Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sheriff of Laido | 2013 | Sandy Dengler | Buy |
| 2 | Butcher of Laido | 2013 | Sandy Dengler | Buy |
| 3 | Doctor of Laido | 2013 | Sandy Dengler | Buy |
| 4 | Happy Christmas, Laido | 2020 | Sandy Dengler | Buy |
| 5 | Springtime in Laido | 2020 | Sandy Dengler | Buy |
The West Texas Mysteries are set in the fictional town of Laido, a small community in the Texas desert. The five books, published between 2013 and 2020, follow crimes that disrupt the quiet life of this remote town. Sheriff of Laido, Butcher of Laido, and Doctor of Laido establish the characters, with holiday entries rounding out the series.
The West Texas setting gives these mysteries a spare, hot atmosphere different from Dengler’s Arizona-set Mirage Mysteries. Small-town Texas dynamics, where everyone’s business is everyone else’s concern, provide the social framework for the crime-solving.