Ray Hogan Books in Order

Accused of a murder he did not commit, Johnny Trask escapes custody to clear his name. His search for the real killer draws him into a western mystery, with Myra providing a romantic interest amid the danger.

Small-town peace officer Decket has used a United States marshal’s badge to exert authority he does not possess. Arresting the notorious Shotgun Travers puts that deception to the test, leaving him facing a killer he may be unable to control.

After Davey is murdered, Banning follows the killers into the desert, determined to make them answer for the crime. As the pursuit drives him deeper into the wasteland, his search blurs the distinction between justice and vengeance.

A suspected traitor threatens the effectiveness of Mosby’s raiders, leaving Will Turentine with the task of exposing the turncoat. Finding the culprit means investigating the men around him while betrayal endangers the group from within.

John Locke rides home looking forward to seeing his foster brothers, only to be arrested because they are wanted for murder. With suspicion falling on him and a lynch mob gathering, his family ties become a threat to his life.

Matt Campion comes to Harmony hoping to become a rancher, but is wrongly accused of murder. Escaping jail would still leave him pursued by a relentless tracker whose own brother is the man Campion supposedly killed.

In 1861, Mosby’s guerrillas undertake a raid to rescue a captured woman working as a spy. Their mission places her fate in the hands of soldiers attempting to bring her out from behind enemy lines.

Ben Dunn faces immediate hanging if he is captured. With his life depending on avoiding his pursuers, he must survive a frontier confrontation in which arrest promises a swift and fatal end to his freedom.

Hoping to earn enough to buy a ranch, John Glyde accepts a well-paid marshal’s job in a town called Lawless. He soon discovers why the salary is generous when the powerful man behind the town’s name opposes him.

Sent by Robert E. Lee to destroy a strategically important bridge, John Mosby leads two fighters on a dangerous mission. Renegades and a Union battalion complicate their approach, while the opposing commander turns out to be an old friend.

A solitary gunman arrives in Kingdom City seeking revenge for his brother's murder and confronts a corrupt family controlling the town. A marshal pursuing bank robbers and a deceived mail-order bride complicate his search for justice.

Johnny Ringo appears alongside Old Man Clanton and Curly Bill Brocius in this fictional account of the Cowboy Gang. Their different temperaments come together in a violent company of thieves and killers drawn toward danger.

Dan Wade returns to Burnt Springs after receiving a request for help. Drawn into a conflict between rancher Big Bill Krask and his lawman son, he must intervene in a feud threatening people on both sides.

Captured by Union soldiers, Confederate commander John Mosby faces execution unless he can escape. Separated from his Rangers, he must find a way back to his men before his captors bring him to the gallows.

Poe Harper must recover stolen gold across the Mexican border or lose his ranch. The pursuit leads through dangerous country and brings him against a gang that includes his own brother, forcing a painful choice between family and survival.

After bushwhackers take his horse, weapon and money, Dave Bonner is abandoned in the desert. Surviving the robbery becomes only the start of his struggle as he sets his sights on revenge.

Captured gunfighter Aaron Ledbetter receives an offer from a marshal: rescue a kidnapped girl and recover her ransom in exchange for his life. With only twenty-four hours, he must find the gang and survive a dangerous double-cross.

With his men dead, Captain Jeff Marshak must get more than a million dollars in gold to Washington for the war effort. His only companion on the dangerous journey is a difficult woman.

Learning of hidden gold from her dying husband, Kate London ventures into dangerous country to claim it. Suspecting others know the secret, she hires three damaged men, including a former lawman and a gunslinger, to protect her expedition.

Adam Rait is transporting rifles to the Confederacy when the Civil War ends before he can complete his delivery. He turns toward Mexico instead, where a revolution offers a new destination for the weapons.

Seeking peace after a violent past, Dan Renegar settles in a remote community. A stagecoach robbery exposes his identity to a suspicious marshal, whose hostility toward Renegar and his partner's wife threatens to force another deadly confrontation.

Matt Rusk tries to stay clear of other people's trouble, having learned that being right offers little protection. His resolve is tested when he becomes involved in the difficulties facing a young woman and her brother.

Nearing a possible lead to his missing brother, Shawn Starbuck stops to help a stranger in the Arizona wilderness. The encounter draws him away from his search and into a dangerous struggle driven by vengeance.

Shawn Starbuck believes his search for his missing brother may finally end. But three ruthless men want him dead, and a powerful territorial figure stands ready to send more gunmen after him.

