Alafair Tucker Mysteries Books in Order

In the winter of 1912, abusive Harley Day is found dead and suspicion falls on his own son, the boy Alafair's daughter loves. To save two young lives, Alafair starts asking dangerous questions in a town full of grudges.

Alice Tucker falls hard for wealthy widower Walter Kelley, but Alafair distrusts him from the start. As she digs into the unsolved murder of Walter's first wife, she uncovers lies that reach all across Boynton.

After a gunman kills Bill McBride, abducts his fiancee, and wounds Alafair's daughter Mary, the Tucker family is shattered. Mary's damaged memory may hold the key, if the killer does not strike again first.

Alafair heads to Enid to comfort her dying brother-in-law's family, only to find another crisis waiting. A missing relative, blackmail, and an old secret pull Alafair and her daughter Martha into a tense family mystery.

A hunting trip leads Shaw Tucker to a shallow grave, a ghostly warning, and a frightened Creek boy seeking justice. When the boy is murdered under Shaw's nose, the past comes after the Tucker family with deadly force.

Alafair travels to Tempe, Arizona, hoping dry air will help her sick daughter Blanche recover. Instead she walks into border panic, family strain, and the murder of a charming young man with plenty of enemies.

A tornado tears through Boynton, leaving ruin, grief, and one especially unwelcome corpse. When it turns out town bully Jubal Beldon was murdered before the storm hit, Alafair faces a long list of suspects and buried secrets.

Boynton is split by war fever, labor unrest, and fear of outsiders after America enters World War I. When sabotage and murder strike a local brick plant, Alafair must protect her family while finding who is turning neighbors against one another.

As the 1918 flu pandemic tears through Boynton, Alafair Tucker nurses the sick and notices two deaths that do not fit. With a frightened child as the only witness, she hunts a killer hiding behind quarantine and panic.

Home from World War I, Gee Dub Tucker is haunted by what he saw in France. When he helps a stranded young wife search for her missing husband, the man turns up dead and Gee Dub becomes the prime suspect.