Cafferty & Quinn Books in Order

Cafferty & Quinn follows an antiques dealer and a private investigator whose work brings them into contact with objects carrying dangerous histories. Heather Graham sets the series in New Orleans, using the city’s shops, older buildings, and hidden corners as part of the investigations. Danni Cafferty inherits her father’s business, but the inheritance includes responsibilities she did not expect. Michael Quinn has his own experience of unusual threats, making their partnership a way to investigate crimes that do not fit comfortably within an ordinary explanation.

Let the Dead Sleep begins with a centuries-old bust stolen from a grave. Its current owner brings it to Danni’s shop on Royal Street, but the object disappears before a sale can take place. The owner is then found dead. For Danni, the incident turns an unusual potential acquisition into a reason to question what her father’s business involved. The shop contains a volume of mysterious writing associated with defeating evil entities, something she has previously treated as little more than a curiosity.

Quinn has no such luxury of disbelief.

A former police officer working as a private investigator, he believes the bust must be found and destroyed. Its history links it to earlier deaths, making possession of it something more serious than a dispute between collectors. Danni and Quinn follow the object through the French Quarter and places associated with the region’s older history. Their attraction develops within that search, while their different starting points create a need to exchange knowledge. Danni knows the shop and its inheritance; Quinn understands why the apparent impossibility of a threat does not make it safe to ignore.

Waking the Dead continues their work through a painting associated with violent deaths. The change from sculpture to canvas preserves the series’ central interest in objects that can carry danger into ordinary rooms. A work of art may be admired, bought, or displayed without its new owner understanding its past. That makes provenance part of the mystery. The partners must consider what an object has been, who has handled it, and why its presence may matter to events happening now. Their continuing relationship gives those investigations a personal foundation alongside the supernatural questions.

Start with Let the Dead Sleep, followed by Waking the Dead, then continue in publication order through the connected stories. The tone combines paranormal mystery, adult romance, and New Orleans atmosphere. Readers who enjoy haunted artifacts will find that interest central here, with the shop providing a natural point where unusual histories can enter the present. The recurring challenge is recognizing the difference between an object that merely looks disturbing and one whose history has become an active danger. Danni and Quinn’s partnership exists to confront the consequences when that boundary is crossed.