Betty Webb

Not to be confused with Betty Webb (code breaker).

Betty Webb is a former journalist and the author of a series of detective stories set in Arizona.[1][2] She has stated that each book has been inspired by a real case.

Writing

Desert series

The ‘Desert’ series features Scottsdale-based private eye Lena Jones, a former policewoman. Lena was raised in foster homes and knows little about her own background, but learns more as the series progresses. Betty Webb is one of a number of successors to authors such as Sue Grafton, Marcia Muller, Sara Paretsky and Liza Cody and their female private eye series. Her books have some similarities to those of Muller, and of Nevada Barr. The frontier quality of the southwestern region fits well with the traditions set by Californian noir. Desert Noir, the first in the series, had themes related to development of Arizona such as the destruction of the environment and of cultural heritage by developers; issues of Native American rights and cultural displacement; corruption and greed in the art world; the effects of tourism, etc.

Much of Webb's writings are controversial. "Desert Wives" and "Desert Lost" deal with the polygamy sects in Arizona; "Desert Cut" deals with female genital mutilation. One reviewer commented that the content of "Desert Wives," about ‘wholesale enslavement of women and rampant swindling of the state welfare system’ was ‘eye popping’ and if written as investigative journalism would be a contender for the Pulitzer Prize.[3]

Cozies

Betty Webb has also begun a series of ‘cozies’ (consciously lightweight, humorous mysteries) about a California zookeeper who solves crimes. She is retired from full-time work as a journalist on a Phoenix newspaper, and now reviews for Mystery Scene Magazine and teaches creative writing. She is a resident of Scottsdale; her family is originally from Alabama.[4]

Books

Published in hardcover and paperback by Poisoned Pen Press, Scottsdale, AZ.

  • Desert Noir (2001)
  • Desert Wives (2003)[5]
  • Desert Shadows (2004)
  • Desert Run (2006)
  • Desert Cut (2008)[6]
  • The Anteater of Death (2008)
  • Desert Lost (2009)
  • The Koala of Death (2010)
  • Desert Wind (2012)
  • The Llama of Death (2013)[7]
  • Desert Rage (2014)
  • The Puffin of Death (2015)[8]
  • Desert Vengeance (2017)[9]
  • The Otter of Death (2018)
  • Desert Redemption (2019)
  • The Panda of Death (2020)[10]

Memberships

References

  1. ^ "Books n Bytes Author Profile". Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
  2. ^ Bland, Karina (8 March 2019). "For 20 years, Betty Webb and Lena Jones solved mysteries together. But was it time to let her go?". The Republic.
  3. ^ Marilyn Stasio 'Crime' The New York Times 12 January 2003, section 7 p. 16
  4. ^ "Home - Betty Webb". www.bettywebb-mystery.com.
  5. ^ "Desert Wives". Kirkus Reviews. 15 November 2002.
  6. ^ "Desert Cut". Kirkus Reviews. 15 October 2007.
  7. ^ "The Llama of Death". Kirkus Reviews. 15 November 2012.
  8. ^ "The Puffin of Death". Kirkus Reviews. 1 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Desert Vengeance". Kirkus Reviews. 1 December 2016.
  10. ^ "The Panda of Death". Kirkus Reviews. 1 February 2020.

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