02568cam a2200421 i 4500 1165053175 TxAuBib 20230524120000.0 221104s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022052808 9781250863812 hardcover 1250863813 hardcover (OCoLC)1350601861 DLC eng rda DLC BDX OCLCF RNL CNCAR MBT IMT JPL IDO UOK TxAuBib rda Allen, Samantha Jayne, author. Hard rain / Samantha Jayne Allen. Hard rain : a novel. First edition. New York : Minotaur Books, 2023. ©2023. 346 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier [Annie McIntyre mysteries] ; ; 2 Sequel to: Pay dirt road. "From the Tony Hillerman Prize-winning author of Pay Dirt Road comes Hard Rain, Samantha Jayne Allen's mesmerizing next novel set in a hardscrabble Texas town dealing with disaster. In shock and found clinging to a tree branch, Bethany Richter is pulled from thrashing floodwaters that have decimated the town of Garnett, Texas and killed a dozen residents. Six months after solving the murder of a local waitress, Annie McIntyre is working as an apprentice PI when she's handed her first solo case: uncover the identity of the man who rescued Bethany before he was swept downriver. When Annie's search turns up a different victim -- shot dead, not drowned -- Annie questions if the hero they seek is actually a killer. Flexing her new skills while relying on the wisdom of her eccentric, ex-cop grandfather, the case leads Annie into a web of drug dealers, preachers, and wayward drifters trying to make sense of life after a disaster. Annie's own convictions are put to the ultimate test as long-held secrets, corruption, and violence are exposed like the ruin that lies beneath receding waters."-- Provided by publisher. 20230524. Murder Investigation Fiction. Floods Fiction. Women private investigators Fiction. Disasters Fiction. Texas Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. [Annie McIntyre mysteries] ; ; 2. TXKIP