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A Killing in Dogwood is a fictional account of the supposed abduction of a young child in a small Missouri town. When the child’s body is discovered by two boys exploring the storm drain system, the investigation turns to murder. A Killing in Dogwood is a classic whodunit mystery with a cast of suspects, each of whom might have the temperament or lack of good judgment to commit the crime.

Phoebe Anderson was born dirt poor in rural Missouri and moved to Kansas with her father and brother only to see them slaughtered during the Lawrence guerrilla raid. Armed with a hatred of the bushwhackers and the ability to shoot the eyes out of squirrel at 100 yards, she dresses as a boy and joins the Union Army as a sharpshooter.

Matt Branson went to West Point Military Academy and just knew he would be a cavalry officer after he graduated. The Army had other ideas about his military future. Matt was given the opportunity to serve his country in the Military Information Division. His decision to forego his dreams of being a cavalry officer led him to a life in the shadows.

Becky’s uncles, Ike, Jesse, and Caleb Branson were lawmen in the West. One by one, the Branson brothers left the hills of Missouri and headed west. Ike and Jesse worked their way across the land working as ranch hands, Indian scouts, and finally lawmen. Caleb lost his wife and newborn child, sold his farm, and headed to Texas to try and become a Texas Ranger. Ike and Jesse Branson become deputy US marshals, Ike in New Mexico and Jesse in California.

Rebecca Joan Thacker had just celebrated her 11th birthday when word was received that her father had been killed in the Civil War. She was barely 13 when two bushwhackers dragged her into the barn on the family farm and raped her. The month before her 14th birthday she gave birth to a baby girl. A month prior to her 15th birthday, Becky’s mother died, leaving her all alone to raise a child.

U. S. Marshal James Boutwell stumbles upon the body of a young woman while delivering a prisoner to Dallas. Boutwell gets himself appointed to investigate the murder only to realize that he has bit off more than he can chew. There are several suspects, but no clear cut evidence to connect the murder to anyone. No one has a clear motive, but the woman is dead. Then there is another young woman killed in Fort Worth, adding to the mystery.

Once again, Josh Baker and Eddie Debord find themselves among the hills, hollows, and rivers of West Virginia in yet another fast paced adventure mystery! What started out as a quiet week of camping during a beautiful “Indian Summer” over Thanksgiving break - ends up as an inexplicable week of suspense, mystery, adventure, and intrigue.

Set in rural Appalachia, River Rocks is a riveting coming-of-age tale of two boys, their friends, and a 100-year-old local legend of Confederate gold buried somewhere in the hills that surround their home. The gold was the result of an unsolved 1903 train robbery mystery, which liberated the US government of their prized "Southern Jewel". The old legend takes on a new life as Josh Baker and Eddie Debord discover the illusive clue that begins to lead them on the adventure of a lifetime!

Will Cannon goes to Arizona to buy citrus fruit to ship to the army forts and Indian reservations, but he finds trouble brewing near Phoenix. Clara Alpine is the beautiful woman that owns the citrus groves, and some outlaws are trying to kill her and take her ranch. Will discovers the outlaws are after the freshwater spring on Clara's property, and some of the outlaws are businessmen from town. The outlaws hire some dirty bushwhackers that Will has to deal with while he tries to uncover the boss of the outlaw gang.

The Horsemen continues the saga of the Baxter and Brubaker families with the second generation of individuals. Two Baxter sons enter West Point military academy, the third goes into the ministry, and the Brubaker son joins the Texas Rangers. The adventures of the Baxter and Brubakers are chronicled while moving Cree Indians to Canada, fighting in the Spanish-American and American-Philippine Wars, then their involvement with the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I, and their efforts to keep the peace on the Texas-Mexico Border during the Mexican Revolution.

Will Cannon hears about a gang of outlaws operating out of the small village of Pecos, New Mexico. Moses, the leader of the outlaw gang, claims he is the "Robin Hood of New Mexico". The outlaw boss says he will take all of the land given to the Mexican people in land grants by the King of Spain. Other outlaws have made such a claim in the past and all of those outlaws failed to claim one acre of land but the outlaws did find some people willing to join their cause.

The Texican is a fictional account of one man’s experiences during the middle to late 19th century in Texas. Honks Pickens decided to kill two Apache that stole his cattle - an ill-advised decision that led to the Indians killing his family and a series of tit-for-tat vengeful killings that would last for years.

Will and Joe Cannon have been selling a lot of supplies and horses in the small mining town of Chama, New Mexico, but now an outlaw gang is trying to take over Chama. Will Cannon and Pete Abrams go to Chama to sell supplies and to confront the gang of cutthroats. Will hopes the man causing the trouble in Chama is named Blackman. Blackman and his gang of murderous outlaws killed Will's family in Virginia several years ago. Will swore he would find and kill Blackman and every member of his gang. The white hot fire of revenge burns deep in Will's soul.

To Hell You Ride, Colorado is the story of the wild lawless mining town in Colorado that was later renamed, Telluride. Will Cannon had already dealt with some of the outlaws from Telluride while he was in Durango, and now he rides to Telluride to rid the small mining camp of the Rugby Gang. Will enlists the help of five Texas cowboys and some miner vigilantes to bring fight Rugby and Killer Cox.

Some dirty polecats Arizona Moonshiners are making poisoned moonshine and selling it to Apache Indians, miners and cowboys near Globe, Arizona. Will gets help for two local cowboys and he uses the authority given him by the Arizona Rangers to hunt down the outlaws. He discovers that the moonshiners are also robbing the payroll shipment from the train and that the Indian Agent on the San Carlos Indian Reservation may be the boss of the outlaws.

Will Cannon and his brother, Joe are in Santa Fe, New Mexico and they meet their old rancher friend, Charlie. Charlie has invested his money in a silver mine and Will know this silver mine is a swindle. Will puts the law on the swindler and get's Charlie's money back but the swindler hires two cold blooded killers to kill Charlie and Will. The hired killers do kill Charlie and that sends Will on a mission to get justice for Charlie.

The Cattlemen is a Western novel based on the relationship between Bill Brubaker and Bud Baxter, childhood friends who share the dream of becoming cattlemen. The friends grew up on adjoining farms in the Huzzah Valley in central Missouri, left home together, fought in the Civil War in the same unit, and went to Texas together to pursue their dream of becoming Cattlemen. They rounded up feral cattle in Texas and Oklahoma Territory.

The strip of land on the northern Arizona border is known as No Man's Land or the Outlaw Strip. No state wants to claim title to this land because the town of Compton and the nearby land is a lawless hell hole that is occupied by ruthless cutthroats and murders. However, there are some good people in Compton, and some young bronc busters work taming wild broncs in the mountains near No Man's Land. Will and Joe Cannon need to buy the horses from the bronc busters, so Will rides the trail alone to No Man's Land.

Will Cannon rides to Concho Creek, Colorado, to buy some broncs, but he finds a gang of outlaws trying to take over this small town. The outlaws are going to dam up the creek and force the other farmers and ranchers to sell their property. Will makes friends with a beautiful woman and the three bronc busters help Will fight the outlaws.

Retribution is a true-to-life western tale about the quest of one man who suffers the loss of his family at the hands of murderers and how he responds to the task of finding the killers and bringing them to justice. Retribution breaks from this cookie-cutter mold and presents a fast-moving, believable rendition of one man’s fulfillment of what he believes to be his honor-bound duty.