“Robin Somers knows the gritty corners of the Sierra Nevada, what it means to cover a crime beat, and most of all how to tell a moody, multi-layered story in mesmerizing style. Eleven Stolen Horses is a knockout.”

—Elizabeth McKenzie, author of Dog of the North

Robin Somers

Author of Beet Fields, a murder mystery, Robin is a founding member of the Coastal Cruisers chapter of Sisters in Crime, and an Emerita Lecturer in Writing at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Eleven Stolen Horses, a Wild Horses Mystery was inspired by the time Robin lived in the rural Sierra Nevada foothill town of Sonora, California — where she kept her horse, worked as a crime reporter for the local newspaper, and was an editor for the United States Forest Service.

In 2002, Robin returned to her home near the beach in Santa Cruz, California, where she lives with her husband and their Havanese, Buster. She is a passionate advocate for wild horses.

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PRAISE FOR Eleven Stolen horses

“Somers spins an engaging mystery that captures readers’ attention from the first page”

—Kirkus Reviews

“Earthy, sexy, suspenseful and wild, Eleven Stolen Horses kept my senses immersed in the natural world. I was turning pages as my heart raced. Robin Somers has written an intelligent western for our complex and troubled times.”

—Joanna Hershon, author of The Outside of August; St. Ivo

“With Somers’ textured writing you feel the heat, smell the wildfire smoke, and hear the clop of hooves as the story sheds light on the plight of wild horses in the West with vivid, stunning detail.”

—VK Kazarian, author of Swift Horses Racing: Silicon Valley Murder series and the Laughing Loaf Bakery Mysteries cozy mystery series

“Eleven Stolen Horses has everything you could hope for in a great mystery story: artful misdirection, cracking dialogue, a monstrous antagonist, and a protagonist who conveys toughness, brilliance, and vulnerability. But one of the book's greatest characters is the landscape itself…”

—Dan White, author of The Cactus Eaters

“Robin Somers’ Eleven Stolen Horses will transport you deep into the American West, where the remote landscape is as deadly as it is beautiful, and trust is often more scarce than water. As Eleanor Wooley uses her journalism skills to search for Rette, her missing best friend, she stumbles upon a facet of human cruelty so often ignored and easily justified in the name of land management. There are no neat boundaries of ethical behavior, loyalty, and forgiveness. Add Robin Somers to your list of authors to read.”

—Susan Bickford, author of Dread of Winter