In 1895 Cedar Rapids, the only law enforcement position open the Anna Tolan was matron, and she was determined to change that. When the notorious gunslinger Stephen Fuller comes to town, Anna gets the job of shepherding him in - and out - of town without incident. The opportunity to prove her worth has finally come. But by nightfall a man is dead and Fuller is on the run. Everyone in town is certain that Fuller is the killer. Everyone except Anna....

In this third Noah Ford adventure by a Spur Award-winning author, the federal military investigator must travel to Colorado to stop a bomb-wielding bank robber before the devastating weapons cause a greater catastrophe.

"It is a cold, rainy morning and out of the blue, ex-detective Robert Payne receives a phone call from an old friend. Steve Gray and Robert Payne grew up together in the small town of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Now Steve is a Catholic priest, inviting Payne to the scene of a grisly crime. Another priest, Father Daly, has been murdered."--BOOK JACKET. "As Payne investigates the priest's mysterious death, he uncovers links to other more brutal crimes. He must...

In America's heartland, Sam seeks justice for a black college student who's found dead in a car trunk at the drive-in, while thousands gather in the nation's capital for the March on Washington with civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

Guild is a man tormented by his past. He already narrowly escaped one lynching, and he certainly isn't about to get caught up in another one. He's just a weary bounty hunter looking to collect his reward when he rides into the dusty Dakota town of Denton one evening. He doesn't plan to stay long, until and old buddy and a beautiful woman convince him to change his mind. But some folks don't like his presence in Denton. And they'll do everything they...

When Victor's latest creations, an army of engineered killers set loose in modern-day New Orleans, begin to exceed his expectations and exhibit logistical and analytical skills, he plans to eliminate the entire race, a plan that backfires into humankind's ultimate nightmare.

Seventeen short mystery and detective stories with cats in them.