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Southwest/Western USA &
Native American Mysteries

books on the subject authors & series, A-Z links

"I know what I write about seems exotic to a lot of people, but not for me. I pulled up to
an old trading post and saw a few elderly Navajos sitting on a bench. I felt right at home."
— Tony Hillerman [1925-2008]

Mystery novels & stories below include series located on or near Native American
Reservations (Navajo, Arapaho, Ute, Cherokee, Alaskan, Pueblan), series about
Southwestern sheriffs & cops & private investigators, and about a game warden,
an art gallery owner, and other just plain nosy people of The West.

"Shaman or Sherlock?: The Native American Detective" [2001] by Andrew & Gina Macdonald Greenwood Press 9&fracx6 hardcover [11/2001] for $118.95

"The Mysterious West" [20 original stories 1994] Edited by Tony Hillerman & Martin H. Greenberg Harper mass pb [11/95] for $7.99 HarperCollins hardcover [12/94] out of stock/used 20 new mystery tales set in Western landscapes by Robert Campbell, Bill Crider, Susan Dunlap, Linda Grant, J.A. Jance, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Karen Kijewski, M.D. Lake, Lia Matera, Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini, Dana Stabenow, and others

Authors, A to Z

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Rudolfo Anaya of New Mexico Page
at Spirit of America Bookstore

Sonny Baca of Albuquerque, NM mysteries

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Peter Bowen: all books

Gabriel Du Pré of Montana mysteries

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

C.J. Box of Wyoming
browse books • author's website • Wikipedia

game warden Joe Pickett mysteries

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Steve Brewer of California
all books • author's website • IMDb listing

P.I. Bubba Mabry of Albuquerque, NM mysteries

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Harlen Campbell of Santa Fe, New Mexico
books • official website

	"Monkey On A Chain: A Novel of Suspense" [1993] Vietnam vet Rainbow Porter learns that a former buddy & partner in black market dealings was recently killed by a trip mine, and that the man's adopted daughter, a Eurasian beauty, fears that she will be killed next. Poisoned Pen Press 8½x5½ pb [2/99] for $11.66 Doubleday 9¼x6 hardcover [8/93] out of print/many used
	"Jennifer's Weave" [2009] New Mexican Rainbow Porter discovers a body in his neighbor's house and the neighbor is missing; the body is identified as a man who died many years before, and the cops suspect Rainbow in the murder. ABQ Press 8½x5½ pb [10/2009] for $11.96

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Pamela Christie of Santa Fe, New Mexico

mysteries of Colonial New Mexico, circa 1780

	"The King's Lizard: A Tale of Murder & Deception In Old Santa Fe, 1782" [2004] Someone murders a military commander right on the Santa Fe Plaza, and Governor Anda asks a member of his spy network, the half-breed Nando, to find the killer. Nando's investigations lead to slavers, corrupt priests, and ultimately to a traitor against the crown. Lone Butte Press 8½x5½ pb [8/2004] for $11.66
	"Dead Lizard's Dance: A Tale of Love, Murder & Witchery In Old Santa Fe" [2009] A series of gruesome deaths continues despite the efforts of Governor Anda's police, so he again asks Nando for help in stopping further crimes. Lone Butte Press 8½x5½ pb [9/2009] for $14.95

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Margaret Coel
browse books • author's website

Wind River Arapaho mysteries

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

James D. Doss of New Mexico
all books

Ute Indian cop Charlie Moon mysteries

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Micah S. Hackler: all books

Sheriff Lansing mysteries

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Jean Hager
browse books • Wikipedia {empty}

Cherokee cops in Oklahoma mysteries

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Steven F. Havill of Raton, New Mexico
all books • Wikipedia

Posadas County, New Mexico mysteries

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tony Hillerman [1925-2008] Page
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"Dreaming Back" [1993] by M.E. Hirsch When a schoolteacher in a small New Mexico town is raped and murdered, the local media describe her as a flaky flower child, and the local cops expend no investigative effort, so her sister comes out from Boston to find out what happened and becomes enmeshed in black helicopter missions, Hopi traditions, C.I.A. secrets, and the unsolved murder of their mother thirty years before. Worldwide Library mass pb [2/96] out of print/many, many used St. Martin's Press hardcover [10/93] out of print/many used

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Steve Hockensmith
browse books • official website • Wikipedia

Holmes On The Range mysteries
Cowboy 'Big Red' Amlingmeyer has been reading Sherlock Holmes tales to his brother 'Old Red' around the
campfire and the two detective-wannabes eagerly dive into unsolved killings using the methods of their British hero;
light-heartedly combines the features of Sherlock Holmes and dime westerns, with much humor – Western style.

