It’s 1899, and when his best friend is arrested for the murder of a notorious gangster, gentleman adventurer John Granville is determined to hunt down the real killer.To save his friend, Granville must dive into the seedy side of the city—the burlesque halls, gambling joints, and opium dens that line reeking mudflats. He finds allies along the way, including Emily Turner, the emancipated daughter of a very Victorian father. But with a fortune in Klondike gold and Chine...

In 1900, sleek steamliners bridged the vast distance between the Far East and North America. On the West Coast, they brought rare goods and news to cities that still held elements of the rough and tumble frontier. Creating a perfect breeding ground for confidence men and smugglers.A challenge from a lethal gangster pits John Granville and Emily Turner against a shadowy villain who lurks behind the scenes. One who may have pulled invisible strings on their last case.

The Hidden City Murders opens on a sultry August day in 1900. John Granville and Emily Turner have just wrapped up the Cannery Row case, and are ready for a well deserved break. Alas, it is not to be.Granville’s indispensable lawyer is under attack, and turns to Granville for help. Before Granville and his partner can react, their lawyer is attacked and left for dead. Granville swears the guilty parties won’t get away with this. Not on his watch, they won’t.Emily j...

An unscrupulous prospector promises John Granville a fortune to find a gold mine that legend says is protected by more than secrecy.Torn between his pledge to find a missing child and his vow to redeem his late client’s promises, Granville finds himself targeted by murderous claim jumpers who want the mine—if it exists—for their own greedy purposes.Meanwhile Granville’s engagement to Emily is bringing them too much attention, of the lethal kind.In this sequel to the...

When human bones are found in a vat of lye on Steveston’s notorious Cannery Row, John Granville is hired to find out why.In a time of frontier brawls and broken dreams, the fishing industry is vital to the survival of the young province and the people who live there. Tensions from a recent fishing strike abound, and Cannery Row is a tinderbox. Can Granville find the killer and identify the victim in time to prevent all-out war?The Cannery Row Murders is a sharp-witted and e...

Hired to find young Rupert Weston, John Granville faces treachery on a scale he never imagined...Hired to find a Remittance Man who is suddenly heir to an Earldom, Granville quickly learns the fellow hasn’t been seen in months. He can’t trust his client. He can’t trust the facts he’s been given.Digging deeper, Granville uncovers unsettling questions. Has the man taken his own life? Or is there something more sinister at play? And then the shooting starts.

A trail of fraud, double-dealing and murder lead to a killerWhen P.I. Barbara O’Grady’s best friend Andrea is arrested for murder, Barbara takes on the case. Which goes against her better judgement, but what can she do? Andrea is in trouble.Desperate to clear her friend, Barbara still can't ignore a 12 year-old boy’s cry for help. Torn between two clients, Barbara races the clock to save them both. With a little help from Nick, the sexy insurance salesman–o...

P. I. Barbara O’Grady has built her reputation on impossible cases, but the Swiss art dealer facing fraud and betrayal at her internationally known art gallery takes impossible to new heights.Someone has it in for Annegret Carli and her renowned gallery. What starts with rumors of fraud quickly escalates to forged old masters. And murder.Now it’s up to Barbara and her team to uncover the truth and save her client’s reputation and career. Or it may be all their lives on the ...

P. I. Barbara O’Grady has a snarky sense of humor, an affinity for impossible cases, and a past she pretends doesn’t matter. When she takes yet another cheating husband case, Barbara quickly finds herself tangled up in decades-old secrets. And chasing a killer.With a client she admires but can’t—quite—trust, and the murders piling up, nothing is making sense. Except Barbara’s uneasy feeling that she’s running out of time.As Barbara searches for answers buried deep in the pa...

When a young Englishman is accused of fraud, Granville and Scott take the case as a favor to a friend. Even though the two know more about searching for gold—though not finding it—than they do about real estate fraud.The resulting scramble to extricate their client involves them in a break-in and two murders, drawing Granville—and his fiancée Emily Turner—deeper into the murky side of real estate than they’d ever imagined.With their client panicking and the witnesses dying,...

The art world is deadlier than it looks...In the fifth book of this fast-paced, wryly humorous series, Barbara O’Grady is now a seasoned private investigator who is finally living her dream. And then all hell breaks loose.The assistant manager at an internationally acclaimed local art gallery—herself a promising young artist—has vanished. And Barbara’s new client is the missing woman’s sister. Who fears her sister is targeted for murder.

Meet Private Investigator Barbara O’Grady. With her snarky sense of humor and her affinity for impossible cases, she’s a magnet for trouble. Then add in the past she pretends doesn’t matter…This set includes the first 3 full length novels in the series:DEATH OF A SECRET - Private Investigator Barbara O’Grady hunts a killer in an investigation with roots deep in the past. What long-buried secrets must she uncover —and who will pay?DEATH OF A THREAT - When her best fr...