Longarm Books in Order
Part ofTabor Evans Books in OrderExplore the Longarm series by Tabor Evans with books in order and short summaries of Deputy Marshal Custis Long’s cases across the American frontier.
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Longarm books in publication order
433 books
Longarm and the Desert Spirits
by Tabor Evans
1987
An archaeological expedition excavates ruins in the Sonora Desert, and Longarm is assigned to protect it. Bandits, conflict with Native people, and rival scientists make guarding the dig more complicated than he expects.
Longarm and the Desperate Manhunt
by Tabor Evans
1987
Sent into Indian Territory to help clear the way for a new railroad, Longarm encounters an enemy from his past. The appearance of the Apache Kid turns an official assignment into a personal confrontation.
Longarm and the Escape Artist
by Tabor Evans
1987
Chauncey Mahoney, known as the Stovespit Kid, escapes custody in California. Longarm tracks the fugitive into San Francisco's Barbary Coast, where pursuing a wanted man takes him deep into the city's criminal world.
Longarm and the Mexican Lineup
by Tabor Evans
1987
Mexican authorities hold five suspects they may execute unless Longarm identifies the bandit known as the Desert Eel. He heads for the border to find the man he once arrested, facing hostile officials and gunmen.
Longarm and the Rocky Mountain Chase
by Tabor Evans
1987
Longarm learns that the Coulter gang plans to rob a gold train. Using a false identity, he joins the outlaws and tries to warn the sheriff while keeping his undercover role from being discovered.
Longarm and the Trail Drive Sham
by Tabor Evans
1987
Longarm takes the name Long Tom and works as a cowhand to investigate a cattle swindle. Riding from Dodge City onto the Ogallala Trail, he must uncover the scheme while keeping his identity concealed.
Longarm in the Bighorn Basin
by Tabor Evans
1987
Painter Maxwell Windsor disappears near the Little Bighorn battlefield along with valuable paintings. Longarm investigates for Windsor’s worried daughter, but repeated attacks on the marshal suggest someone wants both the artist and his work to stay missing.
Longarm on Deadman's Trail
by Tabor Evans
1987
A deputy's murder sends Longarm after Bloodhand, a gunman who marks his victims' foreheads with a bloody X. The trail leads into Indian Territory, where the marshal faces an outlaw surrounded by other dangerous men.
Longarm on Death Mountain
by Tabor Evans
1987
Longarm on the Overland Trail
by Tabor Evans
1987
A gunman copying dime-novel outlaw Black Jack Slade begins killing along the Overland Trail. After two army officers die, Longarm is sent to stop the imitator before his campaign claims more victims.
Longarm and the Blood Bounty
by Tabor Evans
1988
Longarm heads to a quiet New Mexico town threatened by a killer called the Hook. Armed with a shotgun and knives, the outlaw presents a danger the marshal must stop before the violence spreads.
Longarm and the Hangman's Vengeance
by Tabor Evans
1988
The Great Costello escapes execution and leaves the hangman dead on his own gallows. Longarm follows the fugitive into Mexico, where rebels and rurales make recapturing the slippery train robber a dangerous task.
Longarm and the New Mexico Shoot-out
by Tabor Evans
1988
Geronimo's raiding party retreats into Mexico, expecting the border to put it beyond American law. Longarm gives up the protection of his badge and crosses after them, pursuing his quarry without his usual authority.
Longarm and the Quiet Guns
by Tabor Evans
1988
Longarm investigates a dead outlaw in Salem, Texas, but the residents refuse to explain what happened. With the town keeping its secrets, he must decide whether a woman with plans of her own can be trusted.
Longarm and the Renegade Sergeant
by Tabor Evans
1988
The army asks Longarm to solve a paymaster robbery committed six years earlier. To reach the suspected thief, he may have to join a renegade sergeant's ranks and investigate from inside the man's outfit.
Longarm and the Treacherous Trial
by Tabor Evans
1988
After shooting a United States senator's bodyguard, Longarm faces trial in Washington. The marshal must contend with politicians as an encounter involving his gun turns into a legal fight far from his usual territory.
Longarm and the Utah Killers
by Tabor Evans
1988
Sent away from Denver after clashing with local lawmen, Longarm investigates unrest among Native people in Utah. His supposed vacation leads into the schemes of wealthy landowners and hired gunmen who want him dead.
