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Bruce Borgos is the author of several novels, including the Porter Beck Mysteries. His latest, THE RIDDLE MAKER, is the fourth in the series starring Sheriff Porter Beck of Lincoln County, NV. https://bit.ly/TheRiddleMaker

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Average rating: 4.13 · 5,659 ratings · 1,727 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Bitter Past (Porter Beck, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 2,914 ratings — published 2023 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shades of Mercy (Porter Beck, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 1,431 ratings — published 2024 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blue Horse (Porter Beck, #3) 4.25 avg rating — 980 ratings — published 2025 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Holding Fire 4.52 avg rating — 139 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life Strings 4.58 avg rating — 103 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Riddle Maker (Porter Beck, #4) 4.21 avg rating — 68 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Minotaur Sampler, Volume 8: New Books to Make Your Heart Race by Melissa Adelman (Goodreads Author), Bruce Borgos (Goodreads Author), Allison Brennan (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 24 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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There’s a unique kind of insanity that grips a writer right before a book tour. You look at the calendar, see all the dates and cities lined up like little dominoes, and instead of thinking, Maybe I should just do a quiet launch from home, you say: “Let’s go meet strangers and talk about the imaginary people who live in my head.”

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Sapiens [Tenth Anniversary Edition]: A Brief History of Humankind

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Bruce Borgos is starting The Blue Horse: Amazing news that my last book, The Blue Horse, has just been named a winner of the Will Rogers Medallion Award for Western Mystery. It's an incredible honor, especially given I'm in the company of Anne Hillerman, Craig Johnson, and Chris Mullen, authors I truly admire! It's some great momentum leading into the publication of The Riddle Maker, book #4 in the Porter Beck series, which comes out on Nov. 17! The Blue Horse (Porter Beck, #3) by Bruce Borgos (Goodreads Author) progress:	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Wardell surveys the living room, scowling like one of the bad guys that gets killed at the end of every episode of Bonanza or Gunsmoke.”
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“Correct. Hey, do you know what the penalty is for polygamy?” Before she can answer, I do. “Two mothers-in-law.”
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