	"Holmes On The Range" [2006] Working for the winter at the mysterious Bar-VR ranch, the Amlingmeyer brothers find a fellow cowhand shot in the head and another dead by trampling – but nobody can remember a recent stampede. Minotaur Books 8x5½ pb [2/2007] for $11.16 St. Martin's Minotaur 9¼x6½ hardcover [2/2006] for $18.36 Tantor Media UNABR audio CD [3/2006] for $26.59
	"On The Wrong Track: A Holmes On The Range Mystery" [2007] Tired of the cowboy life, the Amlingmeyer brothers take a job as guards for the Pacific Express, and soon are contending with a gang of outlaws, a seductive sufragette, a shady Chinaman, a drunken railroad detective, the King of The Hoboes – and the severed head of the baggage man. Minotaur Books 8¼x5½ pb [1/2008] for $11.01 St. Martin's Minotaur 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/2007] for $23.95 Tantor Media UNABR audio CD [3/2007] for $26.59
	"The Black Dove: A Holmes On The Range Mystery" [2008] Adrift in 1893 San Francisco, the Amlingmeyer brothers learn of the murder of a railroad man and follow the trail into mysterious and dangerous Chinatown. Minotaur Books 8¼x5½ pb [5/2009] for $11.21 St. Martin's Minotaur 9¼x6 hardcover [2/2008] for $18.68 Tantor Media UNABR audio CD [2/2008] for $25.54
	"The Crack In The Lens: A Holmes On The Range Mystery" [2009] Pockets full of money, the Amlingmeyer brothers hardly know what to do with themselves; Old Red talks his brother into returning to Texas to investigate a five-year-old murder – that of Old Red's sweetie, the hooker Gertrude. St. Martin's Minotaur 9¼x6 hardcover [7/2009] for $16.49 Tantor Media UNABR audio CD [7/2009] for $26.59

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

J.A. Jance Page

Sheriff Joanna Brady of Bisbee, Arizona mysteries

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Craig Johnson of Wyoming
browse books • author's website • Wikipedia

Sheriff Walt Longmire mysteries

"Longmire" TV series  
[Warner Horizon / A&E-TV June 2012?]

10-episode A&E cable miniseries starring Robert Taylor as Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire; other actors include Louanne Stephens, Rio Alexander, Adam Bartley, John Bishop, Cassidy Freeman, Zahn McClarnon, Amber Midthunder, Lou Diamond Phillips, Katee Sackhoff, Arron Shiver DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • series credits at IMDb

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Brian Andrew Laird: books {out of print}

Tucson, Arizona journalist Nate Bowman mysteries

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Lise McClendon of Wyoming
browse books • author's website

Jackson Hole art gallery owner Alix Thorssen mysteries

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Michael McGarrity Page
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore

Police Chief Kevin Kerney of Santa Fe, New Mexico mysteries

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

D.R. {nee Doris} Meredith of Amarillo, Texas: browse books

Sheriff Charles Matthews of Texas mysteries
Texas lawyer John Lloyd Branson mysteries
paleopathologist Megan Clark mysteries

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Dr. J. Michael Orenduff of Valdosta, Georgia
books • author's booksite

pot thief & trader Hubert 'Hubie' Schuze mysteries

"The Pot Thief Who Studied Pythagoras" [2009] While thinking about an offer of $25,000 from a shady character to steal a pot from a local museum, pot hunter & trader Hubert Schuze decides to see how difficult the job might be. He decides that the museum is impregnable and returns home, where a federal agent is waiting to accuse him of stealing the 1000-year-old pot. Theft charges escalate to murder ... Oak Tree Press 9x6 pb [1/2009] for $12.71 winner 2010 New Mexico Book Award for Best Mystery/Suspense Novel

"The Pot Thief Who Studied Ptolemy" [2009] While planning the rescue-by-burglary of pottery stolen from San Roque Pueblo, Hubie stumbles into a room with a dead body; people outside hear a gunshot and see Hubie exit with blood on his hands, so of course he is suspected of the murder. Dark Oak Mysteries 9x6 pb [11/2009] for $14.95

"The Pot Thief Who Studied Einstein" [in the works]
"The Pot Thief Who Studied D.H. Lawrence" [in the works]

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Jake Page
all books • publisher pages

blind sculptor Mo Bowdre of Santa Fe, New Mexico mysteries

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Richard Parrish: all books

Joshua Rabb of Tucson, Arizona mysteries

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Lisa Polisar of New Mexico: all books • author's website

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Penny Rudolph of Albuquerque, New Mexico
browse books • official website

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Walter Satterthwait
browse books • author's website

"Wilde West" [1991] by Walter Satterthwaite In 1882, British poet & playwright Oscar Wilde is on a lecture tour across the American West. Hard-drinking U.S. Marshall Bob Griggs connects murders of red-headed prostitutes in each city visited by Wilde, and confronts Wilde and his mixed-bag entourage. Fontana Press 7½x5 pb [6/93] out of print/used St Martin's Press 8¼x5¾ hardcover [8/91] out of print/many, many used

P.I. Joshua Croft of Santa Fe, NM mysteries series

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Connie Shelton
browse books • author's website

New Mexico P.I. Ms. Charlie Parker mysteries

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Susan Slater
browse books • author's website

Pueblo Indian Ben Pecos mysteries

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Virginia Swift {aka Scharff}
browse books • U.N.M. homepage

'Mustang Sally' Adler of Laramie, Wyoming mysteries

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Pari Noskin Taichert of New Mexico
browse books • author's website

Sasha Solomon of New Mexico mysteries
Sasha Solomon mystery series official website

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Aimée & David Thurlo Page
at BlackHat Mystery Bookstore

Navajo cop Ella Clah mystery series
New Mexico nun Sister Agatha mystery series

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Judith Van Gieson of New Mexico
browse books • author's website

Neil Hamel mysteries
Claire Reynier mysteries

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Robert Westbrook of Taos, New Mexico
all books • author's website

Howard Moon Deer mysteries: author's series page

L i n k s

Southwest Book Views [est. 2002]
Read Southwest
Southwest Book Awards [est. 1971] of the Border Regional Library Assn.
Southwest Writers

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