U.S. Marshal Shorty Thompson Books in Order

Marshal Shorty Thompson arrives in Des Moines to collect an outlaw and return him to Colorado. An ambush at the railway station makes clear that transporting his prisoner will be dangerous before the journey even begins.

After the Civil War, a Southern farming community faces the task of rebuilding its livelihood. Newly freed members of the Lewis and Swayne families consider whether to remain as paid workers or seek a different future elsewhere.

After fourteen years on their New Mexico farm, Clem and Susan Jones find a prospective buyer from Denver. But a neighboring landowner wants the property without paying their price and plans to use hired killers to obtain it.

Brownie Barker’s childhood is marked by bullying and cruelty toward other children. Even expulsion at nine fails to reassure his teacher, who recognizes that his increasingly violent behavior could become a danger beyond the schoolroom.

Released from prison, Charles Denton finds accomplices waiting with horses and a pistol. He sets his sights on revenge against a judge and governor, while Marshal Shorty Thompson also figures among the men he intends to target.

The Barber family's Colorado land attracts lumber companies eager for its timber. When threats replace purchase offers, young Ervin refuses to surrender, but his mother knows they need help from their cousin, Marshal Shorty Thompson.

Two gangs join forces to rob El Paso's banks, then escape north after a deadly gunfight. Marshal Shorty Thompson sets out across the desert, trusting his knowledge of its water holes to help him catch them.

A messenger brings Shorty Thompson a threat from Brock Kirkland, who holds Commander Overton captive. The marshal has five days to reach Red Rock Station before the gang kills its prisoner and attacks everyone at Shorty’s ranch.

Bank robbers Lynch Campbell and Jiffy Cane use a stolen marshal’s badge to pass themselves off as Shorty Thompson. As they plan more robberies, the real marshal risks becoming the target of lawmen and bounty hunters.

Before dying, Ola Jane Barr warns her two children to defend their debt-free farm against crooked men. Stacy and Kasy must manage the land and protect their inheritance with little more than their mother's final instructions.

Rita Slone's husband follows stolen cattle toward El Paso and is murdered on the trail. Left to run their ranch alone, Rita vows to hunt down the rustlers responsible and take revenge for his death.

Marshal Shorty Thompson and Texas Ranger J.C. Hulsey wait in Pecos for news of a gang raiding southwest Texas. When Fort Stockton's bank is robbed and buildings burn, the lawmen finally have a trail to follow.

Debt-free farmer Martin Riggs dreams of becoming rich enough to leave farming behind. His son treats the ambition as a familiar joke, but Martin's remarks about banks suggest his hopes reach beyond another season of crops.

Brandy Lang’s arrival in Helena attracts attention from wealthy men and the local sheriff. After a shooting leaves her wounded, a young girl’s intervention draws attention to dangerous secrets beneath the Montana town’s public face.

After their husbands are murdered and cattle stolen, Ronda and Rose Bennett take charge of the family ranch. Leaving their children together, they saddle up to follow the killers and recover their herd themselves.

After gunman Kobe Naylor murders a twelve-year-old boy, Marshal Shorty Thompson obtains permission to pursue him. The hunt brings Shorty face to face with a killer whose customary warning gives his victims only three counts to live.

Colorado's governor sends U.S. marshals to Denver to confront rampant cattle rustling, adding veteran Mike Justice to an uneasy team. Among the thieves is a man with a personal grudge and deadly plans for Shorty Thompson.

U.S. Marshals Ezra Flint and Shorty Thompson join forces to find a young woman they regard as family. Her new husband may be Billy the Kid, drawing the lawmen into a dangerous mystery surrounding the supposedly dead outlaw.

Albuquerque celebrates Judge Malcolm Johnston's planned marriage to Jessica Williams, but armed young men see opportunity in the match. Their remarks suggest the wedding could put the law within reach of people already comfortable with murder.

Sixteen-year-old Shelly Bishop's wealthy family makes her a target for Clint and Fritz Candleton. The pair plan to seize her at a school dance and demand a fortune, turning an ordinary celebration into a dangerous trap.

Twenty Western stories follow Shorty Thompson and other frontier figures through prisoner transports, range disputes, robberies and revenge. Lawmen, outlaws and women defending themselves confront violence across a landscape stretching from Colorado to Canada.

With Sheriff Max Long badly wounded, Shorty Thompson faces Mitch Bracken's gang as it threatens the town's bank. Refusing the sheriff's order to flee, Shorty hopes the townspeople will help him stand against the attackers.

A doctor heading west, a lawman seeking a safer town, and an outlaw driven by murderous ambition all imagine what they hope to accomplish before death. Their competing dreams unfold around a Colorado community struggling with crime and greed.

Young cowboy Cody Strickland is returning from a difficult cattle drive with his employer’s money when helping a wounded rancher draws him into a kidnapping. Rescuing the man’s daughter sends them fleeing gold thieves across Colorado and Wyoming.

After a bank robbery in Chloride, rifleman David Graham needs a weapon he can carry more easily. A friend's invention offers protection, but its unusual design attracts outlaws and manufacturers determined to obtain it.

Shorty Thompson brings two captured killers into Craig, Colorado, after weeks on their trail. The prisoners welcome the destination, knowing that the local sheriff and other allies are preparing a deadly surprise for their escort.

A newspaper owner's plea brings Marshal Shorty Thompson to Leadville, where outlaws steal the mining town's gold and silver. The gang intercepts his summons and prepares to use a crooked sheriff to stop him permanently.

Two criminals knock Shorty Thompson unconscious and throw him from a train before a planned Wells Fargo robbery. Stranded far from help, the marshal faces outlaws intent on escaping north with their horses and stolen money.

Nine-year-old Jesse Owens travels west with his family in a wagon train. When outlaws abduct his sister and two other girls in the Texas Panhandle, he joins a dangerous pursuit across unfamiliar frontier country.

Three cousins defy their elders and head for the river on a May morning. When two of the boys are kidnapped, twelve-year-old Marshall Pascoe steals a horse and sets off to bring his cousins home.