Longarm in the Big Burnout
by Tabor Evans
1988
The murder of a young woman Longarm knows sends him after her killer with revenge on his mind. Following the trail into a violent range war puts his personal anger at odds with his duties as a lawman.
Longarm in the Sierra Madres
by Tabor Evans
1988
After making enemies again, Longarm takes an assignment leading Mexican federal officers in pursuit of a band of Yaqui fighters. The mission brings him into the landscape and Yaqui culture of the southern Arizona region.
Longarm in the Valley of Death
by Tabor Evans
1988
Sent to Colorado to investigate the shooting of two soldiers, Longarm follows a trail to former Army officer Tom Ferris. Ferris is confined in a private hospital, complicating the marshal's search for answers about the shootings.
Longarm on the Thunderbird Run
by Tabor Evans
1988
A blocked road traps Longarm in Thunderbird Canyon, a silver-mining town. With residents and miners stranded alongside unidentified members of the White Hood Gang, he must find the outlaws while everyone is cut off from escape.
Longarm and the Day of Death
by Tabor Evans
1989
A visit to Nuevo Laredo Prison ends with Longarm behind bars while a wanted killer goes free. A woman's help gets him out, and their pursuit carries them into the dangerous streets of Mexico City.
Longarm and the Doomed Witness
by Tabor Evans
1989
Longarm guards Aurora Stone, a witness against horse thief and swindler Sid Porter. When the trial ends without a conviction, gunmen keep pursuing the marshal and Aurora, leaving him to discover why they remain targets.
Longarm and the Hangman's List
by Tabor Evans
1989
Johnny Danfield leaves lists of his victims pinned to the bodies of the people he hangs. Longarm must stop the murderer before more names become corpses, knowing the killer's next noose could be meant for him.
Longarm And The Indian Raiders
by Tabor Evans
1989
Settlers have been murdered, and a lynch mob blames the Cheyenne. Convinced they are innocent, Longarm challenges the accusations, putting his own life at risk as the crowd threatens to hang him for taking their side.
Longarm and the Mad Dog Killer
by Tabor Evans
1989
Ned Larson leaves bodies across Montana and challenges Longarm after killing another lawman. Longarm is ready to face him, but orders to bring the murderer back alive make a deadly confrontation even harder to manage.
Longarm And The Medicine Wolf
by Tabor Evans
1989
Retired Texas sheriff Gus Hackett is killed, and local authorities dismiss his death as an accident. Longarm believes a respected lawman's life ended in murder, driving him to challenge that verdict and pursue the person responsible.
Longarm and the Outlaw Sheriff
by Tabor Evans
1989
Longarm and the Rebel Killers
by Tabor Evans
1989
Confederate bonds bring Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long into an investigation that takes him to Galveston. The assignment follows a financial mystery connected to the old Confederacy, carrying the western lawman into an unfamiliar coastal setting.
Longarm and the Redwood Raiders
by Tabor Evans
1989
Bull Kestell and his timber pirates are tearing through California's redwood country, cutting trees and murdering Native Americans. Longarm must confront a gang whose destruction threatens both the forest and the people living within it.
Longarm and the Vigilantes
by Tabor Evans
1989
Longarm rides into town to stop a vigilante committee bent on killing cattle rustlers. A brutal beating leaves him dependent on a woman's care, turning his effort to uphold the law into a personal struggle for revenge.
Longarm in a Desert Showdown
by Tabor Evans
1989
In Arizona's Sonora Desert, scarce water already makes survival difficult for Papago people and ranchers. As relations between them turn bloody, Longarm must intervene before the violence becomes a massacre in the unforgiving desert landscape.
Longarm in the Clearwaters
by Tabor Evans
1989
Longarm discovers saddlebags loaded with stolen loot, giving him an unexpected opening against a band of thieves. The find draws him into an effort to capture the entire gang rather than settle for one criminal.
Longarm and the Crooked Marshal
by Tabor Evans
1990
A violent dispute over the Rio Arriba territory draws Longarm to Santa Fe. With federal marshals falsely accused of wrongdoing, he must clear their names and catch the killers exploiting the conflict over the land.
