Robert Justice is a Denver native. His first novel, They Can't Take Your Name, was named a runner-up for the 2020 Sisters in Crime Eleanor Taylor Bland Award.
He believes that together, we can right wrongful convictions.
Justice's new novel is A Dream in the Dark.
At CrimeReads he tagged five favorite books that feature the Mile High City, including:
Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli WeidenRead about another book on the list.
The accolades for David Heska Wanbli Weiden’s breakout novel are abundant. Time magazine named Winter Counts one ofthe 100 best thriller, crime and suspense novels of all time. Virgil Wounded Horse is a local enforcer on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. When the local authorities fail to protect victims, Virgil is the one people hire to deliver needed justice.
Winter Counts takes place primarily outside of Colorado on the Rosebud Indian Reservation; however, Wanbli Weiden’s story finds its way to his hometown as his protagonist follows a lead to Denver. Not only does Virgil find that the drug cartels are booming in the Mile High City, he also discovers the caves, cliff divers, Mariachi bands and sopapillas of the iconic Casa Bonita restaurant.
Winter Countsis among Brittany Bunzey's ten best Indigenous suspense novels, Tracy Clark's top ten crime books by writers of color, Erin E. Adams's seven novels that use mystery to examine race, S.F. Kosa's top ten psychological thrillers, Stephen Miller's favorite crime fiction of 2020, Molly Odintz's six favorite titles from the "new wave of thrillers where the oppressed get some well-earned revenge," and Jennifer Baker's top twelve mystery novels featuring BIPOC protagonists.
The Page 69 Test: Winter Counts.
My Book, The Movie: Winter Counts.
Q&A with David Heska Wanbli Weiden.
--Marshal Zeringue
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