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The Ghosts of Buffalo Crossing: Deputy Jordan Tynes Modern Westerns 5
“Unexpected twists and turns!”
“Great characters, plenty of action, and surprises.”
“Makes me think of Walt Longmire and Joe Picket.”
Park County Sheriff Jordan Tynes confronts a crime that has baffled previous sheriffs for fourteen What happened to the Colson brothers? Only George Black Crow, a Crow Indian, survived, and he won’t talk. From the celebrated novelist, Gregory C. Randall.
For two days, Sheriff Jordan Tynes and her team followed the trail described by the prospectors who had found the bodies. A trail that led to two gold miners murdered in an old log cabin deep within the Absaroka Mountains. Finding only bones, the sheriff confirmed that both had been shot. Additional evidence indicated the murders occurred at least fourteen years earlier. Were these the Colson brothers? After returning to Livingston, Montana, the Park County sheriff began her search for the killer and launched an investigation that would uncover a family hiding secrets far more dangerous and deadly than any murder case she and her deputies had ever faced.
This is the fifth book in Sheriff Jordan Tynes's modern Western mystery series. It tells a story of ancient Crow Indian beliefs, a twisted family of bootleggers and drug dealers, and the sheriff’s criminal investigation that relies as much on cunning as on facts. And it will break your heart.
“Great characters, plenty of action, and surprises.”
“Makes me think of Walt Longmire and Joe Picket.”
Park County Sheriff Jordan Tynes confronts a crime that has baffled previous sheriffs for fourteen What happened to the Colson brothers? Only George Black Crow, a Crow Indian, survived, and he won’t talk. From the celebrated novelist, Gregory C. Randall.
For two days, Sheriff Jordan Tynes and her team followed the trail described by the prospectors who had found the bodies. A trail that led to two gold miners murdered in an old log cabin deep within the Absaroka Mountains. Finding only bones, the sheriff confirmed that both had been shot. Additional evidence indicated the murders occurred at least fourteen years earlier. Were these the Colson brothers? After returning to Livingston, Montana, the Park County sheriff began her search for the killer and launched an investigation that would uncover a family hiding secrets far more dangerous and deadly than any murder case she and her deputies had ever faced.
This is the fifth book in Sheriff Jordan Tynes's modern Western mystery series. It tells a story of ancient Crow Indian beliefs, a twisted family of bootleggers and drug dealers, and the sheriff’s criminal investigation that relies as much on cunning as on facts. And it will break your heart.
263 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 17, 2026
About the author
Gregory C. Randall
42 books42 followersMichigan born and Chicago raised, Randall has made the San Francisco Bay Area his home with his wife for the last 45 years. A graduate of Michigan State with a degree in landscape architecture, Mr. Randall has 45 years of community design and urban planning experience. He has his own design firm, Randall Planning & Design, Inc., and has designed hundreds of residential, commercial and retail properties throughout the western United States.
Mr. Randall has enjoyed writing for many years but it has become a serious vocation in the last twenty years. His books almost always have an historical component and often reflect how the past has impacts on the present. Randall has developed all the cover cart for his books as well as the interior design, graphics, and overall formatting. This also includes ebook formatting.
Greg is the author of the five book series, The Sharon O’Mara Chronicles. The six book in the series is under development.
He is also developing the third book in the Detective Tony Alfano thriller noir series set in 1933 Chicago. The first book in the series, Chicago Swing, won the Silver Medal in the 2016 Global Ebook Awards. The second, Chicago Jazz, is now available.
His edgy young adult novel, Elk River, has won acclimation and awards from the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) and Northern California Book Publishers Association (BAIPA).
Mr. Randall and his wife have their own independent publishing company, Windsor Hill Publishing. He is a book cover designer and artist and is well versed in the ebook conversion process. All of his books are available through the usual sources.
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Mr. Randall has enjoyed writing for many years but it has become a serious vocation in the last twenty years. His books almost always have an historical component and often reflect how the past has impacts on the present. Randall has developed all the cover cart for his books as well as the interior design, graphics, and overall formatting. This also includes ebook formatting.
Greg is the author of the five book series, The Sharon O’Mara Chronicles. The six book in the series is under development.
He is also developing the third book in the Detective Tony Alfano thriller noir series set in 1933 Chicago. The first book in the series, Chicago Swing, won the Silver Medal in the 2016 Global Ebook Awards. The second, Chicago Jazz, is now available.
His edgy young adult novel, Elk River, has won acclimation and awards from the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) and Northern California Book Publishers Association (BAIPA).
Mr. Randall and his wife have their own independent publishing company, Windsor Hill Publishing. He is a book cover designer and artist and is well versed in the ebook conversion process. All of his books are available through the usual sources.
BLOGS: WWW.WRITING4DEATH.BLOGSPOT.COM
WWW.COGITOURBANUS.BLOGSPOT.COM
WEBB SITE: WWW.GREGORYCRANDALL.INFO
WWW.GREGORYCRANDALL.COM
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February 20, 2026
I am hoping that this book is not the end of the series - but, Jordan remains a badass Sheriff and now she has Jennie and Troy in her life. Life is good!
April 22, 2026
All hell breaks loose, literally.
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