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  • Bibliography:
    20 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 2000
  • Latest Book:
    April 2022
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Full Series List in Order

The Ballad of Kid Cooper

1 - Throw the Houlihan (Feb-2018)
2 - The Return of Kid Cooper (Feb-2018)

A Carl Burns Thriller

1 - Rough Justice (Feb-2016)
2 - Hearts of Stone (Apr-2017)

Space Infantry

1 - Space Infantry Outpost 13 (Nov-2019)

A Virgil Cain Mystery

1 - Red Means Run (Jan-2012)
2 - Crow's Landing (Aug-2012)

Book List in Order: 20 titles



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  • Just out of prison for attacking the man who assaulted his sister, Ray Dokes heads back to the small town where he was raised. Vowing to lie low, he moves in with Pete Culpepper, a Texas cowboy who has always been a grounding influence on Ray, but...



  • An internationally known drug dealer, recently acquitted in court, is murdered and his assailant is convicted. The case is closed until witnesses to the crime begin to turn up dead. Detectives Jeremy Roberts and Lori Ashburn are assigned to the case ...



  • Summoned by a Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, law firm, aimless Dock Bass learns that he's inherited an ancient house from a deceased relative whom he never knew existed. Renovating the home, Dock stumbles upon a treasure trove of Civil War memorabilia ...




  • Mickey Dupree is one of the most successful criminal attorneys in upstate New York. The upside of being Mickey: he has never lost a capital murder case. The downside: Mickey has a lot of enemies, and one of them has just driven the shaft of a golf cl...



  • JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES VIRGIL CAIN GETS TANGLED UP IN AN OLD CRIME SURFACING FROM THE WATERS OF THE HUDSON RIVER IN THIS SECOND NOVEL IN A SERIES FROM BRAD SMITH. For Virgil Cain, a day of fishing on the Hudson River yields more than he bargained for ...



  • In upstate New York, Virgil Cain is drawing hay behind his team of massive Percherons when two movie scouts show up and offer $500 a day to use the horses in a film to be shot in the area. Virgil, in need of cash, reluctantly pockets the money, but h...



  • Carl Burns returns to his hometown to uncover a viper’s nest of corruption and dark secrets in this tense and twisting novel of suspense: first in a brand-new series. After ten years’ absence and a spell in prison, Carl Burns has returned to ...






  • The hunter becomes the hunted: Carl Burns pursues the ruthless gang who targeted him in this fast-paced, suspenseful thriller. Happily ensconced at River Road Farm and planning to start their own maple syrup business, life is good for Carl Burns ...



  • **WESTERN WRITERS OF AMERICA 2019 SPUR AWARDS WINNER!** "[A] first-rate novel." -- True West magazine "Smith has written tight, fast-paced novels his entire career…and reading one is like riding a thoroughbred."--The Chronicle Herald In t...



  • The year is 1910. Nate Cooper is an old-school cowboy who has spent nearly thirty years in a Montana prison of a wrongful life sentence for a false murder conviction. Nate's moral compass is true and unwavering: he does all the wrong things for all t...



  • The Soviet Invasion ContinuesFirst Lieutenant Darren White is trapped behind enemy lines with the remnants of his cavalry troop. Together with his second-in-command, Maurice Fitzgerald, he waits for the right opportunity to strike back at the Russian...



  • The Stakes can’t be higherIt is May 1985 and World War III rages in Central Europe. Fledgling insurgent groups in the East Bloc fight for independence from their Soviet overlords. America pledges to help. Among the teams of US military advisers...



  • The Second Wave has been Unleashed      

    The forces of the Warsaw Pact storm west over the Inner German Border and unleash devastation on the first days of the conflict. Among the NATO defenders of West Germany are Captain Kurt Mohr an...



  • The Space Infantry are here! Conducting covert missions throughout the galaxy's frontiers, these elite units are humanity's greatest hope for its future survival. It is the 27th century, and humanity has reached out to the stars only to find itsel...



  • Brad Smith's latest novel, for fans of Richard Russo and Jane Smiley, is a terrific novel about a thirty-something single woman, the untried colt she inherits, a horse crazy little girl, and their band of misfits and has-beens who stick it to the...



  • When a deranged loner kills twenty-six people in a Pennsylvania schoolyard, the country is stunned and devastated. Among those catatonic with grief is Jo Matheson, an organic farmer who has lost her goddaughter in the shooting. Sam Jackson, an egotis...



  • When a deranged loner kills twenty-six people in a Pennsylvania schoolyard, the country is stunned and devastated. Among those catatonic with grief is Jo Matheson, an organic farmer who has lost her goddaughter in the shooting. Sam Jackson, an egoti...






  • Summer 1936, Wilkes County, North Carolina during the great depression. The Flagg family resides in the middle of the Appalachia - one of the hardest hit areas in the country. As the depression drags on the Flagg family watch their molasses business ...


Award-Winning Books by Brad Smith

The Return of Kid Cooper
2019 Spur Award -- Traditional


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Brad Smith has published 20 books.

Brad Smith does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Copperhead Road, was published in April 2022.

The first book by Brad Smith, One-Eyed Jacks, was published in January 2000.

Yes. Brad Smith has 4 series.