Here are some Fun Colorado Facts:
“The Centennial State”
Denver is the capital and the largest city.
State Motto: “Nothing without the Deity”
State Flower: Rocky Mountain Columbine
Colorado was named for the red/ruddy color of the mountains.
Authors who are found on the Cozy Mystery Site and who feature Colorado locations in their books:
Leslie Caine (Leslie O’Kane): Domestic Bliss Mystery Series
Sammi Carter: Candy Shop Mystery Series
Diane Mott Davidson: Goldy Bear Mystery Series
Denise Dietz: Diet Club Mystery Series
Laura DiSilverio (aka Lila Dare & Ella Barrick): Charlie Swift Mystery Series
James D. Doss: Charlie Moon Mystery Series
John Dunning: Cliff Janeway Mystery Series
Christine Goff: Birdwatcher’s Mystery Series
Beth Groundwater: Claire Hanover Mystery Series
Heather Horrocks: Bad Mothers Club Mystery Series
Richard Houston: Books to Die For Mystery Series
Dolores Johnson: Mandy Dyer Mystery Series
Cynthia Kuhn: Lila MacLean Academic Mystery Series – Lila is an English professor in colorado.
Sherry Lewis: Senior Sleuth Fred Vickery Mystery Series
Liesa Malik: Daisy Arthur Mystery Series
Mysteries of Silver Peak Mystery Series: a Guideposts Cozy series written by Carole Jefferson
Leslie O’Kane (Leslie Caine): Allie Babcock Mystery Series
Maggie Sefton: Knitting Mystery Series AND Kate Doyle Mystery Series
Robert Spiller: Bonnie Pinkwater Mystery Series
Teresa Trent: Henry Park Mystery Series – Gabby Wolfe has a Sixth Sense in Henry Park, Colorado.
Please feel free to contact me if you see an author from the Cozy Mystery Site who belongs on this list, or if you have any comments.
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Vickie says
Thanks for this! I have a friend who only reads cozies and, since we live in Colorado, this is way cool to share!
Sue says
Thank you. Now how about Michigan (Cat Who belongs here), Minnesota, Washington, Washington D.C., or anyplace along the Eastern Seaboard?
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Sue,
Thanks for the suggestions…. I will put those states right up at the top.
I just posted Connecticut this morning…
Carole says
Love your cozy mystery site. How about a theme listing of American Indian or other ethnic themed mysteries?
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Thanks, Carole, I’ll add this theme to the list of themes I have to do…
Irv says
You might want to add my Colorado-based cozy, “No Laughing Matter,” featuring Izzy Brand, aging stand-up comic who solves the murder of his best friend.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Thank you, Irv Sternberg, for telling us about your Colorado-based Cozy: No Laughing Matter.
Doris Christian says
Cold Spings Mysteries are set in Colorado. They Don’t Shoot Horses, Shattered Sanctuary, Wild Revelations and Trail of Defects are by Sara Caudell. They are kind of a modern western cozy, and a lot of fun.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Doris, thanks for the suggestion! I’ll take a look at them some time.
Heidi says
Lynn Cahoon has a series that takes place in Colorado
DrJackie says
Where is Mildred Abbott?? The Cozy Corgi series takes Place in Estes Park!!
Dawn says
I have another one that belongs on this list. Carolyn Q Hunter’s Diner of the dead series takes place in Haunted Falls CO. I just finished book 4, Sinister Strawberry waffle and, I highly enjoyed it! I also have to ask where Mildred Abbott is. I’ve read the first one or two books in this series on Audible and, I highly enjoyed them as well!
Lisa says
Kate Lansing’s Colorado Wine Mystery series set in Boulder is great!