Eve K. Sandstrom is the author of two mystery series, the "Down Home" books and a series which uses the newspaper business as a background. Some of these books are out of print, but they are often available on-line or, in some cases, from the author.

The Nell Matthews Mysteries

These books feature Nell Matthews, a reporter for a newspaper in Grantham, a fictional city of around 500,000. Nell becomes involved romantically with policeman Mike Svenson and the relationship causes both of them a lot of trouble. Mike has left a law-enforcement career begun in Chicago to join the police force in his home town. (Warning: In contrast to the "Down Home" books, these mysteries contain fairly explicit sex.)

The Smoking Gun
        A Nell Matthews Mystery
Signet Mystery, March 2000
Thorndike Large Print Edition - ISBN: 0-7862-2977-2

The Homicide Report
        A Nell Matthews Mystery
Onyx Mystery, September 1998

The Violence Beat
        A Nell Matthews Mystery
Onyx Mystery, November 1997

The Sam and Nicky Titus "Down Home" Mysteries

The "Down Home" books feature photographer Nicky Titus, who as the daughter of a U.S. Army general has lived all over the world. She marries a career Army CID officer, Sam Titus, thinking her life will continue that pattern. Instead, a family crisis forces Sam to return to his family's ranch in Southwest Oklahoma. Nicky has to adjust to life in a small - very small - town, and Sam has to split his career between ranching and law enforcement.

The Down Home Heifer Heist
        A Sam and Nicky Titus Mystery

A Scribner Crime Novel, 1993
Paperback Reprint - Worldwide Library
A Mystery Guild Selection
        Winner of the Oklahoma Book Award from the Oklahoma Center for the Book,
        an organization associated with the Oklahoma Department of Libraries

The Devil Down Home
        A Sam and Nicky Titus Mystery

A Scribner Crime Novel, 1991
Paperback Reprint - Worldwide Library
A Mystery Guild Selection

Death Down Home
        A Sam and Nicky Titus Mystery

A Scribner Crime Novel, 1990
Paperback Reprint - Worldwide Library
A Mystery Guild Selection

The Firing Line
        Written under the pseudonym Elizabeth Storm

Harlequin Intrigue, July 1988

SHORT STORIES

"The People's Way" By Eve K. Sandstrom
        Love & Death Anthology
Berkley Prime Crime, 2001 ISBN: 0-425-17805-6
Paperback Reprint - Berkley Prime Crime
Mystery Guild Selection

"Bugged" By Eve K. Sandstrom
        Malice Domestic 5:
        An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories
Pocket Books, May 1996 ISBN: 0-671-89632-6
        Nominated for both Agatha and Anthony awards for
        Best Mystery Short Story of 1996