Kirk Hamilton: 35 books

When old Buffalo Vance was backshot, he figured it was time to put his affairs in order. But how could he do that when he didn’t even know what had become of his estranged daughter, Laura? Was she alive or dead? And after twenty years, did she even want a relationship with him? Vance hired the Pinkerton...

It promised to be the biggest land swindle in the history of Texas … so Governor Lester Dukes sent his top Enforcer, Yancey Bannerman, to find the crook behind it and bring him to justice. But few men knew the swindler’s true identity, and they weren’t about to tell! Then Yancey took a bullet-graze...

It all started with a very special gift … a gold-plated, silver-inlaid Commemorative rifle, specially made on the express orders of the Winchester Family for presentation to Lester Dukes, Governor of Texas. But when the rifle was stolen, Yancey Bannerman and Johnny Cato set out to track down the...

Johnny Cato never could resist a damsel in distress, and that’s exactly what the beautiful redhead was … wasn’t she? Johnny’s fellow Enforcer, Yancey Bannerman, had his doubts. But Johnny was smitten, and no amount of straight talking could make him see things the way they really were. Yancey...

Twenty years earlier, Governor Lester Dukes had helped found the town of Rifle Ridge, Texas. The move had had him popular with many ... but a hated enemy to others. Along the way, Dukes had punished the wealthy ranchers who had grabbed millions of acres illegally by raising a land tax. Now, the town...

Lester Dukes, the Governor of Texas, felt that the time had come to expand his group of Enforcers—the go-anywhere, fight-anyone squad that maintained law and order in the Lone Star State. So he handed the chore to his two best men, Yancey Bannerman and Johnny Cato. They came up with Ironsite, a...

After Yancey Bannerman, Johnny Cato was the best Enforcer Governor Dukes had. Johnny might like good whiskey and bad women, but he was hell with the hide off when it came to putting away the bad guys. But Johnny was a man with a secret. No matter the game, no matter how steep the odds, he just couldn’t...

The Bannerman business empire spread right across the west, but Yancey Bannerman, the oldest son of magnate C.B. Bannerman, wasn’t interested in all that wealth—at least, not if he had to sit behind a pile of ledgers and accounts to earn it. Yancey preferred the wide-open, adventurous life ......

Yancey Bannerman had reached the end of the trail. For years now he had been Governor Dukes’ top Enforcer, fighting outlaws and insurrectionists in every corner of the Lone Star State. Now he’d had enough. Governor Dukes had started treating him more like a hired assassin, and it didn’t fit...

It started with the chance discovery of a brand new Springfield rifle … part of a consignment that had been stolen alongside an army payroll fifteen years earlier! It fell to Yancey Bannerman to discover where it had been in the interim—and where was the rest of the shipment? The truth led him...

Shot and left to die in the desert, Yancey Bannerman nevertheless vowed to make it back to civilization in one piece and continue to ride as Governor Dukes’ top Enforcer. What he didn’t see coming was an encounter with an old enemy with vengeance in mind, and a lawman who’d stop at nothing to...

Kate Dukes’ life hung in the balance … and her father, the Governor of Texas, held his top Enforcer, Yancey Bannerman, responsible! When the Governor suspended him, Yancey decided – reluctantly – to strike out and go it alone. A group of small ranchers were hoping to push their herds to a...

When a man plays both ends against the middle, there’s always the chance the deal might just blow up in his face. But the man who figured to turn outlaw leader Lincoln Rand in for a new identity, a ranch all paid-for and a lifetime free from prosecution himself, wasn’t worried about that. Too...

Johnny Cato’s life was hanging by a thread. At any moment, Tris Griffin, a madman obsessed with revenge, could simply snuff him out. The only way to keep Johnny alive was for his partner, Yancey Bannerman, to sacrifice himself. So Yancey rode toward a valley called Powderhorn and a showdown he knew...