Sandy Dengler Books in Order

A clear introduction that helps younger readers understand the Bible's big story, its main people, and how the books fit together. It is meant to make Scripture feel less daunting to begin.

In 1881 West Texas, a javelina named Isobel brings both chaos and delight to a hard-pressed homesteading family. It is a frontier story with warmth, animal energy, and everyday struggle.

A lively dog turns ordinary life into one scrape after another in this quick children's adventure. Dengler keeps the story light, affectionate, and close to the rhythms of the Southwest.

This early Southwestern adventure heads into cattle country, where young people face rough terrain and real danger. It is short, fast, and full of the practical risks of frontier life.

Near Springer, Texas, Daniel Tremain wrestles with loss, longing, and his deep wish for a horse of his own. The result is a gentle frontier story shaped by grief, hope, and faith.

While grieving his father, Daniel Tremain learns that his friend Carrie has been kidnapped. He heads into dangerous desert country determined to bring her home, whatever the risk.

A stay at McGeehan Ranch turns uneasy when suspicious events begin piling up. This lean children's mystery mixes ranch-country atmosphere with enough danger to keep young readers locked in.

What looks like an easy assignment becomes something far riskier when Daniel and his friend Wahoo get tangled in a treasure hunt on Socorro Island. Adventure comes fast, and trouble comes faster.

Naomi is caught between two very different men in desert country where fossils, faith, and survival all matter. The harsh landscape makes this romance feel tougher and more adventurous than most.

Daniel Tremain follows a chain of clues into another frontier mystery where each answer seems to open a new danger. It is a short, quick-moving adventure with a classic juvenile feel.

In crowded nineteenth-century Singapore, a woman who distrusts both rain and men makes a daring plan to escape. A sea captain and an unexpected spiritual turn complicate every step of her freedom.

Dengler sketches the life of hymn writer Fanny Crosby in an approachable way for younger readers. The book highlights her faith, perseverance, and astonishing musical legacy.

Linnet McLeod heads into the northern wilderness to find the father who abandoned her. Along the way she faces danger, culture shock, and two men who make her search far more complicated.

A concise portrait of evangelist D.L. Moody, tracing his drive, energy, and gift for reaching ordinary people. It is written to show why his work mattered so much in his time.

This brief biography introduces John Bunyan, the preacher and author best known for *The Pilgrim's Progress*. Dengler focuses on the struggles, faith, and convictions that shaped his life.

Polly has waited years for her husband to return from war, then meets a drifter carrying a blue opal and fresh temptation. In Australia's opal country, loyalty and happiness collide head-on.

An Irish seaman and a Californio rancher's daughter fall for one another in the dangerous days of Gold Rush California. Love means little unless they can outrun family control and a changing world.

Dengler imagines the life of Saint Sebastian against the brutal persecutions under Diocletian. It is historical fiction with a martyr's story at its center and old Rome pressing in on every side.

Wade Travers has kept quiet for years about jungle gold and hopes one final expedition will buy his freedom. Instead, greed, danger, and bad timing make retirement look harder than ever.

A plain country bear named Smokey gets the chance to become more than anyone expected. The book has the feel of a warm, old-fashioned animal story with a hopeful bent.

Dengler tells the story of Susanna Wesley as a woman of discipline, faith, and influence within a remarkable family. It is a straightforward introduction to a life that shaped later church history.

Irish sisters cross the globe to Queensland under indenture, hoping to escape a bleak future. Samantha Connolly soon finds danger, divided loyalties, and a troubling attraction to sugar planter Cole Sloan.

This biography introduces Florence Nightingale and her work caring for wounded soldiers. Dengler keeps the story accessible while showing the grit, discipline, and compassion behind the legend.

In frontier Australia, ambition, drought, and old violence pull several lives together. Pearl wants a different future, Marty wants land and cattle, and Indirri carries a fierce need for justice.

After fire destroys everything familiar, Samantha and Cole must build new lives in another corner of Australia. River trade, business risk, and old feelings make their fresh start anything but simple.

This final Australian Destiny novel becomes a coming-of-age story in remote Australia. A young man faces the hard lessons of work, responsibility, and manhood in a land that gives nothing easily.

A glamorous fashion shoot in Acadia National Park turns ugly when the models start dying. Jack Prester calls in Evelyn Brant, and the investigation quickly cuts through vanity, rivalry, and danger.

A car bomb kills Catherine Dubois, and Phoenix homicide investigator Joe Rodriguez is on the case with partner Tom Flaherty. The trail runs through ministry politics, personal secrets, and all the way to the zoo.

Park investigator Jack Prester teams with urban number-cruncher Evelyn Brant to untangle murder and embezzlement in Death Valley. The desert is brutal enough before a biker rally makes everything more dangerous.

Set in Viking-era Dublin, this historical adventure blends danger, faith, and romance in a city shaped by violence and change. The past feels close, and survival depends on courage as much as conviction.

What begins as an officer-down investigation widens into a case reaching from Scottsdale's Indian museum to the Hopi reservation. Joe and Tommy have to sort truth from noise in a very tangled trail.

