Reavis Z. Wortham. Poisoned Pen, $26.95 (370p) ISBN 978-1-4642-0424-1
Set in 1967, Wortham’s engaging fifth Red River mystery (after 2014’s Vengeance Is Mine) focuses on two cousins: aptly named Pepper Parker, the feisty 14-year-old granddaughter of Constable Ned Parker of Center Springs, Tex., and Top Parker, Ned’s...
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Reavis Z. Wortham. Poisoned Pen, $26.99 (368p) ISBN 978-1-4642-1436-3
When the lifeless body of Constable Ned Parker’s Vietnam vet nephew, R.B., is discovered in his pickup one snowy day in 1969, the death is deemed an accident, but Ned suspects murder, in Wortham’s captivating eighth mystery set in Center Springs,...
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Reavis Z. Wortham. Poisoned Pen, $15.99 trade paper (416p) ISBN 978-1-4642-1570-4
Set in 1931, this well-crafted crime novel features Texas Ranger Tom Bell, a supporting character in The Right Side of Wrong, Wortham’s third Red River mystery. Bell becomes a target when he discovers a dead body on the outskirts of Pine Top, a...
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