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)