Allen, Garrison. Baseball Cat. 1997.
Empty Creek, AZ is host to a semi-professional baseball team whose owner has been murdered. Penelope Warren and her cat, Mycroft, have many suspects to sort out.
Havill, Steven F. Privileged to Kill. 1997.
Undersheriff Bill Gastner chats with a traveler bicycling and camping in his town. When a child is found murdered near the campsite, the police chief suspects the stranger, but Gastner is convinced of his innocence.
Hillerman, Tony. The Fallen Man. 1996.
Navajo policemen Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee investigate the death of a man who had fallen from a mountain peak years before and find a connection with a recent killing by a sniper.
Jance, J.A. Skeleton Canyon. 1997.
A teenage girl from Cochise County, AZ is found dead in a canyon, and her parents suspect the boyfriend she went there to meet. County Sheriff Joanna Brady isn't so sure and must find out what really happened.
McGarrity, Michael. Mexican Hat. 1997.
Kevin Kerney is working as a forest ranger to make money to buy a ranch. But this ex-chief of detectives can't leave alone a mystery involving wildlife poaching, murder and a paramilitary militia movement.
Page, Jake. The Lethal Partner. 1996.
The art world is focusing on Santa Fe where several previously unknown Georgia O'Keeffe paintings are discovered. Something that valuable can lead to murder, and the sleuth is blind sculptor Mo Bowdre.
Thurlo, Aimee and David. Bad Medicine. 1997.
A murder investigation on a Navajo reservation keeps detective Ella Clah carefully balancing between white and native sensibilities, old ways and modern life.
Van Gieson, Judith. Hotshots. 1996.
Lawyer/sleuth Neil Hamel gets involved in the world of elite wildland firefighters and the issues of fire protection in private forests. A young "hotshot" who died in a fire may have been killed intentionally and the Albuquerque-based Hamel must find out why.
Compiled by Liz Ferrari, January 1999.
