Charles Robert Carner

J.L. is an old-fashioned, conservative cowboy who owns a large ranch in a small Texas town and is the patriarch of a sizeable family that all take shelter under his roof. He has to battle the outside forces of the modern world that is rapidly creeping into his expanding town in order to maintain possession of his treasured ranch and to keep his family together.

A seventeen-year-old girl is found beaten, tortured and drowned in a creek. Her best friend swears to find the killer, providing moral support to her mother. Moving into the family home, she becomes like a daughter, helping search for a killer who continues to hide in plain sight. Based on the 1985 murder of Missy Avila, whose killers were eventually convicted of second-degree murder. Sentenced to 15 years-to-life, one was released after serving 21...

An editor and a reporter investigate the serial murders of poor black children in Atlanta, Georgia, and discover a conspiracy to cover up that white supremacists may have been responsible.

Crossfire Trail: A mysterious drifter is determined to keep a promise that he'll protect a man's widow and Wyoming ranch. But the widow doubts the man's motives; and an unscrupulous land grabber and his gunmen are sizing up the ranch for a takeover. Last stand at Saber River: An ex-Confederate cavalryman turned homesteader thinks he'll resume a quiet life in Arizona with his wife and children. But one more battle looms when he finds Union sympathizers...