Mystery Western Historical Fiction

The year is 1910. Halley's Comet has just signaled the end of the world, and Jack Johnson has knocked out the "Great White Hope", Jim Jeffries. Keystone, West Virginia, is the region's biggest boomtown, and on a rainy Sunday morning in August, its townspeople are gathered in a red-light district known as Cinder Bottom to witness the first public hanging in over a decade. Abe Baach and Goldie Toothman are at the gallows, awaiting their execution.

The Prescott Brides. A thrilling new series by USA Today Bestselling Author Cynthia Woolf! Five outlaw brides. Five brothers. They take a chance and each find love. You can only live through Hell once, or so it’s said. Maisie would disagree, but now she has a chance to forget her past and have a promising future by becoming a mail-order bride. Will this marriage of convenience help her to forget her past and find love with her new husband? He’s faced heartbreak in his past but wants a family and is willing to face his risk heartbreak again to get it. Is this beautiful woman with a ...

John Henry Cole, working as a deputy US marshal out of Judge Isaac Parker's court in Fort Smith, Arkansas, was on assignment in the Indian Nations when he was shot and seriously injured. Now, 15 years later, employed as a deputy for Judge Roy Bean in Texas, Cole receives a personal summons from Judge Parker to appear in his court within 30 days. Cole isn't inclined to go, but he knows whatever's on Judge Parker's mind is serious and decides he has to go.

hn Signal, fleeing from a murder charge in a fair fight, arrives in the mining town of Monument. Calling himself John Alias, he is made a deputy sheriff by Sheriff Peter Ogden, who puts Alias between two crooked factions and fails to give him any support.

They ride after sundown. Black robed figures with skulls for faces, terrorizing the town of Recoil like the horsemen of the Apocalypse. If the sheriff hopes to defeat this hellish band of outlaws, he'll need back-up. Enter Colonel Shamus O'Brien. The seasoned ranch hand and patriarch has fought off more than his share of horse thieves and marauders. But he's never seen anything like these ornery devils.

IN AN EPIC CLASH BETWEEN SALVATION AND SIN, WHICH MAN BROUGHT THEIR BETTER ANGEL? "Mr. Kelly brilliantly shares his creative talent in "Thursdays In The Grotto" where you will discover the meaning of life and love and loss through the character of Aiden Huff.” (Lawrence Indiviglia – Speaker and Life Coach) Two angry men collide – both on opposite journeys of fate and faith... ...One, a heartbroken, vengeful lawman surrendering himself to the spirit of Mother Mountain and her unforgiving demands. He knows she will make or break a man’s soul. And with the brutal, senseless death of ...

Tracing a group of ruthless outlaws from its genesis during the American Civil War all the way to a final bloody stand in the Oklahoma territories, The Winter Family is a hyperkinetic Western noir that reads like a full-on assault to the senses.

Penniless, homeless, and virtually lifeless, the vagrant “Doughface” Jack is about to discover that where medical marvels meet the mysteries of the human mind, amazing things happen. The Tramp acquires a capability beyond his imagination and without equal on Earth. Riding the rails, Jack runs afoul of a local sheriff and ends up with a crushed skull. He’s as good as dead until a savvy country doctor performs a bit of medical magic.

One tragic night changed Belle Alston's world forever. She gave up an opportunity for love and chose vengeance instead. Now, her life is a lie. Belle must disguise herself as a boy, and she becomes the notorious bounty hunter, Fury. But Fury has a problem, Ranger Travis Parker, a man from her past, a man she believed she could have a future with. To make matters worse, Travis knows her true identity. Belle is determined to continue her life as Fury, but Travis has other plans. He is taking her home, whether she likes it or not. Travis will do anything to get Belle home and keep her safe, ...

The Prescott Brides. A thrilling new series by USA Today Bestselling Author Cynthia Woolf! Five outlaw brides. Five brothers. They take a chance and each find love. Lottie might have become a bride to Brodie, but her past still lingers close. She dreams of having a family and marriage, and becoming a mail order bride gives her hope of finding the love she has always desired. Brodie proves to be just as she had imagined: strong yet gentle, and fiercely protective. But he is mired in a past filled with trouble. Will Lottie and Brodie have the strength to do something extraordinary and prove ...

