R. E. Derouin
2 books in the catalogue, published 1999 to 2000.
R. E. Derouin is a mystery writer whose David Dean books are set in the San Juan Mountains. Goodreads gives his name as Raymond Derouin and lists nine works from 1999 to 2014. Western Reflections Publishing carries two of them, Time Trial from 1999 and San Juan Solution from 2000.
About R. E. Derouin
According to his Goodreads author page, Derouin was born in 1937 in Lynn, Massachusetts. He worked for thirty years as an executive in the insurance industry before retiring. He then began writing stage plays and won four national contests, and later turned to fiction in the mystery and crime genres.
The page also lists his novels in order: Time Trial in 1999, San Juan Solution in 2000, Mountain Ice, Dead on the Fourth of July, Skip Case, Bail Out in 2008, Crime Time and Enough to Miss Christmas in 2013, and Fridays in 2014. It describes the David Dean series as six mysteries about a retired police detective, the first appearing in 1999.
Books
San Juan Solution
The 2000 David Dean mystery. Dean, his wife and his step-father open a bed and breakfast in Ouray, and the first guest turns up dead.
Time Trial
The 1999 book that opens the David Dean series. Dean's investigation in Ouray, Sneffles and an imaginary ghost camp carries him a century back to the silver boom.
What the books share
Both of our books follow retired detective David Dean in and around Ouray, Colorado. In Time Trial his investigation reaches back 100 years to the town's silver boom, and in San Juan Solution he and his family run a bed and breakfast where a guest is found dead. They are mysteries first, with a mountain town and its mining past as the setting. We have no more detail than the descriptions provide.
The subjects this author is catalogued under. Open Library record.
Next steps for readers of this author
Reading a series in its setting
Mystery readers who like a strong sense of place can pair each David Dean story with a look at the real San Juan towns, starting with the county historical society's website.
Learning more about the writer
Our page has little beyond the catalogue and a Goodreads profile. A reader who wants more can look at the author's listed works there and compare the dates with our two books.
Go deeper
Derouin sets his David Dean mysteries in the San Juan Mountains, and San Juan Solution takes place in Ouray. These pages help a reader of his books learn about that corner of Colorado.
Ouray County Historical Society
The society says it works to keep the history of Ouray County and the San Juan Mountains from being lost, through archives, exhibits and programs.
Ouray County Overview
The Colorado Encyclopedia article names the county after Chief Ouray and covers its mountains and mining history.
Visit Ouray
The town's visitor site groups its sections into in town and in the mountains, including museums, ghost towns and the San Juan Skyway.
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