Frank Carlson Library

Jonah Hook was a man who had lost everything a  man could lose—but the iron will to reclaim what  had been taken from him. Now he must confront the  fiery religious heretic who has enslaved his wife  and the fierce Comanche tribe who has raised his  long-lost sons. From Fort Laramie, land of Sioux  and Cheyenne, to the empire of the Mormons in the  shadow of tall mountains, and...

Continues the adventures of Jonas, the father of three and proud owner of Preacher, a horse that threatens to sweep him into the forbidden worldly thrill of the racetrack.

Murder in the Bayou!New Orleans, the Crescent City... An armed standoff between Louisiana State Troopers and New Orleans Police... An art swindle that will end in murder... Smugglers working the Bayou...Jonas Watcher arrives to determine if a dead man is really dead. Someone is dogging him to make sure he doesn't find out. The investigation takes him from the French Quarter to its surrounding Bayou where Jonas discovers that all the criminals aren't...

It Began with a Simple Accident, or was it an Attempted Murder? A femme fatale. Her missing husband. A dead private detective. And a dangerous game of mistaken identity...It all started when Jonas Watcher found a business card along with some keys - curious... some money - a really good thing... and a gun...It's the nineteen thirties and Jonas Watcher must solve the mystery of the dead PI if he wants to stay alive."The Case of the Running Bag"...

A green lieutenant. A ruthless enemy. A heart-rending choice that will haunt him the rest of his life. If he lives. Korea, 1950. Jonas Stuyvesant's silver-spoon upbringing has not prepared him for the horrors of war. When Communist North Korea launches a surprise invasion of the South, Jonas finds himself leading his platoon against a well-trained, battle-hardened army. Soviet-made tanks break through the American lines. These are not the pitchfork-wielding...

"Rawhide Jake: Learning the Ropes, is the first book in a trilogy on the Life and Times of Detective Jonas V. Brighton. Based on a true-life character, it rolls through the adventure of his time in the penitentiary, his first years as understudy to a young and lusty female detective named Jennie Hudson, and learning cowboying and stock detective work with his new partner, Wes Wilson, in northwest Texas. He and Hudson work two cases. One ends up in...

The ocean is vast and deep. What lurks beneath can tear boats asunder. Richard Shaw, an insurance investigator from Lloyds of London, arrives in Rio de Janeiro in 1851. He is there to discover why so many of the great sailing ships of the world are disappearing in the south Atlantic, never making it to or from the Pacific Ocean. From each side of the continent, two ships set sail: one helmed by Captain Peech to hunt for treasure and the other...