Banis, Victor J.: San Antone [FICTION BANIS]

The story of Joanna Harte, southern belle, who traveled with her husband, Lewis, from South Carolina to San Antonio where she & her family started a cattle ranch called Heart's Folly.

Bertrand, Diane Gonzales: Sweet Fifteen [YOUNG ADULT FICTION BERTRAND]

Young Adult; When seamstress Rita Navarro makes a quinceañera dress for fourteen-year-old Stefanie, she finds herself becoming involved with the girl's family and attracted to her uncle.

Bird, Sarah: The Mommy Club [FICTION BIRD]

Torments both hilarious and distressing befall Trudy Herring, the dreamer heroine of this witty and bittersweet novel, as, delivering on a promise made to herself when she had an abortion years before, she becomes a surrogate mother. A 38-year-old sculptor of whimsical clay objects who works at the San Antonio Museum of Folk Art, Trudy agrees to provide a baby for her infertile yuppie boss.

Boggs, Johnny D.: The Lonesome Chisholm Trail [WESTERN BOGGS]

Western; In 1874, 16 year old Tyrell arrives in San Antonio at his uncle’s ranch only to find it has been neglected by his uncle who’s only interested in his whiskey bottle.

Bradley, Laura: Deadly Allure [PBRACK ROMANCE]

Romance; Terrell Hills romantic suspense.

Bradley, Laura: Wicked Liaisons [PBRACK ROMANCE]

A romantic mystery set on the River Walk.

Bradley, Laura: The Brush-off: A Hair-raising Mystery [PBRACK MYSTERY]

Mystery; When Reyn's friend and mentor, Ricardo, beauty salon mogul of San Antonio, is murdered with the sharp end of one of Reyn's styling brushes, Reyn shoots to the top of handsome detective Jackson Scythe's suspect list. More to avenge Ricardo's killer than to exonerate herself, Reyn decides to do some snooping on her own.

Brandon, Jay: Afterimage [MYSTERY BRANDON]

Mystery; 2nd in Chris Sinclair series. District Attorney Chris Sinclair finds himself drawn into his past as a young girls body found in a shallow grave turns out to be the daughter of his college sweetheart. Further problems ensue when he finds out that the girl has an older sister, Clarissa, who just might be his daughter.

Brandon, Jay: Angel Of Death [MYSTERY BRANDON]

Mystery; 1st in Chris Sinclair series. Legal thriller that pits an evil criminal against the new San Antonio DA.

Brandon, Jay: Deadbolt [MYSTERY BRANDON]

Mystery; Attorney Grey Stanton, his lovely wife Judith, and their baby daughter Katy become trapped in a nightmare of terror and menace as they are stalked by vengeful ex-convict Simon Hocksley.

Brandon, Jay: Fade The Heat [MYSTERY BRANDON]

Mystery; 1st in Mark Blackwell series. Mark Blackwell has been DA of San Antonio for only a few months, but already a crisis threatens to ruin his career. His son has been framed for a vicious rape, and the prosecutor's office must decide how to proceed. The cynical district attorney must use his political connections and everything he knows about exploiting the system in order to exonerate his son—even if he is actually guilty.

Brandon, Jay: Grudge Match [MYSTERY BRANDON]

Mystery; 4th in Chris Sinclair series. Because of DA Sinclair's zeal, police officer Steve Greerdon was sent to prison eight years earlier for taking part in an armed robbery. When new DNA evidence surfaces proving that Greerdon was innocent, Sinclair swallows his chagrin and gets him out of jail fast. But is Greerdon really the victim of bad justice or an incredibly clever killer?

Brandon, Jay: Loose Among The Lambs [MYSTERY BRANDON]

Mystery; 2nd in Mark Blackwell series. DA Mark Blackwell must find a serial child molester, especially since he is up for re-election.

Brandon, Jay: Rules Of Evidence [MYSTERY BRANDON]

Mystery; Raymond Boudro, San Antonio's best black criminal lawyer, agrees to represent a racist police detective, Mike Stennett, who has been accused of beating a black drifter to death.

Brandon, Jay: Sliver Moon [MYSTERY BRANDON]

Mystery; 3rd in Chris Sinclair series. DA Sinclair and his girlfriend, Anne Greenwald, both saw Anne’s ex-fiance, Ben, die. Sinclair is sure he saw Ben shot himself. Anne is sure she saw Ben murdered. When the lieutenant governor herself intervenes on behalf of the man Anne has accused of Ben’s murder, Chris realizes that this case might prove his undoing, despite all his efforts, experience, and courtroom expertise.

Brown, Sandra: Charade [FICTION BROWN]

Romantic suspense; Following a successful heart transplant and a move to San Antonio, TV personality Cat Delaney must place her trust in ex-cop Alex Pierce when fatal "accidents" start killing other heart recipients.

Camp, Will: Blood Of Texas [LARGE PRINT CAMP]

Mexican Rubio Portillo helps to fight in San Antonio in 1835 during the Texas revolution.

Dailey, Janet: Fiesta, San Antonio [LARGE PRINT DAILEY]

Romance.

