New Mexico Authors

Mystery Series by New Mexico Authors

Amanda Allen​

• ​Santa Fe author of the Santa Fe Revival mystery series.

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)

• Lawbreaker / "Duke City" series, set in Albuquerque.

Michael Avery

• Series about defense attorney Susan Sorella, set in Boston.

S.H. Baker

• Dassas Cormier mystery series, set in New Orleans

Joseph Badal

• Series about homicide detectives Barbara Lassiter and Susan Martinez.

Christine Barber

• Series set in Santa Fe about journalist Lucy Newroe and Detective Gil Montoya.

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.

Joanna Blalock

• Cookie Baker series, set in Albuquerque.

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

• Sydney Reardon series.

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

• "Lizard" series of historical mysteries, set in 1780s Santa Fe.

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

• Pat Abbott series; first book, The Turquoise Shop, is set in Santa Fe.

Cecil Dawkins

• Series about Ginevra Prettifield, a museum director in Santa Fe.

Charlene Bell Dietz

• Flapper mystery series

Stephen R. Donaldson (writing as Reed Stephens)

• "Man Who..." series about private investigator Mick Axbrewder.

James D. Doss

• Series about Ute police officer Charlie Moon.

Alice Duncan (also writes as Anne Robins)

• Annabelle Blue series, set in southeastern New Mexico.

Marty Eberhardt

• Bea River series

Susan Ford

• First Daughter series

Pat Frieder

• Series about Santa Fe lawyer Matty Donahue.

Drew Golden

• Wynn Cabot mystery series.

Chuck Greaves

• Jack MacTaggart mystery series.

J.L. Greger

• Sara Almquist series.

Martha Grimes

• Series about British police officer Richard Jury.

Geoff Habiger

• Co-author of the Saul Imbierowicz paranormal mystery series, set during the time of Al Capone.

Micah Hackler

• Sheriff Cliff Lansing series.

Sue Hallgarth

• Willa Cather and Edith Lewis series

H.P. Hanson

• Four Corners series.

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

• Undersheriff (later Sheriff) Bill Gastner of "Posadas County, New Mexico".
• Dr. Thomas Parks series, set in 1908 Washington State.

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

• Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito series, continuing her father's character lines.

Tony Hillerman

• Series about Navajo tribal police officers Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn, and the series where they work together.

Lynne Hinton

• The Divine Private Detective Agency series featuring Sister Eve, a nun who leaves her New Mexico monastery to become a detective in Los Angeles.

J.P. Hudson

• Bill Hamilton “Balloon Murder” series, set around Albuquerque.

Bett Reece Johnson

• Series about private investigator Cordelia Morgan.

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

• Gabe McKenna series, set around Albuquerque.

Robert Kresge

• Warbonnet series, set in Wyoming.

Mark Edward Langley

• Arthur Nakai series

Barbara J. Langner

• "The Detectives Who Loved..." series, set in Albuquerque.

Sarah Lovett

• Series about New Mexico forensic psychologist Dr. Sylvia Strange.

Susan McDuffie

• Muirteach MacPhee series, set in 14th century Scotland.

Michael McGarrity

• Series about Santa Fe police chief Kevin Kerney.

Gary McKee

• Bob McGregor series set in Tennessee.

Augustine Meijer

• Brick North series, set around Lake Michigan in the 1950s.

Jonathan C. Miller

• Rattlesnake Lawyer series, set in New Mexico.

David Morrell

• Victorian Thomas and Emily de Quincey series.

Ann Myers

• Santa Fe Cafe mystery series.

Kris Neri

• 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)

• Series about rancher Shirley McClintock.

A.J. Orde (pen name of Sherri Tepper)

• Series about antiques dealer Jason Lynx.

J. Michael Orenduff

• The "Pot Thief" series, about New Mexico pottery dealer Hubert "Hubie" Schuze.

Rose Ortega-Garcia

• Izzabella DeSantiago series about an Albuquerque team of female defense attorneys.

Jake Page

• Series about blind sculptor Mo Bowdre.

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

Carol Potenza

• Series about Bernalillo-based Police Sergeant Nicky Matthews
• De-Extinct Zoo mystery series

Douglas Preston

• Agent Pendergast series (with Lincoln Child)
• Gideon Crew series (with Lincoln Child)

Rosalie Rayburn

• Series about investigative reporter Digger Doyle, set in "Las Vistas New Mexico".

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

• Rachel Chavez series, set in Los Angeles.

John Sandford (pen name of Santa Fe author John Camp)

• Kidd and LuEllen series
• Prey series
• Virgil Flowers series

Lisa Sandlin

• Delpha Wade series

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

• Series about Albuquerque accountant Charlie Parker.
• Series about Northern New Mexico sweet shop owner Samantha Sweet.

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)

• "Man Who..." series about private investigator Mick Axbrewder.

Richard Martin Stern

• Series about Apache/Chicano police lieutenant Johnny Ortiz, set around Santa Fe.

J. Mark Sublette

• Series about Santa Fe art gallery owner Charles Bloom.

Virginia Swift

• Series about college professor Mustang Sally.

Pari Noskin Taichert

• Series about Albuquerque-based PR director Sasha Solomon.

Aimee & David Thurlo

• Series about Navajo FBI Agent Ella Clah.
• Series about New Mexico sleuth Sister Agatha.
• Series about Navajo "vampire" Lee Nez.
• Charlie Henry series, set in Albuquerque.

Don Travis

• Series about Albuquerque police detective BJ Vinson.

Richard C. Trice

• Trent Carter series, Western mysteries set around Raton and incorporating local history.

Marie Privette Ulmer

• Taos Festival mystery series.

Ross Van Dusen

• Scott Moss detective series.

Judith Van Gieson

• Series about Albuquerque rare book expert Claire Reynier.
• Series about Albuquerque lawyer Neil Hamel.

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

• Series about Albuquerque manuscript editor Harrie McKinsey.

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.