Peter Brandvold Reading Order

8 books (2004–2012)

Peter Brandvold's .45-Caliber series comprises eight Western action novels published between 2004 and 2012. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with .45-Caliber Revenge and concluding with .45-Caliber Cross Fire. Each installment follows the same gunslinger protagonist through various adventures across the frontier landscape.

Start with .45-Caliber Revenge, the first of 8 books in the .45-Caliber series.

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1	.45-Caliber Revenge 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	.45-Caliber Fury 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	.45-Caliber Manhunt 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	.45-Caliber Deathtrap 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	.45-Caliber Firebrand 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	.45-Caliber Widow Maker 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	.45-Caliber Desperado 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	.45-Caliber Cross Fire 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2023–2025)

2 books (2016–2016)

The Bear Haskell: U.S. Deputy Marshal series by Peter Brandvold consists of two complete Western novels published in 2016. These action-packed adventures should be read in publication order, beginning with Gun Trouble at Diamondback followed by The Jackals of Sundown. The series combines classic Western storytelling with the author's signature approach to the genre.

Start with Gun Trouble at Diamondback and read in order.

1 book (2019–2019)

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1	Apache Springs(As:Frank Leslie) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

9 books (2022–2024)

The Bloody Joe Mannion series by Peter Brandvold consists of nine western action novels following a gunslinger protagonist through tales of revenge and frontier justice. Published between 2022 and 2024, the series remains ongoing with new entries still being released. Readers should start with All My Sins Remembered and progress through the books in publication order to follow Joe Mannion's story across the complete sequence. The nine-book collection includes All My Sins Remembered, Bloody Joe, Revenge at Burial Rock, Saints and Sinners, To Make a Man, Battle Mountain, Drawn and Quartered, Kicked Out with a Cold Shovel, and Bloody Joe's Last Dance.

Start with All My Sins Remembered, the first of 9 books in the Bloody Joe Mannion series.

2 books (2013–2014)

The Bush Riders series by Peter Brandvold consists of two complete western action novels published in 2013 and 2014. The two books should be read in publication order, beginning with High and Wild followed by Wild to the Bone. This short series delivers the author's signature blend of western adventure and action storytelling.

Start with High and Wild and read in order.

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1	High and Wild 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Wild to the Bone 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2009–2013)

Peter Brandvold's completed Colter Farrow series contains four Western action novels published between 2009 and 2013, all released under the pseudonym Frank Leslie. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with The Guns of Sapinero and continuing through The Killers of Cimarron, The Last Ride of Jed Strange, and Bad Justice. This finished series offers a complete story arc for readers seeking classic Old West adventure and gunslinger tales.

Start with The Guns of Sapinero(As:Frank Leslie), the first of 4 books in the Colter Farrow series.

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1	The Guns of Sapinero(As:Frank Leslie) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Killers of Cimarron(As:Frank Leslie) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Last Ride of Jed Strange(As:Frank Leslie) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Bad Justice(As:Frank Leslie) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2012–2012)

1 book (2012–2012)

2 books (2014–2016)

Peter Brandvold's Lonnie Gentry series consists of two complete Western action novels published between 2014 and 2016. The two books should be read in publication order, beginning with Lonnie Gentry followed by The Curse of Skull Canyon. This brief series delivers the Western and action-adventure storytelling Brandvold is known for.

Start with Lonnie Gentry and read in order.

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1	Lonnie Gentry 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Curse of Skull Canyon 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

11 books (2002–2017)

The Lou Prophet series is a complete Western action and adventure sequence comprising eleven books published between 2002 and 2017. Written by Peter Brandvold, the series follows a chronological narrative that should be read in publication order, beginning with Blood at Sundown and concluding with Devil's Ambush. This collection of interconnected stories spans the height of the Old West frontier, delivering gunslinger tales and outlaw pursuits throughout the period.

Start with Blood at Sundown / Dealt the Devil's Hand, the first of 11 books in the Lou Prophet series.

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1	Blood at Sundown / Dealt the Devil's Hand 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Stagecoach to Purgatory / The Devil and Lou Prophet 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Riding with the Devil's Mistress / The Cost of Dying 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Staring Down the Devil / Helldorado 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Devil Gets His Due / The Graves at Seven Devils 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Devil's Lair / The Devil's Winchester 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Killing Melvin Badthunder 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Devil's Laughter 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Hell's Angel 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Devil's Bride 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Devil's Ambush 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2017–2017)

8 books (2024–2026)

The Nordic & Finn series by Peter Brandvold is an ongoing western action series spanning six books released between 2024 and 2025. Read the books in publication order, beginning with Nordic & Finn and continuing through The Man from Dakota, The Rancher, Drygulch Country, and Finn and the Spirit Wolves. The series blends classic western themes with adventure storytelling across its installments.

Start with Nordic & Finn, the first of 6 books in the Nordic & Finn series.

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1	Nordic & Finn 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Nordic & Finn: A Classic Western Series 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Man from Dakota 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Man from Dakota: A Classic Western Series 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Rancher 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Rancher: A Classic Western Series 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Drygulch Country 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Finn and the Spirit Wolves 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

10 books (2005–2022)

Peter Brandvold's Rogue Lawman series comprises ten western action novels published between 2005 and 2022, likely bringing the sequence to a close. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Rogue Lawman and continuing through Undertaker's Friend. Each installment builds on the preceding entries, making sequential reading essential to following the narrative arc across this complete collection.

