Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tales from Deadwood | 2005 | James Reasoner | Buy |
| 2 | The Gamblers | 2006 | James Reasoner | Buy |
| 3 | The Killers | 2007 | James Reasoner | Buy |
| 4 | The Troopers | 2009 | James Reasoner | Buy |
James Reasoner set this four-book fiction series in the rough and lawless town of Deadwood. The first book, Tales from Deadwood, arrived in 2005 and introduced readers to the kind of hard-edged characters you would expect from a place like that. The Gamblers followed in 2006, shifting focus to the risks people took with their money and their lives at the card tables.
The Killers (2007) and The Troopers (2009) rounded out the series. Each title zeroes in on a different side of Deadwood’s population, from hired guns to the soldiers who passed through. If you like westerns that lean into the grit and danger of frontier life, this is a solid run worth reading from start to finish.