William W Johnstone Books in Order

Bo Creel returns to Bear Creek and finds his family and neighbors strangely hostile. Arrested for murders committed by a man who resembles him, he must rely on Scratch Morton to expose the killer before another victim dies.

Sixkiller tracks a murderer to Ringgold, where his quarry works for the corrupt mayor. Taking a job as a hired gun allows the marshal to infiltrate the gang, but cleaning up the town proves more complicated than expected.

Bo Creel and Scratch Morton help defend the Creel family's Texas ranch against a rival determined to ruin it. When a cattle drive is attacked, they gather veteran cowboys to recover the herd and save the family's livelihood.

Luke Jensen tracks Gloria Jennings, a woman accused of killing two husbands, but doubts she is guilty. Choosing to help her brings him into conflict with rival ranchers, bounty hunters, and a dangerous enemy from her past.

Smoke Jensen travels to Texas to collect purchased horses, only to lose some in a murderous cross-border raid. Pursuing the thieves into Mexico brings arrest and an uneasy opportunity to help the authorities fight the same bandits.

Luke Jensen's routine prisoner transport collapses into an ambush involving an attractive woman and a former wartime friend. With his captive escaped and gold missing, Luke returns to the Wyoming wilderness to confront betrayal and complete the job.

Smoke Jensen discovers a rancher and his wife murdered during a visit to sell a bull. After captured killers are rescued in a violent raid, he pursues the Ghost Riders, an outlaw gang extending its reach into Colorado.

Saloon owner Kate Coldane faces pressure from a wealthy rancher, and her son's clash with one of his men makes matters worse. Smoke Jensen helps the family resist the rancher's large force of hired killers.

Luke Jensen captures a man accused of murdering a preacher's daughter, but his prisoner blames a cattle baron's son. Their journey toward trial becomes a fight for survival when a corrupt sheriff helps powerful interests silence them.

After stopping a stagecoach robbery, Smoke Jensen becomes the target of a vengeful outlaw whose brother he killed. News that Sally has been kidnapped sends Smoke east by train, with his enemies threatening the journey itself.

Luke Jensen captures a fugitive in Arapaho Springs, only to see a raiding gang destroy the settlement and seize hostages. Gathering a small posse, he pursues the Legion of Fire into Kansas to rescue the captives.

Captain Jed Foster steals military rifles and ammunition, planning to sell them to whoever pays most. Lieutenant Grat Holden pursues him with two allies, facing hostile factions and a renegade officer armed well enough to equip a small army.

A Texas sheriff calls on Smoke Jensen when outlaws threaten to steal railroad money from the town bank. A bounty placed on Smoke draws more gunmen into the conflict, making his effort to protect the town increasingly dangerous.

Smoke Jensen supports his friend Sheriff Monte Carson against a corrupt senator seeking reelection. The campaign becomes a battle for survival when hired gunmen target Carson, forcing Smoke to protect an honest candidate from political violence.

A boy offers his meager savings to capture the outlaw father who abandoned his family. Luke Jensen accepts the unusual bounty, but the child's decision to follow him complicates a dangerous pursuit of a bank-robbing gang.

Texas special agent Cullen McCabe is sent to restore order in New Hope, a town attracting opportunists and violent criminals. Confronting the notorious Viper Gang means taking on outlaws who have made lawlessness part of daily life.

Texas's governor recruits small-town sheriff Cullen McCabe to confront criminals beyond the reach of ordinary policing. Given unusual freedom to act, McCabe takes on thieves and violent outlaws while protecting communities that existing law enforcement cannot secure.

A mine owner hires Luke Jensen to capture an outlaw accused of killing his son. Reaching a supposed ghost town, Luke finds rival hired guns competing for the bounty and reasons to question the mission he accepted.

This collection brings together Trail of the Mountain Man and Return of the Mountain Man. Smoke Jensen confronts violence spreading through frontier towns as gold fever attracts criminals, while threats from his past complicate his struggle for justice.

Smoke Jensen returns to Texas after thieves steal horses he delivered to a friend. When the same gang steals cattle and murders that friend, Smoke pursues its ruthless leader, known as the Professor, to stop further bloodshed.

Cullen McCabe hopes to return home after restoring order in New Hope, but another crisis intervenes. A corrupt marshal and his gang terrorize East City, forcing McCabe to continue his work as the Texas governor's special agent.

An outlaw calling himself the King rules western territory through robberies and coercion, then plots to kidnap the president and General Sherman. Traveling with their entourage, Smoke Jensen must protect them from the would-be ruler's armed followers.

Smoke Jensen visits a dying lawman in Salt Lick, Texas, and agrees to become temporary marshal after a killing. As a large outlaw gang approaches with a blizzard, he must organize townspeople to defend themselves.

In 1852, steamship owner Regis Royle and his partners establish a ranch in South Texas. Their plans for the Santa Calina range face competing land claims, bandits, slave traders, and violent opposition threatening the enterprise and their lives.

