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Bruce Borgos is the author of several novels, including the Porter Beck Mysteries. His latest, THE BLUE HORSE, is the third in the series starring Sheriff Porter Beck of Lincoln County, NV. https://bit.ly/TheBlueHorse

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Average rating: 4.13 · 4,748 ratings · 1,533 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Bitter Past (Porter Beck, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 2,617 ratings — published 2023	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) 4.19 avg rating — 1,203 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) 4.30 avg rating — 699 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Holding Fire 4.51 avg rating — 120 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 4.60 avg rating — 87 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 Minotaur Sampler, Volume 8: New Books to Make Your Heart Race by Melissa Adelman (Goodreads Author), Bruce Borgos (Goodreads Author), Allison Brennan (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 22 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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Bruce Borgos said: " I'm so excited you're considering picking up The Blue Horse, book #3 in the Porter Beck series. It's been a lot of fun coming up with ideas to build these stories of the Nevada high desert around. This one was no different. I really wanted to tell pe ...more "

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Michael Frost Beckner—who gave us the brilliant screenplay for Spy Game—delivers an equally electrifying novel with Muir’s Gambit. This is espionage at its finest: taut, brilliantly layered, and relentlessly authentic. From the very first page, Beckn ...more
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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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“Tuffy is meticulous. She’s built more like Dick Butkus than Dick Tracy,”
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