Deputy Tobias "Toby" Briggs investigates the death of newspaper reporter, Veronica Dugan, in the small Mississippi River town of Riverport, Iowa.

"Skye Fargo is working his way up and down the Mississippi River looking to stop a band of deadly river rats from destroying a valuable riverboat line. But it won't be easy--because the truth behind the attacks leads to a conspiracy with more twists and turns than the mighty Mississippi itself" --

"Gathered is a story of disconnection and redemption. Sol Severson is successful in every observable way, living with his wife and daughter in an exclusive Chicago suburb. But inwardly, Sol is an empty soul, cut off from any relationship with his family of origin and merely going through the motions with others. After a tragedy sends him reeling, Sol embarks on a mission to explore his roots and resolve long repressed questions about the father he...

The adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century.

"From Percival Everett-a recipient of the NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize, and numerous PEN awards-comes James, a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby...

"Almost as well known for his card playing as his shooting skills, Clint Adams finds himself on a riverboat cruise, taking on all comers. But what The Gunsmith doesn't know about this trip down the Mississippi just might get him killed! Captain Henry Morgan of the sternwheeler The Natchez Queen needed to get more people on the deck of his ship. Bringing on Clint Adams and convincing him to play poker against anyone willing to turn a card was a good...

"The grandson of a U.S. senator has been brazenly kidnapped out of a hotel room in St. Louis. His life has been threatened if the senator cannot raise the ransom money, an exorbitant amount even he can't scrape together. Ultimately, the boy's fate falls into the hands of a select group of undercover agents known for their discretion, cleverness, and bravery : the Pinkertons. When Allan Pinkerton realizes the confidential nature of the kidnapping he...