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Shannon Baker

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Shannon Baker writes mysteries about strong women in dangerous situations. Her books are set in the iconic landscapes of the American West, from the Colorado Rockies to the Nebraska prairies, to the deserts of southern Arizona. Baker spent 20 years in the Nebraska Sandhills, where cattle outnumber people by more than 50:1, and too few years living on Colorado’s front range. Her dark suspense, The Desert Behind Me, is a 2019 Winner of the New Mexico/Arizona Book Award.
Seconds before quitting writing forever and taking up competitive drinking, Shannon was voted Rocky Mountain Fiction Writer’s 2014 Writer of the Year and, buoyed with that confidence, continued to write, earning another RMFW Writer of the Year nod in 2017-18. Shannon makes her ...more

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Average rating: 4.33 · 31,639 ratings · 1,315 reviews · 45 distinct works • Similar authors

	Stripped Bare (Kate Fox, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 8,687 ratings — published 2016 — 13 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
	Dark Signal (Kate Fox #2) 4.39 avg rating — 3,550 ratings — published 2017 — 12 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
	Bitter Rain (Kate Fox #3) 4.42 avg rating — 3,253 ratings — published 2018 — 10 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
	Easy Mark (Kate Fox, #4) 4.47 avg rating — 2,531 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Broken Ties (Kate Fox #5) 4.50 avg rating — 2,092 ratings — published 2022 — 6 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
	Exit Wounds (Kate Fox #6) 4.56 avg rating — 1,792 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Bull's Eye (Kate Fox #8) 4.52 avg rating — 1,807 ratings — published 2024 — 4 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
	Double Back (Kate Fox #7) 4.46 avg rating — 1,807 ratings — published 2023 — 4 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
	Close Range (Kate Fox #9) 4.55 avg rating — 1,208 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	Taking Stock (Kate Fox, #10) 4.45 avg rating — 1,009 ratings — 3 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

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message 3: by Beth

Jan 03, 2010 08:16PM

Hi Shannon,
Thanks for befriending me here as well as in real-life and a very happy new year to you!
- Beth

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message 2: by Shannon

Jan 03, 2010 01:26PM

I just added The Daily Coyote to my reading list. Sometimes I get a little disdainful of "city folk" who take the romance of living off the land like it's quaint and cute, or a modern day version of Walden Pond. Then again, sometimes I really identify with their experience.

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message 1: by Darlene

Jan 03, 2010 01:14PM

I finished The Daily Coyote which is wonderful and controversial. Also just finished Hunt for Justice by Lucinda Delaney Schroeder who was a special agent with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. She lives here in Montrose and is coming to my house this week for give a presentation to my book club - fascinating!

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