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Explore 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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201

Longarm is assigned to escort a woman convicted of murder to prison. Falling in love with his prisoner, he becomes determined to investigate her possible innocence, placing his feelings in conflict with the duty to deliver her sentence.

202

After rescuing a woman from a barroom fight, Longarm finds himself imprisoned in Mexico and sentenced to hard labor. The woman tries to arrange his escape, but getting free means overcoming the forces keeping him behind bars.

203

Longarm and the Big Fifty

by Tabor Evans

1996

While escorting Harmony Drake to a Colorado hanging, Longarm is ambushed after the prisoner feigns illness. Left for dead as Drake escapes toward Mexico, the deputy marshal must recover and track down the fugitive he lost.

204

A creature described as half man and half bear has killed four people and abducted a wealthy man's wife. Longarm pursues the Brazos Devil, trying to discover what lies behind the attacks and a substantial bounty.

205

A landowner sells his daughters to the highest bidders, but their new husbands soon turn up dead. Longarm investigates whether the marriages are cursed by bad luck or conceal a deliberate and profitable criminal scheme.

206

Longarm is escorting condemned outlaw Ford Oakley to face justice when a gunshot wounds him and his prisoner escapes. He must track Oakley down quickly, knowing that the next attack could finish the job.

207

Pursuing an escaped convict through the Arizona desert, Longarm reaches an isolated Overland Stage relay station. Suspicious comings and goings persuade him to investigate, complicating his search for the fugitive with questions about the remote stop.

208

A thief follows a traveling baseball team and robs post offices while the townspeople watch its games. Longarm joins the team, hoping to catch the criminal without letting the distractions of the ballpark hide another theft.

209

After escorting an embezzler from Mexico City to American custody, Longarm is kidnapped and taken back across the border. His captors demand a prisoner exchange, leaving him to escape, stop their plan, and recover the stolen money.

210

Longarm and the Minute Men

by Tabor Evans

1996

Longarm arrives in Nebraska to collect a federal prisoner, only to find vigilantes have lynched him and a boy accused of murder. He hunts the group's leaders while investigating the boy's innocence in a schoolteacher's death.

211

Longarm and the Racy Ladies

by Tabor Evans

1996

Longarm investigates counterfeiters operating around horse racing, where twin women who own horses become part of the case. A senator's assistant and a jockey draw suspicion as the deputy tries to trace the gang behind the false money.

212

Members of the Marble gang are being killed while free on bail, apparently by a former secret assassin for the Marshals Service. Longarm must stop the killer and rearrest the surviving gang members before more die.

213

Longarm and the Backwoods

by Tabor Evans

1997

In Oregon timber country, sabotage fuels a feud between ranchers and loggers. Longarm investigates while drawn to Aurora McEntire, a widow running a logging camp, and Molly Kinsman, whose family belongs to the rival cattle interests.

214

Two cattle barons seek control of Grit's land through dammed streams, stolen cattle, and violence. Longarm investigates their campaign while a boardinghouse widow seeks justice for her murdered husband, bringing the town's land struggle into sharp focus.

215

Counterfeiter Nathan Cox is wanted by the government, but other pursuers also have plans for him. Longarm must capture Cox alive while competing interests and gunfire threaten to turn a federal arrest into a fatal pursuit.

216

Snow leaves Longarm stranded in Kittstown, Wyoming, where a young woman is murdered. Unable to simply continue his journey, the deputy marshal investigates the killing and searches for the person responsible within the isolated town.

217

Longarm's pursuit of criminals brings him into contact with Welsh writer Glynnis Mathry, whose motives remain unclear. As the hunt continues, the deputy marshal must work out how her involvement affects his efforts to catch the outlaws.

218

A wanted poster bears Longarm's likeness, and another deputy disappears while investigating it. Longarm heads to Santa Rosa, New Mexico, where criminals have arranged a dangerous trap that turns his own reputation into a weapon against him.

219

Longarm's vacation is interrupted by trouble surrounding a friend's search for Spanish gold and the kidnapping of a young woman. Outlaw Hank Bass connects the two cases, forcing the deputy back to work to confront him.

220

Longarm and the Indian War

by Tabor Evans

1997

Two Native American tribes are at war in Dakota Territory, and Longarm is sent to help establish peace. As gunfire undermines negotiations, he must discover who is encouraging the conflict before the fighting becomes harder to stop.

