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  Whose Names Are Unknown

  Sanora Babb

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  Sanora Babb' s long-hidden novel  Whose Names Are Unknown  tells an intimate story of the High Plains farmers who fled drought dust storms during the Great Depression. Written with empathy for the farmers'  plight, this powerful narrative is based upon the author' s firsthand experience. This clear-eyed and unsentimental story centers on the fictional Dunne family as they struggle to survive and endure while never losing faith in themselves. In the Oklahoma Panhandle, Milt, Julia, their two little girls, and Milt' s father, Konkie, share a life of cramped circumstances in a one-room dugout with never enough to eat. Yet buried in the drudgery of their everyday life are aspirations, failed dreams, and fleeting moments of hope. The land is their dream. The Duanne family and the farmers around them fight desperately for the land they love, but the droughts of the thirties force them to abandon their fields. When they join the exodus to the irrigated valleys of California, they discover not the promised land, but an abusive labor system arrayed against destitute immigrants. The system labels all farmers like them as worthless " Okies"  and earmarks them for beatings and worse when hardworking men and women, such as Milt and Julia, object to wages so low they can' t possibly feed their children. The informal communal relations these dryland farmers knew on the High Plains gradually coalesce into a shared determination to resist. Realizing that a unified community is their best hope for survival, the Dunnes join with their fellow workers and begin the struggle to improve migrant working conditions through democratic organization and collective protest.

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  Breaking Wild

  Diane Les Becquets

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  In captivating prose, Diane Les Becquets tells the story of one woman missing in the Colorado wilderness and another bent on discovering the missing woman's whereabouts, in an unforgettably moving and thrilling literary debut.  
  It is the last weekend of the season for Amy Raye Latour to get away. Driven to spend days alone in the wilderness, Amy Raye, mother of two, is compelled by the quiet and the rush of nature. But this time, her venture into a remote area presents a different set of dangers than Amy Raye has planned for and she finds herself on the verge of the precarious edge that she's flirted with her entire life.  
  When Amy Raye doesn't return to camp, ranger Pru Hathaway and her dog respond to the missing person's call. After an unexpected snowfall and few leads, the operation turns into a search and recovery. Pru, though, is not resigned to that. The more she learns about the woman for whom she is searching, and about Amy Raye's past, the more she suspects that Amy Raye might yet be alive. Pru's own search becomes an obsession for a woman whose life is just as mysterious as the clues she has left behind.  
  As the novel follows Amy Raye and Pru in alternating threads, Breaking Wild assumes the white-knuckled pace of a thriller laying bare Amy Raye's ultimate reckoning with the secrets of her life, and Pru's dogged pursuit of the woman who, against all odds, she believes she can find.

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  The Limehouse Text - A Novel

  Will Thomas

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  In The Limehouse Text, Barker and Llewelyn discover a pawn ticket among the effects of Barker's late assistant, leading them to London's Chinese district, Limehouse. There they retrieve an innocent-looking book that proves to be a rare and secret text stolen from a Nanking monastery. When they take it to Ho, Barker's favorite restaurateur, for inspection, they discover that it contains lethal martial arts techniques forbidden to the West. With the political situation between the British Empire and Imperial China already precarious, the duo must safeguard the text from a snarl of suspects with conflicting interests -- and track down a killer intent upon gaining the secret knowledge.  Prowling through an underworld of opium dens, back-room blood sports, and sailors' penny hangs while avoiding the wrath of the district's powerful warlord, Mr. K'ing, Barker and Llewelyn take readers on a perilous tour through the mean streets of turn-of-the-century London.

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  The Dark Room

  Minette Walters

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  The newspaper reported the case with relish. Jane (Jinx) Kingsley, fashion photographer and heiress, tried to kill herself after being unceremoniously jilted by her fiance, Leo Wallader. Leo has disappeared-together with Jinx's best friend Meg Harris. But when she wakes from her coma, Jinx can remember nothing about her alleged suicide attempt. Nevertheless, Jinx is convinced that she would never try to kill herself over Leo.… Surely it was she who wanted to break the engagement. 
   
  When the help of Dr. Alan Protheroe of the Nightingale Clinic, Jinx slowly begins to unlock her nightmares and piece together the fragments of the last few weeks. The truth about what happened to her lies deep within her mind. But what other terrifying memories is she about to disturb?

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  Tides of Crime - A Detective...

  J. Luke Bennecke

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  Discover the dark and compelling world of "Tides of Crime," where Detective Kristi Konnors navigates through a labyrinth of crime, conspiracy, and personal demons. 
  Haunted by night terrors of her son’s drowning and driven by the unresolved murder of a young girl, Detective Kristi Konnors finds herself entangled in a sinister web of organized crime and deep-rooted betrayal. As she digs deeper into a series of fatal incidents linked to a powerful criminal organization, every clue leads to greater danger, pulling her closer to the brink of a catastrophic injustice. 
  "Tides of Crime" is a riveting detective story that masterfully blends Kristi Konnors’ backstory with an intricate conspiracy mystery, creating a narrative filled with intrigue and shadows. The city’s underbelly is a treacherous tide of crimes, where justice is shrouded in darkness and loyalties are tested at every corner. In her relentless pursuit of the truth, Kristi must confront her own inner demons and the specter of betrayal that threatens to undermine everything she stands for. 
  Will Kristi untangle the threads of this malevolent plot before it engulfs her, or will the shadows claim her as their own? Join her in this betrayal suspense novel that challenges the very essence of loyalty and courage. J. Luke Bennecke’s suspenseful writing style propels you through a narrative saturated with tension, where every page promises heart-pounding action and psychological depth. 
  Get ready for a gripping ride into the heart of darkness with "Tides of Crime" – where the stakes are as personal as they are deadly. This crime thriller detective story not only tests the boundaries of justice but also delves into the complex dynamics of loss and redemption. 
  Embark on this thrilling journey with Detective Kristi Konnors and unravel the secrets that lurk behind the tides of crime.

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  Murder on the Switzerland Trail

  Mike Befeler

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  After a man is murdered during a trip on the Switzerland Trail of America railroad, police officer Harry McBride sorts through the suspects among the passengers in the hope of finding the killer before the train returns to Boulder.

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