BOOK #5 – FRONTIER BOUNTY
RELEASE ON 1 JUNE
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Danny Coogan is now working as a US Marshal, and he is within weeks of becoming a father for the first time. During a takedown of a fugitive, he makes a grisly discovery: a body, and it’s the son of someone he knows and works with. Thus begins an off-the-books investigation that leads him to millions of dollars in stolen money, an entire collection of dead bodies, and an ultimate showdown with an adversary determined not to be taken alive.

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THE COOGAN MYSTERY SERIES

Frontier Justice (Book #1) Frontier Outlaws (Book #2) Frontier Marshal (Book #3) Frontier Vengeance (Book #4)
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FRONTIER JUSTICE(Book #1)

Danny Coogan, a freshly minted Montana Fish and Game Officer and recent Afghanistan veteran, hopes to bury his demons in a simple life in the wilderness around the small town of Darwin. But his life becomes a nightmare when he is shot and left injured and alone in the freezing countryside to struggle for survival. His assailant? A local Native American, he had considered a friend, Edmund Goodrunner.
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FRONTIER OUTLAWS (Book #2)

Eight months after the showdown with the domestic terrorist group that nearly cost him his life, Danny Coogan, a Montana Fish and Game Officer, faces a new threat to his community—and his career. It starts with a dead steer. Which happens to be near the body of a dead rancher. Both of which are on the Dead Horse Indian Reservation.
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FRONTIER MARSHAL (Book #3)

U. S. Marshall Danny Coogan returns to his roots in Montana to settle into the sleepy town of Darwin with his pregnant wife. But as Danny races into town ahead of an early blizzard, the storms of his past threaten his future. Not only has the ambitions of the Ghost Buffalo Society set some of the local Indians on a path toward insurrection, but Danny’s best friend, Edmund Goodrunner, working undercover for the Tribal Council, has gone missing.
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FRONTIER VENGEANCE (Book #4)

Danny Coogan is now working as a US Marshal, and he is within weeks of becoming a father for the first time. During a takedown of a fugitive, he makes a grisly discovery: a body, and it’s the son of someone he knows and works with. Thus begins an off-the-books investigation that leads him to millions of dollars in stolen money, an entire collection of dead bodies, and an ultimate showdown with an adversary determined not to be taken alive.
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FRONTIER BOUNTY (Book #5)

When a brutal escape unleashes a deadly fugitive into the Montana wilds, U.S. Marshal Danny Coogan is sent to bring him back, alive or dead. But the hunt turns treacherous when Danny discovers the escapee has entered the Bob Marshal wilderness, an area roughly the size of Delaware. Forced deep into whiteout conditions and uncharted wilderness, Danny must navigate blinding snow, rising danger, and a killer who knows the land as well as he does. What begins as a routine manhunt becomes a fight for survival—and the truth.
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The American Collection
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     The American Collection: Stories of Grit, Resilience, and Reckoning Out on the back roads and county lines, trouble doesn’t announce itself—it just shows up and waits. The American Collection is a powerful gathering of short fiction that captures the raw, unfiltered lives of ordinary Americans pushed to extraordinary moments. From the mountains of Afghanistan to the quiet farms of Indiana, from roadside diners to forgotten towns, Michael Cardwell writes with a voice that is both unflinching and deeply human.
     These stories are about men and women who endure—who carry their past, face hard choices, and live with the consequences. Ranchers, deputies, drifters, and working people find themselves caught in moments that don’t make headlines but change everything. A late-night diner where nothing is as simple as it seems. A quiet favor that turns into something else entirely. A missing gun that sets events in motion no one can take back.
     Inside the books, you’ll find sharp-edged crime, dark humor, and slow-burning tension. From stories that crackle with violence and consequence to those that linger in the quiet spaces between decisions, each piece is lean, honest, and unforgettable cutting straight to the truth without apology.
     Perfect for fans of Craig Johnson, C.J. Box, and Elmore Leonard, The American Collection delivers stories as rugged and real as the country they come from. Because sometimes the smallest moments leave the deepest scars.

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After thirty-two years of service in the United States Army, I transitioned from the discipline of military life to the craft of storytelling. I studied creative writing at Indiana University, where I began publishing poetry, short fiction, and novellas in literary journals, reviews, and magazines.

Today, my world revolves around writing novels, brewing strong coffee, wrangling enthusiastic dogs, and keeping up with eight energetic grandchildren. I live in Indiana with my wife, Roni.

I am the author of the well-received Coogan Mystery Series, which includes Frontier Justice, Frontier Outlaws, and Frontier Marshal. The fourth novel, Frontier Vengeance, releases on November 24, with Frontier Bounty following next year. Each book has earned excellent reader ratings and strong sales, and I am grateful for the support of a growing audience of mystery and western thriller readers.

Michael Cardwell Mysteries
@seancardwell49

Author of the Frontier Series, a run-and-gun mix of western toughness, modern crime, and the kind of trouble that doesn’t wait for back-up. Dust off your boots, saddle up, and ride along.

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