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John R. Riggs
Full Series List in Order
A Garth Ryland Mystery
1 - The Last Laugh (Apr-1984)2 - Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (Apr-1986)
3 - The Glory Hound (Mar-1987)
4 - Hunting Ground (1987)
5 - Haunt of the Nightingale (Jun-1988)
6 - Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (Oct-1989)
7 - One Man's Poison (Mar-1991)
8 - Dead Letter (Feb-1992)
9 - A Dragon Lives Forever (Oct-1992)
10 - Cold Hearts and Gentle People (Dec-1994)
11 - Killing Frost (Sep-1995)
12 - Snow on the Roses (May-1996)
13 - He Who Waits (Mar-1997)
14 - The Lost Scout (Jan-1998)
Book List in Order: 20 titles
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The Last Laugh
- Apr-1984
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Newspaper editor Garth Ryland finds himself and others involved in a series of sinister events after he begins to use the diaries of the late Si Buckles, Oakalla's biggest practical joker, as a basis for his weekly column...
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Haunt of the Nightingale
- Jun-1988
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Certain that the mute stranger he has found in his barn is Annie Lawson, the Oakalla resident who vanished years before, Garth Ryland is shocked when two Oakalla residents, both men in love with Annie, disappear. Reprint....
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One Man's Poison
- Mar-1991
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The earthquake that rocked Oakalla was a harbinger for the UNnatural disasters to come... Cyanide has tainted the water supply. A father and son are missing.And the town judge turns up murdered. Garth Ryland teams up with Oakalla's newest stranger ...
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A Dragon Lives Forever
- Oct-1992
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A RACE AGAINST TIME A washed-up race-car driver is found floating in the local quarry. The sheriff calls it murder, but it's not the first tragedy to cast a shadow over Oakalla's annual Homecoming celebration. Twenty years ago, a teenager vanished o...
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Cold Hearts and Gentle People
- Dec-1994
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When Monroe Edmonds, a four-hundred-pound antiques collector, is found dead in his elevator from an apparent heart attack, honorary sheriff's deputy Garth Ryland suspects there is more to the case when a valuable painting is discovered to be missing ...
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Killing Frost
- Sep-1995
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A newspaperman in a small rural town in Wisconsin, Garth Ryland investigates the discovery of a dismembered body in a trash can, setting his sights on the town's two usual outlaws and a self-proclaimed witch named Stella.
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Snow on the Roses
- May-1996
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The editor of the
Oakalla Reporter, Garth Ryland investigates the seemingly natural death of his mentor and friend Doc Airhart, when Doc's niece becomes suspicious and a chapter of his memoirs, possibly containing information on a thirty-year... -
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The Lost Scout
- Jan-1998
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Following in the footsteps of Riggs' previous books, The Lost Scout deals with pertinent social topics in this compelling small-town drama. Riggs adeptly grapples with the actions of right-wing militia and the complications involved in a veteran's at...
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Nothin' Short Of Dyin'
- Jun-2011
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Nothin Short of Dyin is the long awaited 14th book in the Garth Ryland mystery series. Called an exemplary series hero by Publishers Weekly, Ryland lives and works in the small town of Oakalla, Wisconsin (Lake Woebegone made sinister) where passions ...
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After the Petals Go
- Jun-2012
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After the Petals Go is the 15th book in the Garth Ryland mystery series and perhaps Riggs most ambitious book to date. Called an exemplary series hero by Publishers Weekly, Ryland lives and works in the small town of Oakalla, Wisconsin (Lake Woebegon...
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Home Grown
- Nov-2013
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home grown is the 16th book in the Garth Ryland mystery series that has taken him from the graves of Navoe Cemetery to the wilds of Mitchell’s Woods to the cave of Matotamah to the edge of Wampler’s Pit, and in and out of the arms of some of Oaka...
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Much Madness
- Mar-2018
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much madness is the eighteenth and final book in the Garth Ryland mystery series, which has taken him from the graves of Navoe Cemetery to the wilds of Mitchells Woods to the cave of Matatomah to the edge of Wamplers pit, and in and out of the arms o...
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Rock Creek
- May-2019
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Set in mythical Rock County, Indiana, home of The Festival and its world famous covered bridges, Rock Creek is a morally tale that pits good against evil, while exploring all of the gray areas in between. When Sean Morgan's first love and high school...