Dawson, Geralyn: Simmer All Night [PBRACK ROMANCE]

Romance; Set in San Antonio and Victorian England. About a Chili Queen and an Englishman.

Dunlap, Grant: Kill The Umpire [FICTION DUNLAP]

1948 Texas League baseball season.

Estleman, Loren D.: Something Borrowed, Something Black [MYSTERY ESTLEMAN]

Mystery; 4th in Peter Macklin series. Retired hit man Peter Macklin is enjoying his honeymoon with his beautiful new wife Laurie when his past catches up to him, and he is forced to leave to take care of old business that will not wait.

Field, Frank: To Understand All [SCIENCE FICTION FIELD]

Science Fiction; Bill Blake is a pre-med major whose plans go astray when he attacked on campus. One of Bill’s professors offers him a job as a lab/research assistant after he expelled from school because of the attack. Then things get strange.

Fitzhugh, Marie: Irish Flats: A Ghost Of San Antonio’s Past [FICTION FITZHUGH]

Based on a true-to-life account of San Antonio in the 1890s as seen through the eyes of Rose Agnes, the 9th child of an Irish mule driver.

Hagen, Mary Lou: Tarnished Honor [FICTION HAGEN]

Matt returns home from the Civil War to find his family fled to San Antonio (2001)

Hagen, Mary Lou: Texas Widow [FICTION HAGEN]

On a farm near San Antonio widow Johanna Bauer struggles to raise her children & deal with her feelings for Texas Ranger Logan Delaney.

Hart, Carolyn: Death On The River Walk [MYSTERY HART]

Mystery; 5th in the Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins series. Henrie O goes to San Antonio to help a friend search for her missing granddaughter.

Hart, Matthew S.: Die Lonesome [LARGE PRINT HART]

Western; 2nd in the Cody's Law series. Two hundred Winchester repeating rifles were stolen from an army supply depot & now the thieves are waiting for the right time to smuggle them west to hostile tribes. Texas Ranger Cody has been assigned to do what he does best: go undercover & round up those rifles--and the men who stole them--before they leave San Antonio.

Healy, Sophia: Lone Stars [FICTION HEALY]

Set amid the dry beauty of central Texas, two eccentric exiles struggle to maintain their identity and their relationship amid the myriad distractions of American culture.

Hearon, Shelby: Owning Jolene [FICTION HEARON]

Jolene wonders whether she belongs to either parent--who kidnapped her on a regular basis--or her bickering aunt and uncle, or the artist who makes her famous, in a humorous tale about belonging.

Hearon, Shelby: Painted Dresses [FICTION HEARON]

Nell Woodard & Nicholas Clare are in their forties when they meet. Their paths take us past Nell's wonderfully eccentric aunts, past Nick's painful marriage to his sadistic brother's ex-girlfriend, past Nell's long liaison with an alcoholic journalist, and past Nick's shocked discovery of the family skeleton.

Hernandez, Jo Ann Yolanda: White Bread Competition [YOUNG ADULT FICTION HERNANDEZ]

Young Adult; San Antonio & its Mexican-American culture are the backdrop for the linked stories about Luz, a young Latina, and her family.

Herring, Peggy J.: Hot Check [FICTION HERRING]

In an effort to revive her struggling restaurant chain, Alice hires the band Hot Check to record a new corporate jingle. Then Alice finds herself attracted to the female lead singer.

Herring, Peggy J.: A Moment’s Indiscretion [FICTION HERRING]

After more than her share of bad relationships, Jackie finds herself falling for Valerie.

Lehrer, James: White Widow [FICTION LEHRER]

A succinct, unadorned, yet poignant account of the life of a simple man named Jack T. Oliver. Oliver resides in Corpus Christi and is a proud and professional bus driver for the Great Western Trailways line. Never one with lofty aspirations, he is happily married to an equally simple wife who was his first and only love. His sole hobby, which he shares with his wife, is the decoration of his humble abode for Christmas.

Link, Gail: Encantadora [PBRACK ROMANCE]

Romance; The advertisement read “Husband needed. Must be in good health, strong. No older than forty. Fee paid.” Victoria read it in horror. When she refused to choose a husband from among the cowboys & ranchers of San Antonio, she’d never dreamed that her father would go out & buy her a man.

Lippman, Laura: In Big Trouble [MYSTERY LIPPMAN]

Mystery; 4th in the Tess Monaghan series. Tess searches for an old boyfriend in San Antonio & the surrounding area.

Martinez, Manuel Luis: Drift [FICTION MARTINEZ]

At 16 Robert’s father, a Latin jazz musician, abandons him in San Antonio so Robert decides he will reunite the family.

Miralejos, Carlos: Texas 2077: A Futuristic Novel [FICTION MIRALEJOS]

In 2077 Tito, the chairman of the Hispanic New Era political party, works to destroy an asteroid headed for the planet.

Mitchum, Hank: Stagecoach Station 25: San Antonio [WESTERN MITCHUM]

Western; Wolf Bixler was a notorious gun-tough. Stu Jarrell, a respected U. S. Marshall, wanted Bixler behind bars, but had to trust the outlaw with his life in order to survive the trail to San Antonio. Rosa was torn between the 2 men.

