Everybody in Batson, Texas, and thereabouts thought they knew Captain Yberri—until the day his wife was found with her face blown away by a shotgun in Taylor Boudreaux's trailer. Now Taylor, well, everybody also knew about him and his love of whiskey and women. He finally had met the fate everyone knew would be his someday: shot to death by a jealous husband. But was what everybody knew really so? Big-city attorney Sandra Lerner thought not. And it was her mission to untangle the lies and cut to the truth of the matter. Murder on Pine Island Bayou is a classic murder mystery, with passion, intrigue, and just a touch of southern flavor. A true page-turner.

Everybody in Batson, Texas, and thereabouts thought they knew Captain Yberriuntil the day his wife was found with her face blown away by a shotgun in Taylor Boudreaux's trailer. Now Taylor, well, everybody also knew about him and his love of whiskey and women. He finally had met the fate everyone knew would be his someday: shot to death by a jealous husband. But was what everybody knew really so? Big-city attorney Sandra Lerner thought not. And it was her mission to untangle the lies and cut to the truth of the matter. Murder on Pine Island Bayou is a classic murder mystery, with passion, intrigue, and just a touch of southern flavor. A true page-turner.

Brutal axe murders of Dr. Teena Mazon, transplant surgeon, and Cathy Reyes, ICU supervisor, both ballroom champions, and the tragic plunge of lawyer Eugene Cash to his death gives lawyer-sleuth Sandra Lerner nightmares, panic attacks, and insomnia. Psychiatrist prescribes pills, vacation, and recreational ballroom dancing. Mystery, horror, sex, violence in ethnic urban setting.

Lawyer Sandra Lerner defends Dr. Raul Capistrana charged with murder, trafficking, and laundering. Detective Dirk Strong flies to Guadalajara, rescues scientist Austin Hale and apprehends the resurrected Ghost of Archbishop Jésus Llano Juarez. Dirk becomes incapacitated by Montezuma's revenge. Comet strikes Jupiter. Earth tilts on axis, and new ice age begins. Houston freezes, has narcotics withdrawal, riots, and Bubonic Plague. The courthouse and jails close, and social Darwinism is thwarted by martial law. WARNING: Not for Dummies.

"Lean back into Louisiana lore with an earful of New Orleans jazz and a bellyful of Cajun cuisine. But when the music dies down and the lights flicker out, hushed conversations bleed into the darker mysteries of the Pelican State. Storied outlaws like John Murrell, Eugene Bunch and Leather Britches Smith steal into the room. Voodoo priestesses Marie Laveau and Julia Brown are already there, along with the Phantom Whistler and the Axeman of New Orleans. Folklorist Alan Brown educates and entertains with tales of the unseemly, bizarre and otherworldly, like the legends of the Rougarou, the Lutin and the Honey Island Swamp Monster."--Back cover.

Presents twenty-one true stories and legends about outlaws in Texas history, including such famous and lesser-known figures as Bonnie and Clyde, Judge Roy Bean, John Wesley Hardin, the Yokums of the Big Thicket, and the Papworths of Erath County.

Annotation Having been a plant ecologist and park ranger for the US National Park Service, Watson has now returned to her native east Texas and settled in her private nature preserve. She documents a voyage (accompanied by her old blind dog) down the river Neches River, called Snow River by natives. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

There’s only one way to clear his name. But he needs her help. Freed from prison after fifteen years, Beau Boudreau turns to Peyton LaCroix. Their love affair ended the night he was wrongly accused of murder. Now Beau needs the Black Bayou defense attorney to help clear his name. With the case — and reawakened passion — heating up, time is running out to find someone who has killed before. And is getting ready to kill again. Mills & Boon Intrigue — Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.