Fourteen stories of the Old West. The mysteries behind a state trooper's murder haunt his son 40 years later. A defense lawyer takes the case of a con man, accused of murder, whose true motives mystify her. Romance set in 16th century Russia. THE BOOK OF RUTH , by Jane Hamilton.
Domestic violence rips apart a young woman's life in a tiny Illinois town.
A murder trial recalls the wartime internment of Japanese-Americans. A Nevada woman fights to protect her family's land. A romance set in Nevada. A woman seeks solace for herself, her daughter and their horse from a wrangler.