Veteran cattle drivers Casey Tubbs and Eli Doolin reach their final delivery expecting retirement, only to discover a lawyer has stolen the crew's wages. The friends devise a train robbery to recover the money everyone earned.

Luke Jensen investigates fires spreading through frontier towns as outlaws use the chaos to rob and loot. Tracing the attacks to a former Union officer obsessed with burning, Luke plans to infiltrate the gang before more settlements fall.

Former Texas Ranger Ben Savage faces a dangerous gunman who arrives targeting a widow. As killing threatens the community, the saloon owner helps the sheriff confront the stranger and uncover the connection behind his pursuit of the woman.

Texas rancher Sean O'Neil refuses to surrender his land to an expanding cattle empire. Joined by his prizefighter brother Johnny, he faces violent intimidation and rival outfits whose ambitions threaten to ignite a range war.

A wagon train of religious followers arrives near the O'Neil brothers' Texas ranch carrying gold for their leader. When ruthless outlaws converge on the riches, Sean and Johnny face a battle against fanatics and gunmen.

Grizzly attacks spread panic through Big Rock, and Smoke Jensen is asked to keep an amateur hunting party safe. Bank robbers, a hired hunter and a medicine man complicate the crisis, leaving Smoke unsure whose claims he can trust.

Fiddler and Dougal Shannon take their moonshine on the road as a medicine show, only to be attacked by a rival distiller. Pike Shannon rides to avenge his relatives and confronts a town held under outlaw control.

Luke Jensen accepts a railroad's offer to hunt a violent Arizona outlaw, but his hired posse is poorly prepared. With Pinkertons complicating the mission and hostile forces converging, the pursuit becomes a fight for the hunters' survival.

Smoke Jensen survives a head wound but loses his memory while the stagecoach robber who shot him assumes his identity. As the impostor’s crimes multiply and a bounty grows, Smoke must recover himself before the law catches the wrong man.

Army veteran Gus Fuller wins a mayoral election in a South Carolina town undergoing rapid change. When his wealthy rival disputes the result and unrest turns violent, Gus and his former comrades prepare to defend their community.

Preacher reluctantly agrees to find a wealthy European’s missing cousin in America. His search party heads west from St. Louis into danger from kidnappers and Sioux warriors, while the woman’s own efforts to survive complicate the mission.

Hack Long's gang escapes a Mexican prison after a failed gold robbery. Scattering across a dangerous landscape, the outlaws try to reclaim their loot in Texas while lawmen, bandits, and other enemies close in.

Young deputy marshal Colton Gray earns sudden fame by claiming to have killed two notorious bank robbers. His superiors celebrate a rising lawman, but the story that creates his reputation conceals a dangerous lie.

Prospectors Charlie and Clem flee a posse after a disastrous mining deal and hide in San Francisco. A job recovering a valuable golden spike promises money, but rival hunters pull them into the city's criminal world.

Returning from Afghanistan, Bryan Branch finds his Iowa hometown overwhelmed by crime and conflict. As violence spreads and a billionaire buys its farmland, he gathers fellow veterans to confront the forces threatening the community.

An ambitious cattle rancher moves near Smoke Jensen’s Sugarloaf spread as rustlers raid the surrounding valley. His vigilantes hang suspects without evidence, forcing Smoke to investigate the escalating violence before it ignites a range war across the territory.

Preacher and his friends head into Canada's snowy woods to visit a warrior whose wife is expecting a baby. Their Christmas gathering is threatened by a murderous raider seeking Viking treasures and terrorizing nearby villages.

Sheriff Mack Armstrong confronts a stranger seeking revenge for his father's wartime past. Before he can settle the threat, a devastating hurricane strikes his Texas town, forcing him to protect residents while the gunman closes in.

After a deadly attack at a mountain trading post, Preacher promises a dying woman to protect two infants. He follows clues toward their mother while an outlaw pursues the twins and a hidden fortune connected to their father.

Two sisters open a dress shop in Big Rock, drawing Smoke Jensen’s ranch hands into a romantic rivalry. A simultaneous wave of rustling and robberies makes Smoke investigate whether the newcomers’ arrival conceals a dangerous connection to an outlaw gang.

Retired outlaw Clay Carson receives a request to reunite the Dirty Creek Gang and recover its hidden fortune. With most members living respectable lives and another awaiting execution, their final ride requires a dangerous return to crime.

Former deputy Logan Trent left Three Forks after being blamed for a murder he never faced in court. His brother's death brings him back, where old enemies threaten his search for justice and a chance to clear his name.

Zach McKenna and Wink Clark leave struggling Bannack for a promising gold strike at Alder Gulch. A corrupt sheriff and his outlaw gang follow the miners’ wealth, forcing the partners to defend their new opportunity against extortion and murder.