Rick Nelson

Bonds

Describes the struggle of the Houston homicide detective, Johnny Bonds, to discover the true murderer of John and Diana Wanstrath and their fourteen-month-old son

The Cop Who Wouldn't Quit

New Orleans detective Jack Brenner is struggling with a faltering marriage, an injured partner, and an overbearing lieutenant when Emmett Floyd Graves, a convict facing lethal injection, sends Jack word through his lawyer that he has information about the unsolved murder of Jack's cousin, a civil-rights worker killed in the summer of 1972. Jack is intrigued but suspicious, and before he can figure out whether he's being played, he and his new temporary partner, Keisha Lundy, are assigned to the drive-by shooting of a teenage boy. Eerily, both Steven Bowen and Jack's cousin David were distance-running phenomenons at the same high school where Jack himself was a champion hurdler. Jack juggles the Bowen case with his own secret investigation of Graves's claim, backed up by Keisha, who knows what it's like to lose a young family member through violence. Jack thinks he has time to make sense of things before bringing anyone else into it. But then television reporter Willow Ashe, an old flame from Jack's past, comes on the scene. She not only stirs up old memories of hot nights on the levee, but breaks Graves's story on the evening news for all the world to see, including Jack's lieutenant, wife, and aunt. Jack is in hot water at work and at home. But the publicity gets him what he wants---a chance to solve his cousin's murder. The two crimes, separated by thirty years, send Jack and Keisha shuttling between the Big Easy underworld and the delta town of Bon Terre. Jack's gut tells him that the Dixie Mafia kingpin who runs Bon Terre is somehow connected to both murders. Proving it will put him and people he cares about in the line of fire. An impressive debut set among the moonlit bayous, great houses, and old ghosts of Louisiana, Bound by Blood delivers a fine balance of humor, violence, and sorrow.

A Mystery

Bound by Blood

Lee Svitak Dean

Eighty delicious, imaginative recipes from the Star Tribune’s beloved annual cookie contest, with mouth-watering pictures and bakers’ stories It’s cold in Minnesota, especially around the holidays, and there’s nothing like baking a batch of cookies to warm the kitchen and the heart. A celebration of the rich traditions, creativity, and taste of the region, The Great Minnesota Cookie Book collects the best-loved recipes and baking lore from fifteen years of the Star Tribune’s popular holiday cookie contest. Drop cookies and cutouts, refrigerator cookies and bars; Swedish shortbread, Viennese wafers, and French–Swiss butter cookies; almond palmiers; chai crescents and taffy treats; snowball clippers, cherry pinwheels, lime coolers, and chocolate-drizzled churros: a dizzying array and all delightful, the recipes in this book recall memories of holidays past and inspire the promise of happy gatherings to come. These are winning cookies in every sense, the best of the best chosen by the contest’s judges, accompanied by beautiful photographs as instructive as they are enticing. A treat for any occasion, whether party, bake sale, or after-school snack, each time- and taste-tested recipe is perfect for starting a tradition of one’s own.

Award-Winning Recipes from the Star Tribune's Holiday Cookie Contest

The Great Minnesota Cookie Book

The story of a small town boy who went out into world, and where he ended upfor Maren

The Story of a Small Town Boy Who Went out into the World, and Where He Ended Up...For Maren

As I Remember It

Sheila Nelson

BLACK SEA CRUISING GUIDE, By Rick & Sheila NelsonThe Nelsons lived on their sailboat for 10 years in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, visiting the Black Sea twice. Circumnavigating that sea they logged 1825 nautical miles on their sailboat, CUSAR.The book covers the ports, fishing villages and anchorages of Turkey, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, Romania, and Bulgaria, in that order, commencing at the Bosphorus. It is designed as cruising companion for the area. It provides background information on the cultures, food, and history, as well as harbor-by-harbor notes. Throughout, the authors have provided useful information for the tourist as well as the cruising yachtsmen, Changes are taking place rapidly, especially in Russia, Georgia, and the Ukraine, The area is gradually opening up to visitors. Rick and Sheila Nelson's commentary, when used with the official charts and guides provides essential information that is not widely available.The book is used as a reference in Britain's Admiralty Black Sea Pilot..

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