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Sedgwick County chronicles volume 1
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English
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"Abandoned at birth, her own origins a mystery, historical museum curator Sloane Kelley has dedicated her life to preserving Wichita's past. When a donor drops off a dusty old satchel, she doesn't expect much from the common artifact...but the 19th-century diary she finds inside definitely piques her interest. Garrett Anderson is eager to clean out his grandmother's historic but tumbledown farmhouse before selling it to fund her medical care. In the...
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Once upon a time in the Old West, Buck Trammel was a Pinkerton agent with a promising future. But after a tragic incident in a case gone wrong, he struck out for the wide-open spaces of Wichita, Kansas. Working as a bouncer at The Gilded Lily Saloon, he hopes to stay out of trouble. But soon enough, his gun skills are put to the test. The Bowman gang shows up, turning a friendly card game with a Wyoming cattleman into a killer-takes-all shooting match....
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Pete Stone private investigator volume vol 3
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English
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"When a young woman is stabbed to death in Wichita, the police capture a suspect and put him behind bars within hours. Detective Pete Stone is hired to prove that the young man is innocent, but Stone has his doubts. Isn't being caught standing over the body with knife in hand evidence enough? When additional bodies turn up murdered by weapons with similar strange markings and cryptic verses, Stone realizes the clock is ticking. He must uncover the...
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The abduction of toddler pageant princess Lindy Bobo panics everyone in the city of Wichita, Kansas-- except the dealers at The Heart of America Antique Mall. They're too preoccupied by the postcards, perfume bottles, Barbies, vinyl records, and kitschy neon beer signs that they collect and sell. And now they're consumed by the impending arrival of Mark and Grant from the famed antiques television show Pickin' Fortunes, who are planning to film an...
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Meadowlark
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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"Pete Stone hadn't always been a private eye. He'd lost his dairy business at the toss of a coin when the depression hit. His children grew up, as children do, and his wife left him for a chinchilla farmer. He had learned to like his solitude. When Mrs. Lucille Hamilton walked through his door searching for her missing husband, Pete was the only one who believed her husband's death hadn't been a suicide. With a clean, detailed, vigorous style, Graves...
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Writer's Showcase
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
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Written by a national "Officer of the Year" and Medal of Valor recipient, exposes seven days in the life of a Police Chief struggling against bureaucrats, personal conflicts, and other peculiar happenings, twists, and turns.