Andrew G. Nelson Books in Order

Retired detective and former Navy SEAL James Maguire searches for his high school sweetheart after she disappears following a car crash. Returning to the Adirondacks, he encounters determined resistance, including from her husband, the local sheriff.

After months pursuing an elusive serial killer, James Maguire receives an offer to return to the NYPD from an old friend. The opportunity collides with an increasingly dangerous hunt as revenge threatens to dictate the next move.

After alcohol derails her NYPD career, Alex Taylor becomes police chief in a quiet New Hampshire town. The discovery of a young woman's body in a lake exposes secrets that make her fresh start unexpectedly dangerous.

New York reels from a terrorist attack as racial tensions rise. Deputy Commissioner James Maguire follows connections through espionage and deception, uncovering a crisis whose consequences may reach from Washington to the Middle East.

A boy disappears during Penobscot's Founder's Day celebration, drawing Chief Alex Taylor into an urgent search. Suspicion falls on his estranged father, but the investigation uncovers hidden troubles reaching beyond the small town she is responsible for protecting.

Detective Angelo Antonucci reopens Katherine White's murder after her influential father disputes the original investigation's conclusions. With political pressure mounting and evidence still pointing toward the established account, finding the truth could put Antonucci's career at risk.

Andrew G. Nelson traces the history of the NYPD Emergency Service Unit through its insignia. Photographs and historical context document patches used by its squads and the Housing and Transit Police rescue units later incorporated into it.

James Maguire's Christmas plans with his fiancée are disrupted by an attack on a senior police officer. Working with Commissioner Stargold, he must identify the assailant before another strike deepens the danger facing the department.

Alex Taylor is troubled by nightmares involving a victim from her NYPD past. After a deadly encounter brings scrutiny from investigators, she must confront questions about her own actions and whether she can trust her memories.

This illustrated follow-up examines challenge coins associated with the NYPD Emergency Service Unit, from early examples to restricted membership issues. It also documents coins connected with the Housing and Transit Police rescue units absorbed into the organization.

A woman's body is found in a Brooklyn park clutching rosary beads, recalling murders attributed to a convicted priest. Detective Angelo Antonucci must determine whether a copycat is operating or the earlier case concealed a disturbing mistake.

An NYPD first responder reflects on the September 11 attacks and the religious questions they raised for him. Drawing on his experience as a detective, Andrew G. Nelson investigates suffering, belief, and the existence of God.

An apparent suicide leads newly appointed Commissioner James Maguire into a web of political influence and sexual secrets. His fiancée's potential job with a presidential contender adds personal complications as the investigation tests whom he can trust.

NYPD detective Karl Sigurdsson becomes a witness in a murder investigation that implicates his new girlfriend. Trying to help her draws him into vampire politics, where a struggle for power threatens to spill into the human world.

The discovery of an informant's long-hidden body revives questions about a narcotics investigation involving a Brooklyn precinct. Angelo Antonucci and Tonya Jeffries follow connections among police, family, and internal investigators to uncover what happened years earlier.

Six murdered women are connected by poems but seemingly little else. Helping state police investigate, Alex Taylor follows a troubling hunch while institutional politics complicate the hunt for a killer who may already be choosing another victim.

A covert mission against a Mexican cartel leaves Navy SEAL James Maguire betrayed and abandoned. With help from an old military friend and a reluctant Mexican police officer, he hunts the insider responsible while trying to survive.