The Jordan Poteet mysteries—These novels are more traditional mysteries, centering on Poteet's eccentric family in a small Texas town. Do Unto Others (1994)--winner of the Agatha Award (given by Malice Domestic) and the Macavity Award (given by Mystery Readers International) for Best First Novel,[1][2] nominated for the Dilys Award given by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Associations.[3] The Only Good Yankee (1995)--nominated for the Writers' League of Texas Violet Crown Award Promises of Home (1996) Distant Blood (1996) The Whit Mosley series—Mosley is a Texas judge and coroner who partners with investigator Claudia Salazar in a Gulf Coast county. These books are darker and more thriller-oriented than the Poteet novels.