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Romances Set in San Antonio

Star of Empire - Leonard Sanders
Call Number: FICTION SANDERS
ISBN: 0385299168
A newlywed couple leaves high society Charleston for the rough-and-tumble life in San Antonio in the 1830s.

San Antone - V. J. Banis
Call Number: FICTION BANIS
ISBN: 0877956839
A Southern plantation belle comes to San Antonio just after Texas gains statehood.

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Deadly Allure - Laura Bradley
Call Number: FICTION BRADLEY
ISBN: 1854877232
A young woman finds herself falling for the detective who's investigating her sister's murder.

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Texas Widow - Mary Lou Hagen
Call Number: FICTION HAGEN
ISBN: 1591294991
A San Antonio widow falls in love with a Texas Ranger who's tracking an outlaw.

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Encantadora - Gail Link
ISBN: 0585309698
You can read this book on your computer. A headstrong lady balks when her father tries to marry her off.

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Betrayal - Carolyn Rogers
ISBN: 0585288534
You can read this book on your computer. A young Texan falls in love with and marries a lady he's rescued--but she's got a secret that could tear them apart.

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A Texas-Made Family - Roz Denny Fox
Call Number: PBRACK ROMANCE
ISBN: 0373715188
A single mom trying to help her teenage daughter meets a handsome newcomer to San Antonio.

 
 

Contemporary Fiction Set in San Antonio

San Antonio has been the setting and the inspiration for every genre, from Westerns to high-tech science fiction, from comedy to murder mystery.

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The Mommy Club - Sarah Bird
Call Number: FICTION BIRD
ISBN: 0345460111
A San Antonio artist decides to become a surrogate mother. The descriptions of local places and events (especially fiesta) are very vivid in this comedy.

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Drift - Manuel Luis Martinez
Call Number: FICTION MARTINEZ
ISBN: 0312309953
A teenage boy finds it rough growing up on the Westside of San Antonio without his parents.

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Beyond Redemption - Frederick Williams
Call Number: FICTION WILLIAMS
ISBN: 0970995717
A minister butts heads with the police force in a struggle to rid his community of drug dealers.

 
 

Mysteries Set in San Antonio

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Death on the River Walk - Carolyn Hart
Call Number: MYSTERY HART
ISBN: 0380974150
When an employee at a Riverwalk art gallery goes missing, a journalist investigates.

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Home is Where the Murder Is - Carolyn Rogers
Call Number: MYSTERY ROGERS
ISBN: 1570722080
A San Antonio policewoman, injured in the line of duty, returns to her father's ranch to recuperate and becomes entangled in small-town gossip and murder.

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Afterimage - Jay Brandon
Call Number: MYSTERY BRANDON
ISBN: 0312865422
In tracking the murderer of a girl who looks strikingly similar to his former girlfriend, Chris Sinclair steps into the world of drug dealing.

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Angel of Death - Jay Brandon
Call Number: MYSTERY BRANDON
ISBN: 0312865414
A battle of epic proportions ensues when Sinclair convicts a popular community activist of murder.

Deabolt - Jay Brandon
Call Number: MYSTERY BRANDON
ISBN: 0786218150
A robber stalks the attorney that he thinks has stolen the stolen money.

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Executive Privilege - Jay Brandon
Call Number: MYSTERY BRANDON
ISBN: 0312874251
A San Antonio divorce attorney takes on a new client: the wife of the President of the United States. Things become even more complicated when the attorney learns the President is involved in shady dealings.

Fade the Heat - Jay Brandon
Call Number: MYSTERY BRANDON
ISBN: 0671702602
When his son is framed, San Antonio District Attorney investigates--and uncovers layers of corruption in the legal system.

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Grudge Match - Jay Brandon
Call Number: MYSTERY BRANDON
ISBN: 0765308924
San Antonio District Attorney Chris Sinclair becomes involved in an investigation of the murder of two police officers--and the suspect is a former police officer that Sinclair once sent to jail for robbery.

Loose Among the Lambs - Jay Brandon
Call Number: MYSTERY BRANDON
ISBN: 0671760335
A San Antonio DA comes to the defense of an attorney accused of child molestation.

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Running with the Dead - Jay Brandon
Call Number: MYSTERY BRANDON
ISBN: 0765308932
San Antonio DA Chris Sinclair pursues the killer of a teacher wrongfully accused of rape.