Morell, Mary: Final Session [MYSTERY MORELL]

Mystery; While struggling to solve the case of a murdered San Antonio psychotherapist, lesbian police officer Lucia Ramos is also in the process of becoming better acquainted with Amy, a consultant on child psychology and bath gel.

Morris, Suzanne: Keeping Secrets [FICTION MORRIS]

In the spring of 1914 two women arrive in San Antonio to begin new lives. One is Electra Cabot, who has journeyed there to marry her childhood sweetheart. The other is Camille Devera, a young girl whose innocence & idealism will ultimately shatter Electra's dreams. The 2 have no reason to be enemies. But the Great European War--and the threat of revolution in Mexico--cast suspicion and distrust over the tranquil plazas of the sleepy river town. As Camille uncovers the many mysteries surround Electra she learns too late the high price that truth carries; yet she discovers in the offing the secrets that have long been locked away in her own heart.

O’banyon, Constance: San Antonio Rose [PBRACK ROMANCE]

Romance; Sam Houston needs all the help he can get to defeat Santa Anna, so he’s more than ready to take the aid of the mysterious San Antonio Rose.

Pineiro, R.j.: Cyberterror [FICTION PINEIRO]

Terrorists attack a San Antonio natural gas center via computer and Tom Grant must find the culprits.

Riordan, Rick: Big Red Tequila [MYSTERY RIORDAN]

Mystery; 1st in Tres Navarre series. Tres returns to San Antonio to marry his high school sweetheart & gets caught up in a new mystery rooted in his father’s death more than a decade before.

Riordan, Rick: The Last King Of Texas [MYSTERY RIORDAN]

Mystery; 3rd in Tres Navarre series. Taking over the classes of a murdered instructor at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Tres, a Ph.D. with a penchant for tequilla and trouble, finds himself on a collision with a vicious killer responsible for the murder of an amusement-park kingpin.

Riordan, Rick: Southtown [MYSTERY RIORDAN]

Mystery; 5th in Tres Navarre series. When a dangerously violent criminal and his gang escape from prison, Tres Navarre wonders at the silence of employer and mentor, Erainya Manos, whose husband helped build the case that sent the man to prison.

Riordan, Rick: Widower’s Two-step [MYSTERY RIORDAN]

Mystery; 2nd in Tres Navarre series. Tres investigates the murder of fiddle player Julie Kearnes.

Rogers, Carolyn: Home Is Where The Murder Is [MYSTERY ROGERS]

Mystery; San Antonio policewoman Rachael Grant returns to her grandfather's Saddle Gap guest ranch in order to recuperate from a gunshot wound. Grandfather has decided to sell, but when his buyer is murdered Rachael begins investigating. Inexplicable things start happening: an almost hit-and-run, a mysteriously appearing suitcase, etc. Could the desperado who shot her be on her trail? Can a maddeningly attractive deputy save her from her former husband and former best friend?

Rogers, Evelyn: Betrayal [PBRACK ROMANCE]

Romance; To ensure the safety of her mother & young brother, Crystal plays the damsel in distress. Conn O’Brien rescues her, falls in love & marries her only to find out her secret.

Rogers, Evelyn: Second Opinion [PBRACK ROMANCE]

Romance; Drowning her sorrows in a margarita after her divorce becomes final, Charlotte finds herself flirting with a hunk at the bar.

Sanders, Leonard: Star Of Empire: A Novel Of Old San Antonio [FICTION SANDERS]

With his new wife, Corrie, Tad Logan, a headstrong black-sheep son of a wealthy Georgia plantation-owning family, takes his limitless ambitions to the infant Republic of Texas. It seems a place of almost inexhaustible potential, where residents can pursue their dreams of manifest destiny all the way to the Pacific, if only some Mexicans and Indians can be displaced.

Sanderson, Jim: Safe Delivery [MYSTERY SANDERSON]

Mystery; Jerri Johnson, P.I., & her retired Texas Ranger husband investigate illegal arms sales in San Antonio.

Savage, Les: Treasure Of The Brasada [WESTERN SAVAGE]

Western; Glenn Crawford arrives at the Big O Ranch after the murder of the owner in San Antonio.

Smith, Aubrey: Alamodome Murders [MYSTERY SMITH]

Mystery; Detective Robert Shore investigates a wave of vicious murders in San Antonio.

Vaughan, Robert: The Bozeman Trail [WESTERN VAUGHAN]

Western; 3 daring individuals—James Cason, son of the owner of the Long Shadow ranch; vigilante Duke Faglier; and Revelation Scattergood, a suspected rustler out to build a new life for herself—brave the perils of the trail to drive a herd of cattle from San Antonio, Texas, to the Dakota Territory.

Wood, Thomas J.: Death Walks The Campaign Trail [MYSTERY WOOD]

Mystery; An Eagle with Blue Eyes Mystery; Jonathan Pettus investigates the murder of his partner both at the SAPD & in life who is also the son of a front-running presidential candidate.

Zealberg, Kevin: The Confidant [FICTION ZEALBERG]

Historical fiction set around San Antonio politics from 1929 to a fictional present.