Sandra Dallas

“A Voice in the Dark,” by Barbara Nickless (Thomas & Mercer) If you read the first chapter of A Voice In The Dark,” you’ll finish the book. Colorado Springs author Barbara Nickless’s novel is not only one scary mystery, but…

Life’s struggles are not black-and-white; they are in shades of gray with no clear path to what is right or wrong.

Book reviews: A mystery in the Great Sand Dunes and a Route 66 cookbook

The author introduces a dozen different plots in ‘Murders and Acquisitions.’

‘Outside Influence,’ by Rupert Jenkins (University Press of Colorado) Ah, to see ourselves as others see us. Rupert Jenkins, curator of photography at the Denver Art Museum, spent eight years collecting photographs by…

‘The Secret Lives of Murderers’ Wives,’ by Elizabeth Arnott, handles self-forgiveness

Plus: Local author Josiah Hesse’s harrowing tale of his upbringing in an evangelical church

“The Lunch Break” is about a bodyguard crew of surfers hired to look after an entitled movie star

“The Orchard” is something of a departure for the Edgar-nominated mystery author.

Temperance Brennan is called in to investigate, in Kathy Reichs’ 24th novel