Start with Rogue Lawman, the first of 10 books in the Rogue Lawman series.

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1	Rogue Lawman 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Deadly Prey 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Cold Corpse, Hot Trail 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Bullets Over Bedlam 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Border Snakes 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Gallows Express 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Bloody Canaan 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Thunder Over the Superstitions 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Heed The Thunder 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Undertaker's Friend 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2012–2013)

Peter Brandvold's Rusty Spurr series consists of two completed western novels published between 2012 and 2013. The Last Lawman should be read first, followed by The Old Wolves, as the story is best experienced in publication order. This action-packed western duology offers readers a compact adventure in the genre.

Start with The Last Lawman and read in order.

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1	The Last Lawman 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Old Wolves 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

15 books (1998–2019)

The Sheriff Ben Stillman series comprises 15 complete western novels following a lawman protagonist, published between 1998 and 2019. Peter Brandvold's action-packed saga should be read in publication order, beginning with Once a Marshal and concluding with Stillman's Wrath. This series combines traditional western storytelling with adventure elements across its full span of interconnected tales.

Start with Once a Marshal, the first of 15 books in the Sheriff Ben Stillman series.

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1	Once a Marshal 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Once More with a .44 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Once a Lawman 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Once Hell Freezes Over 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Once a Renegade 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Once Late with a .38 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Once Upon a Dead Man 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Hell on Wheels 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Stillman's War 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Once More Into the Breech 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Once More with a Vengeance 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Rattlesnake Convention 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Once More Into the Fire 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Stillman's Gun 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Stillman's Wrath 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

8 books (2011–2024)

This ongoing series of Western short stories and novellas by Peter Brandvold spans from 2011 to 2024 and currently contains eight books. The collection should be read in publication order, beginning with Ghost Colts and continuing through Hair of the Dog. Each entry in this action-packed Western series stands as its own story while contributing to the larger collection.

Start with Ghost Colts, the first of 8 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

3 books (2012–2020)

Peter Brandvold's short story collection series comprises three volumes published between 2012 and 2020, now complete. These Western and action-oriented collections should be read in publication order, beginning with The Western Shorts, Vol. 1 (published under the pen name Frank Leslie), followed by Shotgun Rider: A Western Double and concluding with The Weird West Double.

Start with The Western Shorts, Vol. 1(As: Frank Leslie) and read in order.

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1	The Western Shorts, Vol. 1(As: Frank Leslie) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Shotgun Rider: A Western Double 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Weird West Double 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

7 books (1999–2015)

Peter Brandvold's seven standalone novels span from 1999 to 2015, offering readers independent stories that can be enjoyed in any order, though publication sequence is recommended for optimal discovery. The completed series includes Blood Mountain, Dakota Kill, The Romantics, Bad Wind Blowing, Dust of the Damned, The Bells of El Diablo (published under the pen name Frank Leslie), and Night of the Ghost Cat. Each entry delivers Western and action-adventure narratives without requiring knowledge of previous books. Readers new to the series should begin with Blood Mountain and progress through publication order to experience Brandvold's evolving storytelling across these fifteen years of work.

Start with Blood Mountain, the first of 7 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	Blood Mountain 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Dakota Kill 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Romantics 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Bad Wind Blowing 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Dust of the Damned 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Bells of El Diablo(As: Frank Leslie) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Night of the Ghost Cat 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2017–2018)

The Revenger is a complete two-book Western series by Peter Brandvold, published between 2017 and 2018. Both books should be read in publication order, beginning with Revenger followed by Six in the Wheel. This action-packed Western series delivers the gunslinging adventure and frontier justice characteristic of Brandvold's work in the genre.

Start with Revenger and read in order.

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1	Revenger 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Six in the Wheel 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2005–2005)

The Tom Navarro series consists of two complete western novels published in 2005. This two-book sequence should be read in publication order, beginning with Bullet Creek followed by Navarro. Peter Brandvold's action-packed western series offers readers a contained story arc across these standalone installments.

Start with Bullet Creek and read in order.

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1	Bullet Creek 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Navarro 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

19 books (2007–2021)

Peter Brandvold's Yakima Henry series spans 19 western action novels published between 2007 and 2021, following a complete arc that should be read in publication order beginning with The Lonely Breed. The series chronicles the adventures of its titular protagonist across numerous standalone adventures set in the American West, with entries including The Thunder Riders, The Killing Breed, Bullet for a Half-Breed, Dead River Killer, and Bloody Arizona among others. Though individual books can function as entry points, reading from the first installment provides the most cohesive experience with character development across the nearly two-decade publishing run.

Start with The Lonely Breed, the first of 19 books in the Yakima Henry series.

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1	The Lonely Breed 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Thunder Riders 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Killing Breed 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Wild Breed 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Dangerous Dawn 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Savage Breed 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Bullet for a Half-Breed 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Dead River Killer 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Revenge at Hatchet Creek 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Dead Man's Trail 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Canyon 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Ambush at Apache Pass 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Redemption Trail 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Blood of the Horsetooth Widow 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Bloody Arizona 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Canyon of Death 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Chiricahua Blues 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Stripped and Branded 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Wildcat of the Sierra Estrada 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible