Cape Perdido Books in Order

A woman's murdered body washes ashore near Point Deception, reviving fears of an unsolved massacre years earlier. Deputy Rhoda Swift joins journalist Guy Newberry to investigate, confronting troubling questions about the community and the price of justice.

Fourteen years after his wife's disappearance destroyed his reputation, Matthew Lindstrom learns she may be alive in Cyanide Wells. Before he can confront her, she vanishes again, forcing him to seek answers with a local woman hiding her own secrets.

A corporation's plan to export water from a northern California river divides Cape Perdido. Environmental campaigners and residents confront old secrets as a sniper's shot transforms a fight over resources into a chain of violence and revenge.