Rob Kresge ~ Painted Women

Marshal Monday Malone and schoolteacher Kate Shaw, introduced in Robert Kresge's first novel Murder for Greenhorns return to face more danger in Painted Women the second book of the Warbonnet Series. Monday Malone's brother, Tom, has been framed for murder in Laramie. While Monday tries to clear his brother, Kate Shaw is torn between her love for the Western Frontier, her longing for the sophistication of life back East, and a handsome photographer's desire to push her modeling sessions beyond the limits of propriety.

Robert Kresge is a former senior intelligence analyst and founding member of the CIA’s Counter-terrorist Center. He lives in Albuquerque. Rob holds a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Missouri and a Masters in International Affairs from George Washington University. He helped found and is a former president of Croak and Dagger, the Albuquerque chapter of Sisters in Crime, and is also a member of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of Mystery Writers of America; International Thriller Writers; the Historical Novel Society; and Western Writers of America.