Bad Country (novel)
{{Short description|2014 American mystery novel by C. B. McKenzie}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox book
| name = Bad Country
| author = C. B. McKenzie
| image = File:Bad Country (novel).jpg
| publisher = Minotaur Books
| published = 2014
| language = English
| country = United States
| pages = 304
| genre = Mystery
| isbn = 9781250053541
| audio_read_by = Mark Bramhall
}}
Bad Country is an American mystery novel written by C. B. McKenzie.{{cite web|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/books/review/anthony-horowitzs-moriarty-and-more.html?_r=0|title=Smoke and Mirrors|first=Marilyn|last=Stasio|date=December 19, 2014|access-date=March 1, 2017|archive-date=May 31, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531041356/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/books/review/anthony-horowitzs-moriarty-and-more.html?_r=0|url-status=live}}
Plot
Rodeo Grace Garnet, an Arizona bounty hunter and private detective, is hired by an elderly Indian woman to help discover who murdered her grandson.
Reception
Bad Country was called "elegantly told" by the New York Times.{{Cite news|last=Stasio|first=Marilyn|date=2014-12-19|title=Smoke and Mirrors|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/books/review/anthony-horowitzs-moriarty-and-more.html|access-date=2020-05-04|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2015-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531041356/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/books/review/anthony-horowitzs-moriarty-and-more.html?_r=0|url-status=live}} It received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews.{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/cb-mckenzie/bad-country/|title=BAD COUNTRY {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en|access-date=2020-05-04|archive-date=2021-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122141005/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/cb-mckenzie/bad-country/|url-status=live}} It was also reviewed by Library Journal.{{Cite web|title=Bad Country|url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/?reviewDetail=bad-country|last=Kemp|first=Viccy|date=2014-10-01|website=Library Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815212602/https://www.libraryjournal.com/?reviewDetail=bad-country|archive-date=2021-08-15|access-date=2020-05-04|url-status=live}} It won the Hillerman Prize.{{Cite web|title=Mystery review: 'Bad Country,' by CB McKenzie|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/books/2014/11/15/mystery-review-bad-country-by-cb-mckenzie/|date=2014-11-15|website=Dallas News|language=en|access-date=2020-05-04|archive-date=2021-08-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815220320/https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/books/2014/11/15/mystery-review-bad-country-by-cb-mckenzie/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=CB McKenzie Wins 2013 Tony Hillerman Prize|url=https://ladailypost.com/cb-mckenzie-wins-2013-tony-hillerman-prize/|website=ladailypost.com|access-date=2020-05-04|archive-date=2024-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515181743/https://ladailypost.com/cb-mckenzie-wins-2013-tony-hillerman-prize/|url-status=live}} Stephen King tweeted that he liked the author's "fresh and original voice."{{Cite web|title=The Complete List of Books Recommended by Stephen King|url=https://www.epl.ca/blogs/post/books-recommended-by-stephen-king/|website=www.epl.ca|language=en-CA|access-date=2020-05-04|archive-date=2021-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129051248/https://www.epl.ca/blogs/post/books-recommended-by-stephen-king/|url-status=live}}