Longarm and the Dead Man's Badge
by Tabor Evans
1990
Longarm goes to Pine Hill, Wyoming, to collect a fugitive and finds a frightened town. Landowner Brian Levinson is running for sheriff, seeking control of the law as well as the property he already dominates.
Longarm and the Deadly Jailbreak
by Tabor Evans
1990
Outlaw Sweet William escapes jail after killing two deputies and heads toward Black Hawk. Longarm takes up the pursuit, determined to catch a fugitive whose bid for freedom has already left a bloody trail behind him.
Longarm and the Devil's Stagecoach
by Tabor Evans
1990
Deputy Marshal Custis Long is assigned to track a gang of stagecoach robbers whose attacks have turned murderous. Recovering a fortune in stolen U.S. Treasury vouchers adds urgency to his hunt for the men responsible.
Longarm and the Killer's Shadow
by Tabor Evans
1990
Longarm faces outlaw Jethro Markham, whose gang has been trained to think carefully while committing crimes. Taking on organized criminals who use their heads forces the marshal to reckon with cunning as well as gunfire.
Longarm and the Longley Legend
by Tabor Evans
1990
Longarm investigates reports of a ghost whose victims die from real bullets. His skepticism becomes a matter of survival when the elusive gunman begins stalking him, turning the search for an explanation into a dangerous hunt.
Longarm and the Lost Mine
by Tabor Evans
1990
Violent bank robber Jason Tanner escapes after Longarm once put him behind bars. Seeking gold hidden in an Arizona mine, Tanner also wants the marshal dead, bringing treasure hunting and personal revenge into the same pursuit.
Longarm and the Pawnee Kid
by Tabor Evans
1990
With a hanging looming, Longarm escapes from the Pawnee Wells jail and joins forces with an unstable companion. Getting away means relying on a man whose apparent wish to die makes him an unpredictable ally.
Longarm and the Wyoming Bloodbath
by Tabor Evans
1990
Longarm wants to avenge Marshal Ramage's murder, but finding the killer proves harder than drawing his gun. His pursuit is further complicated by a town full of prostitutes who distract him from the man he seeks.
Longarm in the Osage Strip
by Tabor Evans
1990
Longarm enters the Osage Strip to find Adeline Younger Dalton, who may lead him to wanted members of the James-Younger gang. Tribal police, an unpredictable woman and a contract on his life complicate the search.
Longarm in the Red Desert
by Tabor Evans
1990
A string of murders suggests that the legendary Red Sash Gang has returned to terrorize the West. Longarm takes up the chase, facing real bodies behind a story that once seemed to belong to frontier myth.
Longarm and the Arkansas Ambush
by Tabor Evans
1991
After becoming caught up in a bank robbery in Aurora, Colorado, Longarm travels into Arkansas. There he encounters a violent land dispute between white settlers and Native Americans, placing another dangerous conflict in his path.
Longarm and the Colorado Gundown
by Tabor Evans
1991
The people of Snowshoe trap Ute people in an abandoned mine, planning to kill them in retaliation for an attack. Longarm must hold the angry townspeople back before their demand for revenge becomes a massacre.
Longarm and the Denver Bustout
by Tabor Evans
1991
Longarm is sent to Washington Territory to bring escaped killer Kelly Sisson back for hanging. In Moses, dead and wounded lawmen and Sisson's alliance with a powerful local man turn the prisoner transfer into dangerous business.
Longarm and the Gold Hunters
by Tabor Evans
1991
Consuela carries a treasure map tattooed on her body, drawing Longarm into a search for riches. But getting close to her comes with deadly risks, turning the valuable clue into a dangerous complication for the marshal.
Longarm and the Grave Robbers
by Tabor Evans
1991
Longarm poses as a newlywed with a lady friend to investigate thieves looting Ancestral Puebloan artifacts at Mesa Verde. The undercover assignment brings them into a profitable trafficking operation that puts both of them at risk.
Longarm and the Montana Massacre
by Tabor Evans
1991
The Warren gang has escaped from jail and returned to spread fear through a Montana town. Longarm takes on the outlaws, facing a group determined to keep the entire community under threat of violence.
Longarm and the Railroad to Hell
by Tabor Evans
1991
Longarm arrives to transport killer K.C. Caswell, only to find that his prisoner has escaped. Following Caswell’s victims along a New Mexico railroad line brings the marshal into a confrontation with a former partner.
