Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

"The newest winner of the Tony Hillerman Prize, a debut mystery set in the Southwest starring a former rodeo cowboy turned private investigator, told in a transfixingly original style. Rodeo Grace Garnet lives alone, save for his old dog, in a remote corner of Arizona known to locals as the Hole. He doesn't get many visitors, but a body found near his home has drawn police attention to his front door. The victim is not one of the many illegal immigrants...

"A wonderful Montana mystery starring fly fisherman-cum-detective Sean Stranahan, for fans of C. J. Box and Craig Johnson. Wolves howl as a riderless horse returns at sunset to the Culpepper Dude Ranch in the Madison Valley. The missing woman, Nanika Martinelli, is better known as the Fly Fishing Venus, a red-haired river guide who lures clients the way dry flies draw trout. As Sheriff Martha Ettinger follows hoof tracks in the snow, she finds...

A movie company comes to town to film a western starring Thad Perry who has a reputation for bad behavior. Chet and Bernie are hired to keep tabs on the infamous movie star and get more than they bargained for.

Charlie Meiklejohn is a former arson detective turned private investigator. His wife, Constance Leidl, is a professional psychologist. Together they're and unbeatable team, ready to take on the most convoluted cases.

"How did your mother die?" For San Francisco private-eye Wyatt Hunt, the text message triggers a search for clues about his personal life from his mother that was murdered to his father who was charged with the crime but not convicted.

A beautiful Bel-Air widow, already one of the wealthiest women in America, needs Stone's help to become even more cash-rich. At stake is the sale of her investment in-and the resulting dissolution of Hollywood's world famous Centurion Studios. When Stone arrives to help finalize the sale, he discovers that the tranquility of the neighborhood is just a facade.

On the ocean liner Mauretania, two European scientists with a dramatic new invention are rescued from abduction by the Van Dorn Detective Agency's intrepid chief investigator, Isaac Bell. The thugs attack again and one of the scientists dies. what are they holding that is so precious? Something that will revolutionize business and popular culture and perhaps something more. For war clouds are looming, and a ruthless espionage agent has spotted...

"Mma Ramotswe has her hands full both at home and in the office. To add to her current challenges, her devoted partner, Grace Makutsi, has decided to branch out on her own and open The Handsome Man's Deluxe Cafe. But even "Miss 97 Per Cent" can't quite meet all the demands of running a business--not to mention those that a lightning strike makes on her building. Eventually, she'll have to accept all the help she can get--even if it comes from a completely...