Hi all.  Having recently moved to New Mexico, I dutifully started reading Tony Hillerman...  which led me to James Doss and Susan Slater, which in turn took me to the Thurlos...  Are there more? Who have I missed?

The website, Stop You're Killing Me, features a location index. Just click on the states in which you are interested, and corresponding authors and their books will appear.

http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/LocationCats/USA/index.html

 D.R. Meredith has a series set in the southwest, Arizona or New Mexico, I believe. I've read her 4th book, Tome of Death, and it was very good. It was actually like 2 mysteries in one, one being in the present, the other in the past involving Native Americans. I really enjoyed it, and her descriptions of the area were great.  

Aw, come on, LeeAnne...will you please just stop mentioning new authors? I read all of Craig Johnson's novels because of you, and now I have a sudden urge to try the McGarrity series.

Let's see. The local library opens in 20 minutes. There's a copy of Tularosa on the shelf.

Um, pardon me.

(Throwing on clothes.)

(Grabbing the car keys.)

(Slamming back door.)

OK, Leeanne, now I'm jealous. Littleton? Could you pop over to Idaho Springs and have some Beaujo's for me?

Oh, my, well where shall we start?  I LOVE Southwest based mysteries!!

The ones I love besides the ones you named (Southwest in general, not necessarily N.M.):  J.A. Jance, Sarah Lovett,  Carolyn Hart's Henrie O drifts to the southwest once, I'm pretty sure,  OH---Judith VanGieson (great one!),  CJ Box and Margaret Coel are both actually Wyoming but both wonderful.  As someone else mentioned, other people love Craig Johnson but I haven't read his yet.--I'm afraid to start!!   I'm thinking there is at least one more than I can't retrieve from the back of my cluttered memory but there's a few for you!

Oops!  I forgot Nevada Barr's Anna Pigeon.  She's a ranger and has at least a couple of southwest based ones.  I think the one that takes place in Grand Canyon is worthy of five-stars!

You might also try J. Carson Black and James C. Mitchell.  It's been a couple years since both published a new book, but what they have out is pretty good.  J. Carson Black's titles are "Dark Side of the Moon" and "Darkness On the Edge of Town"; locale is Bisbee, Arizona.  And James C. Mitchell wrote "Lovers Crossing" and "Choke Point"; locale Tucson.  There's a terrific bookstore in Scottsdale called The Poisoned Pen that feartures writers from all over and are great with featuring Southwest writers.  Their link is www.poisonedpen.com

Donna

Allana Martin's Texana Jones series is based in the Big Bend area of Texas. Texana is a trading post owner.

Just stumbled upon a mention of books by Connie Shelton. Charlie (Charlotte) Parker is a Certified Public Accountant in Albuquerque, New Mexico. There are 10 books in the series.

http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/S_Authors/Shelton_Connie.html

Try the Joanna Brady series by J A Jance.  Set in Arizona

I really enjoyed the Judith Van Geisen books.  I find them a little more "thinky" than a lot of others.  The JA Jance Joanna Brady books are pretty good also.