Longarm and the River of Death
by Tabor Evans
1991
Longarm and the Skull Canyon Gang
by Tabor Evans
1991
Longarm joins Sheriff Gil Blowser’s posse to track highwaymen, unaware that the sheriff uses his badge to cover criminal dealings. The pursuit becomes a trap when the lawmen and outlaws prove to be the same people.
Longarm in the Mexican Badlands
by Tabor Evans
1991
Sent to collect Thad Miller, Longarm reaches El Paso to find dead men and an escaped prisoner. The killer has crossed into Mexico, forcing the marshal to pursue him where his American badge carries little authority.
Longarm and the Arizona Showdown
by Tabor Evans
1992
After surviving an assassin’s attack, Longarm discovers that outlaws operating through the Phoenix post office have marked him for death. He investigates a criminal network using a federal institution as cover while its killers pursue him.
Longarm and the Cheyenne Kid
by Tabor Evans
1992
A Wells Fargo robbery and an old friend’s murder put Longarm on the trail of the Cheyenne Kid. Kidnappings complicate the pursuit before the marshal encounters gunmen who hunt innocent people for sport.
Longarm and the Cimarron City Sellout
by Tabor Evans
1992
Longarm is sent to Cimarron City to prevent violence between soldiers and civilians. His investigation uncovers Colonel Willard Sherman’s plans to betray the town for profit, giving the brewing conflict a dangerous source inside the military.
Longarm and the Double Eagles
by Tabor Evans
1992
Half a million dollars in gold disappears from the Treasury office in Grants Pass. Longarm investigates, but people he questions are killed, forcing him to follow the missing money while protecting the lives tied to it.
Longarm and the Fool Killer
by Tabor Evans
1992
While assisting a military detail through El Paso, Longarm becomes the target of a gunman called the Fool Killer. Locals connect the shooter to an old legend, but the marshal suspects a living enemy behind it.
Longarm and the Gunslicks
by Tabor Evans
1992
Longarm tracks murderous cattle rustler Slattery into a Montana town where the outlaw controls the locals. With a landlady and cattle rancher Rosita offering help, he must confront both the fugitive and the community protecting him.
Longarm and the Lady Sheriff
by Tabor Evans
1992
After Sheriff Flanders is murdered, his widow Matilda takes up the badge that no man wants. Longarm helps her confront the killers holding Medicine Skull in fear, while their enemies threaten to destroy the Wyoming town.
Longarm and the Rebel Brand
by Tabor Evans
1992
Cattle rustling gangs spread trouble across the Texas plains, and Longarm is assigned to stop them. When the thieves target a retired marshal and his granddaughter, the investigation becomes a fight to protect the threatened pair.
Longarm and the Shoshoni Silver
by Tabor Evans
1992
On his way to negotiate a land deal with Chief Pocatello, Longarm meets a Scotswoman tracking missing brides. Her search exposes a kidnapping ring, while a separate killer follows the marshal’s own trail.
Longarm and the Ute Nation
by Tabor Evans
1992
An ambush kills an Army major and his escorts, and an Indigenous scout is blamed. Longarm questions the accusation but faces hostile officers and a three day deadline to identify the killer before retaliatory violence begins.
Longarm in the Sierra Oriental
by Tabor Evans
1992
Counterfeit gold coins are being sold to the United States Treasury, sending Longarm south of the border. He pursues the men behind the scheme in Mexico, trying to stop the false currency at its source.
Longarm On the Devil's Highway
by Tabor Evans
1992
The locals of Soapy Wells betray Longarm when he arrives to collect a prisoner. Pursued by Mexican forces, he must cross a dangerous desert with a fugitive who could turn against him at any moment.
Longarm and the Border Showdown
by Tabor Evans
1993
Sent to Laredo to stop a band of thieves, Longarm finds a sheriff who controls the town and sells guns to Mexican revolutionaries. Enforcing the law means confronting the very official supposed to uphold it.
Longarm and the Butterfield Spur
by Tabor Evans
1993
The theft of his equipment leaves Longarm stranded between a harsh stretch of desert and dangerous mining camps. Without his gear, the marshal faces difficult choices about how to move through the hostile country around him.
