Charlie Mack Motown Mystery Books in Order

Detroit private investigator Charlie Mack travels to Alabama on a missing-person case that opens into a family's long-hidden secrets. As a double murder complicates the search, Charlie faces danger alongside questions about her own life.

Attacks threaten Detroit's international auto show, sending Charlie Mack and her investigative team after a conspiracy stretching across national borders. Tracking financial connections becomes urgent as they search for explosives before the city's major event turns deadly.

Burned bodies among Detroit's homeless residents suggest a serial killer operating where few authorities are paying attention. When someone connected to her mother becomes a victim, Charlie Mack goes undercover amid drug trafficking and police corruption.

Charlie Mack's team must protect a client who hesitates before giving grand-jury testimony. Meanwhile, Charlie's jury service draws her into a criminal conspiracy, with attempts to influence a trial threatening both her work and personal life.

Charlie Mack's former husband becomes a murder suspect and disappears, prompting his new wife to hire Charlie to find him. The investigation also unsettles Charlie's relationship with Mandy, who worries about her feelings for her ex.

A wave of attacks on Detroit's religious communities brings Charlie Mack a case after an imam is killed. His children seek answers outside the police, while Charlie follows clues toward a hate group and wider political connections.