STRIPPED BARE by Shannon Baker

April 12, 2018

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Born 1960; Education: Graduated from the University of Nebraska; University of Colorado, Boulder, M.B.A.

CAREER:

Writer. Grand Canyon Trust, Flagstaff, AZ, employee.

Interview with Shannon Baker:

http://www.thebigthrill.org/2016/08/stripped-bare-by-shannon-baker/

Author’s website: http://shannon-baker.com/

Stripped Bare

(First book in series) Kate Fox is living the dream. She’s married to Grand County Sheriff Ted Conner, the heir to her beloved Nebraska Sandhills cattle ranch, where they live with Kate’s orphaned teenage niece, Carly. With the support of the well-connected Fox Clan, which includes Kate’s eight boisterous and interfering siblings, Ted’s reelection as Grand County Sheriff is virtually assured. That leaves Kate to the solitude and satisfaction of Frog Creek, her own slice of heaven. One night Kate answers a shattering phone call from Roxy at the Bar J. Carly’s granddad Eldon, owner of the ranch, is dead and Ted has been shot and may never walk again. Kate vows to find the killer. She soon discovers Ted responded so quickly to the scene because he was already at the Bar J . . . in Roxy’s bed. And to add to her woes, Carly has gone missing.

• Stripped bare (Sep 2016)
• Series: Kate Fox novels, 1
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• Dark signal: a Kate Fox novel (Oct 2017)
• Series: Kate Fox novels, 2

Nora Abbott mysteries

(First book in series) Things go from bad to worse for Nora Abbott when her husband is murdered, angry protestors occupy her mountain, her overbearing mother visits, an energy tycoon tries a hostile takeover of her ski resort, and the local Hopi tribe says her snow-making is upsetting the natural balance.

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• Tainted mountain (Mar 2013)
• Series: Nora Abbot Mysteries,1
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• Broken trust (Mar 2014)
• Series: Nora Abbot Mysteries, 2
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• Tattered legacy (Mar 2015)

Series: Nora Abbot Mysteries, 3

Read-alikes

Border trilogy by Cormac McCarthy Reason:  These series are Atmospheric, and they share: the genre 'Modern Westerns' and the subject 'Ranches'.

Nebraska setting:

		Money trouble : a Nebraska mystery by William J. Reynolds.   (1988)
		Jury of six by Dave P. Fisher. (2014) Set in 1880 Nebraska
		A title to murder : the Carhenge mystery : a western story by James C. Work. (2004)

Sidney Chambers -- Grantchester Mysteries

Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death

By James Runcie ---   March 8, 2018

Born May 7, 1959, in Cambridge, England; son of Lord Robert (Archbishop of Canterbury) and Lady Lindy Runcie E-mail: james@jamesruncie.com.

CAREER:

Writer, academic, and filmmaker. BBC Scotland, radio drama writer and director, 1983-85; Bath Literature Festival, artistic director, 
2009-13; Southbank Centre, London, England, head of literature 
and spoken word, 2013--. Documentary filmmaker; works include 
J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life;Losing It: Griff Rhys Jones on 
Anger; and My Father, a last interview with Lord Robert Runcie, 
who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1980-91. Has worked for 
Sadler's Wells, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the Arts 
Council. Bath Spa University, visiting professor.

Notably, the "Grantchester Mystery" novels have been adapted 
as a television series for ITV. Discussing the filming in a London
Telegraph article, Runcie admitted that Chambers is based on his 
father. "I try to imagine what my father would think of it all," he 
remarked, "and I can almost see him, aged 93, in a wheelchair 
perhaps, with a rug over his lap, watching the filming of that war
scene. I think he would have been bemused--and amused. I can 
imagine him laughing about it afterwards and saying that it wasn't
like that at all. I don't think for a minute that he would ever say 
that he was proud of me, but I hope he would at least be secretly
intrigued." Runcie added: "And this is, of course, is what fiction 
does. It brings the dead back to us. It allows thought,
conversation, an alternative afterlife."

"GRANTCHESTER MYSTERY" SERIES

• Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death, 2012.
• Sidney Chambers and the Perils of the Night, 2013.
• Sidney Chambers and the Problem of Evil, 2014.
• Sidney Chambers and the Forgiveness of Sins, 2015.
• Sidney Chambers and the dangers of temptation,  (2016)
• Sidney Chambers and the persistence of love, ( 2017)

NOVELS

• The Discovery of Chocolate, 2001.
• The Colour of Heaven, 2003.
• Canvey Island, 2008.
• East Fortune, 2009.

 Fun web site:    https://jamesruncie.com/home

Read-alikes

Sidney Chambers and the shadow of death

Introduces unconventional clergyman Sidney Chambers, who 
teams up with roguish Inspector Harry Keating to investigate 
a suspicious suicide, a jewelry theft, the unexplained demise
of a jazz promoter, and a shocking art forgery.

	Max Tudor mysteries  by G. M. Malliet Reason:  The Max Tudor and Grantchester mysteries feature  young English vicars as their sleuths. These cozy stories are set  in small English towns with a cast of eccentric characters. The  sleuths use their insight into people to solve the crimes. --  Merle Jacob      Pagan Spring: Reason:  Both are amusing cozy mysteries  with unconventional vicars acting as sleuths in small English villages. Sidney Chambers is set in the 1950s, where a youthful jazz-loving minister is on the case; in Pagan Spring, a  present-day M15 agent turns cleric. -- Kim Burton Father Christmas mysteries by C. C.Benison Reason:  The Father Christmas and Grantchester mysteries are  cozies featuring reluctant clergymen as their sleuths.The men  are intelligent with a keen understanding of people. These gentle reads evoke the charm of English small towns and their varied characters. -- Merle Jacob