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Lincoln Croft
Series · 6 books · 2020-2021

Books in series

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#1

Treasure in the High Sierras

2020

Lincoln Croft specializes in finding lost things; whether it’s a bauble that fell from a saddle bag, a child that has wandered into the woods, or a groom who skipped out the day before the wedding; he’ll find it. But when an old miner is beaten and robbed of his life’s work, and asks Lincoln to recover it for him, he faces a challenge unlike any he’s ever had to face. He has to get the gold back from men who are likely to fill him full of lead unless he kills them first. Lincoln has never fired a shot in anger at any human, and he’s not at all sure he has it in him to kill a man. But he believes in justice, so he takes the job. He trails the thieves from Sweetwater, Nevada to Devil’s Gate, California, a land of grotesque rock formations and hard men. When he uncovers a plot to rob a local mine’s payroll, the stakes get even higher. Does Lincoln have what it takes to go head-to-head with a gang of murderous robbers? It’s a question that keeps him awake at night.
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Treasure Hunter : Night of the Blood Moon: A Western Adventure

2020

The second exciting adventure in this brand new series from Charles Ray! Lincoln just wants to be left alone; to hunt deer for smoked venison and decorate his cabin with the latest luxuries. But when a resident of the nearby town of Sweetwater severely beats his wife and skips town, the sheriff hires Lincoln to track him down. The fugitive’s trail leads to Virginia City, a boom town with too many people, some spoiling for fights, that get in the way of Lincoln’s desire to apprehend the man and get back home. The only bright spot in the whole job is when Lincoln meets Mark Twain, his favorite author. Grab your copy today!
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Treasure Hunter: Gunfighter's Ghost: A Western Adventure

2021

A brand new adventure from Charles Ray! Lincoln Croft didn’t believe in ghosts. He was intrigued, therefore, when Sheriff Dez Lake sent him in pursuit of a man supposedly dead for five years. Lincoln travels from Sweetwater to Cactus Junction on the wildest assignment of his life.
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Treasure Hunter: Pinkteron's Last Hurrah: A Western Adventure

2020

The third exciting adventure in this brand new series from Charles Ray! Alan Pinkerton, head of the renown Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency, is chasing a fugitive counterfeiter who was reported to be passing through Sweetwater, Nevada on his way to San Francisco. He hires Lincoln to act as guide for Jack Casey, one of his operatives, whose job it is to capture the counterfeiter and take him back east to face justice. In the course of the job, Lincoln learns a lot about life in the urbanized east and he teaches the green horns about life in the wild west. Grab your copy today!
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Treasure Hunter: Guns And Gold: A Western Adventure

2021

The fourth exciting adventure in this brand new series from Charles Ray! Lincoln Croft has tracked a wanted fugitive from Nevada to Montana. He encounters the aftermath of a stagecoach robbery in which the drive has been killed and the shotgun guard, an irascible woman named Mary Fields, injured. Fields, known locally as Stagecoach Mary, is determined to recover the gold and rifles that were stolen from the coach and make the robbers pay for killing her friend the driver. Reluctantly, Lincoln agrees to help her, only to find out that she is one woman who needs the help of no man. Grab your copy today!
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Treasure Hunter: Under A Bleeding Sky

2021

A brand new adventure from Charles Ray! Two cattle thieves flee Sweetwater to escape the law, but Sheriff Dez Lake puts Lincoln Croft on their trail. Lincoln has a stellar record. He always finds whatever it is he’s looking for, and these two are no different than stolen gold or a missing family heirloom in his book. He’s not familiar with the land south of Las Vegas, and that’s where the crooks are headed. Doesn’t make any difference to him—until he arrives and discovers the residents of this region make his two thieves look like choir boys. He begins to wonder if he’s finally bitten off more than he can chew. Grab your copy today!

Author

Charles Ray
Charles Ray
Author · 87 books
I've been writing since my teens. In addition to writing for several newspapers and magazines in the US, Europe, Asia, and Africa, I've written two books on leadership and a number of fiction works. I'm also a published poet, photographer, and artist. I write in several genres, reflecting my broad reading tastes. I spent 20 years in the army, retiring in 1982 and becoming a diplomat. I've worked in about 10 countries and traveled to about 30 more, mining each for material to write about.
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