Books by Author GG Collins

by G.G. Collins
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7 books
My inspiration comes from the American southwest, its many cultures and Native American traditions. I write two mystery series set in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Whether you enjoy chilling mysteries/thrillers or cozy cat-inhabited puzzles, there is something for everyone.
“Allow the power to flow through you. Don’t try to capture it. You wish only to borrow it.”
― G.G. Collins, From Reluctant Medium
The Rachel Blackstone Paranormal Mysteries are infused with shamans, power animals, spirits – and a psychic cat – while being grounded in contemporary issues and historical events. Rachel often finds she becomes part of the stories she reports while trying to avoid becoming the headline. With friend Chloe, the two solve mystical mysteries.
The Taylor Browning Cozy Mysteries include Oscar the cat, whose lifetime goal is the extermination of the paper towel species. Taylor, a mystery editor at a book publisher, does a little sleuthing on the side with help from her co-workers and a long-suffering detective. She finds she can’t edit her way out of real murder.
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The Rachel Blackstone Paranormal Mysteries

Reluctant Medium

G. G. Collins, 2018
Santa Fe reporter Rachel Blackstone bungles a Native American ritual to return the dead. Instead of her father, whom she believes was murdered, an evil spirit returns. Worse yet, Rachel is seeing ghosts. While some are helpful, others lead her astray. Problem? She can’t always tell them apart. Where does the white wolf in spirit fit in? She turns to a Hopi shaman and her best friend Chloe to help her solve the mystery.

Lemurian Medium

Even the Dead are Afraid!
G G Collins, 2013
A friend disappears into a painting at a posh Santa Fe gallery. Rachel Blackstone witnesses the paranormal kidnapping, but is helpless to stop it. She isn’t prepared for the reality of where her friend has been taken. In this strange ancient world, it’s difficult to know who to trust. Somehow, she must avoid the Mesoamerican deity who dines on humans and rescue her friend before the catastrophic event occurs that will take the island continent to the sea floor!

Atomic Medium

Even the Dead are Afraid!
G G Collins, 2015
A time warp opened in a popular Santa Fe retail store. The building housing the shop was the main office of The Manhattan Project during WWII. Only one person witnessed the departure of two dangerous men through the dark doorway to the past—reporter Rachel Blackstone, the Reluctant Medium. If she can't stop the two men intent on sabotage, history will be altered. It's no small task: just save the world.

Anasazi Medium

G. G. Collins, 2020
Ancient peoples enlighten contemporary humankind in a mystery as old as time. Rachel Blackstone, a Santa Fe reporter, is recruited by the spirit world to prevent a cataclysm: the end of the Fourth World of the Hopi. As earthquakes rumble and a supervolcano threatens to erupt, it becomes imperative she discover the root of all evil. Can she stop the greedy men intent on plundering Mother Earth and killing those who would stop them? The survival of an unaware civilization depends on Rachel getting it right.
The Taylor Browning Cozy Mysteries

Dead Editor File

The Taylor Browning Cozy Mysteries
G. G. Collins, 2019
Book Publishing is Murder! This cozy mystery series introduces Taylor Browning, mystery editor at a book publisher in Santa Fe, New Mexico. If you've ever wondered what goes on at a publishing house, this is the inside scoop. Dead Editor File features a locked-room murder, a flamboyant author and Oscar, Taylor's Abyssinian cat. He doesn't get mad; he gets even. Taylor finds she can’t edit her way out of real murder.

Looking Glass Editor: Book Publishing is Murder!

G. G. Collins, 2021
A dangerous game of cat and mouse commences in this second outing for mystery editor Taylor Browning. She is dispatched to Sedona, Arizona to collect a manuscript from recalcitrant author Crystal Visions. When she arrives, she discovers strange ceremonies, odd obsessions and alarming notes. Danger seems to have followed her from Santa Fe. Menace lurks in the nooks and crannies of the Southwest.

Editor Kill Fee

G. G. Collins, 2023
When the president of the local Santa Fe Mystery Readers Club goes missing, mystery editor Taylor Browning starts her unofficial inquiries. After talking with a club member, Taylor learns the secret the president was keeping. She had been moonlighting moving the prized chile, the Mayan Death Pepper, throughout northern New Mexico. Does this nocturnal activity link with her disappearance? Will the legendary Pecos Triangle claim more victims?This book received a review from Publisher’s Weekly, was nominated for the New Mexico Book Award and landed on The Strand magazine reading list.