Charlie Bradshaw Books in Order

Small-town policeman Charlie Bradshaw travels to New York to find the son of his former high-school love. The missing young man's involvement in a major drug deal makes Charlie unwelcome to nearly everyone, but stubbornness keeps him investigating.

Charlie Bradshaw leaves police work for a quieter job guarding a Saratoga stable, only for his employer to be shot while swimming. Investigating the murder leads him through the racing world's hidden dealings and a conspiracy reaching into powerful circles.

A former jockey scheduled to testify about race-fixing is murdered after seeking shelter with Charlie Bradshaw. Suspected of betraying the witness, Charlie must clear his name and find the killers while more violence closes around him.

Victor Plotz's sideline photographing tourists nearly gets him killed when a driver runs him down and steals his camera. Charlie Bradshaw investigates while a hotel murder and a missing waiter suggest links to a wider robbery scheme.

A gambling party in Saratoga ends in robbery, while a stolen painting and a murdered grocer leave Charlie Bradshaw juggling several problems. Following five serious gamblers may connect the crimes, but the investigation takes an increasingly dangerous turn.

The murder of a colleague draws Charlie Bradshaw into a mystery with an unexpected literary clue. A poem written in iambic pentameter may explain a series of deaths, if he can work out how its language connects them.

A man Charlie Bradshaw helped convict twenty years earlier leaves prison and begins sending threats against his life. As Charlie faces danger from the past, his longtime partner presses him for a commitment he has been avoiding.

A wealthy horse owner tells Charlie Bradshaw that his wife may be planning to kill him. When the man dies in an apparent accident, Charlie and Victor Plotz investigate whether his suspicions were justified and who benefits from his death.

Working at Saratoga's racetrack draws Victor Plotz into trouble surrounding a troublesome mare named Fleshpot. A disappearance, murders and suspicious followers threaten to make him the chief suspect, leaving Charlie Bradshaw to help clear his friend's name.

Victor Plotz agrees to collect a suitcase from Montreal, expecting easy money and little trouble. Instead, questionable helpers, criminals and a stripper turn the assignment into a mess that requires Charlie Bradshaw's intervention before Victor loses more than his fee.

Stripped of his investigator's licence, Charlie Bradshaw is trying to settle into retirement when a murder victim appears outside his home. Looking into the death risks prosecution, while a kidnapped horse provides another reason he cannot leave detective work behind.