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Sandra Dallas
Sandra Dallas is a Denver author and freelance book reviewer.
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New book tells the story of crusading Denver D.A. who took on the KKK
“Gangbuster” is a two-part story. First, Van Cise successfully cleaned up Denver’s vice. Next, he took on the KKK, and in that he was less successful.

Winslow’s “City of Dreams” and more mystery books for April
In “City of Dreams," the second of the three books, Danny Ryan is on the run, heading for California with his son, his dying father and the remains of his...

“You Must Remember This,” and other mystery books for March
Marion Caravasios, matriarch of the wealthy Bar Harbor family, is found dead, frozen in the water outside the family's mansion. Now, her granddaughter is searching for her murderer.

Four mysteries to read this month with ties to Colorado or the West
Denver author Patricia Raybon’s amateur sleuth Annalee Spain was an instant hit in Raybon’s first mystery, “All That is Secret.”

New guide lays out a Boulder bucket list
On the improbable chance that you’re in Boulder and can’t figure out what to do, “100 Things to Do in Boulder Before You Die” gives you, well, 100 suggestions.

4 Colorado-connected books to cozy up with this month
Bullets and ballet may not be an obvious mix, but Colorado Springs writer B.J. Bowen ties them together in her second cozy mystery.

“We need more courage:” Pat Pascoe tells the story of school desegregation in Denver
Nobody is better qualified to write the story of Keyes vs. Denver public schools.

Colorado authors dish out a trio of new books
Inaya Rahman is a member of an elite squad of the Denver Police Department's Community Response Unit.

“Wake,” “Blood and Ink” and more mysteries to read this month
Quite apart from the story, “Wake” tells about the lifetime trauma of those not knowing the fate of missing loved ones.

“Brave Hearted” and other regional books to read in October
This month's books include "Brave Hearted: The Women of the American West," by Katie Hickman, "Over, Under, Around, and Through," by Jill S. Tietjen and Elinor Miller Greenberg, and "Beneath...