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The devil's badland: Devil's Badland (Loner. #2.)
Par J. A Johnstone. 2011
After his wife is murdered, Conrad "Kid Morgan" Browning hunts down the men responsible - then visits his wife's grave…
in New Mexico. There, he is shocked to discover his ex-fiancée waiting for him - along with armed backup. 2011.The cowboy with the Tiffany gun (Lone Star audio)
Par Aaron Latham. 2008
Continues the Arthurian-themed western begun in "Code of the West". Jimmy Goodnight's son Percy, or Pyg as he is known,…
comes of age. Returning to their ranch land in Texas, Pyg and his mother discover their family heirloom ax is missing. Now Pyg's leading a posse aiming to get it back. 2008.The contractor
Par James C Work. 2016
Based on an actual event, an 1868 murder in a railroad camp during the building of the Union Pacific. The…
killer, a construction contractor, flees the territory only to find himself being pursued by N.K. Boswell of the Rocky Mountain Detective Agency. When Boswell takes the murderer into custody, however, the detective finds that his problems have only just begun. Now he has to transport him back to Laramie. Forty miles of empty Iowa prairie, then the flooded Missouri River, then four hundred more miles of prairie. And all the while the murderer's brother and his gang of thugs are determined to stop Boswell at any cost. 2016.The Devil in Texas and other cowboy tales
Par John R Erickson. 1982
Humorous yarns about cowboys, roping cattle and other facets of modern ranch life as told by a cowboy, a cowboy's…
wife, a couple of cow horses and a cow dog. 1982.The day the cowboys quit
Par Elmer Kelton. 1999
Texas Panhandle, 1883. Cowboys refuse to be stigmatized as drinkers and exploited by the wealthy cattle owners who don't pay…
decent wages. The ranchers also want to take away the cowboys' rights to own cattle because they believe it would lead to thieving. When rumours of such anti-ownership legislation travel to the cowboys, they decide to fight back by holding a strike. Descriptions of violence and strong language. 1971.The devil's anvil (A black horse western)
Par Steve Hayes. 2014
The news wasn't good: the kill-crazy McClory brothers had busted out of Yuma Pen and were headed for Indian Territory.…
Somebody would have to bring them in. The job falls to Liberty Mercer, a US deputy marshal who also happens to be a woman, one who was getting mighty tired of having her abilities questioned time and again. 2014.The Deadwood trail: The Trail Drive, Book 12 (Trail drive series. #12.)
Par Ralph Compton. 1999
Veteran ranchers Nelson Story of Montana and Benton McCaleb of Wyoming were bringing herds to the gold camps of the…
Black Hills, where miners were hungry for beef. But the drives would pass through Crow and Sioux territory, and within the two outfits were Indians, gunmen, Texans, lovesick cowboys, and high-spirited women. Each was tangled by violent grudges, stampeding herds, and dangerous deception, and each had a deadly surprise awaiting it at the end of the trail. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. c1999. (Trail drive series ; 12)The crosshatch men (Nightingale Series Large Print Bks.)
Par Ray Hogan. 1989
Curt Ramsey is in danger of losing his ranch to the crafty ranch hands he has fired. Only his estranged…
brothers can help, but first they must get past renegade Indians and dangerous outlaws. 1992.The complete Western stories of Elmore Leonard
Par Elmore Leonard. 2007
Collected stories of a suspense writer who began his career writing pulp westerns for magazines. Thirty works span Leonard’s career…
from "Trail of the Apache" (1951) to "Hurrah for Captain Early!" (1994). Some violence and some strong language. 2007.The Dakota deal (A black Horse Western Ser.)
Par Dan Claymaker. 2008
For John McCallam, escaped prisoner on the run, the discovery of the deserted cabin and the dead body of a…
man seemed just the lucky break he needed. Here was his chance to assume a whole new identity, become another person, even down to a change of clothing. But little did McCallam realise the nature and character of the man he became. 2008.The contract surgeon
Par Dan O'Brien. 2001
Fictionalized account of the friendship between Dr. McGillycuddy and Sioux leader Crazy Horse. McGillycuddy, a private physician working under contract…
for the army, must decide whether to act as a doctor or a friend when the seriously wounded chief faces cruel imprisonment. Some violence and some strong language. 2001, c1999.The Dakota trail: a Ralph Compton novel (Trail drive series. #14.)