A promising clue to his missing brother gives Shawn Starbuck hope, until a besieged rancher needs help. Investigating attacks on Three Cross, he risks losing both the trail and his life.

Jake Ryker returns to help run his injured brother’s ranch, but responsibility offers little appeal to a man accustomed to life with a gun. Torn between family obligation and restlessness, he begins looking for a way back to his former freedom.

Shawn Starbuck joins a sheriff's ragged posse after learning that his missing brother may be among the outlaws they pursue. Riding with men he distrusts, he must decide where his loyalty lies when the shooting starts.

Searching for his brother, Shawn Starbuck enters a hidden valley controlled by ruthless renegades. Discovering that its inhabitants are prisoners, he must confront the gang before he becomes another captive who cannot leave.

A tip from Wyatt Earp brings Shawn Starbuck to a violent gambling town, where he takes the marshal's badge. His efforts to restore order falter when a stranger delivers a message supposedly sent by his missing brother.

Shawn Starbuck joins a cattle drive bound for Dodge, unaware that a bushwhacker follows him. Between storms, scarce water and armed raiders, he must survive long enough to learn who wants him dead.

After the sheriff who hired him is murdered, deputy Shawn Starbuck pursues the man he suspects. The accused has powerful connections, and Starbuck faces growing suspicion himself as he struggles to bring the killer back alive.

Blamed for a banker's robbery and murder, former convict Lake Oliver flees a marshal and posse intent on hanging him. Wounded and aided by rancher Julie Carr, he must find the real criminal before his pursuers close in.

Captured by a bounty hunter, Shawn Starbuck is dragged into a conspiracy involving stolen gold and missing brothers. Uncertain whom to trust, he faces an ambush that may expose the truth or kill him.

Condemned for murdering her husband, Auralee Ford faces execution and the hostility of her powerful brother-in-law. Jud Hunter alone believes her claim of innocence and determines to save her, placing himself against both the law and public opinion.

A year after the Dolan family’s lynching, an unknown killer begins targeting six residents of Coyote Springs implicated in their deaths. Marshal Wade Henry races to identify the avenger before the remaining targets fall victim to the reckoning.

Hired to protect a political candidate, Shawn Starbuck expects two months of work to fund his search for his brother. Instead, his employers distrust him while unseen enemies turn the campaign into a deadly struggle.

Townsmen accuse their marshal of murdering an unarmed man and give him until sundown to surrender his badge and leave. Their ultimatum threatens further violence, forcing a confrontation over whether the lawman has become the danger he once opposed.

Shawn Starbuck learns that his missing brother Ben faces accusations of theft and murder. Determined to prove Ben innocent, he follows a dangerous trail complicated by Cassie Truxton, a married woman secretly in love with his brother.

Shawn Starbuck refuses a powerful rancher's offer to lead his raiders, but cannot escape the resulting violence. With a coveted ranch under threat, he must find a way to stop the bloodshed.

Shawn Starbuck becomes sheriff of Junction City to confront the Jenner gang. His scheme to capture the outlaws runs into trouble as further robberies and a mysterious woman complicate an investigation already surrounded by treachery.

Following reports that an American called Amigo helped assassinate a Mexican general, Shawn Starbuck suspects a connection with his missing brother. The search takes him along a dangerous trail through the border country and on toward Dodge City.

Hearing that his missing brother may be scouting a kidnapped wagon train, Shawn Starbuck joins the rescue posse. Crossing into Mexico, he must take charge of a troubled group as gunfights and desert terrain threaten their mission.

Traveling toward Tombstone, Shawn Starbuck rescues Glory after a stagecoach attack and escorts her to her father’s silver mine. Further violence draws him into a conspiracy to seize the property, with enemies whose identities remain concealed.

Traveling toward Tombstone, Shawn Starbuck rescues Glory after a stagecoach ambush and escorts her to her father’s silver mine. Further attacks and murder expose a conspiracy to seize the property, drawing him into a struggle against an unidentified enemy.

Marshal John Fontana has kept Genesis peaceful until a violent gang arrives with his own brother among its members. After the raiders devastate the town and depart, personal loyalty collides with the demand for justice and revenge.

Arriving at Yucca Flat with Heather Rustin, Shawn Starbuck finds outlaws threatening to burn the town unless a convicted killer is freed. He joins the effort to uphold the law while trying to prevent further bloodshed.

Burl Honeymaker has made many enemies while building the Diamond G Ranch. When someone shoots him in the back, three men who stand to benefit begin moving against the property he spent his life establishing.

