A missing woman, wild horses—this new mystery series is an epic ride


New release from Sibylline Press today!

Eleven Stolen Horses

A Wild Horses Mystery

by Robin Somers

Fiction | Trade paper $19 | ISBN: 9781960573865 | On Sale TODAY!

Eleanor Wooley is determined to start her life over in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. But when her new best friend suddenly disappears, Eleanor abandons her job as a crime reporter for The Gold Strike Tribune and sets off in desperate pursuit.

Spurred by gut instinct, Eleanor soon leaves California and scours Northeastern Nevada during one of the hottest, driest summers on record. Obscure signs appear—an intruder’s dire warning, a casino’s mysterious graffiti, a random sighting of a killer on the road.

In her search to find Rette, Eleanor discovers the dark world of today’s inhumane treatment of wild horses, and when the secrets of her trusted best friend’s past begin to surface, Eleanor finds herself in grave danger. With the backdrop of the American West’s high desert wilderness and its towering, rugged mountains and vast open range, Eleanor is forced to decide if continuing her search for Rette is worth losing her own life.

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“Move over Longmire, Eleanor Wooley is in town! For readers of modern Westerns with topical themes and intrepid female protagonists, this is for you.”

—Ana Manwaring, author of The JadeAnne Stone Mexico Adventures


“A great mystery with genuine characters and a satisfying ending.”

Kirkus Reviews


“Earthy, sexy, suspenseful and wild.”

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


Robin Somers

This story came from the time Robin Somers lived in the rural Sierra Nevada foothill town of Sonora, California where she kept her horse and worked as a crime reporter for the local newspaper. She returned to her hometown of Santa Cruz in 2002 where she lives today. She 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. A passionate advocate for wild horses, she is also the author of Beet Fields, a murder mystery.

See Robin Somers on tour this fall!

Thank you Bookshop Santa Cruz for hosting Robin's launch event

Tuesday, October 15, 2024 – 7pm

Robin Somers & Eleven Stolen Horses at Bookshop Santa Cruz

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Saturday, November 2, 2024 – 1pm

Eleven Stolen Horses Talk & Signing with Robin Somers at Orinda Books

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