Here are some fun Montana facts:
The capital is Helena.
The largest city is Billings.
State motto is "Gold and Silver"
State nickname is the Big Sky Country.
State flower is the Bitterroot.
State bird is the Western Meadowlark.
State animal is the Grizzly Bear.
Montana has the greatest number of different mammal species in the USA.
Mystery authors who are found on the Cozy Mystery Site who feature Montana locations in their books:
Sharon Dunn: Bargain Hunters Mystery Series AND Ruby Taylor Mystery Series
Sandra West Prowell: Phoebe Siegel Mystery Series
Please feel free to comment if you see an author from the Cozy Mystery Site who belongs on this list, or if you have any corrections.
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I was just browsing in Barnes & Noble and found this book – first in the series – “Death Al Dente” by
Leslie Ann Budewitz which happens to take in in Jewel Bay, Montana. The series name is Food Lovers Villages. Its release date is August 6, 2013.
Thanks, Sheila, for telling us about Death al Dente, the first in the Food Lovers’ Village Mystery Series by Leslie Ann Budewitz.
Great list! Always so fun to read mysteries set in the region I’m traveling through! I’ll be taking the kids to South Dakota this summer…any mysteries set at Mount Rushmore
Just found out something. I always thought Montana’s nickname was “Big Sky Country” instead of “Big Country Sky” so I went to Montana’s official state website http://mt.gov and at the bottom of the page it states that the nickname is “Treasure State.” That’s a new one on me! Learn something everyday.
BTW, Danna, I think you mean “Mystery authors… Montana…”
Both are beautiful states, though.
Thank you, BB, my reading retention seems to be failing me!
Margaret Scherf wrote the Reverend Martin Buell series set in Farmington, Montana. These are older books published primarily during the 40s and 50s. The titles are:
* Always Murder a Friend
* Gilbert’s Last Toothache (aka For the Love of Murder)
* The Curious Custard Pie (aka Devine and Deadly)
* The Elk and the Evidence
* The Cautious Overshoes
* Never Turn Your Back
* The Corpse in the Flannel Nightgown
New novel, her first mystery and exceptionally written. Lonna Enox has written an easy readng mystery that keeps you engaged until the final page. The name of the book is “The Last Dance.” Her leading lady is Sorrel Janes, a professional photographer with an exciting past and an even more exceting future as the story unfolds. The characters are identifiable in each person’s life, yet have lives of their own.
Thank you, Ronald T, for telling us about Lonna Enox.