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A rare type of blood is needed for a rich man's nephew in a Texas town-but donating seems to be a death sentence. Who would kill goodhearted souls who are trying to save a life?
Peter Bounty, the idealistic, cat-loving sheriff, is determined to find out. But he's about to step into a maze involving a strange doctor who's been shunned by the locals, plus politics, potential grudges, and questions of inheritance rights, in this 1930s mystery.
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An American customs agent looks into a murder in Mexico as a hurricane bears down on the tropical landscape in this "first-rate" mystery (Kirkus Reviews).
US Customs Service agent and amateur sleuth Hugh Rennert has been invited to Hacienda Flores, an isolated mountain retreat in Mexico. A consortium of Texas investors with an interest in the place have asked him to investigate a murder that could be bad for business ...
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A customs agent must track down a killer on a train barreling across the Texas border into Mexico...
When a train leaves Laredo en route to Mexico City, the trip turns terrifying as one passenger after another falls victim to murder. Will anyone make it to their destination alive?
Fortunately, Hugh Rennert-US Customs agent and amateur detective-is on board, and his investigation will proceed full steam ahead...
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In Matamoras, Mexico, the last trumpet has sounded in the bullring, but this time it's not the bull who's died. Carlos Campos has been fatally gored. But soon a shocking discovery is made: the apparent accident is actually a murder ...
To solve the case, former US Customs agent and Texas citrus farmer Hugh Rennert will team up with Sheriff Peter Bounty to identify a motive and a suspect. And there's no time to lose as the killer hasn't limited himself...
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"Unconquered" is the family motto of the Faudrees, whose ancestor, a Confederate officer, fled to Mexico decades ago. Now his two granddaughters, Lucy and Monica, live there in a beautiful old house near some black lava fields. The fields have recently attracted a team of archaeologists from an American university, and they'll be the sisters' guests during their expedition to Pedregal.
But Lucy and Monica soon discover the visiting academics may...
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