Longarm Series

Longarm’s looking to lasso a felonious female… Custis T. Long’s a sucker for a pretty gal, but he’s never let that cloud his judgment—until now. When Miss Alvina Lockwood came along and begged him to bail her “innocent” brother out of a horse-stealing charge, he checked up on her story—though maybe not as closely as he would have if she weren’t such a tempting tidbit. But when a sting operation set up to capture the real thieves goes awry, Longarm’s left wondering about Alvina—and her possible connections to a bandit known only as Kansas City Red.   It seems Red is a fiery—and clever—little filly who’s got people on both sides of the law chasing their tails. But Longarm learns from his mistakes, and he won’t get fooled again. After all, there are plenty of pretty ladies in the West, but a man can’t sow his oats when he’s planted six feet under…

These women signal trouble! Mallory's gang is heisting silver shipments—and killing anyone in its way. When the gang kills Longarm's latest lady friend, he vows revenge. But severe bullet wounds keep him in hiding—under the loving care of four ladies of the evening—while Mallory's gang holds the town hostage. Now Longarm has to free the town, recover the silver, and keep these ladies happy. But Custis Long is up to the challenge.

One infamous pirate has sailors shivering in their timbers… He’s a quickdraw, a cow-punch, and a lady’s man. But lawman Custis Long will be the first to admit he’s no sailor. So when duty brings him down the Texas coast to investigate the fishy disappearance of a loaded ship, the landlubber reckons he’ll need a crash course in the maritime arts. And if a voluptuous lady-captain wants to teach him, all the better…   Tales of Bloody Tom Mahone, a murderous Gulf pirate, have kept many a sailor planted on solid ground lately. Locals claim they’ve spotted his black masts—even Bloody Tom himself—searching for his legendary treasure. But the cutthroat’s been dead around eighty years—and Longarm’s answers may well lie in the depths of the ocean…

Longarm beats the bushes for a blushing bride! Voodoo and murder are the way a dirty bail-bond outfit does its business--until Longarm shows up to straighten out their books.

Longarm's ridin' to rescue a 'napped newlywed! Longarm fords the Rio Grande to find the kidnapped bride of a powerful Texas rancher. There's just one hitch: the Mexican government has a price on his head—and they're looking to collect it...

Longarm locks horns with a lead-slinging lovely! While riding the plains of Utah, two census-takers venture deep into Mormon country—and end up six feet deeper. Someone wants to keep the U.S. government in the dark about the local population—and U.S. Marshall Custis Long is called in to bring some light to the situation.   But before he can solve the murders, Longarm will have to uncover the identity of a mysterious, night-riding woman who has been warning trespassers to stay off Mormon land, and backing up her words with hot lead…

Longarm goes after a murderous gang of mountain madmen! There’s trouble afoot in the Ozark Mountain region of Arkansas, where a gang of low-down leadslingers is knocking off a series of stagecoaches and banks. But it’s also the territory of legendary “Hanging Judge” Isaac Parker—and he wants U.S. Deputy Marshal Custis Long to infiltrate the gang and bust it up.   But as Longarm gets in deep with the prime suspects, and gets closer to a darling of a mountain doctor, he begins to suspect there’s something bigger—and more dangerous—at play in the Ozarks. And when he uncovers the bloody truth, the misty mountains are going to be murder…

Longarm rides to rescue of his old mentor! Marshall Norman Wold of Kansas is in jail. But Wold is one of the finest lawmen Longarm has ever known. That means just one thing: Longarm has to go in there and straighten things out.

Longarm investigates a web of deception surrounding a Senator and his deadly wife—a notorious Black Widow with a bite as poisonous as her namesake. 

A courtroom jailbreak leaves Longarm in the dust! Longarm couldn't be happier that Devil Dave Devereux is finally on trial for murder, until gun shots ring out in the courtroom—and Devil Dave is nowhere to be found when the smoke clears.

Longarm heads to a Colorado spa to clean up a killer's act! Despite his assignment to a Colorado spa, Custis Long doesn't plan on getting any R and R—he has two tasks, given to him by the Justice Department, to accomplish. The first is to keep the spa's doctor alive, and the second is to keep the son of a senator out of hot water.

Some dirty diaries give Longarm clues to a killer! When two spinsters inherit a former whorehouse—and stumble on the incriminating journals of the scarlet woman who once ran the place--it's up to Longarm to fend off danger and keep these very loving gals happy.

Longarm's trying to find a thief, and she really knows how to move! Longarm's boots weren't made for dancing, but he'll have to be quick on his feet when he discovers a bellydancer is holding stolen money for her outlaw boyfriend. And if he's not quick on the draw, the only dancing Longarm's going to be doing is on Boot Hill.

