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When Ranger Andy Pickard is sent to central Texas to investigate a series of killings and cattle thefts, two prominent cattlemen are prime suspects.

Cowboy Hewey Calloway loves to ride the open range like a solitary sailor on an endless sea.

Young Texas Ranger Andy Pickard vows to track down the bank robber he thinks killed his friend and mentor.

The Rangers are reorganizing and Rusty Shannon is the most sought-after veteran for reenlistment; however, he has other plans.

In 1861, men are enlisting in the Texas Mounted Rifles to keep the land free from Indian raids. There are larger conflicts, however.

In the midst of a long-standing family feud, three Rangers must fight to keep order in the tenuous state of post-Civil War Texas.

In the aftermath of a bitter and bloody war for independence, Texans have finally claimed their freedom from Mexico--but they don't have much else to brag about.

Rancher Blair Bishop of Two Forks, Texas, has too many enemies ... and they are closing in on him. Macy Modock, whom Bishop sent to prison ten years ago, is out of the hoosegow.

As a slave, Isaac Jefford went to war and saved the life of his master, Major Lytton.

When John Heppel, a visiting writer to Lochdubh, first proposes forming a writers' circle, the idea is met with much enthusiasm from local residents.

When local constable Hamish Macbeth calls on Effie Garrand, he is amazed to find the small woman still in residence after a particularly hideous winter.

Mrs. Gillespie, famous for being the best maid in the northwest of Sutherland, is found dead, struck down by a metal bucket. Knowing Mrs.

Amazing news has spread across the Scottish countryside. The most famous of highland bachelors, police sergeant Hamish Macbeth, will be married at last.

When Scotland is hit by the recession, Police Constable Hamish Macbeth notices that the Highland people are forced to come up with inventive ways to lure tourists to their sleepy towns.

Everyone in the sleepy Scottish town of Lochdubh adores elderly Mrs. Gentle--everyone but Hamish Macbeth, that is.