Dan Ames Books in Order

Disgraced ex-cop John Rockne is hired to investigate the murder of a woman in Grosse Pointe. His first case as a PI opens onto violence, music, and vengeance.

This Dani Amore short crime piece plays like a sharp, fast setup with a twist. It delivers trouble quickly and gets out just as fast.

A compact crime story built on law, pressure, and revenge. Even in shorter form, Ames keeps the stakes personal and ugly.

A Detroit-area PI, bounty hunter, and hired gun is hired to track down a missing law-firm partner in Florida. The job gets stranger and more dangerous the farther he goes.

Sixteen-year-old Benedetta Carlessimo tries to protect her family when war engulfs her Italian village. It is a historical story of fear, courage, and survival under Nazi occupation.

Traveling preacher Mike Tower rides west with gunfighter Bird Hitchcock as his uneasy protector. Their journey turns into a hunt for a killer murdering women.

This early Dani Amore crime novel follows ordinary lives pushed toward bad choices and worse consequences. Fast pacing and criminal pressure do the heavy lifting.

The Garbage Collector finds a dead woman floating near his hideout, and the victim is someone he once knew. That makes this case personal before the shooting even starts.

Bird Hitchcock and Mike Tower ride into fresh trouble in a lawless West. Their latest trail mixes gunplay, pursuit, and old wounds that will not stay buried.

Mary Cooper investigates the murder of her stand-up-comedian uncle. Her sharp tongue stays busy, but the killer is far more serious.

A bizarre executive murder sends Mary Cooper into the orbit of celebrity psychologists and damaged patients. The killer seems to enjoy mind games as much as murder.

John Rockne chases the truth behind a young man's murder in Grosse Pointe. A killer known as the Spook wants the past buried for good.

Mary is hired to find a missing child and walks into a case full of false faces and dirty secrets. Her sarcasm is still intact, even when the danger climbs.

A short, tense crime tale that mixes desire, bad choices, and danger. It has the same lean drive found across Ames's early work.

John Rockne searches for a missing young woman living under the name Jade. The trail leads him into a world of drugs, pimps, thieves, and murderers.

Mary Cooper and John Rockne join forces when a vanished rock star may have been taken in Mexico. Their search runs through drugs, cartel violence, and plenty of friction between them.

An old schoolhouse reveals a girl's long-cold body, and the Garbage Collector takes the case. He is not gentle with killers, especially when a family wants justice.

Former FBI agent Lauren Pauling looks into the disappearance of a husband with mysterious ties to Jack Reacher. The search becomes a hard-running thriller almost immediately.

A billionaire flies Lauren Pauling to a remote island at Jack Reacher's request. Waiting for her is a murder, a mystery, and a search for Reacher himself.

In the resort town of Good Isle, a boxing legend disappears and both John and Ellen Rockne get pulled in. The deeper they look, the uglier the town becomes.

A prominent doctor turns up dead in an abandoned part of Detroit, and John Rockne knows the victim. His search exposes the rot beneath Grosse Pointe's polished image.

A missing man draws Wallace Mack into a string of brutal murders and back toward an old love. The case forces him to face both killers and his own past.

John Rockne investigates the murder of a respected neurologist during a sailboat race. What looks clean on the surface unravels into greed and betrayal.

Retired profiler Wallace Mack uncovers a grotesque contest among serial killers. Soon he and a woman he once saved become the grand prize.

When a senator's daughter is kidnapped from a mall in Iowa, Wallace Mack goes looking for her. He uncovers a nightmare marketplace where rich psychopaths buy victims.

Rumors that Jack Reacher is dead turn one murder investigation into something bigger. Pauling and Michael Tallon chase the truth through danger and deception.

When the rules stop mattering, Pauling and Tallon are forced to operate in gray territory. The target is dangerous, smart, and far outside the normal system.

Revenge drives this Reacher-connected thriller from the opening pages. Pauling and Tallon have to solve the case before vengeance solves it first.

Wade Carver finally finds the sister he has been chasing through the Florida underworld. The problem is, she wants him dead.

Wade Carver hunts the killers who murdered his informant and took a woman close to him. The trail leads into an exclusive Florida enclave full of secrets.

A killing job with perfect aim opens the door to something bigger. The shooter may hit his target, but the fallout is only beginning.

