a family reunion in Port Arthur.

Bill Crider - A Dangerous Thing [MYSTERY CRIDER]

• Carl Burns, English professor at Hartley Gorman College in Pecan City, must figure out who pushed his colleague Tom Henderson out a window.

Gaylord Dold - Bay of Sorrows [MYSTERY DOLD]

• Amid a deteriorating economy and racial tension, Deputy Sheriff Tom Poole investigates the death of a Vietnamese fisherman in Port Arthur.

Kinky Friedman - Armadillos and Old Lace [MYSTERY FRIEDMAN]

• Kinky's plans to relax in Kerr County are thwarted when little old ladies start dropping dead at an alarming rate.

A.W. Gray - Bino [MYSTERY GRAY]

• When a seedy client is killed, Dallas attorney Bino Phillips gets involved in a case that takes him from the halls of Congress to the arms of a beautiful FBI agent and to a con artist who took a drug dealer for one ride too many.

Ken Grissom - Big Fish [MYSTERY GRISSOM]

• Galveston-based salvager John Rodrigue finds himself in hot water almost immediately after Leigh Kindler asks him to fix a million-dollar fishing tournament for her husband.

James L. Haley - Final Refuge: A Novel of Eco-Terrorism [FICTION HALEY]

• The founder of Final Refuge, a 3000 acre wildlife preserve outside of Houston, must find out who is killing his endangered rhinos.

Nancy Herndon - Widow's Watch [PBRACK MYSTERY ]

• Boris Potemkin's not-very-bereaved widow insists that God struck him down for being so nasty, but Los Santos police officer Elena Jarvis discovers that Boris isn't the only man in the neighborhood to die under mysterious circumstances lately.

Joe R. Lansdale - The Two-Bear Mambo [MYSTERY LANSDALE]

• Hap Collins, white and straight, and Leonard Pine, black and gay, find themselves in deadly circumstances as they search for a friend who vanished in a Klan-infested East Texas town.

David Lindsey - An Absence of Light [MYSTERY LINDSEY]

• The death of an investigator in the Houston P.D. Intelligence Division may be tied to the brutal shadow world of the international drug and arms trade.

Allana Martin - Death of a Healing Woman [MYSTERY MARTIN]

• In the Chihuahuan Desert of Presidio County, trading post owner Texana Jones seeks the truth about the deaths of two friends and a reclusive curandera.

Lee Martin - Hacker [MYSTERY MARTIN]

• Fort Worth police detective Deb Ralston needs a revelation when an ax murderer starts killing people and hacking up their computers.

Max Martinez - White Leg [FICTION MARTINEZ]

• White Leg, Texas is becoming a dangerous place, especially for Gil Blue, a small-time criminal who suddenly has a price on his head.

Edward Mathis - Fifth Level [MYSTERY MATHIS]

• Dallas private eye Dan Roman is recruited to help his computer whiz neighbor figure out who is trying to kill him.

David F. Nighbert - Squeezeplay [MYSTERY NIGHBERT]

• When an Astros star pitcher and his "escort" are found dead in a Houston hotel room, the cops call it a murder-suicide-- but Bull Cochran calls it foul play.

Chris Rogers - Bitch Factor [FICTION ROGERS]

• After ten years of watching the guilty get off on technicalities in the Houston D.A.'s office, Dixie Flannigan puts her combination of brains, cunning and macho style to work as a bounty hunter.

Barbara Burnett Smith - Writers of the Purple Sage [MYSTERY SMITH]

• Aspiring writer Jolie Wyatt finds herself charged with murder when a local judge is killed using an exact copy of the crime she had outlined in her new novel.

Doug Swanson - Big Town [MYSTERY SWANSON]

• While snooping for a small-time lawyer, Jack Flippo, former Assistant District Attorney, rescues a young woman who is being threatened by motivational speaker Buddy George, Jr.

Mary Willis Walker - Red Scream [MYSTERY WALKER (also LARGE PRINT FICTION WALKER or CASSETTE WALKER)]

• Crime writer Molly Cates is scheduled to witness the execution of serial killer Louie Bronk when she starts receiving dark hints that Louie may not be guilty.

Tim Willocks - Green River Rising [FICTION WILLOCKS]

• When the Green River State Penitentiary explodes into a riot, Dr. Ray Klein must face the ultimate choice: to play it safe and claim freedom, or to risk all to save the ones he loves.

Kim Wozencraft - Rush [FICTION WOZENCRAFT]

• Fresh out of Catholic high school, Kristen Cates joins the Pasadena, Texas police force and gains a bit too much expertise in her job as an undercover narcotics agent.