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In 1868, Comanche warrior Spotted Tongue finds his second wife's body in Palo Duro Canyon, murdered by one of his fellow Comanche. To spill the blood of Spotted Tongue's wife is a forbidden act. Comanches do not murder other Comanches, and Little Flower became a Comanche when Spotted Tongue married her. But Little Flower was a white captive first, and many of the Comanche still despise her. But who hated her enough to break a taboo by murdering her. Spotted Tongue vows to track down the murderer and exact his own revenge. In the present, Megan Clark and members of the Murder by the Yard Reading Circle are enjoying a picnic in Palo Duro Canyon. When Megan's two beagles escape and dig up a blue shirt filled with bones, she and reading group find themselves involved in another murder case, much to Dr. Ryan Stevens' horror. The situation escalates when Megan discovers another body next to her beagles' discovery, this one the mummy of a long-dead woman. As Spotted Tongue searches for a murderer in 1868, so does Megan in the present day. The two detectives, separated by time and race, each confront a killer, so that the two victims may find peace.

Resting on what was left of the bench was something else, lighter in shade than the background, round, about the size of a cabbage. There were two large holes close together, a smaller pair below, then two rows of wedge-shaped objects. The pattern suddenly coalesced: in atavistic and chilling familiarity …

In a remote British Columbia lake, an ancient auto wreck is discovered. Inside are the half-century-old remains of a traveler long lost and long forgotten. While there are few clues to the identity of the corpse, the discovery sets in motion a singular chain of events that dramatically affects a small and disparate group of people, each unknown to the other, but connected by history to the dead driver. Old agonies, unresolved quarrels, and desperate, dangerous secrets come to light, leading to a strange and surprising conclusion.

Old Bones is the story of how a single circumstance can bring about huge changes in the lives of many people. “If we could only know,” observes one of the characters, “just how many lost souls are stashed beneath the earth, some likely as near as our neighbour’s yard, we would never sleep at night. Old Bones is the tale of what happens when some small-town stashing comes badly undone.

In Dead Flowers, by Shamus Award winning author Lori Armstrong, PI Julie Collins trails cheating lovers, which leads to questions about her relationship with Tony Martinez. This 14K novella was previously published in the Guns and Roses Anthology in 2012.

In this sizzling military romantic thriller, chopper pilot Joanna West has always believed that there's nothing she can't handle. But when she pulls Alexander Taylor - the rich, charming, darkly handsome grandson of a former president - from a fiery car wreck, she gets swept into a dangerous passion she can't resist. Alex seems to understand her every desire, anticipate her every move. Soon everything Jo cares about is in jeopardy - her career, her chance at new love, her life.

An Air Force colonel pending promotion to general has her life thrown into sudden turmoil when she is unexpectedly relieved of duty on suspicion of murder. Now she must unearth the dangerous secrets of her past, buried passions, and the terrible truth that could save her honor--and her very life.