Michael Cardwell Books In Order

Publication Order of Danny Coogan Books

Publication Order of Collections

Michael Cardwell is a published author.

He served in the United States Army and then retired after 32 years of service. He is married to his wife Roni and they reside in Middle America. He spends his free time writing, making coffee, chasing after dogs, and spending time with his grandchildren.

He is known for his series The Frontier. The series kicked off with Frontier Justice, and then was followed by Frontier Outlaws and then Frontier Marshal. He is also known for his collection of short stories, The Rough Stuff.

Frontier Justice is the first book in The Frontier series by Michael Cardwell. The series is also known as the Danny Coogan series. If you have been looking for something new and fresh to read, check out this book!

Danny Coogan has recently become a Montana Fish and Game Officer and he is also a veteran who served in Afghanistan. He is hoping to try and suppress his demons by living a simple existence in the wilderness, close to the small town of Darwin.

He has high hopes for this new life, but it all becomes a nightmare very quickly when he is shot. He is then left alone and injured in the countryside in freezing temperatures in an attempt to survive. The person who attacked him was a local Native American named Edmund Goodrunner that he had believed to be a friend.

So starts a terrible battle that involves lies, deception as well as revenge that includes weapons dealers, drug runners, kidnappers and killers. Danny now discovers himself put into the middle of an investigation by the FBI as well as in a position where he has to manage the threats of a domestic terrorist group that may end up threatening every part of the community that he loves so dearly and has promised to protect.

Danny as well as his surrogate father Senior Game Warden Ben Whitetail and the local Tribal Police chief impart the vibes of rural America through their own down home humor as they each in their own personal way struggle to try and return peace to their snowy town.

If you’re a fan of works by C.J. Box or Craig Johnson, you are sure to love this first novel. Drawing on his own military experience as well as his passion for rural American to make this action and adventure filled tale, if you enjoy crime and mystery stories with tons of conflict and suspense then you are certainly going to enjoy this book. Grab a copy and give it a try!

Frontier Outlaws is the second book in The Frontier series by Michael Cardwell. Eight months after a showdown with a domestic terrorist group that nearly ended with Danny losing his life, Danny Coogan is now facing a different threat to the community and his career as a Montana Fish and Game Officer.

It all begins with a dead steer which is close to the body of a dead rancher, and both of them have been found on the Dead Horse Indian Reservation. It doesn’t take too long before not only Danny but the local Sheriff’s Department, the Tribal Police, and a United States Marshal are pushed into action.

Danny has connections to the Rez that not only pull him to the murder case but put him directly in the crosshairs of the killers. Then another victim is found who has been tortured and murdered and they must find out why and what it was that put a target on these locals to make them end up the victims.

Danny wants to do his best to find out the truth, and will do so with the help of his fellow veteran from Afghanistan Matt Bringloe, who was part of the Tribal Police. When a connection comes through to a cold case that is decades old, they start to find secret motives and agendas. Now Danny has to do his best to put together more clues before someone else falls victim to a killer.

As a result, a myriad of things unfold, from cattle rustling to a magic mushroom drug operation to more unsolved murders to a shootout at a remote ranch, racing against time to a ghost town, and then the ultimate final stand in a location that no one could have seen coming.

This is a thrill ride from start to finish that will have readers turning the pages to find out what happens! Follow along with these heroes and check out all of the suspenseful action by grabbing a copy of Frontier Outlaws by Michael Cardwell today.