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Reviews
TRAGGEDY ANN
Traggedy Ann is a wonderful addition to the Trade Ellis series.
This book pushes Trade in ways she has never been pushed before...I love that
Browning is not afraid to put her character through rough times...you can't go wrong with
a book where the storyline is just as interesting as the characters and that is definitely
the case here...Traggedy Ann is a wonderful book and, so far, my favorite of 2003.
Robyn Glazer, I Love a Mystery
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Part-time detective and full-time rancher Trade Ellis is
suffering a surfeit of secrecy in Traggedy Ann where a woman wants her sister found
— but no one is to know she is missing...Trade has become a fully developed and
thoroughly likable character, though one would think twice about following her around.
Washington Times
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CRACK SHOT
One of the Top Five mysteries of 2002...
Reed Andrus, Mystery News |
This is the fourth novel in Sinclair Browning's mystery
series...and the best so far. Browning keeps getting better at inventing great
situations to surround part-Apache, dirty-shirt cowgirl rancher Ellis.
Tucson
Weekly
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If you don't book a trip to Tucson after reading this book, your
sense of wanderlust may need a tune up.
Deadly
Pleasures
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RODE HARD, PUT AWAY DEAD
One of the Best Books of 2001...
Deadly Pleasures
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...top-notch mystery set against the gorgeous and, at times,
unforgiving backdrop of the Southwest...with her intuitiveness, loyalty and
intelligence, Trade is emerging as one of the genre's formidable characters...
Florida Sun-Sentinel |
Rode Hard, Put Away Dead is as good as its wry
title...local color galore...
New York Daily News |
Sinclair Browning writes one of the best voices in the
mystery genre today....
Mystery News |
Rode Hard scores big...Browning has become a master of
this form and is in the front rank of not just Arizona or Western mystery writers, but
anybody else writing anywhere today...
Tucson Weekly |
Sinclair Browning is being touted as the next Tony Hillerman.
I think this is unfair. Her work is amazing and unparalleled to anyone
else's. She creates a world so intriguing that it is hard to leave once the book is
over...
About.com |
THE SPORTING CLUB
- Nominated for a 2001 Shamus Award
by the Private Eye Writers of America
The writing is tough and evocative, the Tucson and ranch house
settings are vivid and lusty, and the plot is engrossing and disturbing. But what really
shimmers is the way Ellis pursues and develops a very cold case. Her dogged methods of
research and investigation could serve as a textbook for the art of writing detective
fiction.
Cleveland Plain Dealer |
Browning writes with passion and precision of the west and
of contemporary "dirty shirt" cowboys and cowgirls. At the same time, her female
private eye/rancher sorts out a truly horrific mystery involving the disappearance in 1963
of a black man and his two sons after a Sunday afternoon picnic. The book is based on a
true case that remains open.
Jamie Katz for Kate's Mystery Bookstore Newsletter |
Browning's leading lady is fast becoming a shrewd
detective...From the opening line, Browning's writing draws in readers.
Publishers Weekly |
The subject matter is grim and gritty, dealing not only with
possible murder, but a racially-motivated hate crime that involves children and a long
standing conspiracy of silence...the author hasn't forgotten to address her
carefully-established portrait of Arizona lifestyle, or Trade's well characterized
extended family - she includes a strong personal backstory that provides continuity and
growth of what promises to be a fine series of novels.
Mystery News
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[Sinclair's] work allows us to enjoy another world - vicariously -
and I look forward immensely to following Trade's adventures in upcoming years!
Interview with Without A Clue |
Browning excels in evoking desert ambiance: morning chill, the
gradual warming as the sun rises; the casual animal life…Likewise, her cultural
references ring true. They're neither invented nor cloyingly ethnic… Browning is to
be commended for her smart writing, lively voice, rich setting, and compelling heroine.
Tucson Weekly
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…a multi-layered novel that holds the reader firmly in its
clutches. Browning has done a fine job of researching hate crimes for this chilling tale.
