West of the West: Dreamers, Believers, Builders, and Killers in the Golden State

5 best books like West of the West: Dreamers, Believers, Builders, and Killers in the Golden State (Mark Arax): The Parker Inheritance, Divine Collision: An African Boy, An American Lawyer, and Their Remarkable Battle for Freedom, The Great Fire, A Cruel Deception, Open and Shut

The Parker Inheritance

Author	Varian Johnson
ISBN	0545946174

The letter waits in a book, in a box, in an attic, in an old house in Lambert, South Carolina. It's waiting for Candice Miller.

When Candice finds the letter, she isn't sure she should read it. It's addressed to her grandmother, after all, who left Lambert in a cloud of shame. But the letter describes...

Divine Collision: An African Boy, An American Lawyer, and Their Remarkable Battle for Freedom

Author	Jim Gash
ISBN	1617956716

In a Ugandan prison for two murders he didn't commit, Henry is losing hope. He pleads with God for a sign. Jim, in California, finds himself saying a small yes to God, who brings their two lives together with momentous results.
Jim Gash, former Los Angeles lawyer and current president of Pepperdine...

The Great Fire

Author	Jim Murphy
ISBN	0439203074

The Great Fire of 1871 was one of most colossal disasters in American history. Overnight, the flourshing city of Chicago was transformed into a smoldering wasteland. The damage was so profound that few people believed the city could ever rise again.

By weaving personal accounts of actual...

A Cruel Deception

Author	Charles Todd
ISBN	0062859862

In the aftermath of World War I, nurse Bess Crawford attempts to save a troubled former soldier from a mysterious killer.

The Armistice of November 1918 ended the fighting, but the Great War will not be over until a Peace Treaty is drawn up and signed by all parties. Representatives from the Allies...

Open and Shut

Author	David Rosenfelt
ISBN	0446612537

"There is nothing like a golden retriever. I know, I know, it's a big planet with a lot of wonderful things, but golden retrievers are the absolute best. Mine is named Tara . . . The only problem she has ever caused is that I spend so much time with her in the mornings that I am almost invariably late for work."

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