A hunt for an informant turns personal and deadly. Every step closer to the rat brings sharper danger and fewer people to trust.

When the editor of a famous pin-up calendar is found dead, glamour photographer and PI Jake Palmer start asking questions. The murder is only the first crack in a dangerous case.

Wade Carver is hired to find and rescue a missing girl in sun-blasted Florida. The deeper he digs, the more the case fills with drugs, blood, and bad people.

Dan Ames turns a frontier killing into a hard western mystery. Old grudges, outlaw pressure, and rough justice close in around Yellow Creek.

New police chief Ellen Rockne expects a quieter life in northern Michigan. Instead she gets a murdered politician and a town that starts lying at once.

Ellen Rockne returns to a lakeside town where calm appearances hide fresh violence. To solve the case, she has to peel back small-town loyalties and fear.

A missing boat, illegal cargo, and a contract on Wade Carver make this Florida case especially nasty. His search also pulls him closer to the mystery of his missing sister.

A dying stranger collapses at Michael Tallon's door with only one clue, Operation Reacher. Tallon and Pauling are thrown into a vicious chase before they can even ask the right questions.

Pauling and Tallon cross paths with an enemy who does not believe in restraint. The investigation spirals into a brutal test of survival.

A dangerous assignment pulls a seasoned operative into a world of covert violence. What starts as a job quickly becomes a fight to survive the people behind it.

Violence comes easy to the man at the center of this case, and Pauling feels it from the start. The search for truth becomes a running fight.

Pauling and Tallon follow the trail of a man who deals in his own kind of justice. The result is another hard, fast Reacher-universe thriller.

Jake Palmer steps back into a murder case wrapped in pin-up glamour and bad decisions. Beneath the bright surface, everyone has something to hide.

Palmer faces another quick, dirty case in the Los Angeles pin-up scene. What starts as gossip turns into murder before long.

A stubborn adversary refuses to bend, and neither do Pauling and Tallon. Their investigation turns into a straight-ahead fight for answers.

Pauling and Tallon go up against a man built to intimidate and destroy. The case becomes a test of nerve as much as skill.

A vanishing man and a Reacher connection send Pauling and Tallon on the chase. Every lead suggests someone is trying to disappear for good.

A lone operator with ties to Reacher's world pulls Pauling into fresh danger. To stop him, she has to think like someone who trusts nobody.

Angel Pike goes after the people who wrecked her life and covered their tracks. It is a hard-driving revenge thriller with Angel refusing to back down.

Angel Pike keeps digging into the conspiracy behind her father's death. Florida money laundering, hired killers, and buried secrets close in fast.

Angel Pike leaves a halfway house and begins looking into her father's supposed suicide. She quickly learns the truth is dangerous, and so is she.

Reacher's former Special Investigators reunite when a deadly conspiracy surfaces. Old loyalties snap back into place as the team goes to war.

Another attack drags Reacher's old unit back into action. The team faces a ruthless enemy who expects them to lose quietly.

The Special Investigators take on a case that gets darker with every step. When the power goes out, their enemies think they own the night.

A killer with perfect aim turns a Reacher-connected investigation into open season. Pauling and Tallon have to move before the next shot lands.

Pauling and Tallon walk into a revenge-fueled case with links to Reacher's world. The hunt is fast, violent, and full of double-crosses.

After a family is slaughtered, the lone survivor turns to Lauren Pauling for help. The case leads to a conspiracy and a woman with old ties to Jack Reacher.

John Heller stumbles onto the bodies of two women and becomes the next target. To stay alive, he has to outfight a conspiracy that reaches beyond one crime scene.

Another murder rattles Jake Palmer's pin-up world in Los Angeles. Glamour, lies, and sharp banter carry this brisk hardboiled case.

Dave O'Donnell investigates the murder of a billionaire's wife and uncovers organized crime and international intrigue. It is a sharp, fast Special Investigators case with plenty of blowback.

The Garbage Collector is back in a case full of blunt force, fast decisions, and rough justice. Once the shooting starts, the job gets very personal.

Pauling and Tallon chase a case that turns deadly fast. Every clue points toward a secret someone is prepared to kill for.

Pauling and Tallon pursue a brutal case tied to old debts and unfinished business. The deeper they push, the more dangerous the past becomes.

