Books like Ralph Compton by David Robbins

Set in 1855 England, this historical crime tale follows Edward Pierce, a daring rogue who plots the Great Train Robbery, targeting a monthly gold shipment to the Channel—an audacious heist that promises to shock the Victorian era.

Marshal Shay McQuillan must track stagecoach robbers while grieving a murdered fiancée; his world is shocked when a twin brother appears and a hotel worker named Aislinn Lethaby offers a potential new love. Meanwhile, Tristan, the twin, seeks peace but finds his own romance entangled with his past.

Big Charlie Chilton knows better than to lose his temper, but when a loudmouth threatens to expose his long-buried secrets, he can't help but teach the man a lesson about keeping quiet. Unfortunately, it turns out the man was about to make an important supply run for the town marshal, and Marshal Watt knows just enough about Shotgun Charlie's past to draft him into service. The trek north would be treacherous enough with the snow and the threat of an Indian attack, but the ragtag drunkards running the freighting outfit make Charlie ill at ease. When bad blood springs up between them, Charlie is left for dead on the side of the mountain. But they should have made sure he was really gone, because the wounded bear of a man isn't going down without a fight, and he's ready to wreak vengeance on those who did him wrong....

Jack Cabb, the lone white survivor of the Battle of Little Bighorn, recounts his life‑changing adventures—from bodyguarding saloon owner Wild Bill Hickock to touring Europe with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show and serving as an interpreter for Sitting Bull.

Set during the Napoleonic wars, the novel follows a young woman's choice between three suitors: a sailor, a trumpetmajor, and the cowardly son of a local squire.

In 1930s Tulsa, Deputy US Marshal Carl Webster hunts bank‑robber Jack Belmont, a young outlaw determined to become a public enemy.

A lively western adventure following a young traveler through California’s gold camps, where action, camaraderie, and the quest for fortune drive the story.

A speculative twist on a frontier crisis, "Outlawed" blends alternate history with the looming threat of influenza, exploring how communities and midwives confront disease, infertility, and social marginality on the American West's frontier.

Two former cavalrymen reunite to defend a ranch from a Cheyenne raid and the ensuing conflict.

Two Scots immigrants settle in Montana in 1889, spending three decades building homes and families at the base of the Rockies.