Lauran Paine Books in Order

Sheriff Claude Rainey finds a murdered man and horse in the Arizona desert, along with buried money. When men claiming federal authority offer an explanation involving another killing across the Mexican border, Rainey has reason to doubt their story.

An experienced Texan drives cattle toward a Kansas railhead after the Civil War, only to encounter hostility at Lansing's Ferry. When a Northerner and his horse are found dead, the Texans must establish their innocence in unfriendly territory.

Todd Duncan discovers a dead stranger while traveling through New Mexico and is caught in a sheriff's pursuit. Mistaken for a man linked to an express robbery, he must uncover the real culprit before the accusation becomes his undoing.

Former trappers Kit Butler and Lige Turner guide emigrant wagons through Dakota country as the fur trade declines. When warnings to turn back go unheeded, the guides must protect travelers advancing into land where armed resistance awaits them.

Aging Marshal John Galloway tracks Buck Streeter's gang after a major robbery in Montana. Their plan to strike a Wyoming bank encounters an approaching snowstorm and illness within the gang, complicating both the pursuit and the next crime.

A stage company and a rancher clash over tolls at a privately controlled mountain pass near Winchester, Colorado. A hotheaded young sheriff and his experienced deputy face an increasingly dangerous dispute involving a hired gunman and the stage operation.

Fleeing four pursuers, Pete Knight reaches Gunsight and is mistaken for a rancher's hired gunman. Imprisonment and a threatened lynching draw his deputy marshal brother toward a town where ranch power and personal revenge endanger everyone.

Walt Hodge stops in Sunflower, Arizona, while delivering horses to the Army at Whipple Barracks. He wants food, a drink, and somewhere to sleep, but ignores a hostler's warning and becomes entangled in the town's trouble.