Some outlaws are gonna pay for their crimes—in blood! Longarm likes to work alone, but when a beautiful woman with near-perfect aim volunteers throws in her rifle to help him catch a gang of vicious outlaws, how can he turn her down?

Longarm’s guarding some heavenly bodies… Longarm’s used to getting the toughest jobs, and an assignment to guard the president’s “do-gooder” granddaughter and her rich, spoiled cronies is no exception. His mission is to travel with the “Love Sisters” as they go undercover to help underprivileged women. Longarm knows the pretty fillys are fair game to any number of varmints, so he’s got to protect their pocketbooks and their virtue. But the young ladies aren’t as sweet as they look, and he learns mighty fast that his own temptation will be the hardest thing to fight. The best part of this cockeyed expedition looks to be Big Mamma, the girls’ bold and beautiful chaperone. With Big Mamma along for the ride, Longarm’s looking forward to some big fun…

The price of gold just went up, and Longarm’s paying—with his life… Deputy Marshal Custis Long may not like his new assignment—bodyguarding a visiting nobleman—but he’s going to stick to the English mucky-muck like a burr. Especially since Sir Harry Blackstreet has been accosted twice since he crossed the pond—by the same flock of owlhoots…   After being ambushed outside of a Denver museum by a different gang of outlaws, Longarm is riddled with more questions than bullets. He can’t figure out what Blackstreet has that everyone is after—unless you count his niece: a ravishing young woman who is quite a work of art…

Longarm's met uglier, meaner men than Henry Starr—and he shot them, too... Being a lawman isn’t all about romancin’ the ladies—but lately you wouldn’t know it from watching Longarm work. Marshal Billy Vail’s determined to send Longarm on the roughest mission he can find. Henry Starr’s the ugliest horse thief west of the Mississippi and a murderous thug to boot, and somebody has to round him up. Half Cherokee Henry’s hiding out in Indian country, and even if he does track him down, Marshal Long will be lucky to keep his scalp.

When it comes to busting bad bills, Longarm's giving this counterfeiter the strongarm! There's hell to pay for a mountain outlaw with a set of U.S. Treasury plates—and a fortune in bum bucks won't be enough to cover the bill Longarm's come to deliver.

Longarm tangles with some bad Samaritans when he goes undercover! Longarm goes undercover to lead a group of Christian Cherokee down Mexico way in search of some missionaries rumored to be stranded there. He reckons it won’t be easy, what with nosy Texas Rangers, banditos, and the Mexican police on his trail. But with a comely assortment of church ladies along for the ride, this adventure could turn out to be a religious experience…

Longarm’s got his eyes on justice, and his hands on the Defense! As a US Deputy Marshal, Custis Long has gone after more than his fare share of trouble. But when trouble runs right into him—wearing a blood-stained night gown no less—he knows he’ll be in for quite a ride.   It seems the wealthy silver mine owner Jericho Malone has just been stabbed to death in his own home, and his blood is on the night gown of his young, attractive second wife Estelle. Malone’s daughter always suspected that Estelle would sink to any level to get at their father’s money, and there’s an eye witness who swears he found her lying on the body, clutching the impaled knife in her hands. So when her defense lawyer up and collapses on the court room floor, it looks like then end of the line for Mrs. Malone. But with Longarm’s particular talent for persuading the fairer sex, Mrs. Malone has another lawyer in no time—a real fine darling of defense—and Longarm is there to make sure justice is served.

Longarm’s got to snag a killer—before he gets stung. Custis T. Long has plenty he’d rather be doing than investigating an old friend on a brand new murder charge. But just as he’s leaving for a visit to a pretty little Santa Fe senorita, a case comes up that he can’t turn down. It seems his mentor, Jesse Jerome, is under suspicion for the Scorpion Murders—a series of creepy crawly killings over in Agate, Arizona. The killer does the dirty deed by planting some particularly venomous little varmints in the victim’s bed—where they do their lethal work most effectively.   Longarm hates the idea of snooping around in his old pal’s business, but he figures he’s lawman enough to either prove Jesse innocent, or put him away if necessary. What the Marshal doesn’t figure on is all the bad blood flowing through Agate’s citizens. There’s poison in that town, all right—and it’s not just from the scorpions….

When five savages deserve cold-blooded justice, all it takes is one man to deliver it... Custis Long’s about to get hitched to an upstanding lady who’s got a fine young son. With this ready-made family he’s looking to settle down as a Colorado cattle rancher. Too good to last? You bet. She just ate lead during a robbery gone bad. Now he’s really looking to tie the knot—around the chicken necks of the cutthroats who blew away his beautiful bride-to-be.   This time Longarm is a one-man execution squad. Crazy with vengeance he’s following two rules of the hunt: track them and kill them.

