David DeLee Books in Order

Chasing a bail jumper into New Hampshire's White Mountains leaves Grace far from home and dependent on a stranger's help. The question is whether her instincts about him are right.

When Rico Sanchez skips bail after a low-level arrest, Grace expects a straightforward hunt. Instead she and Suzie stumble into gun-runners, federal turf wars, and a murder case with growing stakes.

Sheriff's deputy Suzie Jensen teams with BCI agent Eugene Booker after a woman is beaten to death in downtown Columbus. The violence is shocking, but the victim's secrets are what make the case truly dangerous.

Grace deHaviland and Suzie Jensen chase a bail jumper after a simple assault turns into a homicide. The case forces them into hard questions about immigration, racism, and what people do for family.

Grace and Suzie go after a schoolteacher accused of sex crimes and find a case that hits far too close to home. It is a short, unsettling entry built on disturbing secrets.

A minor assault case should have made for an easy pickup. Instead Grace and Suzie find themselves in deeper trouble than either of them saw coming.

Dave Powell's life is ordinary until he begins to suspect his wife is having an affair. His spiral into fear and paranoia turns this short crime story into something bleak and deadly.

Nick Lafferty returns to New York with revenge on his mind and a deadly synthetic drug in his sights. Teaming with old partner Del, he goes after the people pushing Crystal White before more lives are ruined.

Deputy district attorney J. H. Deveron is used to peeling back lies one layer at a time. A case involving a missing seven-year-old girl leads him to a truth he did not expect.

Widowed cop Frank Greaves is barely holding things together while raising a rebellious teenage daughter. When she is kidnapped, his already shaky life tips into a desperate fight to get her back.

An old house on a lonely road has haunted a small town for years. When Sergeant Graham Caine and Detective Brandie Addison go inside, they uncover buried secrets that may not let them walk back out.

When the district attorney refuses to prosecute the man accused of brutalizing a young woman, Dawson starts asking his own questions. What he finds pushes him toward a harsh, personal form of justice.

A cop is found murdered under the Brooklyn Bridge, and Frank Flynn has to work with Christine Levy to sort through a long list of suspects. The catch is that both investigators are hiding secrets of their own.

An omnibus of thirteen crime stories, this collection ranges from cop killings to kidnappings to serial murder. It also brings several Grace deHaviland adventures together in one place.

This short-story collection gathers five early crime tales, from paranoid cops to haunted houses and Grace deHaviland cases. It is a good snapshot of DeLee's darker, punchier short fiction.

Grace thinks tracking down accused embezzler Barry Keegan will be easy money. Instead she walks into murder, mob cash, and hit men, while trying to keep Suzie Jensen and an innocent family alive.

Ex-DEA agent Nick Lafferty is drawn into a case involving dead cops, a murdered witness, and mounting suspicion that he may be part of the violence. With the FBI closing in and the mob circling, he turns to old partner Delmar Harley.

Three Grace deHaviland novellas, plus a Suzie Jensen bonus story, show just how messy a manhunt can get. Gun-runners, missing victims, and an old enemy keep the pressure high throughout.

This collection introduces Grace deHaviland through five short, sharp cases. Each story starts as a routine pursuit and quickly slides into the kind of danger that defines the series.

Rhona Hasen says she did not kill her husband, and Suzie Jensen wants to believe her. When Rhona skips bail, Grace takes the case, putting the two friends on opposite sides of a deadly chase.

Christine Levy's concern for an adopted girl leads to murder, a missing teenager, and a hunt for a violent father. Alongside Frank Flynn, she enters the unsettling world of informal child re-homing.

Grace deHaviland is already on trial for murder when an old enemy starts blowing up cars and taking hostages. To save Eugene Booker and protect the people she loves, Grace jumps bail and goes on the hunt herself.

A ship crossing the Atlantic may be carrying something too dangerous to reach American waters. Brice Bannon and his friends must verify the threat and stop it, whatever it takes.

