Ron Schwab

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  • Bibliography:
    27 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 2015
  • Latest Book:
    December 2023
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Full Series List in Order

A Blood Hounds Novel

1 - The Blood Hounds (Apr-2020)
2 - No Man's Land (May-2020)
3 - Looking for Trouble (Jan-2021)

The Coyote Saga

1 - Night of the Coyote (Oct-2015)
2 - Return of the Coyote (Mar-2017)
3 - Twilight of the Coyote (May-2018)

The Law Wranglers

1 - Deal with the Devil (Oct-2016)
2 - Mouth of Hell (Dec-2016)
3 - The Last Hunt (Aug-2017)
4 - Summer's Child (Dec-2017)
4.5 - Peyote Spirits (Jul-2018)
5 - Adam's First Wife (Oct-2019)
6 - Escape from El Gato (Jan-2020)

The Lockes

1 - Last Will (Dec-2015)
2 - Medicine Wheel (May-2016)

Book List in Order: 27 titles

  • Sioux Sunrise

    When Sarah Kesterson's little brother, Billy, is kidnapped by a band of raiding Sioux, she enlists the help of Tom Carnes, a neighboring rancher and former army captain, to return her brother to safety. From the rolling, grassy hills of southeast Neb...

  • Night of the Coyote

    The Coyote Saga - 1

    Two people murdered. Two suspects lynched for the murders. To some in Lockwood, this passes for justice . . . but not Ethan Ramsey. A high-stakes murder mystery on the American frontier. In 1875, two young Sioux are lynched in Lockwood, Wyoming by ...

  • Paint the Hills Red

    Greed. Land. Lawlessness. These ingredients do not portend a peaceful life in Nebraska’s Pine Ridge country for Dan McClure. Dan’s not afraid to fire a gun, but after a lifetime of fighting, he would rather wield a paintbrush. When he’s thr...

  • Ghosts Around the Campfire

    In Ghosts Around the Campfire, author Ron Schwab presents nineteen ghost stories that have frightened multiple generations of Scouts, youth groups, and family members. In his introduction to the collection, the author encourages readers who may want ...

  • Last Will

    The Lockes - 1

    When the dead body of one of lawyer Ian Locke’s wealthy clients is discovered in a place most unbefitting for a man of his station, it is just one piece of a complicated legacy that Ian must unravel. Who killed Ralph Wainwright? His bitter wife? Hi...

  • Medicine Wheel

    The Lockes - 2

    A murder trial would normally be of little interest to Thad Locke, who escaped the "family disease" of law wrangling, but two women--one the accused murderess, the other a member of her defense team--have intertwined themselves with both Thad and his...

  • Deal with the Devil

    The Law Wranglers - 1

    “There are other lawyers in New Mexico,” Josh said. “But not many that would know about hunting for a girl among the Comanche,” Levi replied. And so after several long years of trying to put the past behind him, Josh Rivers finds himself inte...

  • Mouth of Hell

    The Law Wranglers - 2

    As tensions continue to escalate between the U. S. Army and the Comanche, members of the Rivers family find themselves involved on multiple fronts of the “Red River War.” Josh Rivers discovers his efforts to covertly negotiate on behalf of his ne...

  • Return of the Coyote

    The Coyote Saga - 2

    THE SEQUEL TO NIGHT OF THE COYOTE Ethan Ramsey arrived too late. Death. Destruction. Despair. He vowed to seek out the barbarians who laid waste to the small Sioux village, leaving but only a very few women and children alive. Assembling a rag-tag se...



  • The Last Hunt

    The Law Wranglers - 3

    Set amidst the last days of the Comanche wars, The Last Hunt continues the story of the Rivers family, whose fates are intertwined with the Comanche -- and their great war chief, Quanah Parker -- both personally and professionally. The decisions Quan...

  • Summer's Child

    The Law Wranglers - 4

    The murder of a prominent member of Santa Fe society brings a high profile criminal defense client to the Rivers & Sinclair law firm, but will Josh Rivers's history with both the victim and suspect make for an untenable attorney-client relationship? ...

  • Twilight of the Coyote

    The Coyote Saga - 3

    On assignment for the Bureau of Investigation in the summer of 1927, Trey Ramsey seeks information regarding the disappearances of young Sioux women from their reservations in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Meanwhile, young rancher Kate Connolly is...

