The Long Forgotten Gary Paulsen Adventures for ADULTS

It's hard to believe but Gary Paulsen did write books that were not for children or young adults.

But The Murphy series is a gritty western that is definitely not for children. Violence and Adult Subjects! I've included the information on this series here because as far as I know it's not available anywhere else on the internet.

Murphy series

We haven't found out much about this series. In fact it took a while to even track down the descriptions of the books.

Some are available for pennies. Others for over a hundred dollars.

Murphy
Al Murphy is the sheriff of mining town that didn't find paydirt. Run down and struggling the small community still manages to had big town problems. is overcome with a feeling of chaos as a string of meaningless murders .... The n a young girl is found murdered, and the killer continues to strike, piling death upon death. But in Murphy's town nobody gets away with murder!

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Murphy's Gold

Al Murphy, sheriff of Cincherville, Colorado, searches for Wangsu, a missing Chinese man, and discovers the case involves a secret gold mine

Murphy's Herd

Al Murphy and Midge's plans to homestead go awry when an incident occurs that escalates into a bloody feud.

Murphy's War
When the lawless inhabitants of Fletcher, Wyoming, lynch a powerful Texan's son, Sheriff Al Murphy takes on the power-hungry feed store owner and his rowdy hired hands

Co-authored by Brian Burks

Murphy's Stand

Grieving over the death of his beloved Midge, Al Murphy, former sheriff of Cincherville, gets a new lease on life when his investigation into murder and intrigue involving a lucrative government contract leads to a struggle for survival.

Murphy's Ambush

In New Mexico, retired sheriff Al Murphy pins on his badge again after a rancher and his family are murdered by a band of Apaches. By the author of Murphy's Stand.

Murphy's Trail
Sheriff Al Murphy rushes to the aid of his friend Risa when her husband and sons disappear while on their way to report that cattleman Ben King has murdered two Mexican goat-herders, but he finds that going up against King is no easy task until he gets help from unlikely allies.


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