Bruce Borgos > Recent Status Updates

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!

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!

Feeling grateful—and a little winded—from trying to keep up with all the kind words coming in for The Blue Horse.

Jon Land at BookTrib says: “Bruce Borgos...draws even with C.J. Box when it comes to outdoor-based crime thrillers, and Beck is every bit the equal. of Box's Joe Picket.”

Here is the link to the full review: https://booktrib.com/2025/07/30/sizzl...

"In this third Porter Beck Mystery, author Bruce Borgos hits his stride."

-- Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post

Another great review of The Blue Horse. Thanks to everyone for putting this book on the USA TODAY bestseller list!

https://www.denverpost.com/2025/07/27...

Colorado friends, this Friday at 6:30pm, I’ll be at Highlands Ranch Library in Littleton talking books, murder, and whatever else comes up—with the one and only Carter Wilson.

We’ll be swapping stories, answering questions, and pretending we know what we’re doing. It’s free, open to the public, and there's zero pressure to read anything beforehand (though we won’t stop you).

https://go.dcl.org/event/13268941

Had an amazing time at Book Carnival in Orange, CA yesterday talking books and writing with fellow author, James Byrne. If you haven't read his Dez Limerick series, I highly recommend it! Thanks to Anne Saller and her great store for hosting us (my 3rd time)!

Hey gang, just a quick note to say if you're in SoCal, I'm going to be at Book Carnival in Orange on Saturday, July 19 at 2pm, discussing The Blue Horse with fellow author James Byrne, author of the Dez Limerick series. Come out and see us if you can, pick up a signed a book, and support a great store!

This is crazy, guys. The Blue Horse has cracked the USA Today Bestseller List in its FIRST WEEK! Thanks to all of the readers and reviewers for driving this demand in the bookstores. I owe you, big time. And thanks for becoming invested in Porter Beck!

I'm currently working on book #4 in the series, and that should be out next July (2026)!

Great news for THE BLUE HORSE - it's now on the USA Today Bestseller List!!!

None of this would have been possible without all the readers out there who been drawn to Porter Beck's high desert in Nevada. You guys have made him what he is today. We're three books in and going strong!

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!

If you're in the O.C. area, I'll be at Book Carnival on Saturday at 2pm signing books and discussing THE BLUE HORSE with friend and fellow author James Byrne. Come out and see us!

Just got back from the first three stops on THE BLUE HORSE book launch tour - and I got to do the first two with the great Linda Castillo, author of the Kate Burkholder novels and her latest, RAGE. What a treat discussing crime fiction and the writing process with Linda. Proud to call her my friend now!

Hey Readers, I've activated the Ask the Author function! So if you have questions about my books or about why red wine is really the ONLY wine, ask away. I'll do my best to respond quickly, though I've just started the book tour for THE BLUE HORSE, which was released on July 8th.

Hope you love it. You can find all the Porter Beck novels here, as well as my first two novels. Happy Reading!!!

Mystery/thriller fans: enter for a chance to win a free hardcover!
BUT WAIT...THERE'S MORE!!! One grand prize winner will also receive:
- An authentic piece of Trinitite from the Ralph Pray Collection. Trinitite is the only evidence left of the world’s first atomic bomb.
- One radiation symbol shot glass.
- One Area 51 dirt sample.
- One Fat Man Bomb-shaped bottle stopper.

Here's the link: https://rb.gy/ojtq1

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Barnes & Noble is offering 25% off pre-orders of THE BITTER PAST for the next few days!

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Yay! A great review by Publisher's Weekly! This ball is rollin'!

https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781...

Yay! A great review from Publisher's Weekly on THE BITTER PAST. Check it out!

https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781...

Many thanks to all the NetGalley reviewers who've had such great things to say about THE BITTER PAST! I'm thrilled readers are enjoying the first of what we hope to be a very long mystery series starring Sheriff Porter Beck!

Looks like our official book launch party will be at the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas on July 22, a fitting place given the book's backdrop!

Another fabulous early review on THE BITTER PAST, this one from V on NetGalley:
"It’s everything you want in a mystery, there’s misdirection, depth of characters, historical relevance, hints of romance, kidnapping, murder, radioactive plutonium, and a Russian intelligence operative.
A powerful story with grains of truth that frighten and horrify me. My rating would exceed 5 stars and I don’t often do that."

Amazed and grateful for the folks at BTB!

More early reviews coming in on THE BITTER PAST. Here's just a snippet from Kashif Hussain's 5 STAR review:

"Bruce Borgos steps into the thrillerverse with a blazing debut that combines elements of cold-war espionage with modern day crime-investigation to give one heck of a memorable story that all but confirms there is so much more to come from this extraordinary new author."

WOW!!!

This looks good! Can't wait to read! https://www.goodreads.com/friend/i?fe...

Just one of the fabulous blurbs from the great authors that will grace my book cover (front and back)! I am so EXCITED!

"A thrilling and assured debut, Bruce Borgos’ THE BITTER PAST is at once a high stakes tale of high treason in the high desert and an unflinching examination of the lasting scars that even the coldest of wars can leave behind."

Chris Holm, author of THE KILLING KIND.

Wanted to share the fabulous blurbs that will be displayed on this fantastic front and back cover. Here's just one:

"A thrilling and assured debut, Bruce Borgos’ THE BITTER PAST is at once a high stakes tale of high treason in the high desert and an unflinching examination of the lasting scars that even the coldest of wars can leave behind."

Chris Holm, author of THE KILLING KIND.

I'm so grateful for the wonderful authors blurbing my upcoming release, THE BITTER PAST!

Here's just two:

"A crisp jolt of cask-strength, 100 proof writing." - Craig Johnson, author of the Walt Longmire Mysteries

"THE BITTER PAST is an emotional story about the steep cost of doing the right thing...a gripping tale with vivid characters at a breakneck pace." - Nick Petrie, author of THE RUNAWAY

I love everything David Whyte has written! And this book in particular is something I read in snippets, since it's a collection of musings on the world. Trust me, you'll love it!