A stellar collection of short fiction that spans the beloved master's writing career The legendary New York Times bestselling author returns with another stellar collection of Western short fiction. In these classic tales that span more than five decades-including the first story he ever published, "The Trail of the Apache"-Elmore Leonard once again demonstrates the superb talent for language and gripping narrative that have made him one of the...

Ten years after the events of Riders of the Purple Sage, John Shefford, a disillusioned preacher from Illinois travels to Arizona and takes refuge in a village controlled by polygamist Mormons hiding from the federal government. It's there Shefford learns the story of Fay Larkin: years ago, the infant Fay, along with Jane Withersteen and a gunslinger known as Lassiter, were trapped in Surprise Valley. Intrigued, Shefford decides to track Fay down....

He survived his past, but this reformed outlaw is falling for a woman hiding secrets of her own... Don't miss this beloved classic from #1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller. Where does an outlaw go when he's ready to turn straight? For Wyatt Yarbro, reformed rustler and train robber, Stone Creek is his place of redemption. Setting his sights on winning over the lovely Sarah Tamlin provides even more motivation to clean up his...

Chet Byrnes is building a new life in Arizona Territory as he expands his ranching operation, but trouble just keeps coming. First, there's a brutal Apache attack on his cattle drive. Then a friend's young daughter is abducted, and the search leads Chet and his men to the wild town of Tombstone and then south of the border, where life is cheap. As much as he longs to stay close to home, Chet's friends and family continue to need his brand of help....

On what at first appears to be an ordinary day, everything changes for private banker Kayla Shaw when she barely escapes a brutal kidnapping attempt and finds herself accused of a shocking crime: the illegal laundering of hundreds of millions of dollars. Damned by lies and false "evidence," she is trapped with no place to run. After five agonizing years, landscape painter Rand McCree has finally been offered what he desires most: the name of his twin...

While using a public library computer to find help for her mother who is addicted to pain medicine, twelve-year-old Jolene witnesses a friend's livestreamed crash-landing in the Arizona desert and embarks on a journey to rescue her.

In search of himself in the Arizona wilds, shellshocked war veteran Glenn Kilbourne realizes that he can never return to his former shallow life, but to give it up means giving up the love of his life.

Believing that he is indestructible and unstoppable, Ollie Hobart, a murderer and a thief, joins a band of renegade Navajos to continue raiding every mine in Tucson. He doesn't count on John Savage, who, fueled by revenge, has sworn that Hobart will not leave Tucson alive.

"Chet Byrnes has his hands full taking care of his family and running his ranching operation in Arizona Territory. But he still takes his responsibilities as a deputy U.S. marshal very seriously. Bandits have been crossing the border, cutting a bloody swath of mayhem--stealing horses, robbing banks, and murdering innocent folk--then high-tailing it back to safety in Mexico. The chief U.S. marshal asks Chet to lead a secret task force to stop the raids...

Before he left for Afghanistan, Jake O'Reilly had everything--a beautiful wife, a baby on the way, a wonderful life. Three years later, his wife is dead and he is so haunted by his memories of war that he can't bring himself to go home. But when his wife's grandfather tracks him down and persuades him to come work on his ranch, where Jake's daughter is living, he agrees--even though he is reluctant to expose his little girl to the man he's become....