Fracas

It is 2010. The economy is in shambles and Jimmy James is a homeless felon. Desperate for refuge when his unemployment benefits end, Jimmy faces continual rejection from shelters and employers, leaving him to reconsider the promise he made to God to give up the lucrative life of gangs and drugs. Still, he is a man of his word. Despite the temptation to return to his dark past, Jimmy does his best to avoid the police and stay on a straight-and-narrow path. Determined to beat the odds, Jimmy finally finds a place to lay his head and a minimum wage job at a packaging company. Regardless of the rejection and judgment he continually must face, he keeps his head held high. When he takes a risky gamble with the money he has saved for housing and heads to New York, Jimmy soon discovers that when it comes to pursuing dreams, its all or nothing and that sometimes, hope, faith, and new beginnings can arrive in unexpected ways. Fracas shares the compelling tale of a homeless felons struggle to recreate his life after prison, pursue his dreams, and overcome seemingly insurmountable challenges.

In any status-hungry culture, the level a man is assigned depends on what people think he is—not on what he is. And that, of course, means that only the deliberately phony has real status!

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Guns were illegal. Unless you were a member of Category Military, no one on Earth could own a gun. So who was shooting at Joe Mauser? And why? He'd been a mercenary, but he'd been thrown out when he saved Field Marshal Cogswell's life. Whose enemies were after him now—his own, or Cogswell's? In a world where the computers kept track of you, Mauser had to disappear...and stay alive long enough to reach the Field Marshal!

A Humorous New Orleans Romantic Suspense Series from USA Today Bestselling author Pauline Baird Jones. Discover the tension and romance that brews in the sultry Louisiana heat as private investigator Gideon Baker and Jessica Savoie cross paths amidst murder, betrayal, and a maze of classic cars in the sixth installment of the beloved Big Uneasy series. Private Investigator Gideon Baker is on a mission to locate a missing husband. A lead takes him to the Savoie Salvage yard in the heart of southern Louisiana. However, the owner is no more, and his daughter, Jessica, is left to untangle the chaotic aftermath of her estranged father's legacy. Jessica Savoie would prefer to be anywhere else but the salvage yard, dealing with the remnants of a father she never knew. The yard—essentially a junkyard—is a hotbed of unresolved daddy issues and literal heat rash. And as if that's not enough, there's also the matter of a dead body. As Gideon and Jessica navigate the labyrinth of murder, betrayal, and vintage cars, sparks ignite between them. But can they survive the blistering Louisiana temperatures and the danger that lurks behind the gunshots long enough to fall for each other? Dive into Beaucoup Fracas, the sixth riveting episode in The Big Uneasy series, and experience a journey of suspense and passion you won't forget. Embrace the heat, mystery, and charm of New Orleans in this thrilling romantic suspense series. Get your copy of Beaucoup Fracas today!

Fracas in the Foothills, first published in 1940, is a rollicking, fast-paced action – western – mystery – adventure story set in the 1930s and moving from Paris to the American West (especially in the lower Yellowstone River valley Montana). The book features scholar-sleuth Homer Evans, the subject of several books by author Elliot Paul, and a host of additional, often wacky characters including his French cohorts, gangsters, Native Americans, ranchers, rustlers, and even rattlesnakes. Evans and his group return to Montana to solve a murder but the plot takes many often humorous twists along the way.

In the sixth novel in Jerry Apps's "Ames County series," a proposed frac sand mine in the local community park divides small-town neighbors into factions.