Cruxys Solutions Investigations Books in Order
Part ofAdrian Magson Books in OrderThis page covers the Cruxys Solutions Investigations books by Adrian Magson in order, with summaries, series background, and where to start.
Last updated: June 30, 2026
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Cruxys Solutions Investigations books in publication order
2 books
The Locker
by Adrian Magson
2016
Nancy Hardman's daughter is kidnapped, and the kidnappers give her one instruction, tell her husband. The problem is that nobody can find him, leaving Ruth Gonzales and Andy Vaslik to untangle a nightmare before time runs out.
The Bid
by Adrian Magson
2017
When drone expert James Chadwick vanishes, Cruxys investigators Ruth Gonzales and Andy Vaslik follow his trail from London to New York. Their hunt reveals stolen drones and a plot with catastrophic targets in the United States.
Cruxys Solutions Investigations books in chronological order
Series background & context
Cruxys Solutions is one of those private companies that seems to sit just outside the usual lines of authority. It is not a police unit, not an intelligence service, and not a normal security business, either. When people have a problem too sensitive, too strange, or too dangerous for open handling, Cruxys is the number they call.
That gives this short series its identity. The books are structured around emergencies that already have a layer of secrecy built in. By the time Cruxys gets involved, somebody is missing, somebody is lying, and the obvious story does not add up. The investigators sent to sort it out are Ruth Gonzales and Andy Vaslik, who do the patient digging that secretive employers would often rather avoid.
In The Locker, a child's kidnapping turns on the mystery of a husband who cannot be found. In The Drone, also published as The Bid, a disappearing expert and stolen unmanned aircraft push the series toward terrorism-level stakes. Both stories show the Cruxys pattern: a very personal crisis with much bigger machinery hidden behind it.
The company name matters because it opens doors that ordinary detectives would never reach.
Cruxys can move across borders, speak to people with money and influence, and step into gray areas where public agencies become awkward or political. That does not make the work easy. In fact, it often means the investigators are operating without the protection, clarity, or legal cover a police team might expect. Much of the suspense comes from that uncertainty.
The tone is modern and brisk. There is technology, security jargon, surveillance, and international threat in the mix, but Magson keeps the focus on momentum and readable stakes. You do not need pages of background to understand why the situation is bad. He gets to the point and keeps pressure on the team.
If you enjoy thrillers about specialist fixers, private investigations with global consequences, and cases that keep unfolding into something larger, Cruxys Solutions is the idea tying the books together. The series is less about the office itself than what it represents, a quiet, capable response unit for the kind of trouble other people hope never becomes public.
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