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1) Plainsong
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Kent Haruf has received prestigious awards, including a special citation from the PEN/Hemingway Foundation for his finely-tuned works. Before the opening chapter of this novel, Haruf offers a definition. Plainsong is "any simple and unadorned melody or air." Direct yet elegant, Haruf's Plainsong is a hymn to the breadth of the human spirit. A high school history teacher in a small Colorado town, Guthrie is raising his two young sons alone. Thoughtful...
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Accidentally causing the death of a purse snatcher with ties to the mob, tribal investigator and Colorado rancher Charlie Moon and his friend, Chief of Police Scott Parris, are targeted by the thief's vengeful family in a case that is complicated by FBI meddling and a rookie private investigator.
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Mark Girard was a young boy during the boom period of Angel's Landing, a mining town near Banjo Creek. When the boom played out, Mark's father moved on, but his mother refused to leave. When the job as sheriff opened, Mark ran for the office and won. It was a relatively easy job until a new gold strike on Banjo Creek brought brawling lawbreakers back to town. Now the question is whether or not Mark can handle them.
6) Any day now
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Sullivan's Crossing volume 2
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For Sierra Jones, Sullivan's Crossing is meant to be a brief stopover. She's put her troubled past behind her but the path forward isn't yet clear. A visit with her big brother Cal and his new bride, Maggie, seems to be the best option to help her get back on her feet. Not wanting to burden or depend on anyone, Sierra is surprised to find the Crossing offers so much more than a place to rest her head. Cal and Maggie welcome her into their busy lives...
8) Tough cookie
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Caterer Goldy Schulz, temporarily shut down while her kitchen is remodeled, must cook up a quick crime-solving recipe when she makes arrangements to sell an item from her husband's collection of war memorabilia, only to have her buyer turn up suspiciously dead on the ski slopes.
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257 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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"The bestselling author of The River returns with a heart-racing thriller about a young man who, escaping his own grief, is hired by an elite fishing lodge in Colorado where amid the natural beauty of sun-drenched streams and forests he uncovers a plot of shocking menace"--
12) Wild penance
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Best-selling author, volunteer firefighter and wildfire expert Sandi Ault crafts intriguing mysteries anchored by Bureau of Land Management agent Jamaica Wild. After witnessing a bizarre death, Jamaica follows a trail of clues to an ancient religious group whose practices include excessive penance and the reenaction of Christ's crucifixion.
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An enthralling, atmospheric new novel from the author of acclaimed debut Inherit the Bones, featuring Colorado police officer Gemma Monroe. It's Halloween night in Cedar Valley. During the town's annual festival, Detective Gemma Monroe takes a break from trick or treating with her family to visit an old family friend, retired Judge Caleb Montgomery, at his law office. To Gemma's surprise, Caleb seems worried -- haunted, even -- and confides in her...
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In Holt, Colorado, widower Louis Waters is initially thrown when the widowed Addie Moore suggests that they spend time together, in bed, to stave off loneliness. "No, not sex," she clarifies. "I'm talking about getting through the night. And lying warm in bed, companionably." Her husband died years ago, as did his wife, and in such a small town they naturally have known of each other for decades; in fact, Addie was quite fond of Louis's wife. His...
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After her grandpa got sick half a world away, Hallie Jacob's parents yanked her to Colorado the last semester of her senior year. Career-wise, she has specialized in fighting fire, and now she is surrounded by ice, snow, and a thousand cousins she's half-banned from hanging around with. On one big family weekend in the freaking tundra, Hallie sneaks off with those cousins to an abandoned ski slope. Caught in a random mudslide, what started as a Secret...
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Ski instructor Annie Bennett must spend the holidays helping her parents with their big Colorado ranch, but rugged surveyor Marshall Stone becomes a potent distraction.
Annie Bennett reluctantly returns to her parents' Colorado ranch to recover after a skiing accident in Aspen. When Marshall Stone, a handsome and mysterious stranger, appears on the Bennetts' land and claims to be surveying the backcountry, Annie and her father are deeply suspicious...
20) Stygo
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225 pages ; 21 cm
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A collection of stories about a sugar beet town in Colorado. The protagonists are everyday people leading everyday lives. Many long to leave but don't, rationalizing their inertia. A slice of life in a small town.
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