Catfish Charlie Series

Santa Anna’s Revenge is no more than a strong desert wind out of Old Mexico? Tell that to “Catfish” Charlie Tuttle as the town of Wolfwater, Texas, goes stark-raving mad . . .

As a former Texas Ranger, Catfish Charlie thought he’d seen it all. But as the town marshal, he’s about to witness the West at its wildest. It starts in Julia Claire’s Lone Star Outpost, with one of her girls trying to slit the throat of the notorious Niobrara Kid. Catfish has barely broken that up when there’s more trouble on the third floor—and this time a man lies dead with Deputy Rex Green’s girl standing over him.

Next a wounded outlaw turns up in the schoolteacher’s stable, hiding from that merciless wind as well as a corrupt Deputy U.S. Marshal by the name of Wes Decker, who happens to be an old friend of Catfish. And when Catfish hears the Niobrara Kid and his gang are in possession of a cache of stolen loot, he almost wishes he’d let that soiled dove do his work for him. Now it’s up to him and deputies Brazos McQueen and Rex Green to bring the ruthless outlaws to justice.

All in a day’s work for the lawman—but it’s going to be a long day before all this blows over . . .

The star of the instant New York Times bestseller, Catfish Charlie, is back! Out of retirement—and into the crossfire—the former Texas Ranger heads into outlaw territory to find a lost stagecoach, a missing deputy, and a desert full of killers . . .

When he’s not at the local pond trying to catch an uncatchable catfish named Bubba, “Catfish” Charlie Tuttle can usually be found at the Lone Star Outpost with his old pal Deputy Brazos and the post’s lovely owner Julia Claire. Catfish has a sweet spot for Julia, so he’s more than a little worried when she announces she’s taking a stagecoach to Tombstone, Arizona. The stage runs through hostile territory, including a treacherous valley crawling with outlaws. Sure enough, Julia’s stagecoach never makes it to Tombstone . . .

Even though Arizona is outside his jurisdiction, Catfish saddles up with Brazos and heads into outlaw country to find Julia. It’s not long before they run into a gang of renegade soldiers led by a lunatic, Major Boneyard. Turns out Boneyard hid an arsenal of weapons on Julia’s stagecoach, which he plans to sell to the Apache for gold. When their plan’s revealed, the soldiers take Brazos hostage—leaving Catfish alone, outnumbered, and outgunned. Of course, that won’t stop Catfish from trying to rescue his friends. Even if it leads him across the Mexican border—and into a full-blown war with the legendary El Serpiente, a poison-mean revolutionario who has a coiled serpent tattooed under his left eye . . .

JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. WHERE OLD LEGENDS NEVER DIE . . . WITHOUT A FIGHT.