“Rough Ride,” the first in Paulla Hunter’s series of Darcy Moreland adventures, begins with a harrowing incident that triggers an investigation amid Cheyenne’s annual rodeo celebration.
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Out West Books suggests some entertaining stories for November
For November, the staff from Out West Books in Grand Junction recommends a sci-fi rom-com, an Indiana Jones-type adventure and a ghostly whodunit.
Search for missing child introduces FBI investigator in “The Wrong Woman”
Leanne Sparks’ novel “The Wrong Woman,” centered on child trafficking, begins at the home of a neighbor to a missing child, where clues lead to a shocking discovery.
An extraordinary assassin stalks his next target in “Second Skin”
In Price Colman’s thriller, “Second Skin,” an all but immortal killer for hire contemplates the skills and mindset that prepared him since he was 12.
Price Colman’s 14-year effort, and contest recognition, led to his first published novel
Author Price Colman learned early that every novel is a love story, even if he didn’t realize it while he was writing the mystery-thriller “Second Skin.”
“The Chimera Club” introduces a Hollywood murder and an improbable plea
Author Chuck Greaves’s “The Chimera Club,” a continuation of the Jack MacTaggart mystery series, introduces a suspect making a deal in spite of an airtight alibi.
Chuck Greaves missed his protagonist’s wiseacre voice. “The Chimera Club” gave it back.
Chuck Greaves missed his protagonist from his mystery series, and so the latest Jack MacTaggart novel was born. Not exactly L.A. Noir, Greaves sets it in the evocative locale of the city’s Chinatown.
Step into an intimate mystery in 19th century Colorado with the play “Ruin” at Boulder’s Dairy Arts Center
Aaron Klass, the writer and director of the play, runs a museum out of his Longmont home, and also mines for gold.
“Striking Range” steers a murder investigation into chilling territory
In “Striking Range,” the seventh Mattie Cobb mystery, author Margaret Mizushima launches a cold-case investigation that hits close to home for her protagonist.
Margaret Mizushima chose puppies to help power this Timber Creek K-9 mystery
In “Striking Range,” author Margaret Mizushima continues to weave the thread of Deputy Mattie Cobb’s past into her narrative. Babies, and puppies, were her agent’s idea.