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Want to support a Colorado author? Check out these books.

New books on the American West take on LGBTQ history, fashion and westward expansion

‘Memories of Buffalo Bill’ and more books of regional interest

We also reviewed ‘Bone Hash,’ a mystery by Denver author Skye Griffith.

Plus: ‘Mob Queen,’ by Erin Bledsoe.

“In the Beautiful Dark,” by Melissa Payne (Lake Union) The night Birdie planned to admit her love to Allison, she came home to find Allison in the bathtub, dead. For the next four decad…

The story will seem all too real to local readers because it is set in Denver.

Jesse Q. Sutanto brings back the endearing Chinese tea shop owner in this delightful follow-up.

A photographic history of Five Points and other books for Coloradans

David L. Caffey‘s diligent research helps establish the Colfax County War as one of Western history’s major conflicts.

“The Note,” “Murder in the Dressing Room” and more mystery books you should be reading

Award-winning author Barbara Nickless is known for two mystery series, one set in Denver, the other in Chicago.

Colorado detective travels to Washington in new novel “Gathering Mist”

“Three Keys,” “Colorado Hiking” and more books of regional interest

“The Explorers,” by Amanda Blows (William Morrow)

In “First Frost,” author Craig Johnson goes back to the 1960s.

Ansel Adams, who discovered Timothy O’Sullivan’s work in the late 1930s, called the photographs “surrealistic and disturbing.”

It’s a great guide for parents who want to sneak a little something extra into family fun.

The book is filled with evil corporate types, uninvolved police, arrogant dowagers and nasty fraternity boys, all of them after V.I. She gets hit over the head more than once.

Of the first dozen people buried in Mount Prospect, Denver’s first cemetery, two were hanged for murder, five died from gunshot wounds, and one committed suicide.