221

Longarm and the Lady Faire

by Tabor Evans

1997

Longarm learns that his childhood sweetheart has been killed during a bank robbery in a small Colorado town. His hunt for the robbers becomes personal, putting grief and a desire for revenge alongside his duty as a deputy.

222

Medusa LeMat shoots Longarm with buckshot, leaving him injured but alive. He pursues the woman responsible, facing a difficult mixture of attraction and danger as he tries to bring a determined armed opponent to justice.

223

Union war heroes and their families are being murdered across the West long after the Civil War's end. Longarm hunts a killer who appears determined to continue the conflict, turning old loyalties into a new threat.

224

A murdered deputy's remains turn up in a New Orleans swamp, sending Longarm undercover among smugglers. Cajun woman Claudette offers knowledge of the operation, while a voodoo doll resembling the dead marshal adds another disturbing clue.

225

Longarm investigates an Arkansas moonshining operation that sends whiskey north under counterfeit brand labels and federal stamps. His assignment takes him among hostile Ozark clans, where stopping the illicit trade requires navigating local loyalties and resistance.

226

Reports of a shrieking banshee frighten miners around Virginia City's mine shafts, and deaths deepen their fears. Longarm investigates whether something supernatural is at work or someone is using the haunting to conceal a human threat.

227

Longarm and a Texas Ranger are assigned to protect high-level talks along the Mexican border. Their rivalry over Anna Marie threatens cooperation, complicating a job that requires the two lawmen to work together despite their personal dispute.

229

A gunman dressed as a Hopi kachina dancer leads a gang in a stagecoach robbery. Longarm joins a posse to pursue them, with an English woman reporter and the Mesa Verde cliff dwellings entering the case.

230

Longarm is assigned to protect Big Hatchet Belcher, a temperance campaigner determined to smash Denver's beer barrels. Keeping the outspoken woman safe becomes a difficult duty when her crusade takes her straight into the city's drinking establishments.

231

Longarm corners the Hunsacker clan in a Nevada ghost town, where three women claim to be his prospective brides. Their unexpected declarations make the deputy suspicious that his pursuit has brought him into an elaborate trap.

232

Longarm's vacation plans are interrupted when a bombing targets a visiting Indian Affairs commissioner in Denver. With a dispute over grazing between Utes and ranchers already requiring attention, the deputy must investigate a dangerous attack on the official.

233

Longarm travels to San Francisco to confront criminal gangs operating in Chinatown. Their pursuit of gold has put the district under the thieves' control, requiring the deputy to combine careful investigation with force against an entrenched enemy.

234

Following three bank robbers, Longarm reaches Whiskey Creek and meets the widow of its last marshal. She wants him to replace her husband, creating a tempting distraction from the fugitives he is supposed to bring in.

235

Teacher Zenobia Lowell recruits students and soldiers into a gang that burns its schoolhouse and robs Fort Douglas. Longarm follows her into Mormon country, charged with stopping an outlaw whose influence reaches well beyond the classroom.

236

A woman shoots a drifter beside Longarm in his favorite saloon. His search for the vigilante takes him into Wyoming, where a band of armed women makes bringing the killer to justice a dangerous undertaking.

237

A frightened sheriff calls on Longarm to capture six escaped prisoners, accepting them dead or alive. The deputy discovers that every fugitive is a woman, adding an unexpected complication to the dangerous pursuit he has been assigned.

238

An outlaw hiding in the mountains possesses stolen U.S. Treasury printing plates and the means to manufacture a fortune in counterfeit money. Longarm sets out to stop the operation and bring the criminal behind it to justice.

239

An unexplained attempt to shoot Longarm in the back leads him toward a corrupt Texas bail-bond business. Its interest in voodoo and habit of returning fugitives dead raise unsettling questions about who is really enforcing the law.

240

Longarm expects to see Devil Dave Devereux answer for murder in court. Gunfire disrupts the proceedings and the prisoner disappears, leaving the deputy to pick up the trail of a dangerous fugitive after an audacious escape.

241

Two unmarried women inherit a former brothel and discover the previous owner's incriminating journals. The diaries offer Longarm clues to a killer, but protecting their new owners becomes urgent as the hidden secrets expose them to danger.

