Ken Casper: 4 books

Sold out. The First family has owned the Number One Ranch in West Texas since the days of the Republic. Until now. Adam First’s bitter, alcoholic daughter has just sold controlling interest in the vast spread to a Houston bank. They’re dispatching someone to determine if he should continue to...

Julie First is no man’s patsy. When her boyfriend offers marriage on the condition that she dedicate herself to him and his banking career, she’s out the door without a backward glance. She has her own career with the school district to devote her energies to. What she isn’t prepared for was...

The past year has been horrific for Police Chief Catherine Tanner. Her husband, a man of color and the editor of the Houston Sentinel, died suddenly under suspicious circumstances. Her daughter has renounced the married life. The police department is rife with corruption. And now she’s learned...

Every family has its black sheep. The First Family is no different. Kerry Durgan, née First, is an alcoholic who has sold her share of the family ranch to a Houston bank for untold millions, thereby destroying a heritage that goes back more than 170 years.       ...