Stringer Books in Order

Newsman Stringer returns to his Sierra hometown to write about an outlaw killed fifty years earlier. The seemingly easy assignment becomes dangerous when someone wants him dead, revealing a hostile reception and secrets behind the local history.

Stringer investigates Sheriff Commodore Perry Owens's unexpected election defeat, following the story into Mexico's badlands. Conflict between Villa's fighters, an opposing army, and Yaqui warriors turns his reporting assignment into a struggle to survive long enough to publish.

Reporter Stringer MacKail attends a Theodore Roosevelt speech in Wyoming and comes under fire. Unsure whether the shooter targeted him or Roosevelt, he pursues the truth while hired killers and train robbers make his investigation increasingly dangerous.

Reporter Stringer MacKail travels to Tombstone on an assignment involving a supposed flood. Discovering a hoax doesn't end his troubles: a gunfighter wants him dead, making his pursuit of the story increasingly hazardous.

An irrigation venture promises cheap water for desert land near the Salton Sink. Stringer investigates its claims, but the killing of an engineer who knows too much suggests something dangerous behind the proposed development.

Stringer heads into Judge Roy Bean's territory to investigate questionable legal dealings. His assignment earns him enemies who would prefer a dead reporter, leaving him to pursue the story while avoiding their bullets.

A rodeo assignment brings Stringer to Cheyenne, where Tom Horn faces hanging for murder. Suspecting that the case hides foul play, the reporter begins investigating a story more dangerous than the arena events.

Miners disturb a Yana burial ground, and two deputies are killed with arrows. Stringer questions the apparent evidence against the tribe and uncovers a plot designed to provoke a violent confrontation.

After a train robbery costs him his money, Stringer is forced to interview the outlaws at gunpoint. Riding with the gang puts the reporter between armed criminals and the posse pursuing them.

A staged border war promises spectacle and profit, but Stringer isn't convinced by the performance. Following the story into Mexico leads him toward genuine fighting involving troops and Yaqui forces.

Stringer investigates a thousand-head cattle drive across the Great Basin as railroads threaten the trade. Train robberies along the route raise suspicions that the herd's journey conceals more than ordinary ranching business.

Stringer arrives in Tulsa to cover the oil boom and quickly faces an attempt on his life. Greedy outlaws and unscrupulous lawyers make reporting on the rush a dangerous occupation.

A routine assignment following an old gunfighter's death takes Stringer to Comanche Woe. There, a self-appointed marshal, vigilantes, and bounty hunters turn the pursuit of wanted men into deadly turmoil.

Stringer covers a miners' strike in Cripple Creek, where neither mine owners nor union leaders welcome his questions. Pursuing the story puts him between hostile factions willing to silence a troublesome reporter.

Six mummified bodies discovered near Esperanza draw Stringer into a mystery reaching fifty years into the past. Threats and a hired gun suggest that someone is prepared to kill to keep the truth buried.