A secretive couple arrives at the Isle of Shoals chasing buried treasure and old pirate lore. Before long, Brice Bannon is tangled in a mystery with deadly stakes lurking just beneath the surface.

A dead officer in a Manhattan side street looks like either murder or something being staged. Flynn and Levy dig into the case and uncover a scheme that makes their own partnership dangerously fragile.

When a stalker targets a quiet schoolteacher, Suzie Jensen pushes past professional limits to protect the victim. Once the threat turns deadly, she calls in Grace deHaviland for backup.

A young woman's body is found floating in the East River not long after New York creates its first paid police force. Sergeant Kilmurray and Patrolman Hamon follow the case from the piers to the city's richest and roughest corners.

When a nine-year-old boy asks Brice Bannon to prove he did not steal from the cookie jar, the case sounds almost silly. Then Brice sees the family secret hiding behind the joke, and the trouble turns real.

In 1845 New York, Sergeant Daniel Kilmurray and Patrolman William Hamon investigate the shooting of a powerful underworld figure. Their trail leads straight into Five Points, where clues are scarce and danger is everywhere.

Brice Bannon cannot accept that a war buddy's death was suicide. As he digs into the man's last days, shady figures start watching him, and the case grows darker by the minute.

Jacob Rowe has lost his job, his car, and his girlfriend, so he heads to the cemetery with cheap whiskey and bad plans. Seeing a ghost is only the beginning of his problems.

A murdered cop forces NYPD detective Frank Flynn to work with Internal Affairs investigator Christine Levy, a partner he does not trust. Their case opens onto an illegal adoption ring and corrupt officers with plenty to hide.

Grace deHaviland hunts a bail jumper whose move into the drug trade sparks a gang war and terrible loss. When the chase reaches New York, she has to join forces with ex-DEA agent Nick Lafferty.

Former Coast Guard commander Brice Bannon balances life in Hampton Beach with secret homeland-security work. When trouble blows in from the New England seacoast, he and his trusted team are pulled into a mission that sets the tone for the whole series.

Grace deHaviland expects a quiet Christmas Eve for once, then a custody fight turns into a child's abduction. With time running out and winter closing in, Grace and Suzie Jensen race to bring Jessie home.

A missing railgun, an old enemy, and several personal missions pull Brice Bannon's team in different directions. They have to reconnect the clues fast if they want to stop a massive attack before it's too late.

Brice Bannon boards a suspicious cargo ship headed for Boston Harbor and finds far more than contraband. With terrorists planning a devastating attack and one of his own in danger, he has almost no time to stop disaster.

After police kill an unarmed young Black man during a chase, Frank Flynn and Christine Levy are pushed into a storm of anger, politics, and violence. Their search for the truth uncovers a conspiracy that could tear the city apart.

This later collection rounds up stories and novellas from across DeLee's crime-fiction world. It mixes familiar series characters with standalone pieces and a few sharp detours from his usual lane.

A visit to an experimental city beneath the sea turns into a nightmare when terrorists seize the site and take the President hostage. Brice Bannon and his team have to fight their way through deception and deep-water danger.

A body on the beach and a missing young man drag Brice Bannon into a fight over drugs, cash, and power. From Hampton Beach to Boston's underworld, he faces three competing crime factions at once.

A body found in concrete and a challenged old conviction force Nick Lafferty back into buried crimes. Protecting friends while sorting through politics, lawyers, and killers becomes a dangerous balancing act.

Brice Bannon boards a cargo ship caught in a vicious Gulf of Maine storm and discovers a far bigger threat onboard. A lost Japanese sword and a shadowy adversary turn the rescue into a relentless race.

DHS investigator Parker Quinn follows stolen Iraqi artifacts into a globe-spanning search for a weapon hidden for centuries. Ancient clues, modern terror, and a tight covert team drive this fast-moving thriller.

This later Brice Bannon adventure returns to the series' mix of rough seas, covert threats, and pressure-cooked teamwork. Expect another hard-running mission where the coast is anything but calm.