MEET THE AUTHOR

Sue Hinkin is the author of the award-winning thriller series, The Vega & Middleton Novels, featuring the investigative team of Los Angeles TV news journalist Bea Jackson and best friend, photographer Lucy Vega. BestThrillers.com called Lucy and Bea one of the top female detectives of 2023. A former Cinematography Fellow at the American Film Institute, Hinkin was a TV news photographer like her character, Lucy. Now living in Colorado, she was voted Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Writer of the Year. She enjoys spending time  with her family, including cats, dogs, flowers, and her young twin granddaughters who love climbing everything, insect collecting, chocolate, and  a good book.  All those things seem to run in the family...

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RECOGNITION & AWARDS

Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, Writer of the Year

Foreword Indies, Best Mystery
Colorado Humanities Center for The Book, Best Thriller

Colorado Authors League, Best Thriller

www.BestThrillers.com, Best Female Sleuths
Silver Falchion Award short list, Best Thriller

International Book Award Finalist, Best Thriller

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​A NEW BOOK ON THE WAY!
I just finished (woo-hoo!) the sixth and final installation (fine as a standalone) of the Bea Middleton and Lucy Vega series titled THE SNAKE HANDLER'S WIFE. It will be out in October of 2025. Want to read and Advanced Reader Copy? Email me at sue_hinkin@msn.com and put ARC in the subject line. Here's the summary:

 

When photojournalist Lucy Vega’s war correspondent significant other, Michael Burleson, suddenly takes a job in Iraq, Lucy is left alone with their young child on her isolated California ranch. Michael’s unstable daughter shows up hoping to meet her baby half-brother who is Lucy’s 4-year-old son, Henry. Despite Michael’s warnings, Lucy hires the girl to help care for the child. Weird things begin happening—Lucy’s beloved horse is bitten by a rattle snake and animal enclosures are vandalized. Lucy doesn’t know the daughter has fallen under the spell of a sexy, snake-handling religious cult leader who will do anything to get Lucy’s ranch and her son.

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I hope you'll enjoy it. Will keep you posted!

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Sue