Bøker av Linda Rodriguez

These poems consider love in numerous ways--in myth, in the natural world, in passion, in family. This first chapbook collection by poet and novelist Linda Rodrigez, includes work that has previously appeared in such publications as New Letters, Plainswoman, and Z Miscellaneous.

Visualize it, feel the fear and pain, knowing you will die. Your body is growing weaker as blood is pouring out of you.Your honor! The gag was ripped from her mouth, and then the female parts were shoved into her mouth and taped shut.The story of a serial killer in love with human torture is told in DRAGONETTE, a stunning novel. A fight for the justice of innocent lives is depicted excitingly.

Half-Cherokee Marquitta "Skeet" Bannion thought she was leaving her troubles behind when she fled the stress of being the highest-ranking woman in the Kansas City Police Department, a jealous cop ex-husband, and a disgraced alcoholic ex-cop father. Moving to a small town to be chief of a college's campus police force, she builds a life outside of her work. She might even begin a new relationship with the amiable Brewster police chief.All of this is threatened when the student editor of the school newspaper is found murdered on campus. Skeet must track down the killer, following trails that lead to some of the most powerful people in the university. In the midst of her investigation, Skeet assumes responsibility for a vulnerable teenager when her ex-husband and seriously ailing father wind up back on her hands. Time is running out and college administrators demand she conceal all college involvement in the murder, but Skeet will not stop until she's unraveled every last secret.In award-winner Linda Rodriguez, mystery fans will find a unique voice and a gifted storyteller. Winner of the Malice Domestic Best First Traditional Mystery.