R Lawson Gamble

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Award-winning author R Lawson Gamble lives and writes in Los Alamos on the Central Coast of California. In addition to his Zack Tolliver, FBI series he published Los Alamos Valley with Arcadia Press and Payu's Journey, an analogical journey through the eyes of Australian animals. An ardent historian, the author appears in a documentary about the bandit Salomon Pico recently aired on Invitation Au Voyage for ARTE Europe.

The Zack Tolliver novels are all crime mystery fiction. Unlike other such series in the Native American category with protagonists in the same location from book to book, Zack and Eagle Feather find themselves in different settings in each new novel--new environments with different cultures, history, and political undercurrents, all of which add to the difficulty of solving this new mystery.

Rest assured, certain features will never change. The reader may expect Zack Tolliver and Eagle Feather in every story. The relatives, associates, and friends will not change, but might not necessarily make an appearance. There is always a crime (usually a murder), a mystery, police procedures to a larger or lesser degree, lots of action, suspense, accurate well-researched history, accurate topography, Native Americans (not always of the same nation), and an element of mysticism and/or paranormal.

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The Other (Zack Tolliver, FBI Book 1) Nov 21, 2013

by R Lawson Gamble

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The hunters noticed the circling birds against the rose-tinted sky above the rim rock and saw where the flat rays of the early morning sun glinted n something that didn't belong there and the three of them walked that way.
What they find sends FBI agent Zack Tolliver and his friend Eagle Feather in pursuit of a dangerous and powerful killer.

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Western Justice: Three Western Writers - Three Mystery Novellas Oct 14, 2018

by Mark Reps , R. Lawson Gamble , Felix F. Giordano

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Looking for a great new mystery series? Three western writers begin their journeys with tales of wide-open skies, death in the dust, Native American mysticism, greed, lust, friendship, and honor. Law enforcement agents and Native American players partner and sometimes clash on the unpredictable path toward truth and justice.

Western authors Mark Reps, R Lawson Gamble, and Felix F. Giordano each begin their unique individual mystery series involving law enforcement protagonists Zeb Hanks, Zach Tolliver, and Jim Buchanan.

R. Lawson Gamble - THE DARK ROAD - Zack Tolliver is a newly minted FBI agent assigned to the Four Corners Indian Affairs FBI liaison team on the Navajo Reservation. Raised in eastern suburbia, he is dropped into a strange land and culture where he is immediately assigned to a missing person case that may have links to sheep mutilation and a murder. A total novice in all areas of his experience, he must rely on the Navajo men with whom he is partnered, one of whom will one day become his best friend and mentor. This novella is a prequel to the Zack Tolliver, FBI, Mystery Series.

Mark Reps - NATIVE ROOTS - Zeb Hanks is a modern lawman, but he had to start somewhere. This two-part novella explores Zeb's roots as a young man and his early law enforcement career as a border patrol agent and Tucson policeman. A mysterious beating, illegal immigrants crossing the border, and a brush with the jaded world of politics mesh together to teach Zeb the meaning of justice, western style. This novella is a prequel to the Zeb Hanks Mystery Series.

Felix F. Giordano - MISSING IN MONTANA - Axe Killian was a Knuckle Dragger, ex-military now undercover FBI with a Harley, an attitude, and a secret. When he stumbles upon a five-year old cold case abduction, his past coaxes him to accept the assignment. As he closes in on the missing, mixed-blood Blackfeet teenage girl, she would not only change who he was, but who he would become. This novella is an introduction to the Jim Buchanan Series, set in Montana.

Mestaclocan (Zack Tolliver, FBI Book 2) Sep 2, 2013

by R Lawson Gamble

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When an early morning call from San Francisco brings news of yet another murder victim, her throat ravaged as if by an animal, FBI Agent Zack Tolliver travels to San Francisco to advise his old friend Homicide Detective Marty O'bannon in his search for the killer. But what he discovers ultimately draws Zack and his friend Eagle Feather into the vortex of a deadly mystery.

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ZACA (Zack Tolliver, FBI Book 3) Jun 12, 2015

by R Lawson Gamble

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A farm worker disappears, another takes his place, the numbers stay the same but Rancher Rufus Reyes isn’t fooled. His operation is small and he knows everyone. Then a worker disappears and no one replaces him. The man’s wife is hysterical, but won’t talk about it. Reyes knows he needs help, He enlists Zack Tolliver.

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Under Desert Sand (Zack Tolliver FBI Book 5) May 5, 2017

by R Lawson Gamble

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Faced with a suspicious murder/suicide in the Mojave Desert, Zack Tolliver, FBI and Eagle Feather must determine what crime was actually committed and solve it under increasing threat from persons unknown. They need clues, but the desert sand leaves no trace.
This fifth novel of the Zack Tolliver, FBI series, contains all the elements of an suspenseful crime mystery: lost treasure, romance, a western gunfight, a perplexing mystery, and of course murder, cloaked ancient Indian myths.

