Christopher Geoffrey McPherson Books in Order

Eames the cat explains what happens to felines after they have used their nine lives. This illustrated children's story imagines their existence beyond death, offering young readers a way to think about beloved pets and loss.

Stories range from unappreciated books that run away to a grandmother revealing family secrets and souls meeting across successive lives. This collection explores mortality, memory, difficult choices, and the possibility of connections that outlast death.

Childhood friends Carole and Irene face wartime separation, rationing, and uncertainty in Maryland. While Irene works at an aircraft factory, Carole struggles to keep her promise to wait for Philip, who has joined Army aviation.

American expatriates Sarah and Gerald enjoy money, friendship, and family life in postwar Paris. Gerald's ambitious painting promises artistic recognition, but the consequences of that success threaten the happiness they have taken for granted.

A major earthquake strikes near future San Francisco, endangering an underwater transit tunnel. Three men connected to Karen Miller and an ambitious journalist become entangled in a survival story shaped by rivalry, love, and catastrophe.

Department store clerk and aspiring writer James Murray discovers his friend Bess murdered at work. Following a threatening note, he investigates alongside screen star Buddy Rogers, while a parallel narrative gives his hardboiled counterpart another case.

Young screenwriter James Murray investigates fires, thefts, and other sabotage disrupting a Hollywood studio's productions. In a parallel version of 1930s Los Angeles, his hardboiled counterpart must discover who is trying to blame him.

On a seemingly harmonious planet where manufacturing babies sustains society, factory worker Hiperyan develops an unexplained illness. When the healers treating her suffer suspicious accidents, her mate Dion and his friend Conr begin investigating.

A visit to Los Angeles's new observatory draws James Murray into the kidnapping of a scientist. As he investigates German speaking abductors, his hardboiled counterpart follows a parallel mystery involving threats and a mysterious numbered document.

Struggling after his girlfriend's departure, James Murray investigates threats against baseball players whose secrets are being used for extortion. His hardboiled counterpart pursues the same kind of danger in a parallel version of 1930s Los Angeles.

James Murray and journalist wife Arden St. Johns investigate a medium holding séances for Hollywood elites. Claims that an actress's dead niece seeks revenge draw them into a mystery mirrored by James's hardboiled fictional counterpart.

This reference guide explains the historical settings, real people, cultural references, and authorial choices behind five James Murray mysteries. Entries connect the novels' fictional characters and incidents with the places and personalities of 1930s Los Angeles.

In a near future America with strict gun controls, a single firearm passes through many hands. Twenty two linked stories follow the people who find, sell, steal, or use it, tracing the consequences for their lives.

A starving pregnant cat finds a possible refuge during a fierce storm, beginning the adventures of Myobu in ancient Japan. This fantasy follows the remembered cat through a journey that connects her struggle for safety with a lasting legend.

An overlooked manuscript leads to the story of Dina Lamont, an actress whose rise through vaudeville and Hollywood ended in obscurity. Tracing her career reveals how a celebrated star’s life could disappear from the public memory.