Romantic Times |
THE LAST SONG DOGS
Let's dispense with the drooling right outta the chute. What we
have here is a serious contender for next year’s Best First Novel or Best Paperback
Original award…the southwestern ambience is balanced nicely between mysticism and
realism. And the author imbues her story and characters with a deeply-felt love of time
and place. The Last Song Dogs is an excellent series beginning.
Mystery News (Reed Andrus) |
The action moves briskly and is boosted by the motley cast of
characters and Browning's inspired descriptions of the Southwest landscapes...
Publishers Weekly |
…remarkably assured first mystery…Browning is a strong
writer. And if you can read her opening sentence and then just stop - well, as Bogey said
to Mary Astor, "you're good, Angel. You're real good."
Cleveland Plain Dealer |
…the down-home, humorous, often humble,
back-to-the-land-and-happy-about-that attitude of the principal
character is refreshing. She's not dark or dreary or brooding; she shovels manure with
certainty that other folks would be happier if they occasionally did the same (while
keeping an eye out for the pony).…
The Drood Review of Mystery |
Like Hillerman, Browning is the genuine article…she writes
gloriously about Southern Arizona, and produces a first-rate suspense novel to boot.
Tucson Weekly |
Sinclair Browning is obviously familiar with and can make you a
part of the Southwest lifestyle. If you have become a fan of the Arizona and New Mexico
mysteries that are becoming more and more popular you will want to try this one.
I Love A Mystery |
…enjoyed not only the local color, but also the twisty
plot…
Emily the Guinea Pig
Clues Unlimited |
Author Sinclair Browning creates a wonderful protagonist who loves
Twinkies, has a passion for her home and for her rich, Apache heritage, and who is
completely believable in her quest…I stayed up late at night to finish reading it.
The Quill Magazine |
Sinclair Browning makes a rousing debut in The Last Song Dogs, propelled by a likable, unusual heroine and a breathtaking view of Arizona…this is
one cowgirl who should be riding the range for many adventures.
Florida Sun-Sentinel |
AMERICA'S BEST
Browning's heart-felt narrative about the efforts of a group of
diverse American's to thwart the Japanese occupation of the Philippines recalls the heroic
war fiction of John Toland and Leon Uris...
Publishers Weekly |
As the commander of the 503rd Parachute RCT during the liberation
of Corregidor, I am proud to recommend this book. Sinclair Browning has written a
gripping account of one of America's gravest conflicts and finest hours. America's
Best is a compelling blend of history and suspense that tells what some Americans
went through to preserve our freedom. I thank God we were on the winning end of it.
General George M. Jones |
Browning grasps what Frederick Remington called 'the truth of other
times', which makes America's Best comparable to Michael Shara's magnificent The
Killer Angels. It's good reading, not only for those interested in American History,
but for anyone who likes a well-written and chilling story of survival and heroism.
Tucson Weekly |
I highly recommend America's Best... Rarely is there the opportunity to
read such a poignant account of the early days of the war in the Philippines and its
aftermath... While this is a novel with fictional characters, the action is based on real
people and the information was obtained through hundreds of interviews with veterans from
that period...
Lt. Col.(ret.) Clyde C. Childress
Mindanao Guerrilla 1942-1945
The Quan |
This is not a
"high-brow" book. It is not a "low-brow" book. It's a very
readable and absorbing story which can be read with enjoyment by almost anyone...We see a
simplicity, clarity and directness of language which is reminiscent of John Steinbeck.
It's absorbing!
The Catalina Sunrise |
I was in the U.S. Army with
a unit attached to the 7th Division that made the invasion on Leyte on October 20,
1944...I read America's Best in one sitting. I just couldn't put it
down.
Jack Tanner |
Browning tells the stories
of many people in her work with the hand of a true historian- much like Will and Ariel
Durant..just reading Browning's 12 page "Afterward" - her personal vignette - of
how she went about writing this novel is well worth the price.
Sierra Vista Herald |
Makes my blood run cold.
It gives me that gut-level knowledge of what we were, and are fighting for. I
can pay no higher compliment than that.
Dave Hanley
SGT, INF, MACV
1965-70
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