Del Norte Public Library

"Jonathan Collins is a relatively young man when he loses a leg in the Civil War, but he quickly learns to cope. He carves his own wooden leg, then he turns his skills to making coffins and, finally, undertaking. Since both trades are best plied where there's a constant need, he sets up shop in violent towns, and in one of those towns he meets Wild Bill Hickock. These towns are no place for a lonely man, so Jon, now nicknamed "Pinebox," relocates...

A novel about the childhood of Christ the Lord based on the Gospels and on the most respected New Testament scholarship.

Working faithfully for a Texas rancher despite his family's warnings, Chacho Fernandez steals his payment when his dishonest employer refuses to compensate him and is falsely accused of murdering a lawman.

A runaway wife reunites with her estranged husband in coastal Maine, where they solve a crime together and rediscover their love. She came to the small New England town to escape memories of a marriage gone wrong. But when an attempt is made on her life, heiress Judith Halliday finds herself under the care of her doctor husband once more. Neil Peyton is still just as handsome-and infuriating-as she remembers. He's also just as demanding, insisting...

During the struggle to establish the new State of Israel, Moshe Sacher and his pregnant wife, Rachel, fight for the holy land. Early on the morning of May 19, 1948, the long siege of Jerusalem's Old City is lifted as patriot soldiers break through the Zion Gate. But the celebration is short-lived-a long battle ensues. Moshe Sachar, a professor and strategist for the Haganah group, must keep the movement's momentum alive in the face of a dissenting...

Comanche John is a notorious road agent. His life is filled with dnager and conflict, and although his activities often place him on the wrong side of the law, more often than not he ends up defending the innocent and fighting for what's right.

"When land promoter Rodney Gallant comes to Nebraska and tries to tie up water rights around Silver Lake, Jim Carlin hoped to head off trouble peacefully with a ranchers' meeting until a bushwhacker's bullet tried to keep him from the meeting. Now it's obvious that trouble is already there and Gallant is willing to use violence to get what he wants"--Provided by publisher.

Jane Austen, during a peaceful seaside vacation in Lyme Regis with her family, puzzles about a man found hanged from a makeshift gibbet whose death is linked to "the Reverend", ringleader of a midnight smuggling trade.

Youthful master of disguise Fawn Morrison comes to charming Hideaway, Missouri, seeking refuge. Now that her dangerous game has turned deadly, she must entrust her safety to strangers.