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  • Bibliography:
    19 Books
  • First Book:
    August 2013
  • Latest Book:
    August 2024
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Book List in Order: 19 titles



  • When Lacey showed up in the gold rush boom town of Hangtown where Tom helped in the cafe, he was smitten. About the only pretty girl in the whole of gold country she was looking for a Pa who'd come to the mines and disappeared. Tom had to help her, b...



  • A great civilization led by a beautiful queen

    A magnificent temple covered in pearls

    A ruthless conquistador lusting for gold

    Who were the Chicora?

    What happened to them?

    In 1540 Hernando...



  • The majestic landscapes of Brett Harte's California unite with Larry McMurtry's epic old west realism in an explosion of love, lust, murder and betrayal that comes to a powerful climax along a beautiful stream, home to the largest strike in the mines...



  • When Lacey showed up in Hangtown Tom was smitten. She was looking for a Pa who’d come to the mines and disappeared. Tom had to help her, but when somebody shot him things went south in a hurry. He’d learned her pa was an army officer looking for ...



  • When a young girl is found dead of a botched abortion in the swimming hole of a small, rural amusement park Roy Martin, the new Sheriff of Laurel County, takes it in stride. But the next day, after barely escaping death when someone fires four rounds...



  • A powerful new series by John Rose Putnam begins with Civil War veteran Pecos Quinn riding north hoping to find his old commander, Colonel Carter Brantley. As the war ended five years earlier, he’d arrived home with his unit chased by Yankee cavalr...



  • When a small, battered troop of Union Cavalry arrive at his ranch with a wounded Comanche boy as prisoner, Pecos Quinn is concerned. But he strongly objects when they suggest he return the boy to the Comanche homeland on the Staked Plains as a peace ...



  • A western noir classic mystery by bestselling author John Rose Putnam that will leave you teetering on the edge of your seat until the very last word. When a popular high school senior, the daughter of powerful Laurel big shot, is found dead from a g...



  • When Tom Marsh arrives at his mine, it is under the control of heavily armed crooks. Squatters are a growing crisis in gold country. Will Tom have to fight to get his property back? Will the thieves kill him to keep the mine? Can Tom, his new partner...






  • After Tom flattened Zeke in a fist fight, the drunken brawler swore to kill him.Meanwhile, Tom had to leave for San Francisco to meet his new bride and escort her back to Hangtown for their wedding.Zeke could be anywhere. He could strike anytime. Tom...



  • Tom and Lacey, eager to start a horse ranch, but needing stock, instead make a dangerous pursuit across gold country to rescue a kidnapped baby. On the way Lacey nearly dies from a gunshot wound, but at last they arrive in the great valley of Califor...



  • Summer doldrums and a severe heat wave combine to cause a slump in business for the Laurel County Sheriff, leaving Roy Martin free to investigate the complaint of a terrible odor along the remote and once idyllic Raccoon Creek.What Roy finds there is...



  • In 1855, San Francisco is a wild and sin filled port of entry for the gold rush.When a gambler murders a Deputy US Marshal his prostitute mistress hires Memphis to deliver bribe payments to corrupt jailer Billy Mulligan. But Memphis' loyalty is to th...



  • The first adventure in a brand new Western series from John Rose Putnam! On a cattle drive, about two dozen cows were stolen overnight. While some thought it best to move on and let the losses go, Pecos Quinn, Andy's Pa, wasn't willing to allow some ...



  • In the 3rd Pecos Quinn Western, I tip my hat to Zane Grey, with deep respect. He showed us that even amid the savagery of the buffalo hunts on the Great Plains, romance could be found. And when Pecos and Andy set out to rescue Doctor Burns, who'd bee...



  • After a grueling cattle drive to the north where Andy Quinn's Pa, Pecos, was shot in the back by rustlers, the cattle are finally sold and Pecos is with Doc Burns in the offices of Doctor Smith, trying to get the bullet out of Pecos' back. That leave...



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    An ambitious Tom Marsh, looking to expand his gold rush freight business, finds himself falsely accused of murdering a young girl and is tossed into the Sonoma, California hoosegow along with a Mexican hombre who is himself accused of a murder he did...



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    The third adventure in a brand new Western series from acclaimed Western author John Rose Putnam! In every boy's life there is a time when he becomes a man, but it is never so simple as an on or off type arrangement. It is a process of age and c...



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    A young man in the California gold rush, on a mission to deliver supplies by mule train to the new miners in the rugged Yuba River Valley, must go after ruthless bounty hunters who kidnapped the party's Chinese cook with the intention of returning hi...





Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

John Rose Putnam has published 19 books.

John Rose Putnam does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Long Road Home, was published in August 2024.

The first book by John Rose Putnam, Into the Face of the Devil, was published in August 2013.

No. John Rose Putnam does not write books in series.