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Posted inBook Excerpts

A daring escape sends authorities “In Search of the Blonde Tigress”

by Silvia Pettem 2:15 AM MDT on Sep 24, 20235:39 PM MDT on Sep 17, 2023

“In Search of the Blonde Tigress” author Silvia Pettem tracks a notorious Illinois prisoner who escaped in 1940 and who may have wound up serving diners at a restaurant on Denver’s East Colfax Avenue.

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Cemetery reenactment hooked Silvia Pettem on tracking missing persons

by Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book 2:10 AM MDT on Sep 24, 20235:41 PM MDT on Sep 17, 2023

Silvia Pettem’s fascination with women who had disappeared into history led to her research for “In Search of the Blonde Tigress.”

Out West Books staff picks
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Out West Books has some conservation titles for September

by The Colorado Sun 2:05 AM MDT on Sep 24, 20235:38 PM MDT on Sep 18, 2023

If rivers and the outdoor legacy of the West are your thing, owner Marya Johnston of Out West Books in Grand Junction has some required reading.

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A long-abandoned school bus hides family history in “A Light in the Forest”

by Melissa Payne 2:15 AM MDT on Sep 17, 20233:29 PM MDT on Sep 9, 2023

In “A Light in the Forest,” author Melissa Payne reunites a young mother and an object she recognizes from cryptic childhood photos.

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Melissa Payne uses small towns to explore and explode stereotypes

by Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book 2:10 AM MDT on Sep 17, 20234:24 PM MDT on Sep 9, 2023

Melissa Payne’s novel “A Light in the Forest” began with a single character who ultimately pulled the author in an unanticipated direction.

Poor Richard's Book Shoppe staff picks
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Poor Richard’s Books has some September suggestions

by The Colorado Sun 2:05 AM MDT on Sep 17, 202310:33 AM MDT on Sep 15, 2023

The staff from Poor Richard’s Books in Colorado Springs recommends volumes about nature, women who were WWII heroes and Icelandic elves.

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A brush with an assassin and a fresh lead greet DEA agent in “Deep Waters of Destiny”

by Pete Carlson 2:15 AM MDT on Sep 10, 20236:14 PM MDT on Sep 4, 2023

In “Deep Waters of Destiny,” Palmer, the thriller’s protagonist, launches on a mission to disrupt the business ambitions of a huge new international drug cartel.

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Pete Carlson wrapped a cartel thriller around the enduring theme of family

by Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book 2:10 AM MDT on Sep 10, 20236:15 PM MDT on Sep 4, 2023

In “Deep Waters of Destiny,” author Pete Carlson explores one character’s discovery of his biological family — which the author based on a true story.

Old Firehouse Books staff picks
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Old Firehouse Books has some September titles to fall for

by The Colorado Sun 2:05 AM MDT on Sep 10, 20236:08 PM MDT on Sep 5, 2023

For September, the staff at Old Firehouse Books in Fort Collins recommends a novel of queer life in Russia, a supernatural Western and a Japanese bestseller.

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In “Little Souls,” two deaths converge during a day in the 1918 flu epidemic

by Sandra Dallas 2:15 AM MDT on Sep 3, 202312:03 PM MDT on Aug 27, 2023

Disparate scenes witnessed by the narrator in Sandra Dallas’ Denver-based historical novel, “Little Souls,” set the stage for a long personal nightmare.

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