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Rick Treon writes about life and death in the Lone Star State. His thriller LET THE GUILTY PAY was nominated for the 2021 Silver Falchion Award for Best Suspense Novel and DIVIDED STATES was named a finalist in the 2021 Best Thriller Book Awards. His debut novel, DEEP BACKGROUND, won the PenCraft Award for Literary Excellence in Suspense.

Before making up stories, he worked as a reporter and top editor for several newspapers in Texas, where he still lives and writes.

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	Deep Background 3.63 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Let the Guilty Pay (Bartholomew Beck #1) 4.60 avg rating — 47 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Divided States 4.15 avg rating — 26 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Live with the Truth: A Bartholomew Beck novella 4.90 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	With Words We Weave: Texas High Plains Writers 2020 Anthology by Linda Broday (Goodreads Author), Phyliss Miranda (Goodreads Author), K.J. Waters (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	With Words We Weave: Texas High Plains 2021 Anthology: Challenges by Rick Treon (Goodreads Author), Phyliss Miranda (Goodreads Author), Kimberly Black (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Price of Silence (Bartholomew Beck #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Divided States earns second award nomination

“Divided States” has been named a finalist for a 2022 Silver Falchion Award, given annually at the Killer Nashville International Writers Conference.

Treon’s third novel, “Divided States” (Black Rose, June 2021) is one of seven books nominated in the thriller category by authors attending the conference, and one of 19 thrillers overall. Winners will be announced August 20 at the Killer Nashville Aw

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Water Memory (Sentro, #1)

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Con Me Once

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Rick Treon said: " In Con Me Once, author J.L. Delozier has written a novel with the humor and misdirection of Ocean’s 11 and the action of Kick-Ass.

But what sets it apart is the wonderfully crafted friendship between its protagonists.

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