Cal Claxton Books in Order

Former prosecutor Cal Claxton reluctantly helps a homeless Portland artist investigate his mother's unsolved murder. When the young man becomes a murder suspect himself, Cal must untangle both crimes amid public prejudice and his own doubts.

A fishing trip on Oregon's Deschutes River reunites lawyer Cal Claxton with a former lover and her husband. When the husband is murdered, missing belongings and the group's conflicts leave Cal facing suspicion himself.

Teenage graffiti artist Kelly witnesses a murder while climbing above a Portland parking lot, and the killer sees her. Lawyer Cal Claxton must find the frightened runaway before her silence or the murderer puts her beyond help.

Cal Claxton investigates a Wasco man's disappearance on the night a dam submerged Celilo Falls in 1957. Letters suggest foul play, but a witness's murder turns the decades-old mystery into an immediate threat to Cal.

When his vintner neighbor is accused of murdering his estranged wife, Cal Claxton agrees to help. The investigation exposes blackmail, valuable vineyard land, and secrets within Oregon's wine community as another death deepens the mystery.

Angela Wingate asks Cal Claxton to investigate whether her mother's fatal hit-and-run was murder. Questions about the family's property business uncover links to organized crime, pulling Cal into a dangerous dispute over a lucrative development.

A fishing vacation with his daughter becomes a murder investigation when Cal Claxton discovers a body near Coos Bay. A bookseller's plea to review her grandson's conviction draws them into the coastal community's concealed conflicts.

After his young assistant's family suffers a murder, Cal Claxton investigates alongside the grieving student. Fear of deportation keeps witnesses silent, leaving the pair to pursue dangerous people exploiting the vulnerabilities of Oregon's migrant community.