Loretta Jackson and Vickie Britton, sisters and co-authors, are drawn to out-of-the-way places, old mining towns, and vast rangelands where the legends and history of the past live on. Inspired by the rugged mountains of Wyoming and Colorado, they find the lonely, high country region a perfect setting for their novels. They are authors of the High Country Mystery Series: Murder in Black and White, Whispers of the Stones, Stealer of Horses, The Executioner's Hood, An Icy Death, Crying Woman Bridge, and also of A Deal on a Handshake, an anthology that also features Wyoming sheriff, Jeff McQuede. They have written fifty novels, including the eight-book Ardis Cole Mystery Series and the Luck of the Draw Western Series: The Devil's Game, The Fifth Ace, and The Wild Card. Listed among their work are the The Vanished Lady, Death Comes in Pairs, and The Lost City of the Condor, Both sisters live in Kansas, Loretta in Junction City, Vickie in Hutchinson.