Alex Jensen & Jessie Arnold / Alaska Mysteries

Alex Jensen & Jessie Arnold/Alaska Mysteries is a series of mystery thrillers written by Sue Henry the American author from Alaska. Sue Henry has been a college instructor and administrator at the University of Alaska and has been resident in Alaska since the 1970s. The first novel of the Alex Jensen Arnold/Alaska Mysteries was “Murder on the Iditarod Trail” that was first published in 1991. The novel was so well received that it went on to win the Anthony and the Macavity Award for best first novel. With the novel gaining much popularity and critical acclaim Sue followed it up with several more titles in the still ongoing series. The lead in the series is Alex Jensen, a state trooper that works alongside a dog sled racer named Jessie Arnold. The success of the series in turn led to a new spin off series The “Maxie and Stretch” series of novels that features Maxine McNab, a 63 year old widow on her travels with “Stretch” her miniature dachshund. The novel “Murder on the Iditarod Trail” was made into a 1996 novel titled “The Cold Heart of a Killer” that starred Kate Jackson who so loved the adaptation that she bought the rights to the novel. The success of the series led to Sue quitting her job as a grant writer and education administrator to focus on her writing career. Since then she has written more than fifteen novels in the “Maxie and Stretch” and “Alex Jensen & Jessie Arnold/Alaska Mysteries”.