The Mysterious West » (Reprint)

Tony Hillerman's experience as a journalist and a lover of Native American culture lent an unmistakable authenticity to his mysteries. In addition to his popular series starring Navajo Tribal Police detectives Chee and Leaphorn, he wrote standalone novels, essays about the Southwest, and a warmly reviewed autobiography (Seldom Disappointed) that revealed not only his talent, but his bravery as a soldier in World War II. He died in 2008 at the age of 83.

Edited by Tony Hillerman, the Southwest's foremost suspense writer, this first-ever collection of mystery stories set in the West contains 20 original entries by such luminary mystery writers as Marcia Muller, Susan Dunlap, and Robert Campbell.

Mystery Readers Journal - Carol Harper

Twenty short stories by established novelists, many using their regular series characters, while others depart from the exptected. The common theme is a setting in the west, ranging from he frozen wilds of Minnesota and Alaska to the farm prairies of Iowa, from the fog-bound shores of Oregon and Northern California to the arid lands of the desert southwest and west Texas. While not in the traditional guise of a western, with spurs jingling and horses galloping, these are western stories told by authors, some of whom also write in the western genre.