242

Longarm prefers hunting outlaws alone, but a woman with remarkable shooting skills offers to join his pursuit of a vicious gang. Accepting her help gives the deputy a new partner for a dangerous mission against armed criminals.

243

Kansas lawman Norman Wold ends up behind bars, much to Longarm's disbelief. Convinced that one of the finest officers he knows deserves better, the deputy heads out to investigate and unravel the trouble surrounding his imprisonment.

244

Lorena Webber asks Longarm to investigate con man Lester Twill, whose romantic promises leave women abandoned. When she turns up dead, the deputy's inquiry becomes a murder case, raising the stakes of a seemingly straightforward assignment.

245

A gang led by Mallory steals silver shipments and kills those who interfere, making the case painfully personal for Longarm. His pursuit carries him to Galena City, where the outlaws' control turns the town into hostile territory.

246

Longarm and the Sheep War

by Tabor Evans

1999

Longarm goes undercover among Wyoming sheepherders threatened by local cattle interests. The dispute over their place in the state has become deadly, and the deputy must protect his charges from ranchers prepared to drive them out through murder.

247

A U.S. senator asks Longarm to find his missing fiancée, Nora Canady. The deputy investigates her unexplained disappearance, but pursuing the woman brings unexpected dangers that complicate the search and make the senator's request far from routine.

248

Longarm visits his old friend Wade, the sheriff of Goldstrike, hoping for a break from work. Wade's uneasy behavior becomes more troubling when an ambush kills him, leaving Longarm determined to identify the murderer and seek justice.

249

The Justice Department sends Longarm to a Colorado spa with two delicate assignments: protect its doctor and keep a senator's son out of trouble. A setting intended for relaxation instead becomes the scene of a demanding protective mission.

250

Longarm and the Black Widow

by Tabor Evans

2000

A senator's death sends a lynch mob after his Ute employee, but Longarm suspects the widow. The unexplained deaths around her family turn his investigation toward a woman whose reputation may conceal a pattern of calculated murder.

251

Longarm goes undercover to escort Cherokee Christians into Mexico in search of stranded missionaries. Bandits, Texas Rangers, and Mexican police complicate the journey, while the church women traveling with him keep his protective duties far from simple.

252

Longarm pursues a gang of thieves who use dynamite to blast their way through obstacles. A widow may be able to identify the criminals, but the secret she holds adds another dangerous complication to his investigation.

253

Assigned to protect visiting English nobleman Sir Harry Blackstreet, Longarm faces repeated attacks from rival outlaws. He must discover what makes his charge such a valuable target, while the man's niece complicates an already puzzling assignment.

254

Longarm guards the president's activist granddaughter and her wealthy friends during an undercover mission to help disadvantaged women. Their risky expedition demands constant vigilance, while the group's forceful chaperone and independent behavior complicate the deputy's protective assignment.

255

A scientist known for his mild manner becomes a dangerous bomber, leaving Longarm to investigate the sudden change. The deputy must learn what is driving the attacks while confronting a foe armed with unstable, deadly explosives.

256

Stranded in the Ruby Mountains with amnesia, Longarm must trust a woman he knows little about. The approaching Haskill Gang gives him little time to recover his memory before their guns turn his confusion into a fatal disadvantage.

257

Longarm discovers that a Nevada belly dancer is keeping stolen money for her outlaw boyfriend. The hunt for the loot places the deputy between an elusive woman and a dangerous criminal, with gunfire threatening to settle the matter.

258

Longarm investigates reports that Colonel Jasper Pettigrew's Wild West Show has kidnapped a Native American sharpshooter and forced him to perform. The deputy must determine what is happening behind the spectacle and confront the people responsible.

259

Longarm crosses the Rio Grande to rescue the kidnapped bride of a powerful Texas rancher. The mission puts him in hostile territory, where the Mexican government's bounty on his head makes helping the woman especially dangerous.

260

Sister Simone may be a thief posing as a nun, or a genuine nun with unusual activities. As she heads his way, Longarm must work out what lies behind her religious appearance and what trouble she brings.

261

Longarm plans to marry and settle into life as a Colorado rancher, but a robbery kills his bride-to-be. Hunting the five men responsible turns the deputy marshal's work into a deeply personal pursuit of vengeance.