Longarm and the Captive Women
by Tabor Evans
1993
The Loudermilk gang gets the better of Longarm and takes female hostages toward Mexico. The marshal pursues the outlaws, determined to catch them and free the women before they can escape across the border.
Longarm and the Carnival Killer
by Tabor Evans
1993
A carnival game already blamed for two deaths kills a woman close to Longarm. He investigates the people controlling the attraction, turning his grief toward the hidden operation behind a supposedly ordinary form of entertainment.
Longarm and the Dead Ringers
by Tabor Evans
1993
Tall Tom Plowright was supposedly killed and buried seven years ago. When the notorious bandit reappears, Longarm must deal with the trouble he brings to a town that thought it had seen the last of him.
Longarm and the Diamond Snatchers
by Tabor Evans
1993
Two actors turn from the stage to jewel theft, drawing Longarm into a pursuit. He must stop their next job before they rob a gathering of wealthy Chicago guests and escape with the room’s valuables.
Longarm and the Golden Death
by Tabor Evans
1993
Four archaeologists disappear while searching for Spanish gold beneath New Mexico territory. Longarm follows the trail into an underground treasure hunt, where finding the missing men and surviving the dangers surrounding the fortune become inseparable problems.
Longarm and the Nevada Swindle
by Tabor Evans
1993
Ambushed on his way to Nevada, Longarm continues to Virginia City to visit an old friend. Instead of a reunion, he finds his friend imprisoned for robbery, bringing a personal connection into his latest encounter with trouble.
Longarm and the Night Branders
by Tabor Evans
1993
Cattle thieves strike across El Paso County, and Longarm sets out to discover who finances their raids. Following the rustlers leads him to an ambitious senator’s ranch, linking a local crime wave with political power.
Longarm and the Rebel's Revenge
by Tabor Evans
1993
A Colorado state senator’s life is threatened, sending Longarm to investigate the person behind the danger. As he searches for the motive, the deputy marshal uncovers troubling parts of the politician’s past that complicate the case.
Longarm and the Taos Terror
by Tabor Evans
1993
Clues from a murder victim send Longarm after the Taos killer. When the fugitive steals gold relics from a sacred Pueblo burial ground, the investigation becomes a race to catch him before the theft provokes further violence.
Longarm in the Crossfire
by Tabor Evans
1993
Two armed sisters rescue French Lemond from a crowded courtroom just hours before his scheduled hanging. Longarm must track the escaped prisoner and bring him back to face justice, with his rescuers standing between the lawman and his quarry.
Longarm and the Apache Plunder
by Tabor Evans
1994
Robberies and killings in New Mexico territory are blamed on renegade Apaches. Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long investigates the attacks, questioning whether the accused people are responsible or whether someone else is exploiting the conflict.
Longarm and the Barbed Wire Bullies
by Tabor Evans
1994
Duke Albright’s men fence off homesteaders’ land, steal cattle and water, and shoot those who resist. Longarm confronts the gang in Kiowa, Colorado, where protecting the settlers means challenging an armed group determined to control their livelihoods.
Longarm and the Bounty of Blood
by Tabor Evans
1994
Longarm travels to Cowhead Bay to deal with a reported disturbance. He finds two dead men who apparently intended to kill Indians, with cash still in their bullet-riddled pockets, leaving him to investigate the violence behind the warning.
Longarm and the Drifting Badge
by Tabor Evans
1994
A prisoner Longarm is supposed to transport is killed by local marshal Frank Nemo. Investigating the death, Longarm discovers that Nemo has repeatedly killed suspects described as escapees, raising questions about the lawman’s methods and motives.
Longarm and the Gallagher Gang
by Tabor Evans
1994
A ranch widow offers Longarm information about the Gallagher gang, whose crimes he has pursued for too long. Her invitation becomes a trap, leaving him chained in a barn while the outlaws prepare to take advantage of their captive.
Longarm and the High Rollers
by Tabor Evans
1994
Longarm enters a high-stakes poker game to capture One-Eyed Jack McBride. The gambler has murdered a Bureau of Indian Affairs agent and is eliminating witnesses, making the lawman’s pursuit urgent for everyone who can connect McBride to the crime.
Longarm and the Last Man
by Tabor Evans
1994
Members of the Last Man Club pay into a fund promised to the final survivor. When someone begins murdering members of the military society, Longarm rides to warn the next target and stop the killer behind the deaths.
