J.D. Pettit, Texas Ranger Books in Order

Texas Ranger J.D. Pettit is sent to Garrison to keep order while its sheriff recovers from his wounds. With the town’s regular lawman out of action, Pettit takes on the responsibility of maintaining the peace.

Texas Ranger J.D. Pettit travels to Longview to help a sheriff facing a jurisdictional problem. The assignment draws Pettit into another East Texas case, where the boundaries of local authority complicate the work of enforcing the law.

Texas Ranger J.D. Pettit investigates a Cherokee man’s killing in Lindale that mirrors his grandfather’s murder decades earlier. Political protection once shielded the suspected killer, but Pettit refuses to let old influence obstruct a new investigation.

Ordered to take a month’s vacation, J.D. Pettit visits his parents in Sweetwater and meets their adopted son. Discovering that his father has been cheated in an oil-lease scheme makes staying away from Ranger work difficult.

A Louisiana river pirate moves into Shelby County, Texas, seeking control of the bootlegging business. Texas Ranger J.D. Pettit is called in to intervene as the newcomer tries to extend his influence into another state.

Returning from delivering a prisoner to Louisiana, J.D. Pettit stops in Deadwood, Texas, and encounters an assaulted farmer. A newcomer is pressuring residents to sell their land, drawing the Ranger into an investigation of the purchases.

Texas Ranger J.D. Pettit follows an outlaw back to his home in East Texas. Bringing the wanted man to justice means confronting his clan as well, turning a pursuit into a larger showdown in San Augustine.

Theft and sabotage at Timpson’s railway station bring Texas Ranger J.D. Pettit to town. His investigation points toward a wealthy cotton farmer whose influence over the community makes uncovering the truth an increasingly dangerous assignment.

Fence cutting threatens to ignite a conflict between farmers and open-range ranchers near Farmersville. J.D. Pettit and an inexperienced deputy must restore order while investigating a farmhand’s murder before a lynch mob imposes its own verdict.

The killing of a governor’s aide in a small East Texas community brings J.D. Pettit from Garland to investigate. With the governor unwilling to trust local law enforcement, the Ranger must establish what happened and identify the murderer.

J.D. Pettit postpones his vacation to help investigate unsolved murders in Jasper County. Local intrigue soon leads him toward an ambitious landowner and a dishonest deputy, making his search for justice more complicated than the sheriff suggested.

A series of killings draws J.D. Pettit to Killeen, where he teams up with incoming school director Melinda Jenkins. Their investigation begins connecting the deaths, but their success also puts both of them in the murderer’s sights.

Rival brothel owners, a newly arrived businesswoman, and prejudice against Buffalo Soldiers make San Angelo dangerously volatile. J.D. Pettit joins fellow Rangers to help its lone lawman prevent the competing tensions from erupting into open violence.

Seven murders bring J.D. Pettit to Jefferson, where bootleggers and Louisiana outlaws appear headed toward war. His investigation centers on a farmer whose powerful political connections threaten to obstruct the Ranger’s search for whoever is responsible.

A feud between wealthy Carthage farmers turns deadly when a worker is ambushed. J.D. Pettit helps the sheriff investigate, but suspects fleeing across the Louisiana border force them to find unconventional ways around the limits of their authority.

J.D. Pettit travels to Nacogdoches to help settle a bitter land dispute between wealthy neighbors. While trying to prevent violence over their ranch boundaries, he also finds himself entangled with a saloon owner and his reserved landlady.

Missing prospectors send J.D. Pettit undercover near El Paso, where even a fellow Ranger may be compromised. Connections with hired guns and a powerful mining family draw him deeper into a conspiracy that makes trust increasingly dangerous.

An injured sheriff brings J.D. Pettit to Daingerfield to assist a deputy. Two young lovers have revived a family feud dating to Texas’s earliest days, leaving the lawmen to prevent pride and violence from consuming the town.

J.D. Pettit’s overnight stop in Palestine becomes a murder investigation when a gambler is shot before a major poker tournament. Pressured to solve the case quickly, he and the marshal face abundant suspects and almost no evidence.

Cattle theft and a looming ranchers’ feud bring J.D. Pettit and three Rangers to Rusk. As they work to restore order, resentment from an older subordinate threatens to undermine Pettit’s authority and complicate two already difficult cases.

Tracking a murderer south brings J.D. Pettit to Beeville, where lawyer Eustis Tucker is handling a connected case. Their investigations expose another dangerous man, forcing the Ranger and attorney to combine their skills to carry out their duties.