Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bury the Hatchet | 2020 | J.A. Johnstone | Buy |
| 2 | North of Laramie | 2020 | J.A. Johnstone | Buy |
| 3 | The Intruders | 2021 | J.A. Johnstone | Buy |
| 4 | The Fires of Blackstone | 2022 | J.A. Johnstone | Buy |
| 5 | This Man Must Die | 2023 | J.A. Johnstone | Buy |
Buck Trammel is a former Pinkerton agent who leaves the big city behind and winds up pinning on a badge in Blackstone, Wyoming. He is physically imposing and not shy about using his fists or his guns, but the real challenge is the political maneuvering that comes with trying to keep order in a town where powerful people want him gone.
The five books in this series ran from 2020 to 2023. Buck Trammel stands out from many Johnstone protagonists because of his Eastern, urban background. He is not a cowboy or a mountain man but a city detective dropped into the frontier, and that fish-out-of-water angle gives the series its own flavor.