Ann Parker

A Silver Rush Mystery

Silver Lies (Sep-2003)
Iron Ties (Jul-2006)
Lead Into Temptation (Jul-2009)
Leaden Skies (Feb-2011)
Mercury's Rise (Nov-2011)
What Gold Buys (Sep-2016)

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  Silver Lies
  

  • Sep-2003
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  A Silver Rush Mystery
  

  They all came to Leadville with the same purpose: Get in. Get rich. Get out.As 1879 draws to a close, this Rocky Mountain boomtown has infected the world with silver fever. It's not much different than the dot.com mania or the corporate scams that he...

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  Iron Ties
  

  • Jul-2006
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  A Silver Rush Mystery
  

  "A well-crafted novel that will appeal to readers of mysteries, historical fiction, and genre westerns." -- BooklistThe railroad is coming to Leadville and its rich Rocky Mountain mines. Among those who will be on hand to celebrate the arrival of the...

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  Lead Into Temptation
  

  • Jul-2009
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  A Silver Rush Mystery
  

  In the summer of 1880, the siren song of a lucky silver find in the mining boomtown of Leadville, Colorado, isn't the only thing that leads folks into temptation. Although possible investment in Leadville's silver mines is a main reason that former p...

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  Leaden Skies
  

  • Feb-2011
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  A Silver Rush Mystery
  

  The summer of 1880: although possible investment in Leadville's silver mines is a main reason that former president and Civil War general Ulysses S. Grant is now touring this city at the top of the Rockies, others in his retinue and in town are entic...

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  Mercury's Rise
  

  • Nov-2011
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  A Silver Rush Mystery
  

  In summer 1880, many come to the fast-rising health resort of Manitou, Colorado, at the foot of Pike's Peak to "chase the cure" for tuberculosis. But Inez Stannert, part-owner of the Silver Queen Saloon in Leadville, travels for a different reason...

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  What Gold Buys
  

  • Sep-2016
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  A Silver Rush Mystery
  

  Autumn 1880 in the Rocky Mountains brings frost, snow, and the return of Silver Queen Saloon owner Inez Stannert to Leadville, Colorado. In this silver rush boomtown, those who are hungry for material riches seek their fortunes in precious metals....

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  A Dying Note
  

  • Apr-2018
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  Best of the West 2019 - 1st Place in Mystery by True West Magazine2018 - CIPA EVVY Winner for Mystery/Crime/Detective2018 - CIPA EVVY 2nd Place for Historical FictionIn the next book in the Silver Rush mysteries, Inez Stannert struggles to solve the ...

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  Fall on a Dying Note
  

  • Apr-2018
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  Best of the West 2019 - 1st Place in Mystery by True West Magazine
  2018 - CIPA EVVY Winner for Mystery/Crime/Detective
  2018 - CIPA EVVY 2nd Place for Historical Fiction

  It's autumn of 1881, and Inez Stannert, still the co-owner of Le...

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  Mortal Music
  

  • Feb-2020
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  In this next adventure in the award-winning Silver Rush mystery series, pianist and amateur sleuth Inez Stannert must track down a murderer before he silences a famous vocalist -- forever...All Inez Stannert wants for Christmas is for the struggling ...

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  Rainbow Trail Sarah
  

  • Dec-2020
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  One moment claimed her innocence forever… Nineteen-year-old Kate Murphy’s world shattered the night her innocence was stolen in a back alley. Forced into exile with only a few supplies, a pinto mare, and a Winchester rifle, she found herself...

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  The Secret in the Wall
  

  • Feb-2022
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  2023 Spur Award Winner * Historical Novel Society Editor's Pick"Appealing characters match satisfying puzzles. Historical fans will be delighted." -- Publishers WeeklySometimes you can't keep your gown out of the gutter…Inez Stannert has reinvente...

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  A Tale of Mermaids
  

  • May-2022
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  It's the end of the seventeenth century. Alix is a middle-class French girl, due to marry a nobleman. Vivien is a rebellious 'poor' girl from Delaware. Both have been dealt a bad hand in life. When unexpected events steer them away from the destiny c...

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  The Deadly Detective Agency
  

  • Nov-2023
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  Death is only the beginning for Abigail Summers. In the small village of Becklesfield, dressmaker Abigail Summers faces the most unusual challenge of her life – solving her own murder. After meeting a group of fellow spirits at the local librar...

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  The Deadly Pub Quiz
  

  • Feb-2024
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  Abigail Summers, dressmaker in life and brilliant sleuth in death, has solved her own murder. Now, she has the murder of blackmailer Dora Bream to unravel, with the help of the other spirits. When her friend, psychic medium Hayley Moon, is arrested f...

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Award-Winning Books by Ann Parker

Iron Ties
2007 Colorado Book Award -- Popular Fiction