Susan P Baker
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In this eclectic collection of personal essays, short fiction, and nonfiction, retired Texas District Court Judge Susan P. Baker writes about "what she knows." That Susan's parents instilled a sense of empathy in her is reflected in her writings as she shows what life was like in the 50s and 60s growing up on Galveston Island, Texas, then later into adulthood, and in the anguish, outrage, and sadness she witnessed as a family law attorney, and finally...
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Marian Reid was forced by her mother to give up her autistic son, Robert, for adoption. Though she fought in court for him twice in the past, when his current caregiver is diagnosed with Alzheimer's, she must fight a third time or risk losing all contact with him. Trouble is, at Marian's high school reunion, she has just reconciled with her soul mate, the father Robert has never known. Further, she must break a promise to her best friend, risking...
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Sharp-witted Private Investigator MAVIS DAVIS dives into a web of deceit, intrigue, and corruption on the Texas Gulf Coast when a determined banker's widow challenges the medical examiner's ruling that her husband's suspicious death was a suicide. As Mavis scrutinizes the autopsy and questions those involved, she uncovers a chilling truth: the supposed suicide was actually a gruesome murder. Each revelation pulls Mavis deeper into the murky waters...
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Devastated by a divorce and death of a child, Judge Torie Van Fleet rebuilds her life around succeeding in the justice system. Her goal is to work her way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Vowing to do whatever it takes, she risks her relationship with her new husband by refusing to bear him a child and jeopardizes her friendship with her best friend by competing with her for the first major hurdle toward her goal: appointment to the Texas Supreme Court...