Longarm and the Man-Eaters
by Tabor Evans
1994
Two sailors are found with their hearts cut out, stirring fears that legendary cannibals have returned. Longarm rejects the rumors and investigates, but his search brings him into captivity aboard a slave ship, where his own survival is threatened.
Longarm and the Texas Hijackers
by Tabor Evans
1994
Cavalry deserter James Meadows and his soldiers hijack the train Longarm is riding. As the gang starts shooting hostages, the deputy marshal must find a way to protect the other passengers and regain control of the journey.
Longarm and the Train Robbers
by Tabor Evans
1994
Train robbers set an explosion that throws Longarm and his fellow passengers off the tracks. His hunt for those responsible draws him into a case involving dangerous connections, where the criminals’ allies may be as threatening as the robbers themselves.
Longarm on the Fever Coast
by Tabor Evans
1994
Longarm visits Escondrijo on the Texas coast to escort a federal prisoner back to Denver. Gunmen target him before the journey begins, while a mysterious epidemic adds another urgent problem to what should have been a routine assignment.
Longarm and Big Trouble in Bodie
by Tabor Evans
1995
Longarm travels to Bodie to deal with a marshal whose behavior has become dangerously paranoid. He discovers Ivan Kane charging merchants illegal protection fees, turning an inquiry into a confrontation with a lawman abusing his authority.
Longarm and the Arizona Ambush
by Tabor Evans
1995
Longarm tracks train robbers across Arizona, only to lose his horse to a rifle shot near a remote cabin. Stranded in the desert, he must seek shelter from the sun in the same building occupied by the gunman.
Longarm and the Deadly Thaw
by Tabor Evans
1995
Longarm hunts mail thief Cy Berman, who is wanted for murdering U.S. marshals. The pursuit takes him through frozen gold towns in Wisconsin territory, where harsh winter conditions make an already dangerous assignment harder to carry out.
Longarm and the Helldorado Kid
by Tabor Evans
1995
Longarm goes undercover to infiltrate the Killion family, a gang of horse thieves and train robbers skilled at avoiding capture. Posing as a womanizer, he tries to get close enough to the outlaws to bring them under the law.
Longarm and the Jerkwater Bustout
by Tabor Evans
1995
Longarm travels to California to bring mail-fraud prisoner Buster Hoover back to Denver. The supposedly simple escort becomes dangerous when he discovers Hoover’s involvement in murder and armed robbery, and the prisoner’s friends arrive to free him.
Longarm and the John Bull Feud
by Tabor Evans
1995
Widow Constance Farnsworth faces threats intended to force her out of her Colorado mountain railroad. She hires Longarm to protect her, drawing the deputy marshal into a conflict where his feelings and official responsibilities become difficult to reconcile.
Longarm and the Kansas Killer
by Tabor Evans
1995
The government assigns Longarm to capture Wolfgang van Ritterhoff, a trained killer from the Prussian Cavalry. His quarry can handle virtually any weapon and will use any means to escape, testing the deputy marshal’s ability to bring him in.
Longarm and the Saddle Rock Spook
by Tabor Evans
1995
Longarm pursues Dan Marlow, an outlaw blamed for fifteen deaths who has survived repeated gunshot wounds. After the deputy marshal believes Marlow is buried, rumors that he remains alive force Longarm to confront an unsettling mystery.
Longarm and the San Angelo Showdown
by Tabor Evans
1995
Soldiers from Fort Concho are murdered at night in San Angelo. Longarm poses as a gambler and horse trader to investigate, encountering hostility toward the soldiers and a powerful cattle family whose influence reaches across the town.
Longarm and the Shivaree Riders
by Tabor Evans
1995
The U.S. Attorney General sends Longarm to investigate the murder of a Texas postmaster. In Addington, local politics and struggles for power overshadow concern for the victim, leaving the deputy marshal to pursue justice amid competing interests.
Longarm and the Silver Mine Marauders
by Tabor Evans
1995



































































































