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Murder has a family tree! . . . in Deadly Pedigree, an award-winning Louisiana genealogical mystery. Nick Herald, a professional genealogist in New Orleans, searches for Louisiana relatives of an elderly man, a Holocaust survivor. Soon Nick learns that his client is actually seeking strange vengeance on a wealthy New Orleans woman, who then persuades Nick to work for her and to steal the information she fears. Genealogical curiosity turns deadly as Nick stumbles upon murderous mysteries with roots reaching far back into the past. In the course of his investigation, Nick pieces together a tangled tale of bigotry, betrayal, lust, and shame spanning two centuries. He falls into the arms of the wealthy woman's beautiful daughter, with dangerous... Rest of this review on the detail page
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DESCRIPTION: KENDRICK discovers that Jim Cason has been kidnapped. He befriends an abandoned African-American teen who tells him about a hidden gold mine. They risk being chained and forced to work in the mine as they try to rescue Jim.
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SILVER CREEK by A. H. Holt is an old fashioned western with a little mystery, a little romance and lots of fast-paced action. The story takes place in the beautiful Arizona Mountains, south of Flagstaff. SILVER CREEK is published in hardcover, with archival paper and library binding.
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Six months after his father has died from cancer, Pierce finds himself in a state of anxiety and boredom. The book follows Pierce through a journey to find his best friend and the only person he thinks can "cure" him.From the Author
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Surreal Eternity is superimposed upon the emotional backdrop of International Jewish-Muslim relations. Lives are explored from the West Bank, to Israel, to Paris to Long Island in this present-day fantasy historical-fiction novel.
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