Rusty Rhodes Bounty Hunter Books in Order

An old acquaintance arrives in Calabash Crossing with a new bounty-hunting partner, unsettling Rusty Rhodes. After a bank robbery, the three hunters join forces, but pursuing the thieves into an outlaw-controlled mining town puts their uneasy alliance under pressure.

After two outlaws assault Mazie Carter, Rusty Rhodes joins visiting bounty hunter Logan Hanson to pursue them. One man wants the reward and the other wants justice for a friend, making cooperation difficult as their hunt begins.

Rusty Rhodes volunteers to retrieve a bank robber who has fled beyond Sheriff Kincaid's jurisdiction. Tracking him to Snowflake reveals that the fugitive has joined a gang, leaving Rusty to separate his target from dangerous companions.

Rusty Rhodes arrives in Preston and senses danger beneath the dusty town's quiet appearance. When the leader of a local outlaw gang invites him to join, a stop along the trail becomes a confrontation with potentially deadly consequences.

A detour brings Rusty Rhodes to a mountain town where hired gunmen are forcing farmers to sell their land. Helping one threatened couple draws him into a wider struggle against a land grabber backed by twelve professional fighters.

Rusty Rhodes befriends an English newcomer after rescuing him from hostile cowboys. When Hugh Paddington tries to establish a ranch near Calabash Crossing, a local rancher's opposition pulls Rusty into another fight over who belongs in the territory.

Rusty Rhodes helps Sheriff Kincaid confront armed drifters in Calabash Crossing, then discovers their plans to seize the town. With the threat gathering at an abandoned mine, the town's defenders must prepare for the gang's return.

An unexpected reward for stopping stagecoach robbers introduces Rusty Rhodes to bounty hunting. The work seems promising until a pursuit takes him to Cripple Creek, where the townspeople may be more dangerous than the murderer he intends to arrest.

Tracking a swindler into Nevada, Rusty Rhodes meets another hunter pursuing the same man. Their quarry has taken shelter with an outlaw gang, forcing the two pursuers to consider deception as a way past nine armed protectors.

A hunting trip changes when Rusty Rhodes and deputy Sam Morgan discover a badly beaten boy. His account leads them to New Hope, where an abusive father controls a small community and appears responsible for crimes beyond his household.

Pursuing a fugitive into the Black Hills, Rusty Rhodes meets another bounty hunter tracking two more wanted men. Their targets belong to a fifteen-man gang, forcing the hunters to weigh the rewards against a badly unequal confrontation.

Rusty Rhodes follows a fugitive to Jericho, where an aging gunfighter has sought refuge from his reputation. Trouble in the town and the arrival of Rusty's quarry draw the two men into an alliance neither expected to need.

Chasing two outlaws through desolate New Mexico terrain, Rusty Rhodes reaches a settlement built around scarce water. Sundown shelters fugitives under its own rules, and Rusty must understand that code before he can capture his quarry and leave alive.

Rusty Rhodes takes a back road hoping to avoid trouble and reaches Cactus Junction just after a bank robbery. Pursuing the thieves leads to Sonora, a village controlled by outlaws who stand between him and his targets.

Rusty Rhodes interrupts an assault on a paleontologist who has discovered valuable dinosaur bones. Hired to protect the scientist, he enters a struggle among rival fossil hunters and museum interests, where ownership is contested with more than scholarly arguments.

A poker game introduces Rusty Rhodes to a one-eyed drifter searching for his kidnapped brother. Their pursuit leads to an abandoned mining town used by an outlaw gang, where two rescuers must find a way past six gunmen.

Delivering a prisoner brings Rusty Rhodes into a family feud that is threatening the merchants of Pecos. He decides to help a drugstore owner and her neighbors escape the dispute, but intervention risks a confrontation he hopes to contain.

Rusty Rhodes pauses his pursuit of a bank robber after finding a young man beaten near the Mojave Desert. Returning Billy Tate to Sundown brings questions about the mayor's men and the reason they left him to die.

Rusty Rhodes interrupts a fugitive hunt to help an elderly scientist who has been beaten and robbed. Discovering that their troubles are connected, the two join forces with a cantina owner to confront the danger around Cebolla.

A pursuit takes Rusty Rhodes to Nicodemus, where Black settlers are struggling to keep their new homes. Before capturing his fugitive, he decides to help the community resist a land speculator who has hired gunfighters to drive them away.

Rusty Rhodes tracks train robbers and stolen gold to a California mountain town, where a crooked banker plans to buy the bullion. An elderly prospector offers help, but together they still face five dangerous outlaws on difficult ground.

Rusty Rhodes postpones his journey home to pursue a bank robber who has killed several men. The chase carries him across hostile country to Marysville, California, where unfamiliar challenges make him question whether he can finish the job.

San Remo appears peaceful until Rusty Rhodes discovers a cattle rancher preparing to attack three sheep ranchers. Their refusal to use violence leaves them vulnerable, and Rusty decides to help them stand against the cattleman's hired guns.

Following a confidence man to Comston, Rusty Rhodes learns that a nearby gang plans to rob the bank and assay office. The town marshal needs help, and a promised reward persuades Rusty to defend a community with few protectors.

Near Christmas, Rusty Rhodes finds shelter with a struggling farm family whose injured father cannot work. Moved by their generosity, he delays his fugitive hunt to help them celebrate, a task complicated by four local bullies.

Rusty Rhodes pursues bank robbers into Wyoming and discovers they have taken a rancher's son hostage. His effort to bring the boy home places a family in danger as the outlaws follow and prepare for a standoff.

Rusty Rhodes finds an unconscious Navajo girl fleeing people who intend to kill her. Helping Ayita reach a mission school draws him into conflict with her pursuers and three outlaws, testing the determination of two unlikely allies.

A fugitive hunt near Fort Whipple is complicated by reports of a mysterious red ghost. Rusty Rhodes dismisses the stories until physical evidence suggests a large creature is roaming nearby, prompting him to investigate before resuming his pursuit.