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Author
Series
Brigance volume Bk. 3
Language
English
Description
"Jake is the court-appointed lawyer for Drew Gamble, a young man accused of murdering a local deputy. Many in Clanton want a swift trial and the death penalty, but Brigance sees it another way. Once he learns the details of the case, he realizes he has to do everything he can to save Drew—who is sixteen. Jake’s commitment to the truth puts his career and the safety of his family at risk."
Author
Series
Jack Reacher volume 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
Traces the story of Jack Reacher's early life in the military before the events that rendered him a vigilante hero on the road.
3) Sycamore row
Author
Series
Jake Brigance volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 28
Language
English
Description
When wealthy Seth Hubbard hangs himself from a sycamore tree and leaves his fortune to his black maid, Jake Brigance once again finds himself embroiled in a fiercely controversial trial -- a trial that will expose old racial tensions and force Ford County to confront its tortured history.
Author
Series
Sarah Booth Delaney volume 11
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 340 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Winner of both the Harper Lee Award and the Richard Wright Award for Literary Excellence, Carolyn Haines has thrilled countless readers with her Sarah Booth Delaney mysteries. Here, Sarah investigates when two wealthy heiresses claim a four-million-dollar family necklace was stolen. All the evidence points to insurance fraud, but when Sarah starts poking into the family's dark secrets, one of the heiresses disappears.
5) Blackwood
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this timeless, mythical tale of unforgiving justice and elusive grace, rural Mississippi townsfolk shoulder the pain of generations as something dangerous lurks in the enigmatic kudzu of the woods." --
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
Pete Banning was Clanton's favorite son, a returning war hero, the patriarch of a prominent family, a farmer, father, neighbor, and a faithful member of the Methodist church. Then one cool October morning in 1946. he rose early, drove into town, walked into the church, and calmly shot and killed the Reverend Dexter Bell. As if the murder wasn't shocking enough, it was even more baffling that Pete's only statement about it - to the sheriff, to his...
7) Greedy bones
Author
Series
Sarah Booth Delaney volume 9
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
310 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Popular mystery author Carolyn Haines is the recipient of the prestigious Richard Wright Award for Literary Excellence, as well as the Harper Lee Award. In Greedy Bones, Sarah Booth Delaney returns to Dahlia House when a mysterious illness breaks out in her hometown. Sarah's best friend Tinkie's husband seems to be dying of the ailment, so Sarah must act fast to avoid a devastating loss.
Author
Series
Sarah Booth Delaney volume 3
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
308 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
She may be a Mississippi belle, but Sarah Booth Delaney is no pampered daddy's girl. Unwed and over thirty, Sarah has her own set of problems-like coping with regular hauntings by her great-great-grandmother's nanny, a busybody of a ghost who's set on marrying her off to the first suitor who comes calling. But when an old friend is in trouble, Sarah Booth doesn't hesitate to get involved. Splintered Bones Eulalee McBride has confessed to murdering...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Enduring a hardscrabble existence as the children of alcoholic and absent parents, four siblings from a coastal Mississippi town prepare their meager stores for the arrival of Hurricane Katrina while struggling with such challenges as a teen pregnancy and a dying litter of prize pups.
Author
Series
China Bayles volume 12
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
323p. 25cm.
Language
English
Description
Popular author Susan Wittig Albert and her China Bayles Herbal Mysteries have been hailed for their intelligent plots and quirky characters. China is a member of the Pecan Springs, Texas Picklefest planning committee. When the Pickle Queen disappears just days before the festival, China and her husband P.I. Mike McQuaid relish searching for the clues in this dilly of a case. This exciting whodunit is packed with plenty of pickle jokes, folklore, and...
12) The innocents
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the investigation into Milly Jones' brutal death begins to look like more than a senseless act of violence, Sheriff Quinn Colson and his deputy, Lillie Virgil must contend with the national media and federal authorities interfering.
13) Bloodroot
Author
Series
China Bayles volume 10
Publisher
Berkley Pub. Group
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
306p. 23cm.
Language
English
Description
In Bloodroot, best-selling author Susan Wittig Albert transports listeners to a haunted house oozing with family secrets. When a man dies soon after Tullie bashes his head with her cane, China's estranged mother frantically calls for her daughter's help. Rushing to her family's Mississippi plantation, China must determine if her Great Aunt Tullie is guilty of homicide. She must also face the possibility of developing the same terrifying disease that...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 339 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tracking down a porn star-turned-psychic who has promised to reunite an eccentric billionaire with her dead child, a suspicious Sarah Booth goes undercover as a maid at the billionaire's estate, where she discovers multiple murders and a host of suspects.
16) Ain't she sweet?
Author
Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Returning to her home town, Sugar Beth Carey discovers several old enemies living out the life she left behind, from the half-sister who married Sugar Beth's high school sweetheart to a former teacher who bought her childhood home.
Author
Publisher
Vintage International
Pub. Date
1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
180 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Laurel Hand, long absent from the South, comes from Chicago to New Orleans, where her father dies after surgery. With Fay, the stupid new young wife of her father, Laurel returns to her former Mississippi home and stays a few days after the funeral for reunions with old friends. In a night alone in the house she grew up in, she confronts elements of the past and comes to a better understanding of it and of herself and her parents.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Following three generations in a small southern town, Some Go Home is a searing debut novel of class, race, place, and past. Colleen is an Iraq-war-veteran-turned-Pitchlynn, Mississippi-homemaker, and she works hard to keep her deployment behind her-until her pregnancy churns up trauma so acute it threatens her husband, her family, and herself. Magnifying her anxiety is the media frenzy surrounding the retrial of Colleen's father-in-law, Hare Hobbs,...