A research professor appears to have died from gila monster venom, which should not happen at all. Joe and his team dig into a bizarre case where desert wildlife may be masking something worse.

Jack expects a holiday trip and gets Christmas in Mount Rainier instead, complete with a suspicious death, Bigfoot chatter, and druids. It is a wintry park mystery with plenty of odd suspects.

Brendan the Navigator sets out across uncertain waters in search of the legendary land beyond the sea. It is a voyage story full of faith, hardship, and the pull of the unknown.

A movie producer uses a full-size animatronic T. rex instead of special effects, then a woman turns up dead beneath the chaos. Joe Rodriguez gets a murder case where even the monster looks guilty.

This novel follows Patrick across Ireland through danger, travel, and spiritual struggle. It is a historical adventure about mission, endurance, and the cost of carrying a message into hostile places.

Columba's journey from Ireland to Scotland becomes a story of exile, calling, and stubborn faith. Dengler turns early church history into a brisk adventure rooted in place and purpose.

Politics, greed, and a poisoning turn the Great Smokies into a dangerous battleground for Jack Prester. The case hits hard, costing him dearly and putting Evelyn in grave danger too.

Gar, a Neanderthal shaman, looks at the so-called Hairies with suspicion and scorn in this unusual prehistoric novel. Dengler uses deep history to tell a sharp, strange story about people and power.

When animals and townspeople in Willow Bend begin falling mysteriously ill, choir member and caterer Gracie Parks starts asking questions. The case turns personal when her beloved cat, Gooseberry, is struck down too.

A tornado tears through Willow Bend, leaving damage, confusion, and more questions than answers. As the town begins to recover, Gracie Parks discovers the storm may have exposed a mystery as well.

The new Sugar Creek Gang is back on the move when a bicycle mystery pulls them into another fast, outdoor adventure. Friendship, clues, and a little nerve carry the day.

What sounds like a silly title becomes another brisk gang mystery with odd clues and unexpected trouble. The young sleuths have to stay steady when confusion starts piling up.

A desert trip and a dinosaur puzzle send the New Sugar Creek Gang into one of their more unusual adventures. Curiosity leads them forward, but danger is not far behind.

A cruise that should be fun turns downright odd when the gang stumbles into a mystery at sea. Strange behavior, scattered clues, and quick teamwork keep the story moving.

Rumors of a monster in the creek send the kids exploring, guessing, and second-guessing one another. It is a classic outdoors mystery with just enough fright to keep the pages turning.

A strange possum case launches the New Sugar Creek Gang into mischief and mystery. The kids have to follow clues carefully if they want to solve the problem without making it worse.

Joe takes his children to England while Tommy heads for Ireland, and both trips turn into homicide trouble. One investigation stays with the family, the other becomes a race to keep an old man alive.

Edward Harbrace wants nothing to do with the sea, yet he is shipped out as a cabin boy aboard the barque Arachne. Pirates, baby orangutans, and real friendship change him on the voyage around the world.

A hated local man turns up in pieces just as the drought finally breaks over Laido. Since nearly every rancher knows how to butcher, Sheriff Minerva Archer has no shortage of suspects.

A new doctor arrives in Laido as Minerva Archer investigates the murder of the county's crooked banker. The case pushes her beyond home turf and deeper into motives almost everyone seems to share.

A routine assignment leaves Joe nearly dead in the desert, and trust becomes a dangerous luxury. Tommy, Gretchen, and two sharp teenage girls chase a conspiracy that may reach frighteningly high.

When Jack's childhood friend, Ranger Ernie Morales, is murdered at the visitor center, the case becomes painfully personal. The search for answers moves from the crowded rim to the depths of the canyon.

When a schoolteacher disappears in 1887 West Texas, sixty-three-year-old Minerva Archer finds herself doing the county's first real detective work. She may be an unlikely sheriff, but she is a determined one.

An award-winning iris breeder and a scientist obsessed with controlling flower color seem entirely mismatched. Dengler turns their collision into a smart, unusual romance rooted in work and personality.

A body with every long bone broken points to a savage and unusual killer. Joe faces a brutal case, a helicopter disaster, and a pack of talkative dogs who somehow become part of the story.

Teen siblings Mike and Alex Geroy travel with their archaeologist father to Uzbekistan in search of Tamerlane's treasure. Smugglers, politics, and dangerous detours turn research into real adventure.

Christmas brings missing money, violent crime, illness, Y2K panic, and a murder case no one wants. Joe and his circle barely have room to breathe before the season turns savage.

Christmas in Big Bend country is not especially merry when Minerva Archer has several mysteries on her hands and a man may be heading to the gallows unfairly. Holiday cheer has to fight for space.

Joe's new wife is abducted just after their wedding, and the threat does not end with her rescue. He leaves police work, turns to auto racing, and faces danger outside and inside his own mind.

A young bride is stabbed to death in a blizzard, then the killer strikes again. Sheriff Minerva Archer has to solve the case while adjusting to change, gossip, and an infernal new typewriter.

Joe hides a federal witness in a remote cabin while helping protect feral horses on a private reserve. With his wedding in Ireland only days away, everything that can go sideways does.