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Blue Moon Investigations: Sacramento Books in Order

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Find the Blue Moon Investigations: Sacramento books by Steve Higgs in reading order, with short summaries to help you choose a book and follow the series.

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Blue Moon Investigations: Sacramento books in publication order

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1

Doppelganger Danger

by Steve Higgs

2022

Sacramento paranormal detective August Watson takes three cases involving apparent doubles, from a vengeful ghost to a woman accused of theft while away. Their connections suggest a shapeshifter, but investigating the hidden lies places his own life at risk.

2

Nightmare Scare

by Steve Higgs

2022

Paranormal investigator August Watson heads to the coast hoping to recover from his injuries. Instead, children are being hurt by a figure from their nightmares, turning his complicated family break into another dangerous case to solve.

3

Voodoo Blues

by Steve Higgs

2022

August Watson appoints himself Sacramento's paranormal investigator, determined to expose the truth behind its unexplained events. With an oversized sidekick and a school-skipping apprentice, his curiosity draws him into the city's strange and dangerous mysteries.

4

Monster Haunter

by Steve Higgs

2023

Daniel Quinn kidnaps Glacia and forces August Watson into a series of deadly games. Wanted by police and working alone, the paranormal investigator must confront his worst fears to save her before his enemy's trap closes.

5

Possession Obsession

by Steve Higgs

2023

A terrified family asks August Watson to investigate the entity they believe has possessed their daughter. Unable to return home safely, they depend on Sacramento's paranormal investigator to uncover the truth behind the frightening presence.

6

Undead Dread

by Steve Higgs

2023

After a killer targets someone he loves, paranormal investigator August Watson searches for answers and revenge. Meanwhile, he directs his anger toward the supposed Vampire of Sacramento, a serial killer stalking victims in the shadows.

7

Mermaid Charade

by Steve Higgs

2024

Maya Adler investigates a ghost ship during a research trip to Alaska. Five apparent survivors offer conflicting memories, drawing her into a mystery that becomes too dangerous to abandon once she glimpses the truth.

8

Abduction Destruction

by Steve Higgs

2025

People vanish in rural California and return claiming alien abduction, while an Air Force pilot reports a close encounter. August Watson seeks a rational explanation, but a missing teammate makes the investigation urgently personal.

9

Loch Ness Distress

by Steve Higgs

2025

Reports of the Loch Ness Monster halt a developer's Scottish construction project, bringing August Watson to investigate. When the situation turns deadly, he calls Tempest Michaels for help uncovering whether the evidence conceals a trap.

10

Roanoke Hoax

by Steve Higgs

2025

Maya disappears while investigating a doomsday cult, leaving August Watson with a troubling note. He must locate her and the secretive group before a planned New Year's Eve event that may involve a human sacrifice.

Blue Moon Investigations: Sacramento books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Voodoo Blues"

    Voodoo Blues

    by Steve Higgs

    2022Blue Moon Investigations: Sacramento, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Doppelganger Danger"

    Doppelganger Danger

    by Steve Higgs

    2022Blue Moon Investigations: Sacramento, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Nightmare Scare"

    Nightmare Scare

    by Steve Higgs

    2022Blue Moon Investigations: Sacramento, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Undead Dread"

    Undead Dread

    by Steve Higgs

    2023Blue Moon Investigations: Sacramento, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Monster Haunter"

    Monster Haunter

    by Steve Higgs

    2023Blue Moon Investigations: Sacramento, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Possession Obsession"

    Possession Obsession

    by Steve Higgs

    2023Blue Moon Investigations: Sacramento, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "Mermaid Charade"

    Mermaid Charade

    by Steve Higgs

    2024Blue Moon Investigations: Sacramento, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "Abduction Destruction"

    Abduction Destruction

    by Steve Higgs

    2025Blue Moon Investigations: Sacramento, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "Roanoke Hoax"

    Roanoke Hoax

    by Steve Higgs

    2025Blue Moon Investigations: Sacramento, Book 9
  10. Book cover for "Loch Ness Distress"

    Loch Ness Distress

    by Steve Higgs

    2025Blue Moon Investigations: Sacramento, Book 10

Series background & context

Blue Moon Investigations: Sacramento centers on August Watson, a paranormal private investigator trying to leave an unwelcome past behind. His work already brings him into contact with frightening claims and dangerous cases, but a figure in the background has more personal intentions. Someone wants to make him suffer, turning the problems arriving at his agency into something that may be connected to his own history.

Avoiding the past doesn't make it disappear.

August's role places him outside the ordinary boundaries of police work. Clients come to a paranormal investigator because they believe something unusual needs an explanation, and that leaves him facing claims other professionals may dismiss. The Sacramento setting gives this branch an American base and its own recurring detective. It also makes his everyday business vulnerable to an adversary who understands that causing trouble for an investigator can mean endangering the people around him as well.

The sequence starts with Voodoo Blues, then continues through Doppelganger Danger, Nightmare Scare, and Undead Dread. Its cases include hauntings and threats associated with vampires, creating an uneasy mixture of investigation and supernatural suspense. August has to respond to the problem immediately in front of him, but the larger story asks whether those problems are occurring independently. That possibility adds another task: noticing the pattern before it becomes impossible to protect the people who matter to him.

The recurring team at Blue Moon gives the books continuity beyond a single client or frightening event. They have work to do together, and August's personal danger affects more than his own safety. The central conflict therefore stretches between professional responsibility and private reckoning. He can't deal honestly with the present while pretending every part of his past is irrelevant, yet the pressure of an active case may give him little time to understand how the two connect.

Begin with Voodoo Blues and follow the publication sequence to track both the individual investigations and the continuing threat. The books suit readers who want a paranormal mystery with an ongoing adversary rather than a detective whose life resets after each case. Sacramento's Blue Moon agency has its own identity within the wider collection, with August's history supplying a personal reason the danger keeps intensifying. As the cases develop, his challenge is to separate an immediate mystery from the intentions behind it and decide how to act when someone else's plan appears to be shaping his choices. Finding an explanation is only useful if he can keep the people caught in that plan alive long enough to escape it.

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