Par Ralph Compton, Robert Vaughan. 2001
Returning home after the Civil War, Confederate soldier Dick Hodson finds his Texas town destitute and the surviving ranches, including…
his family's, nearly in ruins. To save them, Dick plans a cattle drive north with a party of greenhorns. One dangerous man's fortune, however, rests on their failure. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex, and explicit descriptions of violence. c2001. (Trail drive series ; 14)The coyote tracker: a Josiah Wolfe, Texas Ranger novel (Josiah Wolfe, Texas Ranger series. #5)
Par Larry D Sweazy. 2012
After a prostitute is murdered at the Easy Nickel saloon, Texas Ranger Josiah Wolfe finds his best friend, Scrap Elliot,…
in jail and wrongly accused. A strangely familiar horse and a mysterious code are the only clues Josiah has to prove his friend's innocence and save him from execution. Once a Yankee reporter gets involved, Josiah is led to Blanche Dumont's House of Pleasures, where he learns of a thieving, jail-broken accountant with strange ties to both the Easy Nickel and the town's wealthiest banker. Winner of the 2013 Spur Award for Best original mass market paperback. 2012.The cougar's prey: a Josiah Wolfe, Texas Ranger novel (Josiah Wolfe, Texas Ranger series. #4.)
Par Larry D Sweazy. 2011
Assuming a secret identity, Josiah Wolfe investigates a slew of thefts that are leaving the local ranchers of Corpus Christi…
angry as hell. After four long months away from home, Josiah will have to bring the leader of the raids to justice if he ever wants to return home to his family. c2011.The Chisholm trail (Trail drive series. #3.)
Par Ralph Compton. 1993
Ten Chisholm has returned to the Texas brakes with a team of cowboys and ex-soldiers. He must round up wild…
longhorns, ward off angry Comanches, and survive outlaw attacks as he opens a new trail to Kansas. He also vows to marry Priscilla, the beautiful daughter of a New Orleans gambler who has promised her to a wealthy man she hates. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 1993.The business of dying: the complete Western stories
Par Richard S Wheeler. 2017
A collection of ten Western short stories. In "Mugs Birdsong's Crime Academy," celebrated criminal Mugs Birdsong decides to found an…
academy that will instruct lawmen on the ways and means of lawlessness. "The Last Days of Dominic Prince" is the tragic tale of a cattle baron and his final conflict with the forces of political correctness. "Dead Weight" introduces us to a coffin maker who constructs a work of art. And in the title story, two young men in the gold fields of California spend one last night together as one of them confronts his own imminent death. This collection also includes "The Square Reporter," "A Commercial Proposition," "The Great Filibuster of 1975," "The Tinhorn's Lady," "Hearts," and "Looking for Love at a Romance Writers Convention." 2017. Uniform title: Short stories.The Cheyenne Trail: a Ralph Compton novel (Those Jensen boys!)
Par Ralph Compton, Jory Sherman. 2017
Chip Chippendale met Ransom Barnes after the War Between the States, when the two cowboys drove a herd up from…
Texas together. But when Chip first laid eyes on Wyoming, he knew he was home, and the two friends split off on different trails. Each man went on to own his own ranch, but when Ransom's home is attacked and burned by a marauding band of Cheyenne warriors, he is faced with ruin--and makes matters worse by gunning down the Cheyenne leader's son. A target of the most vicious renegade on the high plains, Ransom turns to his old friend Chip. And Chip never forgets his friends--even if it means making a few enemies. 2017.The brass man: a Western story
Par Max Brand. 2018
Lew Weldon must choose between two jobs: hired gun for a smuggler, or bodyguard to a beautiful convalescent. The first…
could be deadly, but the second could land Weldon on the outlaw's bad side. 2018.The branch and the scaffold: the true story of the west's legendary hanging justice (Lone Star audio)
Par Loren D Estleman. 2009
Brutally efficient judge Isaac C. Parker is determined to rid Arkansas and the Indian Territory of all manner of criminals.…
But his quest for justice and liberal use of the gallows earn him just as many friends as enemies and take a toll on every aspect of his life. 2009.The Bozeman Trail: a Ralph Compton novel (Trail drive series. #16)
Par Ralph Compton, Robert Vaughan. 2002
1860s. During the Civil War, a motley group of young people plan a cattle drive from Texas to Dakota. Among…
them are James Cason; Duke Faglier, seeking to avenge his family’s murder; and the Scattergood brood of four brothers and a sister, all suspected cattle thieves. Some violence. Sequel to "Alamosa trail", followed by "Amarillo trail". 2002.