Curt Wendelboe Books in Order

FBI agent Manny Tanno returns to Pine Ridge to investigate the murder of developer Jason Red Cloud. Old grudges, tribal politics, and troubling visions make homecoming as dangerous as the case itself.

A bomb-removal crew in the Stronghold uncovers a human arm beside live ordnance, and Manny Tanno is called in. Soon one body becomes three, with murders decades apart and buried secrets in the Badlands heat.

Manny Tanno's trip to the Little Bighorn battlefield turns ugly when a reenactor is murdered before his eyes. A missing diary kept by Crow scout Levi Star Dancer has stirred up family secrets someone will kill to protect.

In 1870s Dakota Territory, Tucker Ashley is trapped in a violent struggle where badges do not guarantee decency and hard cases may still redeem themselves. Raiders, frontier grudges, and one looming showdown press him from every side.

Broke retired detective Arn Anderson returns to Cheyenne to work a television-backed cold case on the Five Point Killer. When the old murders seem ready to start again, Arn is suddenly back in the line of fire.

After women are strangled on consecutive Saturdays, retired detective Arn Anderson and reporter Ana Maria Villarreal see a pattern others miss. Their search runs through Cheyenne and ranch country as the killer grows bolder and more personal.

After the Bucket of Blood Saloon is robbed, its owner killed, and a woman abducted, Tucker Ashley is talked into leading a shaky posse. Winter, outlaws, and a ruthless gang make the chase far more than a simple rescue ride.

U.S. Marshal Nelson Lane trails suspected killer Amos Iron Horse from Wyoming to Dust Bowl Oklahoma. There he finds moonshine, crooked lawmen, and a town where asking the wrong question can get a man beaten or framed.

A shady, disbarred Philadelphia lawyer takes what looks like a simple murder defense after a homeless girl begs for help. The case pulls him deep into Denver's violent underworld, where finding the real killer becomes a matter of survival.

When a man is found drowned on Pine Ridge, FBI agent Manny Tanno and tribal officer Willie With Horn expect a local case. Instead it leads to Wind River, an older murder, and enemies on two reservations.

Suspicious deaths in two Veterans Administration hospitals pull Arn Anderson and reporter Ana Maria Villarreal into a wider pattern. An anti-military cult leader and a killer from their past both shadow the case, and either one could strike next.

In 1876 Cheyenne, Ira Drang swears revenge on Wild Bill Hickok after a public humiliation ends in tragedy. To reach Deadwood, he rides shotgun on a dangerous stage route already crowded with rivals, killers, and men chasing justice of their own.

Nelson Lane agrees to help find a missing Wind River girl and expects a quick runaway case. Instead he finds a murdered moonshiner, Chicago gangsters, and a crooked sheriff guarding something worse than bootlegging.

Fresh out of prison, Tucker Ashley tries to start over in the Black Hills gold rush, only to lose his claim to ruthless enforcers. As miners turn up dead, he realizes the killings are tied to stolen ground and old gun skills he may need again.

This shorter Wendelboe crime tale turns on instinct, the moment something feels wrong, and the danger that follows. It is a quick, tense read built more on suspense than on sprawl.

U.S. Marshal Nelson Lane investigates a missing journalist last seen near a secretive hunting lodge in Depression-era Wyoming. Wealthy guests, hired gunmen, and rumors of murdered girls turn the search into a dangerous frontier case.

Rumors that Crazy Horse's grave has been found drag Manny Tanno into murders tied to a local rancher's business. The closer he gets to the truth, the closer the killer comes to the sacred burial site.

Several strangled women, all mail-order brides, send Arn Anderson and Ana Maria Villarreal into Cheyenne's darker corners. Their search leads from parks and motels to rail yards and a shady marriage business with too many suspects.

While helping evict a ruined rancher near Gillette, Nelson Lane finds a supposed hunting accident that makes no sense. A missing rancher, gangsters, and sudden interest in worthless land suggest the murder is only the start.

A body lashed to a submerged cabin beneath the Missouri River opens a homicide case that may be seventy years old. Before Manny Tanno can untangle it, a deputy is killed and the cold case turns violently current.

A murder on a remote Maine island brings together sleuths from three authors' worlds for a crossover mystery. Short and brisk, it turns an isolated getaway into a case nobody can solve alone.

Tucker Ashley returns to his Black Hills ranch to find his livestock killed and Jack taken captive. As he tracks the kidnappers, his old enemy Hack Reed and a gang of cutthroats close in from behind.

When Denver detectives reopen the old murder of a prostitute, former witnesses begin dying. Arn Anderson knows the case from his rookie days, and this time the past reaches from Denver to Cheyenne with fresh bodies.