Art Pendragon, owner of the Keystone Ranch, has called a special meeting of the ranchers in the district to address the problem of rustling. The gang is operating out of the fortified Gorre Valley, an almost impenetrable area. When the rustlers raid a picnic of women and children and kidnap them along with Gwen Pendragon, the ranchers band together for an armed confrontation."This cleverly conceived and stylishly presented tale adds several levels of complexity to the standard west...

Small Delights Lodge in Rocky Mountain National Park seems to be under siege. Shots have been fired at the owner, vehicles set on fire, boats sabotaged, electrocution booby traps and deadfalls set up—and finally, arson and murder. RMNP Ranger Tim McIntyre has plenty of suspects, including the owner of a neighboring resort, a rogue park ranger, and some Chicago mobsters who want Small Delights as a prohibition speakeasy. The only help McIntyre can depend on comes from two attractive women—o...

City cops face prohibition bootleggers, gangster gamblers, and get complaints about this loud new "jazz" music. But up at Rocky Mountain National Park, Ranger McIntyre has nothing to do except eat breakfast, go fishing-and solve a couple of possible murders...An amateur mountaineer is found hanging from his own rope on Flattop Mountain. Then a geologist studying stones on Flattop somehow ingested a poison plant. Both deaths could be accidental-except that a pair of...

It's the 1920s. Ranger Tim McIntyre's job is to protect the new Rocky Mountain National Park and see that visitors have a good time. But two visitors are found dead—one hanged, perhaps by accident, one poisoned, less likely by accident—and two small, cloaked figures have been seen adding new rocks to Flattop Mountain's ancient stone medicine circle. And who's this woman who is running around clad only in a leopard skin, telling people she's the New Eve of the 1920s? At least the ranger wil...

Rocky Mountain National Park Ranger Tim McIntyre is torn away from fantasies about how much fly-fishing he can fit into his vacation when he's roped into using his free time for an informal investigation as a favor to his "friend" FBI secretary Vi Coteau—and investigating at his sweetheart's behest makes it likely that he'll be spending time in close quarters with her. Well, no quarters could be closer than exploring Colorado's labyrinthine mines, where upper-crust undergraduate Richard Le...

Mysterious forces drive Gabe Allen to leave home in search of the Keystone Ranch. Job by job, handout by handout, he finally makes it. But his next journey will be far more dangerous, more demanding. He is to see an arrogant lady safely home to her own ranch where her sister is being held hostage by an outlaw gang whose leader is almost certainly insane. Gabe’s only weapons are his wit, ingenuity, and a .44 revolver; but what can one man and one gun do against an outlaw who decorates his s...

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This delightful collection of lesser-known gems by Mark Twain begins with the story of a town called Hadleyburg, which prides itself on the honesty of its citizens. One day a citizen of Hadleyburg offends a stranger passing through, who vows to take his revenge by revealing just how corruptible the sanctimonious town really is. Twain is at his best here, poking fun at common hypocrisy as the self-satisfied pillars of the community are done in by their own greed.Other stories in the...

Lawn Lake's remote location in Rocky Mountain National Park makes it an ideal place for two robbers to hide while cops search Colorado and Kansas for whoever stole $200,000 from the Denver Mint. When they are found dead, however, Ranger McIntyre needs to put away his fishing rod and go find the killers. And if possible, the money.

Ranger Tim McIntyre is investigating a series of break-ins at private homes located within the boundaries of Rocky Mountain National Park that are closed for the winter. In one of these homes, a well-dressed stranger is found dead on the floor with his head in the fireplace, apparently suffocated by soot.The investigation reveals that the dead man was a shady antiques dealer looking for a "lost" painting by Albert Bierstadt. A crooked restaurant owner in Denver is keen to acquire t...

The Death Broker of Deer Ridge (Ranger McIntyre Book 9)Ranger Tim McIntyre is conducting a routine investigation after a climber falls from a cliff on Deer Mountain. However, the situation quickly escalates when there is a drowning, followed by a death related to an avalanche. As McIntyre digs deeper, he uncovers a disturbing pattern: someone is staging suicides. These apparent suicides are, in fact, murders designed to look like accidental or deliberate deaths.To help him ...

In the 1920s, Rocky Mountain National Park is brand new, yet there's already a feud going on between tour bus drivers and independent guides. One guide is found shot to death, but no one saw a gun. No one heard a shot. Then a bus driver is killed the same way.Ranger McIntyre's glamorous lady detective friend, Vi Coteau, will investigate. Her partner, Eleanor, goes undercover and gets a job driving for the bus company. When it becomes evident that the buses are hauling something othe...