Keith McCafferty

1 series 8 books in order

Keith McCafferty is the survival and outdoor skills editor of Field & Stream, and the author of the Sean Stranahan mystery series which includes The Royal Wulff Murders, The Gray Ghost Murders (selected by the Oprah Book Club as one of the “5 Addictive New Mysteries We Can’t Put Down”), Dead Man’s Fancy, Crazy Mountain Kiss, which won the 2016 Spur Award for Best Western Contemporary Novel, and Buffalo Jump Blues. Winner of the Traver Award for angling literature, he is a two-time National Magazine awards finalist. He lives with his wife in Bozeman, Montana.

Known for: A Sean Stranahan Mystery

Series by Keith McCafferty

A Sean Stranahan Mystery

8 books in order · 2012–2020

The Royal Wulff Murders

2012 · Keith McCafferty

The first novel in the clever and fast-paced Sean Stranahan Mystery Series.When a fishing guide reels in the body of a young man on the Madison, the…
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The Gray Ghost Murders

2013 · Keith McCafferty

Montana’s favorite fly fisherman detective is back on the case in the second installment of the Sean Stranahan Mystery Series When the graves of two…
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Dead Man's Fancy

2014 · Keith McCafferty

The third novel starring Montana's fly fisherman-cum-detective Sean Stranahan, for fans of C. J. Box and Craig Johnson Wolves howl as a riderless…
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Crazy Mountain Kiss

2015 · Keith McCafferty

Winner of the Spur Award for Best Western Contemporary Novel In the fourth novel in the acclaimed Sean Stranahan mystery series, PI Stranahan and…
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Buffalo Jump Blues

2016 · Keith McCafferty

In the fifth novel in the Sean Stranahan mystery series, Montana's favorite fly fisherman-detective tackles a case of lost love, murder, and wildlife…
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Cold Hearted River

2017 · Keith McCafferty

In the sixth novel in the acclaimed Sean Stranahan mystery series, Montana's favorite detective finds himself on the trail of Ernest Hemingway's…
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A Death in Eden

2018 · Keith McCafferty

"Keith McCafferty is a top-notch, first-rate, can't-miss novelist." --C.J. Box, #1 New York Times bestselling author When scarecrows appear in the…
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The Bangtail Ghost

2020 · Keith McCafferty

"Keith McCafferty is a top-notch, first-rate, can't-miss novelist." --C.J. Box, #1 New York Times bestselling author In Montana's Gravelly Range, paw…
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How many books has Keith McCafferty written?

We list 8 books by Keith McCafferty across 1 series, published between 2012–2020 — each shown in full reading order.

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