Albert, Susan Wittig.
Summary: When a local real estae shark is found shot to death one week before China Bayles is set to marry the town's police chief, she joins forces with her fiance to find the killer before they can ruin her wedding.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALBMcMurtry, Larry.
Summary: A comedy on a man's belated mid-life crisis at the age of 62. It strikes Texas oil tycoon Duane Moore and not even his wife of 40 years can figure out what caused it. That task is left to a pretty psychiatrist. By the author of The Last Picture Show.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1999
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 1999
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MCMGiffin, Emily.
Summary: Centering her life on the successful Walker family, into which she plans to marry, Shea struggles to end her affair with a less-than-stellar boyfriend only to have her entire existence placed in question by the death of the family's mother.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION GIFGiffin, Emily
Summary: Centering her life on the successful Walker family, into which she plans to marry, Shea struggles to end her affair with a less-than-stellar boyfriend only to have her entire existence placed in question by the death of the family's mother.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC GIFMeacham, Leila
Summary: Follows the lives of two antebellum southerners, Silas Toliver and his best friend Jeremy Warwick, as they head into a new territory known as "Texas" in search of black gold.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MEABrown, Sandra
Summary: In a time of drought and economic depression in 1934, Ella Barron runs her boardinghouse in Texas while caring for her son, Solly, and responds to the calm influence of one of her boarders, David Rainwater, while facing the tension and uncertainty around her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2009
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Summary: In a time of drought and economic depression in 1934, Ella Barron runs her boardinghouse in Texas while caring for her son, Solly, and responds to the calm influence of one of her boarders, David Rainwater, while facing the tension and uncertainty around her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BROStolz, Karen.
Summary: Follow the arc of a girl's life as she grows to womanhood. From crushes to surprise baby sisters to nail polish to a devastating death, Roxanne is our guide through a life that has moments of tenderness, poignancy, sorrow, and great humor, as well as some wonderful baking memories. A sumptuous novel -- though like the best pie, tart in all the right places.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2000
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Summary: With Texasville, Larry McMurtry returns to the unforgettable Texas town and characters of one of his best-loved books, The Last Picture Show. This is a Texas-sized story brimming with home truths of the heart, and men and women we recognize, believe in, and care about deeply. Set in the post-oil-boom 1980s, Texasville brings us up to date with Duane, who's got an adoring dog, a sassy wife, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCMAlbert, Susan Wittig.
Summary: When an animal researcher is found hanged, China Bayles discovers that her friend the Cat Lady is not the only one who wanted him dead, becomes involved in animal rights issues, and deals with a romantic ultimatum from Mike McQuaid.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner's 1994
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Summary: With Texasville, Larry McMurtry returns to the unforgettable Texas town and characters of one of his best-loved books, The Last Picture Show. This is a Texas-sized story brimming with home truths of the heart, and men and women we recognize, believe in, and care about deeply. Set in the post-oil-boom 1980s, Texasville brings us up to date with Duane, who's got an adoring dog, a sassy wife, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 1999
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Summary: In this intricate novel of psychological suspense, a chilling discovery near the high school ignites a witch hunt in a southeast Texas refinery town, unearthing communal and family secrets that threaten the lives of the town's girls.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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Summary: With Texasville, Larry McMurtry returns to the unforgettable Texas town and characters of one of his best-loved books, The Last Picture Show. This is a Texas-sized story brimming with home truths of the heart, and men and women we recognize, believe in, and care about deeply. Set in the post-oil-boom 1980s, Texasville brings us up to date with Duane, who's got an adoring dog, a sassy wife, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1987
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCMWingate, Lisa
Summary: "Kai Miller floats through life like driftwood tossed by waves. She's never put down roots in any one place--and she doesn't plan to. But when a chaotic hurricane evacuation lands her in Daily, Texas, she begins to think twice about her wayfaring existence. And when she meets hometown-boy Kemp Eldridge, she can almost picture settling down in Daily--until she discovers he may be promised to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WINFram, John
Summary: Reluctantly returning to his small hometown when his star football player brother goes missing, Joel Whitley reconnects with the local sheriff, who begins to suspect former classmates in her search for her own missing brother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FRACash, Dixie.
Summary: To commemorate Elvis Presley's birthday, Hogg's Drive-In in Salt Lick, Texas displays an "actual" pair of Elvis's blue suede shoes until someone swipes them right out of their display case. Debbie Sue Overstreet and Edwina Perkins-Martin are shocked and the plucky, detecting duo agrees to help the town's inept sheriff track down the royal blue loafers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2010
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Summary: Earth Day is coming, and Kylie Jean and the other second graders decide that the perfect way to celebrate is to clean up and beautify the school playground--and the whole town.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PESCochran, Rachel
Summary: 1970s. Parson, Texas is a small town ravaged by a devastating hurricane and the Vietnam War. Lou is diligently renovating a decaying old mansion for Miss Kate, the elderly neighbor who has always been like a mother to her. Mourning her brother's death in Vietnam, Lou dreams of enjoying a more peaceful future in Parson. When Miss Kate is murdered, no one but Lou seems to care about finding the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COCMcMurtry, Larry.
Summary: Fast approaching 70, Duane Moore is adjusting to the loneliness of retirement. Then things get stirred up when a billionaire heiress moves to the area and opens a rhinoceros sanctuary.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MCMMcMurtry, Larry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Pub. 2009
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Summary: Returning home to recover from a near-fatal heart attack, Duane discovers that he has a new neighbor: the statuesque K. K. Slater, a quirky billionairess who's come to Thalia to open the Rhino Ranch, dedicated to the preservation of the endangered black rhinoceros. Despite their obvious differences, Duane can't help but find himself charmed by K.K.'s stubborn toughness and lively spirit, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2009