02114cam a2200385 i 4500 610937322 TxAuBib 20221130120000.0 220908s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781982604646 hbk. 1982604646 hbk. (OCoLC)1289987415 TxAuBib rda Ruiz, Rudy,. Valley of shadows : a novel / Rudy Ruiz. First edition. Ashland, OR : Blackstone Publishing, 2022. 296 pages : maps ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Solitario Cisneros thought his life was over long ago. He lost his wife, his family, even his country in the late 1870s when the Rio Grande shifted course, stranding the Mexican town of Olvido on the Texas side of the border. He'd made his brooding peace with retiring his gun and badge, hiding out on his ranch, and communing with horses and ghosts. But when a gruesome string of murders and kidnappings ravages the town, pushing its volatile mix of Anglo, Mexican, and Apache settlers to the brink of self-destruction, he feels reluctantly compelled to confront both life, and the much more likely possibility of- -death, yet again. As Solitario struggles to overcome not only the evil forces that threaten the town but also his own inner demons, he finds an unlikely source of inspiration and support in Onawa, a gifted and enchanting Apache-Mexican seer who champions his cause, daring him to open his heart and question his destiny"-- Provided by publisher. 20221130. Murder Fiction Investigation. Kidnapping Fiction. Apache Indians Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Ranchers Fiction. Mexico Fiction. Texas Fiction. Ghost stories. Western fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Paranormal fiction.