SINGING CREEK
A Nathan Wolf Novel
Award winning author, James Duermeyer continues the saga of lawman Nathan Wolf in this exciting historical fiction story of the old West. His story is set in the period following reconstruction in America’s history, when former Southern slaves migrated to Kansas to pursue the dream of owning their own land. But the reputation of “bloody Kansas” was still alive, with disreputable outlaws creating evil havoc in this gripping novel of the old West.
Nathan Wolf has moved from Iowa to southeast Kansas to become a U.S. Marshal and marry the beautiful and indomitable Claire May. Barely into the job, Marshal Wolf is confronted with multiple crimes. Are they connected? Cattle rustling, extortion, bank robbery, and a twenty-year-old cold case murder of two black settlers keep Wolf and the reader guessing. As if that was not enough to hand to the lawman, a kidnapping is thrown into the mix for good measure. Wolf, a lawman of strong character, investigative skills, and intuition, must dig to the bottom of the crimes while narrowly escaping attempts on his life and the lives of his new wife and family at the hands of a ruthless gang.
Singing Creek is the second book in the Nathan Wolf series, following Trail of the Outlaw.
REVIEWS & ENDORSEMENTS
Roundup Magazine, February 2026
SINGING CREEK is the second and installment of James Duermeyer’s Nathan Wolf series set in and around Chanute, Kansas. SINGING CREEK portrays the activities of the Ku Klux Clan that occurred after the Civil War in the late 1860s and beyond. These activities lead U.S. Marshal Nathan Wolf on an adventure trying to solve recent cattle rustling problems that include his neighbors and could lead to his family’s ranch. While investigating cattle rustling, he discovers a murder that happened 20 years earlier. As the story progresses the two are tied together. The story is full of excitement, but read the introduction, which lays out the story’s background.
– Lowell F. Volk
Western Writers of America, Book Reviews
JAMES DUERMEYER
SINGING CREEK – book by James Duermeyer
Great read. Best book yet!Makes you want to keep reading to see what will happen with Marshal Wolf. Can’t wait for the next one!
Amazon customer
Reviewed on January 23, 2026
SINGING CREEK – book by James Duermeyer
“Awesome book! Great story … the book was so interesting that I didn’t want to put it down! Loved this book!”
Amazon customer
Reviewed on February 2, 2018
JENKINS GROUP & INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS.COM
The Silver Medal Winner: Best Regional Fiction has been awarded to James Duermeyer for his book, SINGING CREEK.
Independent Publisher Book Awards 2018
(22nd Annual Awards)
E-MAIL MESSAGE
Dear Jim,
I am really enjoying the continuing adventures of US Marshal Nathan Wolf in your series of books. I feel as though I know Nathan and Clair May so well that they have become like family members, so I have added them to my Christmas card list! Keep writing!
(an Iowa reader)
December 2024