262

A dying outlaw confesses his part in a Denver bank massacre committed five years earlier. Longarm follows the new leads to identify the escaped killers, recover the truth and pursue justice for the people they murdered.

263

Longarm's hopes for a holiday disappear when his boss sends him to a rough settlement near the Grand Canyon. A gang is causing trouble there, and the woman accompanying him may provide help he badly needs.

264

Longarm and the Horse Thief

by Tabor Evans

2001

Marshal Billy Vail sends Longarm after Henry Starr, a horse thief also wanted for murder. Starr is hiding in Indian country, where finding him is only part of the problem and bringing him back promises serious danger.

265

Longarm and the Lady Bandit

by Tabor Evans

2001

Alvina Lockwood asks Longarm to help her brother escape a horse-stealing charge. When a sting operation goes wrong, he questions her story and her possible connection to Kansas City Red, a bandit frustrating both criminals and lawmen.

266

Longarm tracks a robber who has been attacking postmen in the Arkansas mountains and has now committed murder. Following the trail through Mosquito Pass brings discomfort, distractions at an isolated inn and the challenge of catching a killer.

267

Longarm must hunt a killer who leaves Nevada prospectors with their throats cut while training an unwanted new partner. Boston newcomer Dudley Applewhite needs to learn quickly if the two marshals are to survive the investigation.

268

Venomous scorpions planted in beds are killing people in Agate, Arizona, and Longarm's old mentor Jesse Jerome falls under suspicion. Investigating his friend forces Longarm to choose evidence over loyalty amid the town's bitter rivalries.

269

Two census workers are murdered in Utah's Mormon country, sending Longarm to investigate resistance to federal inquiries. A mysterious woman who rides at night and shoots at trespassers may hold the key to the killings.

270

Army rifles stolen in Texas have been smuggled into Mexico, where Longarm must recover them without legal authority. Rival suspects, an uncooperative ranger and a secretive schoolteacher complicate his effort to prevent the investigation from starting a border war.

271

Longarm heads to Texas to track a gang of petty criminals, but the Tiger Lady interferes with his mission. Her determination to disrupt his work adds a personal complication to an already demanding pursuit of outlaws.

272

Tom McCabe is shot in the back during a New Mexico land dispute, and Longarm investigates the rival claimant. Don Alejandro Montoya wants both the dead man's ranch and his widow, making motives difficult to separate.

273

Bully Cracker Marner's death in a saloon draws little sympathy, but his widow and mother want revenge. Longarm becomes involved as their determination to settle the score threatens to turn one killing into further violence.

274

Longarm and the Yukon Queen

by Tabor Evans

2001

A witness who knows Washington's secrets flees to Alaska, and Longarm follows him aboard the Yukon Queen. The riverboat's forceful woman captain has enemies of her own, complicating the marshal's pursuit through unfamiliar territory.

275

Longarm and Big Lips Lilly

by Tabor Evans

2002

An Arizona town accuses brothel keeper Lilly of murdering two prominent politicians. Delayed by killers aboard his train and an avalanche, Longarm must reach her before time runs out and investigate the victims' unfinished saloon business.

276

Increase Younger, a woman standing six feet six inches tall, is determined to kill Longarm. The deputy marshal has survived many threats before, but this relentless opponent turns another outlaw encounter into a struggle to stay alive.

277

Longarm hunts a corrupt customs officer whose bribery racket on the Mexican border ends in murder. Allies with grievances of their own help him pursue Braddock and his violent associates, but the fugitives repeatedly escape his grasp.

278

Longarm and the Desert Rose

by Tabor Evans

2002

Rustlers raid cattle trains in Rampart Valley, then disappear with the stolen animals without leaving tracks. Longarm rides into the dangerous Llano Caliente desert to discover how the thieves keep vanishing and put an end to their raids.

279

Checking Harrisonville's post office seems an easy assignment until Longarm meets its hostile inhabitants. The women call themselves Druids, keep no men, horses or saloons, and react badly when an outsider starts asking questions.

280

Reports of dead brothel keepers haunting Animas Point send Longarm undercover as traveler Buck Crawford. Investigating the supposed ghosts brings him closer to very real danger in a town whose strange stories conceal more than he expected.

