Chase Gordon Tropical Thrillers Books in Order

A former Marine living aboard a sailboat agrees to help an old comrade’s wife find her missing husband. The search carries Chase Gordon into drug trafficking and federal investigations between South Florida and the Bahamas, where loyalty becomes entangled with dangerous secrets.

Chase witnesses a skipper’s kidnapping near an isolated Bahamian cay and finds the man’s teenage daughter hiding aboard. Protecting her draws him into the kidnappers’ pursuit, forcing him to locate her father before the men hunting them can return.

Rescuing a woman from an attempted kidnapping draws Chase into a search for a missing German submarine carrying gold. Neo-Nazis pursue the same treasure, making an investigation into wartime history a dangerous contest both above and beneath the sea.

Chase witnesses an aircraft crash and rescues its only survivor, only to discover that someone is trying to kill her. Protecting the woman becomes a search for the people behind the threat before their next attempt reaches her.

A carjacking leaves a mother and child dead and an infant missing, provoking a father’s violent pursuit of the killers. Chase joins the hunt and discovers the grieving man has a classified past connected to his own, complicating the race to save the baby.

Chase’s sister arrives seeking help after her son runs away. Following the missing boy’s trail uncovers bodies and a powerful criminal pursuing him too, turning a family search into an urgent effort to reach the teenager before his other hunter.

A missing cartel lieutenant places Chase between rival traffickers and federal agents who suspect he is working for one side. Finding the man who once tried to kill him becomes the only way to escape the misunderstanding before South Florida erupts into open conflict.

A treasure hunter’s disappearance sends Chase into the remote Gulf Coast, where officials deny knowing anything about her. Smugglers and violent local powers obstruct the search, suggesting she uncovered a historical secret that someone controlling the region is determined to protect.

Chase wakes in a Havana hotel beside evidence of a murder he cannot remember and narrowly escapes the arriving police. Without allies or identification, he follows the people who framed him into a cross-border conspiracy while trying to protect others caught in it.

Recovering from a gunshot wound aboard his sailboat, Chase hopes to avoid more trouble. An attack at the marina instead reconnects him with old enemies and a local criminal conspiracy, forcing him back into violence before he has fully healed.

An exploding yacht leaves Chase with evidence suggesting deliberate destruction rather than an accident. Continuing toward Mexico draws intelligence operatives, criminals and bereaved relatives into his path, revealing a weapons-related conspiracy whose participants need his discovery erased.

A murdered woman recovered beside Chase’s marina draws him toward a trafficking network operating along Florida’s coast. Another young woman’s danger gives the investigation urgency, forcing him to challenge criminals who rely on fear and silence to keep their activities concealed.

A lunch with his former commander is shattered when a sniper kills a senator and wounds Chase’s mentor. Pursuing the shooter reveals a carefully organized operation, putting former teammates at risk as powerful people work to bury the truth behind the assassination.

A rescue attempt aboard a sinking yacht leaves Chase with coordinates leading to a submerged Soviet spy ship. Mercenaries and demolition charges suggest someone wants its secrets destroyed, forcing him to survive an underwater confrontation while an ally watches the surface.

A woman asks Chase to locate her missing diver brother, whose log points toward a submerged aircraft. Attempts to steal the evidence reveal the wreck’s importance to dangerous men, drawing the pair into an underwater search where finding answers may trigger further violence.