D.D. Black Books in Order

Retired New York detective Thomas Austin runs a seaside café while grieving his murdered wife. Bones discovered nearby carry the signature of a killer he once imprisoned, drawing him into a case that threatens his fragile refuge.

Three naval officers vanished in 1992, and their remains surface thirty years later in a marsh. Thomas Austin investigates with help from his military-lawyer son, uncovering guarded naval secrets as another investigator disappears from the case.

The suspicious death of a wealthy matriarch draws Thomas Austin into a mansion full of possible motives. An old diary and a reporter’s discoveries expose family secrets that complicate the hunt for the person responsible.

Former child thief Brandon Penny has built an ordinary life after his mother vanished during a failed heist. When she returns to Portland and police seek his help, he must revisit the criminal skills and unanswered questions of his childhood.

A florist’s unsolved 1979 murder resurfaces when new victims bear the same distinctive wound. Thomas Austin follows the connection across decades, investigating how love and obsession might explain a pattern that has begun claiming lives again.

Three people die during a technology startup’s island celebration, leaving a blind woman as a crucial witness. Thomas Austin questions suspects linked to her past while a storm traps everyone near a killer who may strike again.

A new lead sends Thomas Austin back to New York to investigate his wife’s murder. The search exposes connections among corrupt federal agents, city police, and drug cartels, forcing him to reconsider how well he knew her.

Thomas Austin is inside a football stadium when terrorists take tens of thousands of spectators hostage. With a prisoner-release deadline approaching, he uses his position on the security team to investigate the attackers’ real purpose.

Deaths beneath bridges, separated by years, appear to be suicides until Thomas Austin notices troubling connections. Working as a Kitsap detective, he investigates whether someone has concealed a series of murders behind seemingly unrelated tragedies.

A ritual killer leaves victims representing ancient archetypes across the Pacific Northwest. Nearing retirement, FBI agent Claire Anderson assembles an unconventional task force to identify the pattern before its fifth intended victim completes the deadly sequence.

A holiday in Port Townsend becomes an investigation when a musician dies during a counterculture festival. Thomas Austin helps the sheriff penetrate a community’s determined silence before the secrets surrounding the death produce further victims.

A survival-show contestant falls from an Oregon cliff, and Thomas Austin learns the victim was his neighbor. Conflicting accounts from the production crew turn a vacation into a murder investigation as people connected to the show disappear.

An elderly memory-care patient may be a serial killer who terrorized the Northwest decades earlier. Claire Anderson and her FBI team race against his failing memory to recover the truth while an old investigation creates new dangers.

A technology executive dies during his fiftieth birthday celebration in wealthy Medina. Investigating his repeatedly widowed wife, Claire Anderson must distinguish a survivor of abusive marriages from a calculating killer amid the secrets of influential families.

A young woman is found dead in the Hoh Rainforest with a hemlock sprig in her hand. Claire Anderson investigates the ritualistic killing while information leaks threaten her FBI team and complicate its pursuit of the murderer.

Human remains discovered at a prestigious winery coincide with a woman’s disappearance from a Seattle cruise. Thomas Austin investigates the two cases, uncovering connections that link the vineyard’s secrets to events far from its grounds.

Former military psychologist Silas West moves to Puget Sound to write his memoir. When bodies appear bearing ritual markings and signs of military torture, familiar symbols suggest a killer who has studied his past closely.

A social-media celebrity is found dead on a beach after a final appeal for help. Thomas Austin follows the evidence into a regional criminal organization, discovering that older secrets may explain the public figure’s violent end.

Preparing for a new baby and retirement, Thomas Austin investigates a priest’s murder connected to an old case. A convicted serial killer’s release has coincided with further deaths, putting everyone involved in the original investigation at risk.

Coordinated killers target people connected to the same childhood case, marking their victims with paired hearts. Claire Anderson races to protect those still alive as the investigation uncovers a file with deeply personal implications for her.

Decades after a yacht vanished with eight people aboard, a man claims to have survived a massacre. When the wreck reveals contradictory evidence, Thomas Austin interrupts his honeymoon to investigate an account that refuses to fit.

Returning to Whiterose Manor for a billionaire’s Thanksgiving gathering, Grace confronts the household she left as a child. A murder and an extraordinary inheritance arrangement turn family rivalries deadly while her uncertain memories complicate the search for truth.

A protected witness disappears from a safe house before crucial testimony, leaving a cryptic message on a window. Claire Anderson pursues the case outside official channels, following a surveillance company connection while tensions threaten her team.

The seventh FBI Task Force S.W.O.R.D. novel centers on Mount Rainier and a secret known to only a small group of women.