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  • Bibliography:
    20 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    December 2002
  • Latest Book:
    August 2021
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Full Series List in Order

A Gideon Ryder Novel

1 - Smugglers' Gold (Dec-2013)
2 - Rough Justice (Nov-2014)

The Lawman

1 - The Lawman (Mar-2007)
2 - Slade's Law (Jan-2008)
3 - Helltown (Jul-2008)
4 - Massacre Trail (Jun-2009)
5 - Hanging Judge (Nov-2009)
6 - Manhunt (May-2010)
7 - Avenging Angels (Oct-2010)
8 - Blood Trails (Aug-2011)
9 - Reckoning (Jun-2012)
10 - White Lightning (Apr-2013)

Matthew Price

1 - The Gun (Dec-2002)
2 - Justice Gun (Aug-2003)
3 - Vengeance Gun (Jul-2004)
4 - Rebel Gun (May-2005)

Multi-Author Series List

A Ralph Compton Novel

The Badlands Trail (Jul-2020)
Drive for Independence (Nov-2020)
Terror Trail (Aug-2021)

Book List in Order: 20 titles



  • Matt Price is weary. His reputation proceeds him wherever he rides, drawing would-be gunfighters to challenge him like moths to a flame. No matter how many men he leaves lying in the dust, he knows it's only a matter of time before a bullet strikes h...



  • Rescued by the Carvers--a black family on their way to freedom--after being left for dead, Matt Price joins them on their journey to New Harmony, but upon their arrival, they soon learn that some folks do not take kindly to outsiders, sending Matt on...



  • As marshal in the peaceful haven of New Harmony, former gunslinger Matthew Price finds his new life shattered when his wife is murdered and sets out to exact his own special brand of justice against those responsible. Original....



  • The Civil War is over. The American West is on the mend, but turmoil still brews south of the border. And one mans search for peace finds him the subject of a Mexican manhunt. Matthew Price is weary of the trail. He's tired of living by the gun--t...



  • While in Santa Rosa, California, bounty hunter Matt Price is made an offer he cannot refuse by local matriarch Joan Schaefer who wants him to exact his own special brand of justice against the men responsible for kidnapping her daughter. Original....



  • HIS BROTHER'S KEEPER Jack Slade pulled up his roots a long time ago to take life one day at a time, risking his living, and his neck, at gambling tables across the west. A disappointment to his family, he's been estranged from them for years. Then ...



  • While investigating the mysterious death of a fellow marshal near Serenity, Deputy U.S. Marshal Jack Slade discovers that he is not welcome in this corrupt town, especially when he digs up a world of trouble by demanding that the corpse be exhumed. O...



  • Gambler Jack Slade must return home to Lawton, Oklahoma, when his brother Jim dies under mysterious circumstances and finds himself drawn to Jim's fiancée while walking a fine line between justice and revenge when he discovers the truth. Original....



  • U.S. Deputy Marshal Jack Slade must stop cross-country carnage. The homestead killers have been cutting a bloody swath across Oklahoma Territory, leaving behind a trail of corpses, slaughtering whole families on isolated farms and stealing the...






  • As Deputy U.S. Marshal Jack Slade watches the day's condemned men march to the ropes, a shootout takes the life of the hanging judge. A note from the judge's pocket, along with a single matchbox, is all Slade has to track the gunman. As he follows th...



  • Deputy U.S. Marshall Jack Slade's on the trail of kith and kin killers. Slade can't help but remember his own murdered twin brother, while trying to keep one outlaw from busting his equally notorious twin out of prison. But with a Colt on his hip,...



  • THANKS BE TO THE LAW When an entire family is murdered near the small town of Alva, Kansas, two things strike Deputy U.S. Marshal Jack Slade: first, that he'll be riding out to Alva in the morning, and second, that there was no apparent motive for t...



  • U.S. Marshal Jack Slade puts his honeymoon on hold when a series of slasher murders makes the Wild West a little wilder....



  • A QUEST FOR VENGEANCE It was the happiest day of Deputy U.S. Marshal Jack Slade’s life -- until a gang of roughnecks broke it up and shot his bride. Now in a coma, Slade’s bride-to-be faces a slim chance for a full recovery. With his heart br...



  • A MOONSHINE TRAIL When his fellow U.S. Marshal Bill Tanner is found dead, Jack Slade picks up his trail, hot on a gang of moonshiners. A reformed drinker and gambler himself, Deputy U.S. Marshal Slade vows to uncover the truth behind Tanner’s d...



  • Five days after General Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, President Abraham Lincoln is mortally wounded by an assassin’s bullet. Scattered Confederate forces ignore the armistice, determined to continue the Civil War despite the Union vict...



  • THE WAR IS OVER The Civil War may have ended, but division still remains among its survivors. Some continue to rally for equality. Then, there are others, like the Knights of the Rising Sun. They're a group of vicious vigilantes who want to halt pr...



  • In this thrilling new installment in bestseller Ralph Compton's Trail Drive series, Toby Bishop and the drovers of the Circle K ranch will have to battle the elements, wild animals, rough terrain, and dangerous people to get their longhorn herd t...



  • In this brand-new Ralph Compton Western, the drovers of the Bar X ranch will face sandstorms, renegades, and outlaws along the historic Cimarron trail. After a child is accidentally killed in a shootout, Art Catlin decides to give up his life of b...






  • The daughters of a New Mexican rancher must help their father recover a stolen herd in this thrilling new novel in the bestselling Trail Drive series.   In the early days of the Mexican Revolution guerrillas led by Francisco "Pancho" Villa raid ...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Lyle Brandt has published 20 books.

Lyle Brandt does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Terror Trail, was published in August 2021.

The first book by Lyle Brandt, The Gun, was published in December 2002.

Yes. Lyle Brandt has 3 series.