281

Longarm and the Lady Lawyer

by Tabor Evans

2002

Estelle Malone is accused of stabbing her wealthy husband, with blood on her nightgown and a witness against her. When her defense lawyer collapses in court, Longarm helps find another attorney while searching for justice.

282

An Arizona holiday ends when Longarm witnesses a lawman shoot a man in a saloon. A trail of suspicious deaths points toward the deputy and his sister, taking Longarm into a dangerous investigation of murderous authority.

283

Longarm and the Ozark Angel

by Tabor Evans

2002

Judge Isaac Parker orders Longarm to infiltrate a gang robbing Arkansas banks and stagecoaches. As he gets closer to the suspects and a mountain doctor, he begins to suspect a larger danger behind the Ozark crimes.

284

Longarm in Paradise

by Tabor Evans

2002

A dying letter from murdered Marshal Monty Kilpatrick sends Longarm after his friend's killers. Determined to avenge Monty and put matters right for his family, he follows a trail that makes justice intensely personal.

285

Longarm on a Witch-Hunt

by Tabor Evans

2002

Longarm follows outlaws toward a valley locals claim is haunted by witches. The mysterious Crawford women are said to live there, and investigating their connection to the fugitives means entering a place other men fear.

286

Ordered to help a French marquis recover gold lost en route to Mexico, Longarm reluctantly accepts an aristocratic partner. A kidnapping attempt and an attack on the marshal suggest that the secretive nobleman's mission conceals greater stakes.

287

A gang robs gold and silver shipments around Tucson, killing anyone who interferes. Longarm stays close to a wagon-train owner to investigate, but attraction to saloon singer Glorieta McCall makes an increasingly dangerous assignment personal.

288

Longarm rides into Rio Blanco County to stop thieves stealing cattle from the Indian Agency. His investigation is complicated by hired killers pursuing a bounty on his head and enemies determined to avenge earlier clashes.

289

A dying visitor gives Longarm a clue to stolen army gold hidden in Sweetwater Canyon. The imprisoned robber's daughter offers to help recover it, but pursuing outlaws and doubts about her intentions complicate the search.

290

Longarm seeks money hidden by a dead outlaw and turns to Cherry Poppin, who may know where it is. Suspicion falls on a suddenly wealthy local lawman, raising the risk of more violence over the missing cash.

291

Longarm goes undercover in Tascosa as a range war threatens to erupt. Locals fear a glowing figure in conquistador armor whose appearances accompany deaths, leaving him to uncover the truth before he becomes another victim.

292

Two distant cousins persuade Longarm to join their hunt for treasure at Picacho Peak. Discovering another cousin's body turns the journey into a fight to protect his remaining relatives from a gang pursuing the same gold.

293

Reports that Longarm is taking bribes conceal a criminal impersonating him with a false badge. In Ogallala, a gang plans a bank robbery using the deception, but the real marshal's arrival threatens to expose their scheme.

294

Longarm and the Poisoners

by Tabor Evans

2003

Longarm reluctantly investigates a commissioner's claim that apparently natural deaths are murders. A town divided into rival factions complicates the inquiry, and evidence begins to suggest the warning is more dangerous than he first believed.

295

Longarm joins Reno's incoming marshal, Rutherford Peacock, to investigate the previous marshal's murder. Peacock's unknown past invites suspicion, while an encounter with an old flame adds another complication to finding the killer.

296

Longarm must bring a widow and her two dangerous daughters to justice. Their appeal threatens to distract him from the job, leaving the marshal to resist the very women whose charms could make his assignment lethal.

297

District Attorney Tess Hayward has brought order to Buffalo Ford, but a corrupt, wealthy election rival threatens her work. She calls on Longarm for help as the campaign becomes a test of justice and the marshal's patience.

298

A bounty hunter's murder sends Longarm to Sioux Siding, where hostile locals resent federal interference. Apart from two welcoming widows, the town offers little help, forcing him to investigate among people determined to handle matters their own way.

299

Investors and federal officers disappear while investigating suspicious mining shares in Comstock Lode. Longarm reluctantly accepts a female partner for the next inquiry, knowing whoever is behind the deaths will be expecting another investigator.

300

Searching for missing Miss Boothe leads Longarm across the plains to wealthy rancher Grant Stockton. The man's cruelty turns the investigation into a dangerous confrontation, leaving the marshal to find the woman while confronting someone accustomed to getting his way.

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