Marshal John Rye must escort a condemned prisoner to Arizona for execution. The journey becomes a contest with the prisoner's wife and her gang, who are determined to free him before he reaches his destination.

Pursuing Valdez through mountains and desert, Shawn Starbuck becomes responsible for Heather Rustin’s safety. When the outlaws take her again, his search for his brother becomes entangled with a rescue and a dangerous confrontation across the border.

After kidnappers seize the daughters of leading townspeople and shoot Sheriff Luke Jones, young deputy Tom Sutton inherits a crisis. He must prove he can handle the pursuit and bring the victims home.

Pardoned after a wrongful conviction, former lawman Jake Harper hunts the gang whose murders and stolen gold sent him to prison. A corrupt marshal blocks his pursuit, threatening to put him behind bars again before he can expose the truth.

Taking work at High Green Ranch, Shawn Starbuck suspects another newly hired hand is a notorious gunfighter. His fears that trouble will follow prove well founded when raiders and a lynch mob threaten their lives.

Retiring stagecoach driver Sam Remington expects to make his final journey as a passenger, until outlaws kill the inexperienced man replacing him. With a judge aboard and a vengeful gang pursuing, he must guide the coach through treacherous country.

Shawn Starbuck becomes caught in a struggle over gold and a hidden informer. Charged with a murder he did not commit after the stage-line owner’s daughter testifies against him, he must unravel the plot surrounding him.

Former lawman Riley Cord returns to Cougar Crossing and discovers that outlaws have captured the town's new marshal. With only a courageous young woman and a few men beside him, he confronts the gunmen.

Mistaken for the murderer of two miners, Shawn Starbuck narrowly escapes a lynch mob through Silver Rose Johnson’s testimony. As more killings follow, he and the saloon owner become increasingly entangled in the case and must flee for safety.

Sheriff John Glade’s hard-won life as a lawman unravels after he kills Mayor Teague’s son. Refusing the mayor’s demand to resign, the former gunslinger and convict faces an escalating struggle over power in Omaha Crossing and threats to his life.

Marshal John Rye is accustomed to handling difficult cases alone, but Harry Wilse's gang calls for reinforcements. He assembles six tough men with troubled histories to form a posse capable of bringing the outlaws to justice.

Lawman Ben Coe enters Salvation undercover to impersonate a notorious killer and draw away a lynch mob. The deception is meant to preserve a lawful execution, but failure could leave Coe facing the hangrope intended for the man he resembles.

Sentenced to prison after accidentally killing a judge's friend, Adam Gann escapes when Apaches attack his transport. He joins a wagon train leaving Arizona, then faces armed outlaws who threaten the travelers and the woman he loves.

A young ranch hand finally gets his chance to become a lawman. His first duty is to escort a prisoner to jail, an assignment that threatens to end his new career before it has begun.

When unruly cowhands begin wrecking Moriah, the townspeople turn to Luke Brazil for help. Restoring order means confronting the men making the settlement unsafe, drawing him into a conflict between a threatened community and those determined to intimidate it.

Following a lead about his missing brother, Shawn Starbuck arrives at Pierce Hagerman’s ranch. Hired to protect the widely hated man known as Mr. Texas, he must keep his employer alive while surrounded by enemies.

Sheriff Seth Rossiter must escort his former friend Duke Finley to prison despite rumors he might help him escape. When a woman and gambler free the bank robber, Rossiter pursues all three to protect his own reputation.

Rancher Dave Bradford needs to drive his cattle across legally open Texas Flat, but J. J. Farman claims the land and patrols it with hired guns. Refusing the ruinous detour forces Bradford into a confrontation that could cost his life.

Marshal John Rye investigates the murder of Judge Orson Brite, following evidence toward two suspects, including a beautiful woman. When an ambush threatens all three, Rye must reconsider who killed the judge and why.

Warden Ben Skerrit's efforts to rehabilitate prisoners collapse when Rufe Houston escapes during an open house, leaving three people dead. Further killings and a kidnapping turn Skerrit's pursuit into a personal struggle between justice and vengeance.

Deputy Ben Houston follows a band of outlaws whose crimes stretch across Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado. To stop their raids, he must anticipate where they will strike next and catch them before they escape again.

Framed for murder, former marshal Matt Kollister heads south to escape capture. In a town controlled by outlaws, he faces a difficult choice: keep running or use his experience to help people who desperately need a lawman.

Ray Hogan imagines an uncertain episode in the life of Johnny Ringo, turning a disputed fragment of the notorious outlaw's past into a western novel.