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  • Bibliography:
    19 Books
  • First Book:
    February 1992
  • Latest Book:
    February 2019
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Book List in Order: 19 titles



  • Claude Duval thought he was through with rustlers and killers when he left Texas for Wyoming. But the retired livestock detective soon finds ranch hands turning up dead and cattle missing. It looks like the work of Lone Wolf Wolverton, who murdered D...





  • Shortgrass Song is the saga of young Caleb Holcomb as he makes his way through life in an epic as big as Texas itself. Caleb's adventures take him through Civil War battles, buffalo hunts, Indian wars and barroom shoot-outs. On his way he meets:Snake...



  • When Indians massacre an army troop, Ross Caldwell's wife fears he's among the victims. But Caldwell is on the run, pursued by bitter enemies from the Civil War.Caldwell finds refuge in the arms of the sultry madam of Last Chance Gulch. But his blood...



  • A lighthearted look at some of the stories Texans have been improving on since their first telling around the glow of a campfire....



  • Mike Blakely again takes us on the trail with cowboy musician Caleb Holcomb. Caleb now becomes embroiled in Wyoming's Johnson County War, the Arapaho uprisings, the West's bloody cattle wars, the great cattle drives, and the wild, lawless land rushes...



  • In 1870, Bart Young heads for the New Mexico Territory, where he's heard men were making fortunes overnight in land speculation on the old Spanish grants. He figures to be a rich land baron before the year is out.But the ranchers are stubborn and the...



  • After a botched confidence scam, swindler Dee Hassard begins a killing spree that covers half of the Colorado Territory. His first victim is the brother of rustler-turned-preacher Carrol Moncrief. Now Carrol must fall back on his former outlaw savvy ...



  • In Comanche Dawn Mike Blakely does for the Comanche nation what Ruth Bebe Hills did for the Sioux in Hanta Yo. This landmark novel is the first time the story has been told from the point of view of the Comanches themselves. We witness the rise of on...






  • A bloody family feud sent Roy Huckaby to a dusty Texas prison for three years. Now he' out, vowing to follow the straight and narrow and to ride alone into a solid new life. But when a dying vaquero gives him a treasure map, Roy starts out on a path ...



  • Ben Crowell remembers the Great Caddo Lake Pearl Rush of 1874. He was fourteen that year, and his home, the riverboat community of Port Caddo, was dying. By the end of the summer, the pearl boom was over, Port Caddo was doomed, and the mystery over w...



  • When HonorĂ© Greenwood sits down to tell his tale, people listen. Friend of such stalwarts of the West as Kit Carson, Thomas Fitzpatrick, John Hatcher, and the Brent brothers, Charles and William, HonorĂ©, at ninety-nine, has lived the life that h...



  • Reluctant hero, Honore Greenwood, has a knack for embroiling himself in the most violent conflicts of the Southern Plains. Known as Plenty Man to the Comanches, Honore serves as ransom negotiator for captives among the Indians. As if his life wasn't ...



  • A Song to Die For is a rousing tale mixing love, music, and mystery from Spur Award-winning author Mike Blakely. It's 1975 and guitarist and singer/songwriter Creed Mason hopes to ride the new wave of Texas-style, Austin-based country music all th...



  • Two memorable novels from Spur Award-winning author Mike Blakely at one low priceSummer of PearlsThe coming of the railroad nearly spelled the end of the riverboat community of Port Caddo until the Great Caddo Lake Pearl Rush of 1874. Ben Crowell r...



  • A retired detective pairs up with a sworn enemy to solve a series of countryside murders in THE SNOWY RANGE GANG, and an atoning criminal goes on a dangerous adventure seeking lost treasure in VENDETTA GOLD: two memorable novels from Spur Award-winni...




  • Dead Reckoning After a botched confidence scam, swindler Dee Hassard begins a killing spree that covers half the Colorado Territory. His first victim is the brother of rustler-turned-preacher Carrol Moncrief, who falls back on his former outlaw savv...



  • Pairing extensive research with a brilliance for reviving the past in gripping narrative, Spur Award-winning author Mike Blakely has penned an epic, historical novelization of the Mexican-American War in A SINISTER SPLENDOR 1845. Texas joins the u...





Award-Winning Books by Mike Blakely

Summer of Pearls
2001 SPUR Award -- Western Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Mike Blakely has published 19 books.

Mike Blakely does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, A Sinister Splendor, was published in February 2019.

The first book by Mike Blakely, The Snowy Range Gang, was published in February 1992.

No. Mike Blakely does not write books in series.