Clifton Adams Books in Order

Range detective Pat Regan is sent to a western Texas town where cattle thieves are ruining local ranchers. Unable to keep his assignment secret, he draws the attention of hidden enemies and enters a struggle marked by rivalry and betrayal.

A small group of cavalrymen faces a desperate confrontation with Native American attackers. With little margin for error, the soldiers must stake their survival on a gamble that could determine whether any of them escape the encounter alive.

Outlaw Tall Cameron reaches a border town controlled by thieves and a corrupt marshal, reluctantly joining their silver-smuggling ambushes. Unwanted attention from another gunman's girlfriend compounds his troubles, leaving him surrounded by people he cannot trust.

Hotheaded Texan Tall Cameron flees trouble with federal soldiers, only to return to a tragedy that drives him toward revenge. An experienced outlaw teaches him how to survive, but each violent reckoning makes escape from his new reputation harder.

In Oklahoma, where prohibition endures long after national repeal, a man pursues the wealth he believes life has denied him. Bootlegging offers a route upward, but ambition draws him into a world of corruption, dangerous alliances, and personal betrayal.

After years fighting for the Confederacy, Jeff Denfield considers joining his friend Phil Carney in Texas and meeting Phil's sister Laura. Instead, he returns to riverboat gambling, caught between the possibility of settling down and the familiar pull of his former life.

Joe Hooper sees little future in his failing Oklahoma motel until two guests offer a tempting way out. Drawn to Paula Sheldon and a plan to rob a payroll, he risks trading everyday disappointment for a much more dangerous predicament.

Young Jeff Blaine grows up under his aunt's care, carrying the burden of his outlaw father's reputation. When Nate returns hoping to rebuild their relationship, family hostility and his violent past threaten the chance of a different future for them both.

Former marshal Owen Toller has settled into farming after his town voted him out of office. When the Brunner brothers bring murder and intimidation to Reunion, the same community asks him to return and face the violence it can no longer control.

Cowhand Grant Lunsford struggles under the reputation of his outlaw brother until a rancher hires him as foreman. A dispute over oil drilling and Grant’s love for the rancher’s stepdaughter soon threaten to turn his fresh start into a deadly feud.

Long treated as harmless, John Salem kills a man who taunts him in front of a crowd. Fleeing on a stolen prized horse, he leaves the town confronting a shocking crime and the unexpected danger of someone it underestimated.

Aaron Moonlight discovers that Vic Dodd has hired gunmen for a journey into the Unassigned Lands. A plan involving contaminated livestock draws him into a confrontation with men prepared to use violence for their own ends.

Cattlemen hire a gunman to drive squatters from their grassland, and his long-range rifle turns the dispute deadly. As the violence spreads, one desperate man decides to confront the hired killer rather than keep retreating.

Tragg comes to Oceola to protect the widow of a dead friend. A gang of hooded men known as the Whitecaps tries to force him out, drawing him into a dangerous struggle against their intimidation.

Casey ventures into Comanche territory on a dangerous rescue mission. With retreat carrying the stigma of cowardice and every encounter threatening his life, he must decide how far to press into country where he is unwelcome.

A hired gun is sent into the Choctaw Nation to retrieve a man he has never met. The assignment takes him into hills controlled by outlaws who have deadly methods for dealing with unwanted bounty hunters.

A dying marshal leaves ranch hand Kiowa Jones responsible for taking three prisoners to Fort Smith. With bounty hunters and other dangers along the route, an unexpected partnership with a schoolteacher challenges his wandering way of life.

Marshal Ott Gillman tries to keep order during the Fourth of July celebrations in Elbow. The arrival of two brothers from his troubled past threatens to turn a noisy holiday into a personal reckoning.

Shorty Gibbs wakes after three days unconscious and learns he was shot during his mail run. Left for dead beside a creek, he sets out to discover who attacked him and why someone wanted him gone.

Railroad detective Shade follows a cold trail after an unidentified robber, accompanied by an experienced scout. In the frightened town of Tribulation, fresh deaths and contradictory evidence turn the search into a dangerous puzzle.

Four former Confederate soldiers try to rebuild their lives by establishing a ranch. Their hopes depend on financing from Henry Udall, a ruthless businessman whose plans for their property threaten to turn that partnership against them.

Owen Tragg has spent years performing as the man who killed Jody Barker. When the act ends, unfinished business with Barker’s widow and a new outbreak of violence force him to prove himself beyond his public legend.

Frank Gault tracks the outlaw blamed for his wife’s death to New Boston, only to be told Wolf Garnett is already buried. Unconvinced, he presses for proof while a resistant sheriff makes his search increasingly dangerous.

After drunkenly breaking a notorious gunman’s leg, cowboy Willie McGuire leaves town hoping to escape the consequences. The injured man offers a reward for his capture, setting bounty hunters and lawmen on Willie’s trail.

Deputy marshal Harry Cole puts his work above friendship, loyalty, and marriage. His pursuit of the Sutter gang pushes that devotion to its limits, forcing him to confront the personal cost of living for his badge.

California Sam makes a comfortable living as a traveling confidence man until an angry customer comes looking for revenge. With a mark determined to kill him, Sam’s easygoing trade becomes a fight to stay alive.

Struggling farmer Frank Beeler accepts work guiding wealthy hunters through Indian territory. When he discovers their intended quarry is human, the job becomes a trap, forcing him to choose between helping them and becoming their prey.

Fugitive Ward Cameron has a price on his head, and former Foreign Legion soldier William Olive means to collect it. Their opposing aims turn the pursuit into a dangerous contest between a hunted man and a determined bounty hunter.

Railroad agent Concannon is sent to recover money stolen from a westbound train. The robbers also killed his closest friend, turning the assignment into a personal hunt that could cost him more than his job.

During the economic panic of the 1890s, Arnie Smith inherits a failing general store in East Texas. Insolvent customers and further disasters threaten his future, leaving him to decide whether to abandon the business or rebuild.

Rejected as too old for a town marshal’s job, Sam Engels takes work hunting a dangerous killer for the federal authorities. His determination to keep practicing the only trade he knows draws him into another deadly pursuit.