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Set against a backdrop of racial tension and deadly force controversy in Dallas, Open Season introduces Sarah Kingsly and Angel Johnson, homicide detectives who are unlikely and unwilling partners. When people start dying in area shopping malls, the detectives find themselves up against a killer who has his own race card to play. This is the first book in the critically-acclaimed Seasons Mystery Series, followed by Stalking Season. "Try this debut mystery by a journalist for its open treatment of current urban problems, clean prose, and realistic depiction of women working together. For readers who enjoy Robin Burcell and fans of police procedurals." Library Journal"Open Season is a solid police procedural with fully developed characters and provocative social issues." L.J. Sellers, author of the Detective Jackson Mysteries "Detectives Sarah Kingsly and Angel Johnson are crisply drawn characters. The hard-edged story of racial tension in Dallas could be drawn from today's headlines. Open Season is a smart, spirited page-turner." -Bruce Cook - Tommy Gun Tango" Miller spins a tight tale that's a cut above the average police procedural in this first of a new series introducing Dallas police detective Sarah Kingsly." Publisher's Weekly

Stalking Season is a police procedural in the vein of the acclaimed 87th Precinct Series by Ed McBain, (Evan Hunter) and has been called "Lethal Weapon" with female leads set in Dallas. In this second book of The Seasons Mystery Series, Homicide Detective Sarah Kingsly and her partner, Angel Johnson are pitted against another uncanny killer while still struggling to feel like real partners. Neither wanted the pairing in the first place, and it isn't getting any better. When a young girl is killed in a cheap motel and her identity is discovered, an influential Dallas businessman brings the heat down on the department. The investigation takes the detectives inside an exclusive gentleman's club, a prestigious private school, and leads to a killer that nobody suspected.** REVIEWS **"Miller spins a tight tale that's a cut above the average police procedural.... Readers will want to see more of these engaging female cops." Publisher's Weekly."Open Season is a solid police procedural with fully developed characters and provocative social issues." L.J. Sellers, author of the Detective Jackson Mysteries"Detectives Sarah Kingsly and Angel Johnson are crisply drawn characters. The hard-edged story of racial tension in Dallas could be drawn from today's headlines. Open Season is a smart, spirited page-turner." Bruce Cook Tommy Gun TangoSTARRED Publishers Weekly Review " . . . gripping second mystery featuring Dallas, Tex., police detectives Sarah Kingsly and Angel Johnson. . . . The relationship between the women is just as absorbing as the search for the killer. Few readers will anticipate the closing twist.""So deftly plotted and paced that, although it's certainly possible to grow impatient with the protagonists' unwarranted impatience toward each other, they're appealing enough to keep the pages turning." Kirkus

*** Small Stories With Big Hearts ***Pulling from her 30+ years of hospital ministry, Maryann Miller has created a book celebrating the patients who blessed her life so abundantly by allowing her to share their grief journeys. Filled with anecdotes and testimonials about death and dying and faith and living, it is also very much a memoir of her personal growth through ministry and how that growth impacted her own path through grief.

From award-winning author, Maryann Miller, comes a new book that takes a humorous, and often irreverent, look at parenting with stories drawn from her own life as a wife and a mother. Many of these stories were first told in the weekly column Miller wrote for a Dallas suburban newspaper when she was known as the Erma Bombeck of Plano. An honor Miller was happy to hold for a number of years. What on earth do a dead tomato plant and a paycheck have in common? In this book, Miller answers that question while sharing a survival guide for parenting a large family, while vainly keeping body and mind intact. From School Daze to Summertime Blues, and everything in between, the book airs the Miller laundry with all the holes and missing buttons. She answers important family questions such as: What's for dinner? Who wrote the dirty words on the wall? Can we really pee in the woods? Do the kids really like the dog better than Mom? Readers of the humor column, from which this books comes, delighted in The Great Lasagna Caper, the fits of tantrum that demolished a telephone, The Lawn Wars, who is and who isn't Socially Acceptable, and the crazy dinnertime conversations. Those readers could relate, as will mothers and father and kids today. Nothing really changes all that much in family dynamics. Just the names are changed to protect the innocent. COMMENTS FROM READERS: "I was reading Maryann's book while riding in the car and my husband and son wanted to know what was so funny, so I told them. The story of the neighbor bringing the twins home is hysterical." Jane St. Romain "Maryann's quick wit and honest insight provide all of us a nice chuckle as we can all relate to what it's like to be part of a family. Whether you relate remembering what it was like to be a sibling. or what it is like to be a mother, this book reminds us that we are not alone, and we get to smile along the way." A. Shake "This book is a wonderful and nostalgic reminder that "there are no little things." Maryann Miller writes about her family in a way that we all relate to...the escapades, the conflicts, the sweet moments that are oh so easy to miss. I was reminded how alike, yet delightfully different we are in our lives and our stories, and how extraordinary the ordinary can be. Thank you, Maryann Miller for an absolutely delightful read." Sharla Rocka

