In Denver Undercover, murder and homophobia haunt a gay, undercover cop. Lynda Miller’s writing crackles in this well-paced, fascinating portrait of 1950s Denver. You won’t want to miss the suspense!”—Lynn C. Miller, author of The Unmasking and The Lost Archive

Set in the mid 1950s, Denver Undercover follows a young gay undercover cop, Ray, as he works to solve the murders of several women whose bodies are discovered along the South Platte River in the warehouse area of Denver. At the same time, Ray begins exploring his homosexuality, a dangerous endeavor given his job and the vicious anti-gay prejudice of the time. As he zeroes in on those responsible for the murders, he gains insight into who he is and how he wants to live his life.

Lynda Miller recounts her experiences learning how horses communicate through posture, movement, touch, and sound. She takes the reader on a number of her adventures with horses, including encounters with rattlesnakes, jumping in the rain and mud, playing equine tag and hide-and-seek, and riding her horse friends through the uncluttered landscapes of Colorado before the population began to explode in the 1970s.

Miller describes the many and varied adventures she shared with her equine friends, gradually unspooling the story of a girl suffused with the joy and beauty, as well as the pain and sorrow, of her life with horses as she moves from girlhood to the complexities and opportunities of adolescence. Throughout the memoir, Miller shows how her parents, especially her father, foster her knowledge about horses, as well as human nature.

As one reader describes it, reading More Horses Than Cars is the same as being on the back of a dependable and smart horse, easygoing and yet vivid, surefooted and agile.

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