Lincoln Croft Books in Order

Lincoln Croft’s quiet life is interrupted when the sheriff hires him to track a man who severely beat his wife. Following the fugitive to crowded Virginia City tests Lincoln’s patience, though meeting Mark Twain offers an unexpected pleasure.

Alan Pinkerton hires Lincoln Croft to guide an investigator tracking a counterfeiter through the West. The assignment brings together experienced detective work and frontier knowledge as Lincoln and his eastern companion discover how much each has to learn.

Lincoln Croft accepts an elderly miner’s request to recover stolen gold, despite uncertainty about his willingness to kill. Following the thieves from Nevada into California exposes a further robbery plot and turns a recovery job into a moral test.

Lincoln Croft dismisses ghost stories until Sheriff Dez Lake asks him to pursue a man believed dead for five years. The search takes him from Sweetwater to Cactus Junction, where an apparently impossible fugitive challenges his confidence.

Pursuing a fugitive into Montana, Lincoln Croft finds the aftermath of a deadly stagecoach robbery. He agrees to help the injured Mary Fields recover stolen gold and rifles, then discovers that his determined ally needs little protection.

Lincoln Croft’s pursuit of a diner robber nearly costs him his life before two Paiute men rescue him. Helping his rescuers protect their land reveals a connection between his fugitive and a powerful landowner backed by hired guns.

A miner hires Lincoln Croft to find his missing daughter, expecting a straightforward search and return. As the investigation becomes more complicated, Lincoln must decide whether obeying his client is compatible with his own understanding of what is right.

Sheriff Dez Lake sends Lincoln Croft after two cattle thieves fleeing Sweetwater. Tracking them into unfamiliar country south of Las Vegas exposes him to residents far more dangerous than his quarry and challenges his otherwise reliable record of success.