James D. Best

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  • Bibliography:
    13 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    December 2007
  • Latest Book:
    April 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Steve Dancy Tales

1 - The Shopkeeper (Dec-2007)
2 - Leadville (Mar-2009)
3 - Murder at Thumb Butte (Jun-2011)
4 - The Return (Aug-2013)
5 - Jenny's Revenge (Apr-2015)
6 - Crossing the Animas (Apr-2017)
7 - No Peace (Sep-2019)
8 - Old Haunts (Apr-2023)

Book List in Order: 13 titles

  • The Shopkeeper

    Steve Dancy Tales - 1

    In 1879, Steve Dancy sells his New York shop and ventures west to explore and write a journal about his adventures. Though he's not looking for trouble, Dancy's infatuation with another man's wife soon embroils him in a deadly feud with Sean Washburn...

  • The Shut Mouth Society

    When a rich Santa Barbara collector acquires a newly discovered Abraham Lincoln document, he asks detective Greg Evarts and UCLA professor Patricia Baldwin to authenticate it. Their research launches them into a dangerous struggle with a secret socie...

  • Leadville

    Steve Dancy Tales - 2

    When New York City shopkeeper Steve Dancy moved west to experience the frontier, he wound up embroiled in a deadly feud ... a feud he was forced to settle with guns. Now all he wants to do is follow up on a few business interests, write about his adv...

  • Tempest at Dawn

    As featured on The Glenn Beck Show. Tempest at Dawn is on the Glenn Beck Reading List. The United States is on the brink of total collapse. The military has been reduced to near extinction, economic turmoil saps hope, and anarchy threatens as world p...

  • Murder at Thumb Butte

    Steve Dancy Tales - 3

    In the spring of 1880, Steve Dancy travels to Prescott, Arizona to gain control of a remarkable invention. But on his first night in the territorial capital, his friend, Jeff Sharp is arrested for a midnight murder at Thumb Butte. Dancy launches a pe...

  • The Return

    Steve Dancy Tales - 4

    It's the summer of 1880, and Thomas Edison's incandescent bulb is poised to put the gaslight industry out of business. New York shopkeeper Steve Dancy sets out to obtain a license for Edison's electric lamp. Edison agrees, under one condition. Dancy ...

  • Jenny's Revenge

    Steve Dancy Tales - 5

    Jenny Bolton has plans, and they don’t bode well for Steve Dancy. Married at fifteen to a Nevada politician, Jenny suffered repeated assaults, witnessed her husband's ghastly murder, buried her vile mother-in-law, and killed a man. Dancy, who had o...

  • Wanted Book 2

    The Western Writer's Group is back, bringing you brand new, original stories from characters you love. Read about Steve Dancy, Gideon Johann, Lee Mattingly, the McCabes, Jess Williams, Fiona Miller, and Storm Warrior. Enjoy your favorite authors and ...

  • Crossing the Animas

    Steve Dancy Tales - 6

    “Ben Law is tough… and mean. He enjoys taking care of problems for his boss. He won’t just verbally assault you. He and his men will hurt you. Bad.” Steve Dancy is about to find this out. With his new home in Durango, Colorado, the kind with ...



  • Deluge

    People think of water as benign. You can drink it, bathe in it, sprinkle it on a garden, freeze it to chill a drink or a sore back, swim in it, or laze on the surface in a boat or on a floater. Water is an essential element of life, useful and often ...

  • No Peace

    Steve Dancy Tales - 7

    After marriage, Steve Dancy has quietly settled in San Diego. He can hardly remember his days of wanderlust, and he's grateful to have left behind the violence of a raw frontier. In a celebratory mood, Steve invites his mother to a meet her new grand...

  • The Templar Reprisals

    To escape a deadly attack in Paris, a small-town police chief and his wife end up killing two terrorists. This fateful clash draws them into a centuries-old feud between two secret societies. Returning to America, they discover the incident has follo...

  • Old Haunts

    Steve Dancy Tales - 8

    Sometimes the past refuses to remain barricaded from the present. In Past Haunts, Steve Dancy must deal with villains and locales from his early days exploring the Wild West. Years have gone by since violence was necessary to resolve problems, but hi...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

James D. Best has published 13 books.

James D. Best does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Old Haunts, was published in April 2023.

The first book by James D. Best, The Shopkeeper, was published in December 2007.

Yes. James D. Best has 1 series.
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