In "Evil Twin," ex-Pinkerton detective Oliver Redcastle returns home to face his worst nightmare: an arch enemy who is determined to destroy him, his friends, and everyone he loves. As Oliver tries to unravel the mystery behind the multiple murders in his town, he discovers a sinister scheme to steal a massive chunk of western land. As the stakes grow higher and the danger increases, Oliver must navigate a treacherous web of malice and deceit to protect his family and survive his foes. With enemies lurking around every corner, Oliver must rely on his sharpshooting skills and detective ...

Hank Fallon knows what it's like to rot behind bars. To wallow in the filth of a rat-infested cell. To smell the pent-up rage of cutthroat killers and thieves. Fallon earned his freedom the hard way. He saved the lives of four guards, got released early, and became a detective. Then he went undercover, infiltrated a prison gang plotting to bust out - and barely made it out alive. Now they're sending him back. Behind the iron. Straight to hell...

Los Angeles, 1921: Ex-Pinkerton agent Charlie Siringo is living in quiet retirement when Wyatt Earp knocks on his door and asks him to track down Earp’s missing horse. What begins as horse thievery turns into a deeper mystery as Siringo and another ex-Pinkerton, the young Dashiell Hammett, follow clues that take them from the streets of Los Angeles to Jack London’s farm. There they discover a conspiracy masterminded by the notorious and powerful Joseph P. Kennedy.

Card-player-extraordinaire Poker Alice knows when hold 'em, when to fold 'em, and when to team up with master gunman Newt "Widowmaker" Jones. She's betting on Jones to protect her - and her money - on a treasure hunt in the California desert. Legend has it that a shipwreck is buried in the Salton sands. Some say it's a Spanish galleon that got stuck when the sea ran dry. Other says it's a Chinese junk full of pearls or a Viking ship filled with Aztec treasure. Either way, a lot of very mean and dangerously violent folks would kill to find it.

When their wagon breaks down in the desert, Reverend Jon Keyes and his ailing wife, Lorna, find themselves at the mercy of blistering heat, punishing thirst, and circling buzzards. On the brink of death, they are rescued by Caleb Hobbs and his beguiling daughter, Deliverance, who take them to their home in San Melas. It's a strange little town, built to resemble the New England village they left behind.

Zane Grey's first western story, written in 1909, is based on a real character, Buffalo Jones. Grey's descriptive art was just beginning in this story. But he brings color and life to the area between the Grand Canyon and Utah. The story follows Grey, Jones, and a company of colorful characters on a "hunt" bent on capture rather than shooting.

Spanning the years of the first great settlement of the west, The Removes tells the intertwining stories of 15-year-old Anne Cummins, frontierswoman Libbie Custer, and Libbie’s husband, the Civil War hero George Armstrong Custer. When Anne survives a surprise attack on her family’s homestead, she is thrust into a difficult life she never anticipated - living among the Cheyenne as both a captive and, eventually, a member of the tribe. Libbie, too, is thrown into a brutal, unexpected life when she marries Custer.

It is 1907. Train wrecks, fires and explosions sabotage the Southern Pacific Railroad's Cascades express line. Desperate, the railroad hires the fabled Van Dorn Detective Agency. Van Dorn sends in its top investigator, Isaac Bell.Bell quickly discovers that a mysterious saboteur haunts the hobo jungles of the West. Known as The Wrecker, he recruits accomplices from among the down-and-outs to attack the railroad, killing them afterwards.

Return to a twisted version of Jazz Age New York in this follow-up to the critically acclaimed fantasy Westside, as relentless sleuth Gilda Carr’s pursuit of tiny mysteries drags her into a case that will rewrite everything she knows about her past.

From a USA Today Bestselling Author... THE PRESCOTT BRIDES Five lady outlaws sent to prison for bank robbery. Their sentences commuted to time served if they become mail-order brides. Five brothers looking for wives, take a chance on the outlaw brides. Will they find happiness or heartache? This is Ivy’s story. Ivy Sheahan's happiness was tragically short-lived when her beloved husband was killed in a robbery. Heartbroken, she finds solace in Prescott, where she meets Maisie and Lottie MacSheehy, kindred spirits who are her closest friends. However, desperation leads Ivy and her friends ...