Charlene Weir Books in Order

Recently married Susan Wren becomes a widow when her husband, Hampstead's police chief, is murdered. Staying in the unfamiliar Kansas town, the former San Francisco officer takes his job and searches for his killer despite local resistance.

Police chief Susan Wren investigates the murder of a young woman newly arrived in Hampstead. A college administrator's disappearance complicates the case, while frightened residents, bad weather, and pressure from the mayor threaten to derail her inquiry.

When a doctor is shot in her office, a young girl staying with Susan Wren is critically wounded. Susan's investigation becomes personal as she examines the respected Barrington family and discovers conflicts beneath its apparently unified surface.

A Hollywood production brings excitement to Hampstead until a stuntwoman dies during filming. Police chief Susan Wren investigates the crew's volatile relationships and threatening messages to the star, wondering whether the victim was the intended target.

A furnace repair during a bitter Kansas winter ends with a dead man in a single mother's basement. Battling illness and holiday pressures, police chief Susan Wren investigates a neighborhood where witnesses may be withholding dangerous secrets.

A presidential campaign brings political reporter Sean Donovan to Hampstead and back into his cousin Susan Wren's life. When deaths connect to the candidate's past, Susan investigates secrets surrounding an old forest fire and the governor's closest associates.

Fleeing her abusive policeman husband, Cary Black seeks shelter in Hampstead and assumes the identity of a missing woman. Police chief Susan Wren investigates as dangers from both women's pasts converge on Cary's increasingly precarious refuge.

Sheriff's deputy Maddie Martin leaves Kansas for a new job in Mira Vista, California. Missing women, unconventional stem-cell research, troubled families, and her former husband's murder draw her into a dangerous investigation that disrupts her fresh start.