SoWest: Danger Awaits!

by Claire A. Murray (Editor)

Twenty-five crime/mystery stories set in Arizona ... from the dusty road of olden days and the Lost Dutchman's mine to contemporary Jerome, Phoenix, the Grand Canyon, and Tucson. Some humorous and others dark, with a few ghosts and paranormal sightings in between, you'll enjoy these forays into crime in the southwest written by members of Desert Sleuths.

Authors: Mary Adler, Betsy Barker, Anna Dalhaimer Bartkowski, Patricia A Bonn, Clare Broyles, Margaret Burnison, Bill Butler, Dory Crowe, Patricia Curren, Meg E. Dobson, Suzanne E Flaig, Roberta Gibson, Debra H. Goldstein, Lisa Knudsen Harkrader, Wendy Harrison, Jay Kinney, Laura MacKenzie, Tim Maleeny, Kathy McIntosh, Susan Cummins Miller, Claire A Murray, Karen Odden, D.R. Ransdell, Cynthia Sabelhaus, Michael Thomét.

Editors: Eva Eldridge, Suzanne E Flaig, Denise Ganley, Claire A Murray, Sarah Smith.

350 pages, Paperback

Published September 19, 2025

About the author

Claire writes crime/mystery, fantasy, and sci-fi, not necessarily in that order. She is a member of Sisters in Crime (& president of the Desert Sleuths Chapter), Mystery Writers of America, and the Short Mystery Fiction Society. Claire transplanted from New England to Phoenix where she writes full-time, paints, and lives on a steady diet of Zoominars for connection, inspiration, and sanity.

She hosts 2 weekly “Zoominar” write-in sessions for aspiring and experienced writers as well as write-ins for Sisters in Crime Worldwide and writes book reviews for Kings River Life Magazine.

Her short stories are in more than a half dozen anthologies and online magazines. Play the Hand You're Dealt, her short story collection, includes several stories that earned honors in various competitions.

Learn more at CAM-writes, Where Character, Crime, and Mystery Collide.