  • Peyote Spirits

    The Law Wranglers - 4.5

    A thrilling ride is set in motion when a sergeant’s wife is murdered at Fort Sill and Broken Wing, a young Comanche brave, is found at the murder scene, dazed and chanting. Comanche Chief Quanah Parker, fighting the U.S. government over his tribe...

  • Grit

    Grit McKay survived the bloodiest battles of the Civil War without incurring as much as a single scratch on his body. When money became hard to come by after the war, he began taking jobs to recover white children that had been abducted by raiding ba...

  • Hell's Fire

    Thad Locke was not surprised to discover a dead body in the aftermath of a fire on a small homestead in the Kansas Flint Hills. That the cause of death appeared to be a bullet hole through the skull, however, was a surprise. When a member of the Lock...

  • Cut Nose

    Captain Will Nilsson's journey to the War of the Rebellion is deferred by the President of the United States so he can be the administration's eyes and ears on the ground of what would later be referred to as the Dakota War of 1862. Little did Will k...

  • Adam's First Wife

    The Law Wranglers - 5

    Chaos and bloodshed befalls the Bar P in northern New Mexico as seven riders seeking vengeance descend upon the vast 30,000-acre land grant spread. Spared by the attackers -- for now -- is Adam Laurent, the owner of the Bar P . . . but only until his...

  • Escape from El Gato

    The Law Wranglers - 6

    Clutching the telegram in his hand, Josh Rivers could not believe it. Not again. Tabby dancing with death, perhaps her last waltz. He loved his little sister. And he was terrified for her fate. In Escape from El Gato, the sixth novel in the popular L...

  • The Blood Hounds

    A Blood Hounds Novel - 1

    You've got to find a young woman or prove she's dead. And it's a cold trail. That's why the boss man called for the blood hounds. You're looking for somebody who's been considered dead since April of 1867.Fifteen years after the disappearance of Mira...



  • No Man's Land

    A Blood Hounds Novel - 2

    He told me to get the blood hounds. I knew who he wanted. That's why I'm here.In the aftermath of a bloody train robbery, The Pinkerton Detective Agency enlists the newly married detectives Trace and Darby Crockett to track down the gold bullion that...

  • The Long Walk

    While the War of Rebellion rages on back east, military surgeon Captain Gage Fleming is thrust into the middle of death and destruction on the other side of the country, as he tends to the Navajo forced on a 450-mile long walk from Fort Defiance to F...

  • Looking for Trouble

    A Blood Hounds Novel - 3

    Thirteen-year-old Brady Trouble Yates takes a detour when he hears gunshots and hysterical screaming on his way from a trip into the small town of Lockwood, Wyoming and decides he should investigate the commotion. What Brady discovers puts his own li...

  • Old Dogs

    From the bestselling author of Grit and Cut Nose comes the captivating new Western novel, Old Dogs!Jack Wills and his longtime friend and saddle partner of nearly forty years, Rudolph Kilgore, assumed they had long ago outrun their last Comanche war ...

  • The Accidental Sheriff

    From the bestselling author of Old Dogs and Grit comes the page-turning Western novel, The Accidental Sheriff! Hoping to escape his past and find creative inspiration, Western dime novelist Grant Coolidge heads west, landing in Lockwood, a burgeoning...

  • Beware a Pale Horse

    From the bestselling author of Old Dogs and The Accidental Sheriff comes the thrilling Western novel, Beware a Pale Horse! Just when he thought his lawman days were over, duty calls once again for Grant Coolidge, as a range war erupts around his new ...

  • Bushwa

    From the bestselling author of Old Dogs and The Accidental Sheriff comes the captivating Western novel, Bushwa! In the rugged expanse of the New Mexico Territory in 1862, two unlikely friends emerge from the chaos of the Civil War. Obadiah Bushwa Spa...

  • Ghost of the Guadalupe

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    From the bestselling author of Old Dogs and The Accidental Sheriff comes the gripping new Western novel, Ghost of the Guadalupe! Doc Hayes had experienced enough tragedy for several lifetimes, but he thought he had finally found his sanctuary amidst ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ron Schwab has published 27 books.

Ron Schwab does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Bushwa, was published in December 2023.

The first book by Ron Schwab, Night of the Coyote, was published in October 2015.

Yes. Ron Schwab has 4 series.
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