Ray Hogan Books in Order

After killing two men responsible for his family's deaths, John Temple flees toward Mexico with their brother pursuing him. A dead horse and danger from Apaches leave him exposed at an isolated stagecoach station.

Bounty hunter Frank Garnett becomes a fugitive after his brother is killed and he is framed for murder. Bound by a promise to protect a friend's ranch, he must confront outlaws while trying to clear his name.

Marshal John Rye is sent to restore order in Crisscross, New Mexico, where a gang has already killed three marshals. To survive his assignment, he must face the killers who have made the town their own.

John Cameron returns to Wolf Springs after serving a prison sentence for a crime he did not commit. Cattle baron Sid Mason framed him, and coming home brings Cameron back into the powerful man's reach.

Wrongly accused and fleeing a posse, Bart Foraker plans to escape across the border. Finding massacre survivor Meg Swope changes his course, as escorting her to Colorado means risking capture by the men hunting him.

Tom Medley pursues the outlaws who shot Amos Cord and stole his prized stallion. His pursuit becomes more dangerous when he encounters Lucilla and the three gunmen following her, drawing him into another deadly conflict.

After lawman Frank West is killed, his widow Fortuna sets out to find the men responsible. Her search for justice takes her through dangerous country, where pursuing her husband's killers becomes a fight for survival.

Former bank robber Frank Bratton earns his living at cards until a confrontation with a cheating gambler leaves him wanted for killing a marshal. With Jenny McCall believing his innocence, he faces outlaws and a hanging judge.

Jake Benedict travels from Tennessee to New Mexico to find his father. Instead of a simple reunion, he discovers accusations that his father has been stealing army rifles and selling them to renegade Apaches.

John Rye receives orders to bring Jake Tolbert and his gang back alive for trial. The assignment pits the marshal's duty against a deeply personal hatred, testing his resolve to deliver justice rather than settle old scores.

Young ranch hand Matt is forced into the company of Jake Hooker's gang. As their journey becomes a succession of robberies and killings, he struggles with being made an accomplice to men whose violence he cannot control.

A cattleman's arrival in Dodge City brings him into a world of gunfights and romance. Pursuing his own future means navigating the dangers and competing loyalties of a frontier town.

Fugitive Dave Gunnison receives shelter from homesteader Nathan King, but the offer carries a price. To repay King, he must help defend the homestead against the cattlemen's hired gunmen while evading the law himself.

Dan Ruick returns to Saddlerock searching for a killer, but his own violent reputation makes the town fear him. With a bounty hunter ready to shoot on sight, his search may end before he finds his quarry.

Cole Dagget pursues a group of robbers, only to discover that the people of Solitude believe he has joined them. As a posse hunts him, the lawman must continue his pursuit while escaping men who should be allies.

An accident leaves rancher Curt Ramsey unable to manage the danger posed by his crooked overseer. He turns to his estranged brothers, but reaching him means passing through a country filled with enemies and outlaws.

Kit Carson's years as a trapper and frontiersman unfold amid the conflicts of the American Southwest. His relationships, including marriage to Singing Grass and later Josefa Jaramillo, shape a life caught between competing peoples and territories.

Five Western tales explore violence, duty and personal honor on the frontier. In the title novella, gunfighter Clay Allison’s turbulent reputation clashes with his determination to stand by his principles, even when doing so puts him in danger.

Jim Ryan returns to his inherited ranch near Vega and hopes to buy Tom Strickland's S-Bar property. When Strickland is shot from ambush, Ryan's plans collapse into a murder accusation that threatens his freedom.

Three Western stories follow men confronting danger and displacement: a freight-wagon leader transporting weapons, a homesteader threatened by violence, and a young Apache who has lost both his birth family and the white couple who raised him.

These western stories follow people whose integrity faces pressure from violence, revenge, and frontier life. Among them is Boyd Tripp, a man seeking vengeance while struggling with doubts about the course he has chosen.

Two short Western novels examine conflicts over revenge and inheritance. Dan Ragan tries to avoid killing a man seeking vengeance, while Dave Ruskin inherits a ranch whose suspected involvement in rustling puts him at odds with neighboring cattlemen.

Dan Ricker has no badge, but he owes a dead marshal the delivery of killer Jack Gorman to jail. Crossing Comanche country with an orphaned girl complicates his mission, while Gorman's family prepares to stop him.

Prisoner Sul Rich attacks Sheriff Dan Guthry and leaves him for dead in the New Mexico desert. Surviving the assault, Guthry sets out after the escaped killer before another victim pays the price for his freedom.

Luke Wade has spent four years searching for his father's killer, guided by the distinctive gun left behind. When he finally finds the man, revenge becomes harder to separate from pity.

Joel Kane returns to his family's New Mexico ranch after ten years, answering his father's plea for help. Discovering that gunmen and a disputed inheritance threaten their home, he prepares to fight for the Circle K.

Wagon freighter Adam Rait discovers that his employer's cargo involves contraband arms and murder. With two Mexican companions aboard, he becomes entangled among Confederates, royalists, and Juarez's forces, each pursuing its own plans for the shipment.

Wanted for murder, Wayne Trevison returns to help the rancher who raised him. Inheriting responsibility for the property, he must investigate cattle rustling while the old man’s sons complicate his efforts to put the ranch in order.