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CANAAN'S SECRET (Zack Tolliver, FBI Book 6) May 29, 2018

by R. Lawson Gamble

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Zack Tolliver left the Federal Bureau of Investigation to spend more time with his family. He is at home when Libby's sister calls, worried about her daughter Pru in the wake of the horrific murder of a high school classmate. Libby goes to Kanab, Utah, to offer support. She discovers Pru's life is indeed in danger. Zack investigates and learns the murder may be tied to old bones in a hidden cave on the summit of Canaan Mountain. He goes to Kanab to join Libby and begins an investigation that leads from a single murder to a much larger conspiracy.

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THE DARK ROAD: The Beginning (Zack Tolliver, FBI Series Prequel) Jan 8, 2019

by R Lawson Gamble

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Only months removed from NAT (New Agent Trainee) status at the National Academy at Quantico, Zack Tolliver, FBI, stands on the dusty tarmac at the Tuba City airfield and watches the small plane he came in on become a black dot in an endless blue sky. Everything he has known from a middle class upbringing in Maryland has gone with it. He career begins now in Navajo Nation as liaison between the FBI and the Navajo Nation Police - and no one from the Academy is here to hold his hand!

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Las Cruces (Zack Tolliver, FBI Book 7) Jul 3, 2019

by R Lawson Gamble

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They came down from Oregon Territory in 1864 to tend sheep after a narrow escape from an Indian attack, hoping a peaceful life in the verdant valley of Las Cruces, California would heal Pru’s damaged nerves. But violence even beyond that awaited them. They were found beaten, stabbed, and burned in their cabin. Their murders were never solved.
Zack Tolliver, FBI is called to investigate the murder of a woman found near the original murder site, her body burnt beyond recognition and strange metal bands as if from a hoop skirt melted around her. Was history repeating itself?

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CAT (Zack Tolliver, FBI Book 4) Apr 21, 2016

by R Lawson Gamble

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Zack Tolliver, FBI, rushes home to Tuba City, Arizona after he learns his friend Eagle Feather was attacked by a mountain lion and the Navajo guide's client is seriously injured. Zack knows the only cure for his friend's guilt is to hunt the cat down. But he quickly learns this is no ordinary animal, and it will be no ordinary hunt.

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Johnny And The Kid: An Old Time Western Dec 15, 2019

by R Lawson Gamble

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His pa died from snakebite when he was four. It was just him and his ma until Ike Sanders came to Deep Water. Most riders drifted away after a day or two but Ike stayed on. He invested in the town, started a newspaper and took an interest in Johnny. When Johnny was fifteen Ike hired him on as an apprentice, and ma stopped working at the Lucky 7 Saloon each time a cattle drive came through. Life was pleasant. Then The Kid came to town and everything changed. A long-ago secret connected Ike and The Kid, a secret the feared gunfighter wasn't about to let go.

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Payu's Journey (Tales Of Yawa Book 1) Aug 28, 2016

by R Lawson Gamble

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A child's story, but with adult meanings, Payu's Journey is allegorical. In Australia's Great Sandy Desert Payu the Dingo loses her pups to human trappers. By a strange set of circumstances, she comes into possession of a human baby. Her maternal instincts take over, she determines to keep the infant. But she knows it can not survive the harsh desert conditions, she must find a land of green grass and flowing water. She has heard stories of such a place in the north country. This is the story of her journey to find that land, of Ngur the White Dingo, Ritta the Roo and all the animals who join her in her quest, and the adventures that befall them. Beyond that, the reader will find deeper levels of metaphorical circumstance where animals key an antidote to a Trumpian world.

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Los Alamos Valley (Images of America) Jul 27, 2015

by R. Lawson Gamble

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Los Alamos is a small town on its way to big things. It is a growing tourist destination yet retains its pastoral charm. The history of the Los Alamos Valley can be viewed as a microcosm of the history of California, for it contains within its span Chumash Indians, mission neophytes and horse herds, Spanish land grants, cattle ranches, vaqueros, bandits, oil bonanzas, a narrow-gauge railroad, fertile soil for bountiful crops, vast vineyards, tourism, and even an element of Hollywood. Its location on the Central Coast of California means sunny skies, cool evenings, and cool, damp breezes. The character and resilience of the Los Alamos Valley inhabitants, however, is the real story. Theirs is a history of intermingling cultures and races, a steadfast preservation of traditions, and a pioneer streak of stubborn perseverance in the face of natural and economic adversity. The images in this book were gathered as the result of a community effort.

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