Frances Neagley investigates a murdered young woman in Chicago and finds a killer still at work. It is a lean Special Investigators thriller built on instinct, speed, and payback.

A figure from the past steps out of hiding and pulls Lauren Pauling into another Reacher-adjacent case. The answers stay buried until the body count starts to climb.

Jewel and Henry chase another missing timepiece into a more dangerous crowd. The watch matters, but the people hunting it matter even more.

PI Clint Shockey hunts a savage killer whose cruelty keeps escalating. The case moves fast, twists hard, and never gives him much room to breathe.

Former FBI agent Jewel Savage teams with watch expert Henry Bevel to recover a stolen luxury watch. The hunt opens a wider world of collectors, thieves, and hidden agendas.

Lauren Pauling and Michael Tallon track a deadly shooter linked to Jack Reacher's past. What looks like a clean hit opens into a wider conspiracy with professionals on every side.

Pauling and Tallon uncover a case rooted in military history and unfinished violence. The past is not finished with anyone in this one.

One bad situation forces Reacher's old investigators back into the field. Getting out alive means exposing the people who built the trap.

A cold-blooded plan puts Pauling and Tallon on the trail of a relentless enemy. The case moves fast and hits hard.

Dave O'Donnell dismisses a young woman's manuscript until he realizes it may describe a real crime. His search leads to a South Carolina town hiding something rotten.

The Special Investigators take on a case where one violent event triggers much larger consequences. Speed matters because the next hit could be worse.

The first shot in this Special Investigators case sets off a fast, escalating chase. Once the team sees the pattern, they know there will be more bodies.

A missing journalist and a powerful Detroit family put August High on a collision course with dangerous people. Reporter Gretchen Mercer joins him as the stakes keep climbing.

Detroit PI August High finds a young artist murdered in an abandoned warehouse. The case pulls him into corruption, international intrigue, and people who kill to keep secrets buried.

A rich man's disappearance from a yacht looks like drowning to everyone but August High. His investigation uncovers embezzlement, corruption, and a lot of bodies.

A single clue opens a locked-up conspiracy for Pauling and Tallon. To use the key, they first have to stay alive long enough to understand it.

Jewel Savage races to recover the stolen Trainmaster watch before its thief triggers more destruction. Henry Bevel helps her decode clues where time itself feels weaponized.

A murdered businessman in Bangkok and a dead friend in Miami turn into one case for Lauren Pauling and Michael Tallon. The killers stay one step ahead from country to country.

A drifter with a violent past becomes the center of another Reacher-connected mystery. Pauling and Tallon find that some people cannot go back, only forward through blood.

The Reaper moves through Detroit's shadows with Alicia helping from the sidelines. This time the mission draws her deeper into betrayal and payback.

Retired profiler Wallace Mack is pulled back in when blood-drained bodies begin appearing across the country. The killer is methodical, grotesque, and running out of patience.

Joe Reacher hunts a decorated soldier who once saved his life after bodies start appearing in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Old loyalty makes the mission harder, not easier.

Counterfeit cash flooding Philippine banks pulls Joe Reacher and analyst Ivy Harper into a Pacific-wide conspiracy. The money trail leads straight toward murder.

John Rockne investigates the murder of pro golfer Marcus Tate outside an exclusive club. Beneath the polished surface of the sport, he finds jealousy, betrayal, and danger.

A stolen Doxa pulls Jewel and Henry into black-market treasure hunting and criminal bidding wars. Recovering the watch is only the start.

Ruby Kane, the world's deadliest assassin, puts a contract on herself and turns desire into a blood sport. The game is clever, vicious, and impossible to control.

A seemingly simple Detroit killing erupts into a much bigger problem for John Rockne. The case burns hot, and the danger spreads quickly toward his family.

A target on the move forces the Special Investigators into a nonstop chase. The farther they go, the clearer it becomes that someone powerful wants the quarry dead.

Two suspicious fires tied to Detroit's most powerful family put John Rockne on a trail of old money and cleaner-looking lies. The smoke hides a body, and much more.

During Detroit's Grand Prix weekend, August High investigates the murder of a famous driver. Beneath the glamor and speed, he finds a much dirtier motive.

After his mentor Pops Walker is shot, August High goes looking for the people responsible. The search leads toward a crime boss, a wider conspiracy, and the shadow of the Black Reaper.

