The Santa Fe Secret
Well-known author Marilyn Brown Oden, award-winning author of twelve books, has again written a fast moving cliffhanger to join her other two novels Crested Butte: A Novel (historical fiction) and The Dead Saint (international intrigue). The Santa Fe Secret takes place in the oldest town still occupied in the United States, and is full of the charm and interest of that city. Oden interweaves the nearby and very contrasting presence of Los Alamos, the spot where some of America's most deadly weapons have been developed to bring us a unique tale of mystery and suspense.
- Published
- 2011
- Place
- Crested Butte
- Listed at
- $16.13
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About this book
The Santa Fe Secret is a novel of mystery and suspense. Our description calls it a fast moving cliffhanger by Marilyn Brown Oden, set in Santa Fe, which it describes as the oldest town still occupied in the United States.
The story interweaves the nearby and very contrasting presence of Los Alamos, the spot where some of America's most deadly weapons were developed. The description says the setting is full of the charm and interest of Santa Fe. It places the book alongside two other Oden novels, Crested Butte: A Novel, which it labels historical fiction, and The Dead Saint, which it labels international intrigue.
The record lists the book as published in 2011 and carries the place Crested Butte, though the description sets the story in Santa Fe. The publisher's author page for Oden says she lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and lists Crested Butte: A Novel among her earlier books.
Who it is for
The description positions this as a suspense novel and the third of Oden's novels in our catalogue. It sits outside the Colorado history that fills most of the library.
Ways to use this book
Pairing a novel with a trip to northern New Mexico
Read the book before you travel, then spend one day in Santa Fe at the history museum and another in Los Alamos. Check each website for current hours and tour schedules, because both change with the season.
Reading a mystery next to real history
If a suspense story makes you curious about the weapons lab it mentions, the park's history page is a sober place to start. Keep the facts and the fiction apart in your notes.
Finding more Southwest fiction
Browse the library's other Colorado history books, or look up the author's other novels named in the book's description.
Go deeper
This novel is set in Santa Fe with the nearby Los Alamos in the background. If you'd like to see the real places, these resources cover the city's old government building and the Manhattan Project sites.
New Mexico History Museum
The museum's site says the Palace of the Governors dates to 1610 and is the oldest public building in continuous use built by European settlers in the continental United States. It also lists a history library and photo archives.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
The National Park Service site covers the secret World War II effort, with Los Alamos among its three locations alongside Oak Ridge and Hanford.
Los Alamos Historical Society
The society runs the Los Alamos History Museum at 1050 Bathtub Row and, according to its website, a guided walking tour called History of the Secret City.
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