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Earl Swagger Series

This gritty crime series follows a war hero drawn back into the violent underbelly of his Arkansas home after World War II. Tasked with cleaning up a corrupt gambling town, he navigates a treacherous landscape of mobsters, crooked politicians, and deeply buried secrets. With a strong sense of justice and a willingness to use force, he confronts the darkness threatening to consume his community. The narratives explore themes of redemption, loyalty, and the brutal fight for order in a lawless frontier.

Havana
Pale horse coming
Hot Springs

Recommended Reading Order

  1. 1

    Hot Springs

    • 560 pages
    • 20 hours of reading

    The summer of 1946. Haunted by memories of his experiences in the blood-soaked Pacific War and of his abusive father, ex-marine Earl Swagger believes himself almost beyond redemption: an angry man with nowhere to go in the post-war peace. But there is a new war, within America's heartland: the war against organised crime. Recruited by the District Attorney in HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas to take on the Mob head to head, Earl and his team of rookie cops find they have to do battle not only with heavily armed mobsters but also with politicians. No one anywhere is to be trusted.

    Hot Springs
  2. 2

    Pale horse coming

    • 568 pages
    • 20 hours of reading
    4.3(4414)Add rating

    A smooth talking Chicago lawyer has come to chat with Sam Vincent, a former prosecutor, about a dangerous unknown - a prison for violent black convicts in Thebes, Mississippi, a place of many questions but no answers. Would Sam, a white man and a Southener, be willing to investigate?

    Pale horse coming
  3. 3

    Havana

    • 403 pages
    • 15 hours of reading
    3.9(2557)Add rating

    Sent by the CIA to 1950s Cuba to eliminate young revolutionary Fidel Castro, ex-Marine hero Earl Swagger finds himself confronting outdated ideals about honor and duty as the world around him erupts into early Cold War violence

    Havana