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Silver Moon - Jay Brandon
Call Number: MYSTERY BRANDON
ISBN: 0312874367
Sinclair and his lady love witness the death of her ex-boyfriend: but was it suicide or murder?

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Safe Delivery - Jim Sanderson
Call Number: MYSTERY SANDERSON
ISBN: 0826321917
A San Antonio PI gets involved in a gun smuggling plot.

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A Deadly Wilderness - Kelly Irvin
Call Number: MYSTERY IRVIN
ISBN: 1594148430
A hike in the woods leads to the discovery of a murder. As he investigates, detective Ray Johnson struggles with an alcoholic partner, a romance going sour, and his own doubts about his professional calling.

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In Big Trouble - Laura Lippman
Call Number: MYSTERY LIPPMAN
ISBN: 0061255750
You can listen to this audiobook on your computer. A PI comes to the aid of an old flame who's gone missing in San Antonio.

The Brush-Off - Linda Bradley
Call Number: PBRACK MYSTERY
In this comic mystery, a San Antonio hair stylist is accused of murdering her friend, a salon owner. The hairdresser hunts down the real killer and in the process, explores the wild side of the city.

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Something Borrowed, Something Black - Loren D. Estleman
Call Number: MYSTERY ESTLEMAN
ISBN: 031287863X
A newly married hitman wants to retire from the killing business, but he's called away for one last job. While he's gone, his wife is kidnapped.

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Cyberterror - R.J. Pineiro
Call Number: FICTION PINEIRO
ISBN: 0765303930
Thousands are killed when a terrorist causes gas leaks in San Antonio.

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Big Red Tequila - Rick Riordan
ISBN: 1423726189
You can read this book on your computer. The first in the Tres Navarre series. Private investigator Navarre comes back home to San Antonio to find his father's killer.

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Mission Road - Rick Riordan
Call Number: MYSTERY RIORDAN
ISBN: 0553901699
You can read this book on your computer. Private investigator Tres Navarre helps an ex-con accused of killing his wife, who happened to be on the San Antonio police force.

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Southtown - Rick Riordan
ISBN: 1423742648
You can read this book on your computer. Navarre chases a revenge-seeking human trafficker across San Antonio.

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The Last King of Texas - Rick Riordan
Call Number: MYSTERY RIORDAN
ISBN: 0553801562
Someone is killing off the professors of midievalist literature at UTSA. Tres Nevarre steps in.

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Widower's Two-Step - Rick Riordan
Call Number: MYSTERY RIORDAN
ISBN: 0553576453
Tres Nevarre is investigating what he thinks is a case of theft in the music industry--until it turns into murder.

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Charade - Sandra Brown
Call Number: FICTION BROWN
ISBN: 0446601853
A TV star, recovering from a heart transplant, comes to San Antonio to start her life over. She seems to have made the right choice--until a stalker comes after her.

 

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Historical Fiction/Westerns Set in San Antonio

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Apache Lance, Franciscan Cross - Florence Byham Weinberg
Call Number: FICTION WEINBERG
ISBN: 1933353449
A tale of the early days of the San Antonio missions, struggling to survive against Apache attacks.

Irish Flats - Marie Fitzhugh
Call Number: FICTION FITZHUGH
ISBN: 0811104567
In 1890's San Antonio, the young daughter of an Irish immigrant grows up in the shacks behind the Alamo.

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Tarnished Honor - Mary Lou Hagen
Call Number: FICTION HAGEN
ISBN: 1588513777
Set just after the Civil War, a veteran returns home to Texas to find his brother has become an outlaw.

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The Bozeman Trail - Robert Vaughan
Call Number: PBRACK WESTERN
ISBN: 0451206908
A motley crew drives a herd of cattle from San Antonio to Montana in the 1860s. The Civil War, gold fever and Sioux attacks intervene.

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Alamo Heights - Scott Zesch
Call Number: FICTION ZESCH
ISBN: 0875651941
At the turn of the twentieth century, two women struggle to protect the Alamo from politicians and hotel owners.

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The Alamo - Frank Thompson
Call Number: LARGE PRINT FICTION THOMPSON
ISBN: 0786265922
Based on the John Wayne movie.

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The Gates of the Alamo - Stephen Harrigan
Call Number: PBRACK FICTION
ISBN: 0142004294
A novel about the defense of the Alamo, told from the point of view of a botanist, a widowed innkeeper and her son.

 
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