C Jack Lewis Books In Order

Novels

  1. Double Cross (2000)
  2. Manhunter (2000)
  3. The Scarlet Canary (2000)
  4. The Coffin Racers (2001)
  5. Renegade Canyon (2002)
  6. Mojave (2003)
  7. Massacre Mountain (2005)

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C Jack Lewis Books Overview

Double Cross

When movie stuntman, Charlie Cougar took a temporary job as a process server to pay the bills, he never expected to be the prime suspect in a murder. After he discovers the body of Karen Cooley, sister of a missing mobster, Cougar asks old friend, Sam Light to help investigate so he can get on with his life. The case is filled with faded Hollywood figures, hidden millions and a determined killer who cleverly conceals his tracks. To complicate matters, Cougar has just met the woman of his dreams. Sue Tallfeather, a Native American like himself, is a tender soul who accepts Cougar and all his shortcomings. But, as the murder investigation intensifies, danger lurks around every dark corner. Can the killer be caught befor someone like Cougar, himself is murdered?

The Coffin Racers

Charlie Cougar finds himself in another assignment for Sam Light which may be the oddest one yet. It seems that some teenagers in Santa Rio get their kicks out of putting wheels on the bottoms of unused coffins and racing them down hills. He pays a visit to the wealthy town’s cemetary, Green Pastures. While he’s investigating an area reserved for Indian burials he discovers a body inside a coffin. As Cougar starts to unravel the murky details of shady land deals and looks into the death of Big Buddy Bigelow, he finds himself in the path of danger one too many times. Will he be able to outsmart the people behind the mysterious deaths, or will he be racing for his life?

Renegade Canyon

When gold-miner Slim Jacobs rides into town dying of a gunshot wound, Marysville marshal Ben Carter vows to find his killer. But rumors begin to spread that Frank and Jesse James are headed for the small California town, and Carter worries that he may have more than one homicidal quick-draw to contend with.

Turk Tremaine’s arrival in town raises Carter’s suspicions. Claiming to be Jacobs’ mining partner, the quiet gunslinger is hungry for revenge. But more miners are attacked, and Carter must enlist Turk’s help to overthrow the invisible menace hiding in the hills. Joined in the fight by two strange travelers, the men uncover a plot to destroy Marysville. Can they stop the murdering thieves before their peaceful town is torn apart?

Mojave

Corporal Wagner, a young soldier in the American Civil War, is understudy to Sergeant Sam Slagle. They are charged with moving a camel train of supplies from Fort Tejon, across the Mojave Desert and down the Colorado River to Fort Yuma. The camel detachment that was supposed to make the trip has been ambushed and the camels stolen. There is no doubt as to where they are headed.

A part of the camels’ load involves gold coins being sent to Yuma to pay the troops there. Slagle and Wagner worry, wondering how many people know about the gold. On the trail, Elizabeth O’Roark, who is looking for her fiance, joins them. The soldiers know that he is already dead but do not have the heart to tell her.

A band of Confederate irregulars, headed by gunslinger Todd Dixon, is after both the camels and the gold. The local Apaches also are interested in what is going on and resent the growing hordes of military in their desert homeland.

How will the young corporal and the other cavalrymen make it with outlaws and a band of red warriors out to stop them?

Massacre Mountain

On his way to his next assignment in Fort Wingate, New Mexico Territory, contract cavalry scout Steve Bard is surrounded by a group of Indians. With his horse already exhausted and nowhere to go, he sets the prairie on fire in order to get away before his enemies can reach him. Successful, he is troubled by the fact that he could not detect the tribe they wore no feathers. Farther along in his travels he comes across a house and mineshaft that have been attacked, and eventually meets up with some farmers who tag along for the rest of his journey. In his travels to the Fort he encounters Lane, a hotheaded woman, Frank and Jesse James, and Clell Miller, all in an attempt to find the Indians who are terrorizing the countryside and bring them to justice. Packed with excitement and hair raising fights, Massacre Mountain will delight C. Jack Lewis fans.

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