Retired Sante Fe policeman Kevin Kerney looks forward to a quiet summer working for the forest service in the Gila Wilderness until he discovers a disoriented elderly man and the body of a Mexican tourist in the mountains.

June 1989. Tijuana, US-Mexico border. A DEA undercover operation goes horribly wrong and informant Billy Takado lies dead, gunned down at point-blank range. The fallout costs Special Agent John Marquez his DEA career. Eighteen years later, Marquez is working for California's Department of Fish and Game when the past returns. The FBI is targeting the shadowy empire of drug cartel moneyman Emrahain Stoval. Frustrated by their inability to charge and...

On the Island of Coronado, a young Mexican fisherman comes of age as he becomes aware of the politics, corruption, and changes around him.

In a poor Mexican village, Erandi surprises her mother by offering to sell her long, beautiful hair in order to raise enough money to buy a new fishing net.

When fifteen-year-old Miguel's time finally comes to leave his poor Mexican village, cross the border illegally, and join his parents in California, his younger sister's determination to join him soon imperils them both.

"High season is coming to an end, and fishing guide Jake Trent suddenly has some time on his hands. As the ex-lawyer ponders rekindling his romance with park ranger Noelle Kimpton, a surprise call from a long-lost love lights up his phone. It's been years since law school graduation, when Jake's last seen Divya Navaysam. Now a DC lobbyist, Divya wants Jake to come to Washington for a consulting job--immediately. Meanwhile, back in Jackson, Jake's...

Mary Shannon is a U.S. Federal Marshal with the highly secretive Witness Protection Program. For Mary, living a double life and getting shot at on a regular basis are all in a day's work. So are teaming-up with her trusted partner, Marshall Mann, to protect Federal witnesses who are being relocated to Albuquerque. Mary does all this while juggling a complicated personal life.

"For most of America's history, rural people and culture have been casually mocked, stereotyped, and, in general, deeply misunderstood. Now an array of short stories, poetry, graphic short stories, and personal essays, along with anecdotes from the authors' real lives, dives deep into the complexity and diversity of rural America and the people who call it home. Fifteen extraordinary authors--diverse in ethnic background, sexual orientation, geographic...

"It's been several years since Araceli Arroyo left behind the burning ruins of her family's hacienda in New Mexico for a new start in California. Despite the time that's passed and all the loss she's suffered, the painful memory of war is like fresh paint on a blank canvas. Perhaps that's why the prints she creates always hold a touch of sadness. However, she's determined to produce something new - a masterpiece that will inspire the folks in the...

Dangerous summer: A Lloyd's of London detective finds his investigation of an Australian resort fire complicated by murder. Night of the sharks: A shark hunter is pursued by members of the mob, who have murdered his brother.