Killer Chardonnay

Lansing, Kate. Killer Chardonnay. New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 2020.

Parker Valentine made her dreams come true when she opened her own Colorado winery. When a well known restaurant critic and blogger shows up at her opening and drops dead after drinking her wine, she decides to help the investigation along by snooping. Although I had figured out who must be the killer almost from the start, the author created plenty of red herrings to divert attention from the person which probably worked more effectively for some readers than for me. The mystery is more engaging than many of today's cozies, and I might enjoy reading future installments. I liked Parker and the police detective. Most of the characters work although I'm a bit lukewarm on a few. This review is based on an advance electronic copy received through NetGalley with the expectation of an honest review.

Frontier in Transition: A History of Southwestern Colorado

O'Rourke, Paul M. Frontier in Transition: A History of Southwestern Colorado. Denver: Colorado State Office, Bureau of Land Management, 1980.

This government publication contains the following chapters:

1. The Natural Setting and Its Relation to Historic Development
2. The Ancient Ones
3. Exploration and the Fur Trade
4. The Great Reconnaissance and the Rediscovery of the Southwest
5. The Utes in Southwestern Colorado: A Confrontation of Cultures
6. Early Mining and Transportation in Southwestern Colorado
7. The Permanent Settlement of Southwestern Colorado
8. Transportation and Mining, 1881-1920
9. Ranching and Agriculture: The Economic Diversification of Southwestern Colorado
10. The Federal Government in Southwestern Colorado
11. Southwestern Colorado in the Modern Era

This volume is available at many Federal Depository libraries and online through the FDLP.

The Valley of Opportunity: A History of West-Central Colorado

Mehls, Steven F. The Valley of Opportunity: A History of West-Central Colorado. Denver: Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office, 1982.

Chapters in this government publication include:

The Natural Backdrop and Spanish Exploration
The Fur Trade and Government Exploration
Inter-racial Contact and Ute Removal
West-Central Colorado's Mining Frontier
The Transportation Frontier in West-Central Colorado
The Stockmen's Frontier 1880-1920
West-Central Colorado Farming 1880-1920
The Urban Frontier
The Federal Government in West-Central Colorado
Depression Decades
Mining Since 1920
The New Prosperity

This volume can be found in many libraries of the Federal Depository Library Program, online at the BLM website, or in the HathiTrust Digital Library.

The New Empire of the Rockies: A History of Northeast Colorado

Mehls, Steven F. The New Empire of the Rockies: A History of Northeast Colorado. Denver: Bureau of Land Management, 1984.

Chapters in this government publication include:

1. The Natural Setting
2. Exploration and the Fur Trade
3. The Pike's Peak Gold Rush and After
4. The Ranchers' Frontier
5. The Sodbusters Arrive
6. Early Mining in Northeastern Colorado
7. The Transportation Frontier in Northeastern Colorado
8. The Urban Frontier
9. The 1890s, a Time for Change
10. The Early Twentieth Century
11. Depression Decades, 1920-1940
12. Northeastern Colorado Since 1940

This volume is available at many libraries associated with the Federal Depository Library Program or online through HathiTrust Digital Library.

Land of Contrast: A History of Southeast Colorado

Athearn, Frederic J. Land of Contrast: A History of Southeast Colorado. Denver: Bureau of Land Management, 1985.

Chapters in this government publication include:

1. The Natural Setting
2. The First Europeans
3. An American Invasion
4. The New West Is Explored
5. Early Agricultural Settlement
6. Pike's Peak or Bust
7. Confrontations: Removal and Transition
8. A Period of Transition: Into the 1870's
9. A Time of Building, 1870-1880
10. Into Maturity, 1880-1900
11. A Period of Change: 1900-1920
12. Hard Times: 1920-1940
13. From War to Prosperity: 1940-1980

It's available at many Federal Depository Library Program libraries and at HathiTrust Digital Library.

An Isolated Empire: A History of Northwest Colorado

Athearn, Frederic J. An Isolated Empire: A History of Northwest Colorado. Denver: Colorado State Office, Bureau of Land Management, 1976.

This useful government publication contains the following chapters:

1. Northwestern Colorado Prior to Exploration
2. The Fur Trade
3. Exploration in Northwestern Colorado
4. Mining and Transportation in Early Western Colorado
5. Confrontations: Settlement Versus the Ute Indians
6. Settlement in Middle Park and the Yampa Valley
7. Development of the Cattle and Sheep Industry
8. Mining and Transportation 1890-1920
9. The "Moffat Road" and Northwestern Colorado, 1903-1948
10. Development of Northwestern Colorado 1890-1940

It can be found online in the HathiTrust Digital Library or in many Federal Depository Library Program libraries.