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Winner of the 2019 Hillerman Southwest Fiction Award.

Empowered women in history, horses, unconventional characters, and real-life historical events fill the pages of award-winning writer Kari Bovee's historical mystery musings and manuscripts.

Born in northern New Mexico, Kari developed a love of reading, writing, and history early in life. Her most treasured Christmas gift as a young child was a toy typewriter. After graduating with a B.A. in English Literature with an emphasis in Creative Writing, Kari found work as a technical writer at a Fortune 500 tech company. But, her love of story-telling never waned. While staying at home with two young children, Kari wrote her first novel and hasn't stopped. She and her husband live happily in rur ...more

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	Girl with a Gun (An Annie Oakley Mystery #1) 4.03 avg rating — 674 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pryce of Conceit (The Pryce of Murder, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 346 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grace in the Wings (Grace Michelle #1) 3.96 avg rating — 281 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pryce of Deceit (The Pryce of Murder #2) 4.51 avg rating — 112 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pryce of Greed (The Pryce of Murder, #3) 4.59 avg rating — 92 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peccadillo at the Palace (An Annie Oakley Mystery, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grace Among Thieves (Grace Michelle Mysteries, #3) 4.48 avg rating — 88 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Pryce of Ambition (The Pryce of Murder, #4) 4.62 avg rating — 79 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shoot Like a Girl (Annie Oakley Mystery #0.5) 4.51 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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How Victorian beauty culture hid murder in plain sight—and how it inspires my fiction.

In 1890, Dr. James P. Campbell began selling arsenic complexion wafers.

They were advertised as “perfectly harmless.”

Women could purchase them from the Sears & Roebuck catalogue or their local druggist. The wafers—small, white, chalky things meant for “delicate nibbling”—promised to clear freckles, banish pimples, and produce the luminous, near-translucent pallor that fashionable society de

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The Brontës

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