Retired sheriff Brandon Walker, working with The Last Chance, a group of former lawmen who look into unsolved murders, sets out to investigate the brutal killing of a Papago Indian teen thirty years earlier, and uncovers evidence of a serial killer who is still active in the Southwest, and has no qualms about eliminating Walker and his family.

"In the lawless, drought-ridden lands of the Arizona Territory in 1893, two extraordinary lives collide. Nora is an unflinching frontierswoman, alone in a house abandoned by the men in her life--her husband, who has gone in search of water for the parchedhousehold, and her two older sons, who have gone in search of their father after his return is delayed. Nora is biding her time with her youngest son, a boy with a bad eye who is convinced that a...

Diana Ladd Walker, having survived an attack by psychopath Andrew Carlisle, who nearly killed her and her young son, Davy, believes her family's nightmare is finally over when Carlisle dies in prison; but she is soon to learn there is another killer on the loose who is determined to avenge Carlisle's death.

Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack finds himself with few allies when he determines to bring the men guilty of robbing the bank in Riley and killing three people to justice, in spite of being warned away by the drunken sheriff of Sabre Ridge.

Bakery owner Shelby Simons can't deny a stalker is after her. Still, knowing she's at risk is one thing. Admitting she needs a bodyguard is quite another. Especially when the bodyguard is Ryder Malone. The former SEAL is too big, too tough and way too attractive. Yet Ryder won't take no for an answer. If she can't find a place for him in her life, he'll make one, working undercover to protect Shelby and find her attacker. But as Ryder and Shelby get...

Alexa Chambers, an Art Deco expert who has been forced to leave the field after being involved in a scandal, takes a big risk when she secretly consults on a deco collection being assembled for the new Avalon Resort owned by J. L. Trask, a man who believes Alexa's stepfather was involved in his own parent's death and has vowed revenge.

Ali Reynolds begins the summer thinking her most difficult challenge will be surviving a six-week- long course as the lone forty-something female at the Arizona Police Academy-not to mention taking over the 6:00 AM shift at her family's restaurant while her parents enjoy a long overdue Caribbean cruise. However, when Brenda Riley, a colleague from Ali's old news broadcasting days in California, shows up in town with an alcohol problem and an unlikely...

"Welcome to Nowhere, Arizona, the least livable town in the United States. For Gus, a bright 13-year-old with dreams of getting out and going to college, life there is made even worse by Bo Taylor, Nowhere's biggest, baddest bully. When Bo tries to force Gus to eat a dangerously spiny cactus, Rossi Scott, one of the best racers in Nowhere, comes to his rescue--but in return she has to give Bo her prized dirt bike. Determined to buy it back, Gus agrees...

People, places, animals, and characteristic things of Arizona are represented by the letters of the alphabet, with information about them presented in rhyme and explanatory notes.