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Idaho - Beulah by Christi Nogle!

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Was coming here to make this exact recommendation

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Amazing thank you! It’s on kindle unlimited too!

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Thank you! Looking this up! It sounds familiar, I think it was nominated for a Stoker, maybe?

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It won Christi a Stoker for Debut Novel! And it is a fantastic read.

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The Secret Skin by Wendy N. Wagner is set in Oregon, I think. Sawmill Gothic.

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I have Kin by Kealan Patrick Burke on my list for Alabama, but haven’t read it yet!

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Except I need the book to be written by a woman for this project

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Ah sorry! Scrolled too fast and missed the whole last paragraph, how embarrassing 🤦🏻‍♀️I can’t seem to find exact locations mentioned, but maybe one of the local Alabama authors mentioned here has something set in the state. https://apls.libguides.com/c.php?g=1186134&p=8684851

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Sorry for the self-promo, but CORPORATE BODY by R.A. Busby is set in Las Vegas, Nevada!

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Also YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE

DEAD, which I set in a fictionalized version of the Vegas neighborhood I used to live in. :-)

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Verity. Cynthia Lee. Southern Gothic horror.

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Oregon- The Devil Crept In- Ania Ahlborn

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Colorado - The Blood of Seven by... ME! hehehe!

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Sunburn by Laura Lippman is a noir/thriller set in Delaware. It's been on my TBR list for a while but I haven't read it yet!

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Idaho: Steph Nelson, The Vein and Sawtooth; Noelle W. Ihli, Ask for Andrea and The Thicket; and my own novel Beulah

Oregon: Wendy N. Wagner, Girl in the Creek (forthcoming February, probably available in arc soon)

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I just picked up your book for Idaho! Thank you, perfect recommendations. Definitely going to request that Wendy Wagner one, I saw the cover! 👀

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Thank you! Yes, I am really excited about Wendy's book and hope to read it early too!

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It’s thriller, but The Bird’s Nest by Shirley Jackson could work for New York

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Christa Carmen- Daughters of Block Island. Set in Rhode Island

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Wait, I have Rhode Island covered. Plain, Bad, Heroines.

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Furnace by Livia Llewellyn has stories based in Washington. (I think there is one based in Oregon, too.)

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Short stories by Flannery O’Connor and her novel Wise Blood. Southern Gothic!

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I recommend American Rapture by CJ Leede for Wisconsin.

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Minnesota - Bones & All

Camille DeAngelis

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