Five killer outlaws, one killer beauty, and a night Longarm will never forget... Longarm's trapped up in the Ruby Mountains with a bad spell of amnesia—and a woman too wild to ever forget. And until Longarm gets his senses back, he's got no choice but to trust her—before the Haskill Gang gives him a new memory...his last.

Longarm longs to send this posse a-packin’! Everybody in Denver remembers the ruthless massacre at a local bank ’round five years back, but not a living soul has seen hide nor hair of the posse since. The murderers scooted out of town with a good passel of loot—and their identities unknown.   But when one of them, at death’s door, decides to come clean before the Lord and the law, deputy marshal Long uses his leads—and vows to avenge the murder of the innocents. With some dirt on his targets gathered from a lonely, young landlady—who’ll only give away one secret per night of low-down lovin’—Longarm thinks he can sniff out their track. But to do this, he’ll have to uncover a trail hidden under five years’ worth of dust…

Indians are on the war path—and Longarm’s in the way. An Indian war party is ready to massacre a group of miners, blaming them for the murder of their clan sister. The miners say they only found the body—and they may be telling the truth. But the Indians have only given Longarm until the dark of the moon to catch the killer—just eight days—or they will wipe out the miners’ camp.   Facing such a fearsome fate, the miners—and the murderer—may take flight. So far, only Longarm’s reputation is preventing a bloodbath. But he has very few clues—and about two hundred suspects. This is a job that’s going to take some deep digging…

Longarm goes toe to toe with a low-down lead-slinging lawman! When Longarm hightails it to the Arizona desert for a dose of rest and relaxation, he isn’t looking to stir up trouble. But from the moment he witnesses a man gunned down by a lead-slinging lawman at the Crystal Palace Saloon, it becomes dead clear something sinister is afoot.   Wrangling with a deputy marshal who’s enforcing his own murderous version of the law isn’t Longarm’s idea of a holiday. But as he follows a trail of suspicious deaths that all lead to the corrupt deputy and his ravishing sister, Longarm vows to track down the cold-blooded killer, even if it takes him all the way to Central America to bring him—or her—to justice…

Longarm’s caught between a rock and a hard place! U.S. Deputy Marshal Custis Long is dispatched to the Pass of the North—the American-Mexican border-city of northern El Paso and southern Del Norte—to extradite a prisoner from Mexico. The Federalés however, are being none too cooperative, leaving Longarm to bide his time on the American side of the city until his charge is released.   Unfortunately, he learns he’s made some enemies when some polecats use him for target practice. To find out who wants him dead and why, Longarm’s got to ask questions on both sides of the border—and both sides of the law…

Longarm better settle a land dispute—or someone might settle him six feet under… When a long-standing land dispute turns ugly down in New Mexico, the Feds send Custis Long to have a look. Somebody backshot old Tom McCabe. But just because Don Alejandro Montoya has a claim on his land, it doesn’t necessarily mean he pulled the trigger…   Montoya wants McCabe’s ranch pretty bad, but he sure would like the Widow McCabe to go with it. After all, who wouldn’t want a young gal with that much money and those looks? Longarm’s got some issues to settle with Mrs. McCabe, too—but it’s not her land he’s after…

Longarm’s tracking a fugitive—and treading on thin ice! If there’s one thing U.S. Deputy Marshal Long can’t stand, it’s a yeller witness who heads for the hills just when the law needs him most. Harrison Dodge is one such lily-livered sleaze. Privy to Washington’s dirty secrets, Dodge realizes he knows too much—and quits the capitol with a one-way ticket. Destination: anywhere.   Longarm tries to sniff out the little runt, and finds himself on a boat bound for Alaska. Unfortunately, tip-to-tip, Alaska measures only a mite smaller than the U.S. of A. His only means of transportation is a riverboat, the Yukon Queen, driven by a hot-tempered, fiery lady-captain. Now, not only does Longarm have to keep his eyes peeled for any sign of his fugitive, he must also help his captain ward off her enemies. And try to keep his burning desire for her from melting the Alaskan ice…

Longarm’ll have to pay some lip service to this sassy señorita! When two prominent politicos turn up dead, one self-righteous Arizona town pins it on the local madame, “Big Lips” Lilly, faster than she can say “not guilty.” So Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long hurries on down to ensure that justice is carried out. Unfortunately, Longarm’s train ride down to Williams, Arizona, takes a mite longer than it should, what with three murderers on board—and an avalanche on the train tracks. But Longarm reckons he can pass the time, seeing as how one pretty traveler is paying a pretty penny to share a berth with him.   Once he reaches Williams, time is almost up for lovely “Big Lips” Lilly—and Longarm still has some snooping to do before he’ll call the case closed: it seems that both of the deceased had some unfinished business with the Pink Lady Saloon. And Longarm, for one, would like to find out how this lady of the night earned such a strange name…