Las historias cortas de "M s all de la acera agrietada" exploran aspectos de la vida, el amor y la muerte: los principales elementos que definen nuestra existencia humana. Tambi n se incluye una historia m s ligera: un misterio escrito en la l nea de "The Twilight Zone".Los personajes de estas historias var an en edad, desde Gloria, de setenta a os, que est a punto de encontrar el amor de nuevo, hasta Bobby, de cinco a os, que no tiene ni idea de por qu su pap ya no est . Tambi n est Hannah, de diecis is a os, una fugitiva que encuentra el amor s lo para perderlo.A nivel filos fico, estas historias reflejan el mundo en el que vivimos, sacando a la luz cuestiones sociales como la falta de vivienda, el coste humano de la guerra, los abusos sexuales y cu ndo vamos demasiado lejos en el tratamiento m dico.

Las historias cortas de "M s all de la acera agrietada" exploran aspectos de la vida, el amor y la muerte: los principales elementos que definen nuestra existencia humana. Tambi n se incluye una historia m s ligera: un misterio escrito en la l nea de "The Twilight Zone".Los personajes de estas historias var an en edad, desde Gloria, de setenta a os, que est a punto de encontrar el amor de nuevo, hasta Bobby, de cinco a os, que no tiene ni idea de por qu su pap ya no est . Tambi n est Hannah, de diecis is a os, una fugitiva que encuentra el amor s lo para perderlo.A nivel filos fico, estas historias reflejan el mundo en el que vivimos, sacando a la luz cuestiones sociales como la falta de vivienda, el coste humano de la guerra, los abusos sexuales y cu ndo vamos demasiado lejos en el tratamiento m dico.

Las historias cortas de "M s all de la acera agrietada" exploran aspectos de la vida, el amor y la muerte: los principales elementos que definen nuestra existencia humana. Tambi n se incluye una historia m s ligera: un misterio escrito en la l nea de "The Twilight Zone".Los personajes de estas historias var an en edad, desde Gloria, de setenta a os, que est a punto de encontrar el amor de nuevo, hasta Bobby, de cinco a os, que no tiene ni idea de por qu su pap ya no est . Tambi n est Hannah, de diecis is a os, una fugitiva que encuentra el amor s lo para perderlo.A nivel filos fico, estas historias reflejan el mundo en el que vivimos, sacando a la luz cuestiones sociales como la falta de vivienda, el coste humano de la guerra, los abusos sexuales y cu ndo vamos demasiado lejos en el tratamiento m dico.Edici n de Letra Grande

Las historias cortas de "M s all de la acera agrietada" exploran aspectos de la vida, el amor y la muerte: los principales elementos que definen nuestra existencia humana. Tambi n se incluye una historia m s ligera: un misterio escrito en la l nea de "The Twilight Zone".Los personajes de estas historias var an en edad, desde Gloria, de setenta a os, que est a punto de encontrar el amor de nuevo, hasta Bobby, de cinco a os, que no tiene ni idea de por qu su pap ya no est . Tambi n est Hannah, de diecis is a os, una fugitiva que encuentra el amor s lo para perderlo.A nivel filos fico, estas historias reflejan el mundo en el que vivimos, sacando a la luz cuestiones sociales como la falta de vivienda, el coste humano de la guerra, los abusos sexuales y cu ndo vamos demasiado lejos en el tratamiento m dico.Edici n de Letra Grande

Les nouvelles de Au-del de la fissure du trottoir explorent les aspects de la vie, de l'amour et de la mort: les principaux l ments qui d finissent notre existence humaine. On y trouve galement une histoire plus l g re: un myst re crit dans la veine de la Quatri me dimension.Les personnages de ces histoires sont d' ges divers, de Gloria, soixante-dix ans, qui est sur le point de retrouver l'amour, Bobby, cinq ans, qui ne comprend pas pourquoi son papa n'est plus l . Et puis il y a Hannah, seize ans, une fugueuse qui trouve l'amour pour le perdre aussit t.D'un point de vue philosophique, ces histoires refl tent le monde dans lequel nous vivons, mettant en lumi re des questions sociales telles que les sans-abri, le co t humain de la guerre, les abus sexuels et le moment o nous allons trop loin dans les traitements m dicaux.

Les nouvelles de Au-del de la fissure du trottoir explorent les aspects de la vie, de l'amour et de la mort: les principaux l ments qui d finissent notre existence humaine. On y trouve galement une histoire plus l g re: un myst re crit dans la veine de la Quatri me dimension.Les personnages de ces histoires sont d' ges divers, de Gloria, soixante-dix ans, qui est sur le point de retrouver l'amour, Bobby, cinq ans, qui ne comprend pas pourquoi son papa n'est plus l . Et puis il y a Hannah, seize ans, une fugueuse qui trouve l'amour pour le perdre aussit t.D'un point de vue philosophique, ces histoires refl tent le monde dans lequel nous vivons, mettant en lumi re des questions sociales telles que les sans-abri, le co t humain de la guerre, les abus sexuels et le moment o nous allons trop loin dans les traitements m dicaux.