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Valentine Pescatore novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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Rookie Border Patrol agent Valentine Pescatore is recruited as an informant by a beautiful U.S. agent investigating a powerful Mexican crime family and is plunged into the lawless "triple border" region of South America.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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After the near-fatal shooting of a former police academy classmate and an encounter with Sister Anselm, who is acting as a patient advocate for a woman who was savagely attacked by a drug cartel, Ali Reynolds is determined to seek justice in both cases.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"También de este lado hay sueños. Lydia Quixano Perez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. Even though she knows they'll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her store. And then...
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Series
Ed Eagle novels volume 4
Language
English
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Recovering from his most recent battle with the Mexican mafia and a clash with his ex-wife, Ed Eagle encounters a mysterious new client who offers dangerous clues to unresolved elements from Ed's past.
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Series
Caitlin Strong novels volume 1
Language
English
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A deadly shooting along the Mexican border causes Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong to question her calling. A shattering discovery five years later reopens old wounds, and uncovers a terrifying plot that reaches into every home and threatens the very core of the country. Her quest for redemption takes her from Washington to Bahrain to the wastelands of Mexico.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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"To escape his abusive stepdad, bad boy Ryan Hess runs from his tiny Texas border town to Mexico. But his plans to keep his head down and stay out of trouble are shattered the minute he meets the beautiful and totally out of his league Dalila Sandoval. Dalila Sandoval shouldn't even know someone like Ryan Hess. The daughter of one of the wealthiest lawyers in Mexico, Dalila is focused on studying and planning for her bright future. Ryan is only a...
12) Saint Death
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"A novel about the illicit human and drug trade at the US-Mexican border."--
Arturo scrapes by living in Anapra living odd jobs and staying out of sight. His friend Faustino joined one of the drug gangs. He stole money form the gang to send his girlfriend and her baby into the U.S.-- and he wants Arturo's help replacing the money before the gang kills him. Looming over Arturo's story, and Juarez itself, is Santa Muerte-- Saint Death, watching impassively...
13) Borderline
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Series
Publisher
Hardcase Crime, published by Titan Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"On the border between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico, five lives are about to collide--with fatal results. You'll meet Marty--the professional gambler who rolls the dice on a night with ... Meg--the bored divorcee who seeks excitement and finds ... Lily--the beautiful hitchhiker lured into a live sex show by ... Cassie--the redhead with her own private agenda ... and Weaver--the madman, the killer with a straight razor in his pocket, on the run...
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English
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It's 1845. Texas joins the union and Mexico threatens war over the disputed Texas border. Meanwhile, expansionists dream of an America that sprawls all the way to the Pacific Coast. Can a conflict with an already war-torn Mexico satisfy this lust for territory? The Mexican-American War becomes the heroic proving ground for future Civil War generals and presidents of the United States, Mexico, and the Confederacy. But the glories of victory are tempered...
15) Border Blood
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Series
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"It was rough killer country. For months the border had been smoldering with hate. A gold-crazed gang was at work. Mexican was pitted against Texan and the countryside was an inferno of gunfire and bloodshed. Into this snakes' nest rode one man--Walt Slade, Texas Ranger. His mission was to bring justice and peace to the Border. But as the Ranger set out to find the hidden haunt of the vicious bandits, he became marked a target for death."--
Author
Series
Border trilogy (Cormac McCarthy) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
John Grady Cole, a 16-year-old dispossessed Texan, crosses the Rio Grande into Mexico in 1949, accompanied by his pal Lacey Rawlins. The two precocious horsemen pick up a sidekick-- a laughable but deadly marksman named Jimmy Blevins-- encounter various adventures on their way south and finally arrive at a paradisiacal hacienda where Cole falls into an ill-fated romance.
Publisher
Agora Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
In a landmark anthology, acclaimed author Gabino Iglesias presents 15 stories from an incredibly talented and diverse roster of authors that look at one of the most controversial issues of our time: The Border. Borders of all kinds, including the ones you have not heard about in the news. Thought-provoking, shocking, violent, raw, emotional, and unforgettable, BOTH SIDES will make you rethink everything you thought you knew about borders, both domestic...
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Series
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Violence and rumored rebellion had turned the border country into a powder keg primed to explode at any second. The mysterious "Liberator" called for war - and men who spoke against him died suddenly! Walt Slade, undercover ace of the Texas Rangers, rode into Matamoros, a one-man task force with the deadly job of stopping a revolution before it started. For Slade knew that "The Liberator" was none other than Veck Sosna, the most ruthless outlaw Texas...
19) The traffickers
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Series
Badge of honor volume 9
Language
English
Description
Homicide Sergeant Matthew Payne is used to murder, but lately there's been an awful lot of it in Philadelphia. A gangland shooting in a popular tourist location has left six dead, most of them innocent bystanders, and days later the body of a headless Latina turns up in the Schuykill River. Everybody assumes they're not related, but Payne can't shake the hunch that there's something more to it--and that hunch leads him far from the City of Brotherly...
Author
Series
Sheriff Chris Cherry novels volume 3
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In the Mexican borderlands, a busload of student protesters is gunned down in broad daylight, a violent act blamed on the Nemesio cartel. But its aging leader, Fox Uno, sees the attack for what it is: another salvo in the long-running battle for control of Nemesio itself; perhaps by a rival cartel, or maybe someone closer to home. Across the Rio Grande, Sheriff Chris Cherry and his deputies America Reynosa and Danny Ford find themselves caught in...
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