Mystery Series by New Mexico Authors
Amanda Allen
Rudolfo Anaya
- Series about private eye Sonny Baca, set in Albuquerque.
Tessa Arlen
- Lady Monfort and Edith Jackson series.
- Poppy Redfern, a Woman of WW II series.
Sandi Ault
- Series about BLM agent Jamaica Wild, set around northern New Mexico.
Max Austin (pen name of Steve Brewer)
S.H. Baker
Joseph Badal
Christine Barber
Donnell Ann Bell
- Cold Case suspense series, set in Denver.
Amy M. Bennett
- Black Horse Campground mystery series.
Karin Berne (pen name of writing team Sue Bernell and Michaela Karni)
- Ellie Gordon series, set in California and Santa Fe.
Sandra Bolton
- Emily Etcitty series, set around the Four Corners area.
Kari Bovee
- Annie Oakley series.
- Grace Michelle series set in the 1920s entertainment industry.
Mary Branham
Steve Brewer
- Drew Gavin series, a sports columnist in Albuquerque.
- Bubba Mabry series, an Albuquerque private investigator.
Amanda Carmack (pen name of Santa Fe author Amanda McCabe)
- Elizabethan Mystery series.
R. Allen Chappell
- Navajo Nation series following sleuths Charlie Yazzi and Thomas Begay.
Pamela Christie
Ted Clifton - mysteries set in New Mexico and Colorado
- Muckraker series
- Pacheco & Chino series
- Vincent Malone series
G.G. Collins
- Series about mystery book editor Taylor Browning, set in Santa Fe.
- "Paranormal Mystery" series about Santa Fe reporter Rachel Blackstone.
Charly Cox
- Series about Albuquerque detective Alyssa Wyatt.
Frances Crane
Cecil Dawkins
Charlene Bell Dietz
Stephen R. Donaldson (writing as Reed Stephens)
James D. Doss
Alice Duncan (also writes as Anne Robins)
Susan Ford
Pat Frieder
Drew Golden
- Wynn Cabot mystery series.
J.L. Greger
Martha Grimes
Geoff Habiger
- Co-author of the Saul Imbierowicz paranormal mystery series, set during the time of Al Capone.
Micah Hackler
Sue Hallgarth
H.P. Hanson
Fred R. Harris
- Okie Dunn series, set in Oklahoma during the Great Depression.
Holly Harrison
- Series about Santa Fe detective Pascal Ruiz.
Steven F. Havill
Bailey Herrington
- Series about college student David Elliott, set in southern New Mexico.
Gloria Dial Hightower
- Albuquerque Murder Mystery series, featuring Shadow Mountain Country Club members Tim and Ginger Howell.
Anne Hillerman
Tony Hillerman
Lynne Hinton
J.P. Hudson
Bett Reece Johnson
Darynda Jones
- New York TImes bestselling series about paranormal detective Charley Davidson.
- Series about Sunshine Vicram, sheriff of the village of "Del Sol, New Mexico".
Robert D. Kidera
Robert Kresge
Mark Edward Langley
Barbara J. Langner
- "The Detectives Who Loved..." series, set in Albuquerque.
Sarah Lovett
Susan McDuffie
- Muirteach MacPhee series, set in 14th century Scotland.
Michael McGarrity
Gary McKee
- Bob McGregor series set in Tennessee.
Augustine Meijer
- Brick North series, set around Lake Michigan in the 1950s.
Jonathan C. Miller
David Morrell
Ann Myers
Neri, Kris
- Samantha Brennan and Annabelle Haggerty Magical Mystery series.
- Tracy Eaton series.
Albert Noyer
- Fr. Jake series, about a Michigan priest who moves to a small New Mexico parish.
- Getorius & Arcadia series, set in the Mediterranean of the 5th century.
Mary Oertel-Kirschner
- Blance Harriman series, set in Santa Fe.
B.J. Oliphant (pen name of Sherri Tepper)
A.J. Orde (pen name of Sherri Tepper)
J. Michael Orenduff
- The "Pot Thief" series, about New Mexico pottery dealer Hubert "Hubie" Schuze.
Rose Ortega-Garcia
Jake Page
Paula G. Paul
- Series about Santa Fe consignment shop owner Irene Seligman.
- Historical mystery series about country doctor Alexandra Gladstone.
Annmarie H. Pearson
- Series about Albuquerque antiques broker Jack Parade
Douglas Preston
Peter Riva
- Mbuno & Pero Safari Thriller series.
John Maddox Roberts
- Series about Gabe Treloar, a California cop transplanted to Ohio.
- SPQR series, set in the Roman Republic.
David Myles Robinson
- Series featuring Honolulu criminal defense attorney Pancho McMartin.
Carolyn J. Rose
- Series about Albuquerque TV news editor Casey Brandt.
Marcia G. Rosen
- Dying To Be Beautiful mystery series
- Senior Sleuth series
Penny Rudolph
John Sandford (pen name of Santa Fe author John Camp)
- Kidd and LuEllen series
- Prey series
- Virgil Flowers series
Lisa Sandlin
Walter Satterthwait
- Series about Santa Fe private investigator Joshua Croft.
- Miss Lizzie series, about Lizzie Borden.
- Escapade series, about Pinkerton detectives Phil Beaumont and Jane Turner.
Aileen Schumacher
- Series about the sleuthing team of engineer Tory Travers and cop David Alvarez.
Connie Shelton
Susan Slater
- Series about Native American psychologist Ben Pecos.
- Series about Southern New Mexico insurance investigator Dan Mahoney.
Christina Squire
- Caroline Steele series, set at the University of New Mexico.
Reed Stephens (pen name of Stephen R. Donaldson)
Richard Martin Stern
- Series about Apache/Chicano police lieutenant Johnny Ortiz, set around Santa Fe.
J. Mark Sublette
Virginia Swift
Pari Noskin Taichert
Aimee & David Thurlo
Richard C. Trice
- Trent Carter series, Western mysteries set around Raton and incorporating local history.
Marie Privette Ulmer
Ross Van Dusen
- Scott Moss detective series.
Judith Van Gieson
David P. Wagner
- Series about transplanted New Mexican, translator Rick Montoya, set in Italy.
Robert Westbrook
- Series about Lakota Sioux sleuth Howard Moon Deer.
- Series about Beverly Hills police lieutenant Nicky Rachmaninoff, the "Left-Handed Policeman".
- Torch Singer series, set in 1950s Hollywood.
Donald Willerton
- Mogi Franklin series, Southwest-based mysteries for middle-grade boys and girls.
James C. Wilson
- Series about Santa Fe Detective Fernando Lopez.
Linda Wilson
- Abi Wunder mystery series for children, set in Virginia.
Patrica Smith Wood
Stuart Woods
- Series about Georgia Senator Will Lee.
- Series about New York cop-turned-investigator Stone Barrington.
- Series about Florida Chief of Police Holly Barker.
- Spinoff from the Stone Barrington series, about character Teddy Fay.
- Series about Santa Fe defense lawyer Ed Eagle.