August High takes a protection job for a woman who watched her brother get executed. To get her to court alive, he has to outrun cartel money, corrupt cops, and professional killers.

Detective N.B. Lang investigates the murder of a powerful attorney in a city rotting from the inside. Each new corpse feels like a message from someone planning something even bigger.

Another rare watch sets Jewel Savage on a fast-moving trail through deception and greed. Every collector on the case seems to want something more than the watch.

Bodies marked with occult symbols pull the Reaper into a brutal hunt across Detroit. Even a killer like her can see this case is different.

Bird Hitchcock faces the kind of western odds that only get worse with every shot fired. One mistake could leave the wrong person dead.

Gunfire, pressure, and relentless movement drive this Special Investigators entry. The old unit knows how to respond when the tempo turns deadly.

A threat working from the dark drags Reacher's former unit back together. To stop it, they have to fight an enemy that prefers to stay unseen.

The Reaper, Detroit's feared female assassin, enters another job where nobody can be trusted. Once the shot is fired, the conspiracy starts closing around her.

After a Treasury agent is murdered in Lima with counterfeit bills in his mouth, Joe Reacher heads to Peru. The conspiracy reaches across two continents and gets personal fast.

A sniper's perspective changes everything in this Jack Reacher Cases entry. Pauling and Tallon become hunters and targets at the same time.

In 1989, Treasury agent Joe Reacher investigates the murder of a fellow agent. The case leads into financial crime, betrayal, and secrets tied to Joe's own past.

Joe Reacher chases a case that reaches back into his own history. Money, murder, and old loyalties collide before the truth comes clear.

Bird Hitchcock and Mike Tower race through the borderlands after innocent captives are taken in a raid. The rescue mission tests their faith, loyalty, and endurance.

The Reaper faces another mission where surviving may matter more than winning. In her world, mercy is rare and bullets are everywhere.

Pauling and Tallon chase a fugitive through a widening storm of lies and gunfire. Catching him matters, but learning why he ran matters more.

Pauling and Tallon follow the trail of the person who pulled the trigger. Finding the shooter is easy compared with exposing the reason.

A mystery man with no usable history pulls Pauling into another dangerous investigation. The missing past turns out to be the whole point.

Years after Reacher's old unit scattered, trouble still knows how to find them. This entry leans into the team's loyalty, skill, and habit of hitting back hard.

Lauren Pauling hunts a killer whose case feels wrong from the first crime scene. The farther she goes, the clearer it becomes that someone powerful is shaping the trail.

Actions from earlier cases return with force in this Neagley thriller. She has to move fast before the fallout takes more lives.

A murdered friend, a key, and a hidden fortune pull Joe Reacher from Washington to New Mexico and beyond. The money trail keeps getting older, darker, and deadlier.

The Special Investigators take on a case shaped by hidden orders and quiet violence. It is another hard, stripped-down mission for people who do not wait for permission.

A financial case leaves Joe Reacher chasing people who have run out of options and patience. Broke can be just as dangerous as rich.

The murder of a retired financial investigator sends Joe Reacher from Washington to Greece. Someone is balancing old books in blood, and Joe is next on the list.

After Neagley witnesses a devastating crash, she refuses to let powerful people bury what happened. Her search turns into a direct fight with a rigged system.

Neagley steps into another case where the safest place may also be the deadliest one. She brings her usual precision, and her enemies hate that.

Former Army Special Investigator Karla Dixon follows eight hundred million missing dollars after a billionaire's murder. The deeper she tracks the money, the closer she gets to the killer.

Another violent puzzle pulls Lauren Pauling into a case where the victims seem disconnected until the hidden pattern shows itself. Listening to the dead is the only way forward.

Joe Reacher follows another trail where money and murder are impossible to separate. By the time the accounting is done, someone will be paid in full.

Lauren Pauling goes after a serial killer whose victims share a buried secret. With profiler Ezra Skinner beside her, she realizes the killer may be leading them somewhere.

Frances Neagley follows a buried trail that begins with murdered women and protected secrets. Once she sees the shape of the case, she refuses to let it go.

When a famous rock bassist vanishes on a West Virginia back road, his wife calls Dave O'Donnell instead of the police. O'Donnell finds lies, danger, and no clean way out.

Joe Reacher is at his best when clean paperwork hides filthy crimes. This one follows the money into a very dirty operation.