Alan Russell Books in Order

San Francisco private investigator Stuart Winter searches for Anita Walters, a deaf heiress who taught sign language to a gorilla. With the animal possibly holding a vital clue, Winter must uncover what happened before a disappearance becomes a murder.

Private investigator Stuart Winter travels to redwood country after environmental activist Christopher Shepard dies beneath a falling branch. His friends suspect murder, and Winter finds a community divided by logging, activism, money, and old grudges.

When the Hotel California's security chief leaves, assistant manager Am Caulfield inherits the job at the worst possible moment. A suspicious death, thefts, a chaotic convention, and a double murder force the laid-back ex-surfer to become a real detective.

Hotel detective Am Caulfield faces new owners, odd conventions, and a murder at the Hotel California. When a doctor exposing fraudulent New Age claims is poisoned, Am and a reporter dig into the victim's past to find the killer.

Detective Orson Cheever investigates the murder of an art dealer whose client, sculptor Holly Troy, has dissociative identities named for Greek figures. As each personality offers clues and contradictions, Cheever must untangle the crime from Holly's traumatic past.

Caleb Parker has spent his life hiding that his father was the executed serial killer called Shame. When new murders echo the old crimes, Caleb becomes a suspect and joins true-crime writer Elizabeth Line to uncover who is using his family history.

Paparazzo Graham Wells carries a secret from a fatal celebrity chase in Paris. Blackmailed into dirty work, he stumbles onto a Hollywood star in crisis, and one decent act leaves him facing enemies who can destroy far more than his career.

Hotel auditor Will Travis rescues Claire Harrington from an apparent attack at a Chesapeake Bay inn. Claire believes her congressman father's suicide was really murder, and her search for proof pulls Will into a deadly presidential-election conspiracy.

Mystery writers Alan Russell and Ken Kuhlken turn a national television appearance into a comic road trip. Convinced their lack of fame must be someone else's fault, the two authors chase recognition and find book promotion can be its own madness.

Still scarred by a fire that caught the Santa Ana Strangler, LAPD detective Michael Gideon and Sirius join the Special Cases Unit. Their first investigation begins when the son of a Hollywood producer is found crucified in a city park.

Suspended San Diego cop Nick Pappas agrees to go undercover as a mall Santa to catch violent muggers. The job brings him into the lives of children and families who need help, giving a troubled officer an unexpected chance to rebuild.

On a business trip to Alaska, Nina Granville is abducted by a man who holds her in a remote cabin surrounded by frozen wilderness. With no help in sight, she must outlast her captor, the cold, and her own fear.

LAPD detective Michael Gideon and Sirius investigate a vanished hero who stopped a school shooter and a homeless man's strange account of a fallen angel. When their witness is killed, the cases lead toward a dangerous human explanation.

After Sirius saves an injured stray from coyotes, Michael Gideon tries to find the dog's owner. The search reveals that Heather Moreland has vanished, turning one lost dog's desperate journey into a race to find a woman in danger.

Seven years after Stella Pierce disappears from her bedroom, she returns as a teenager with an unbelievable story about traveling through space. Detective Orson Cheever reopens the case as outside forces close in and the truth grows harder to identify.

Michael Gideon's prison visits with serial killer Ellis Haines point to a new murderer leaving messages for the Weatherman. Meanwhile, Gideon and Sirius try to save Emily, a wounded pit bull, and expose the dogfighting ring that abused her.

When a Bel Air woman dies from a rattlesnake bite, Michael Gideon and Sirius uncover links to a powerful Los Angeles cult. Their search runs alongside a more personal threat, as the All-In Killer begins steering his deadly game toward Gideon.

Michael Gideon and his K-9 partner Sirius face the returning All-In Killer, whose threats have become painfully personal. As an ecoterrorist bombing and a missing bomb-sniffing dog create another crisis, Gideon must protect his family while closing in on a deadly enemy.