Deborah J. Ledford Books in Order

A pianist investigates his lover’s murder while a county deputy follows the same case through a competitive musical world. Their parallel searches uncover manipulation, jealousy and vengeance, raising doubts about who committed the killing and who may become the next victim.

A Native American singer’s first live performance becomes dangerous when she and her deputy bodyguard are attacked. Two men from her past may be responsible, forcing those protecting her to navigate old family violence and threats concealed beneath professional success.

A routine traffic stop leaves an officer dead and a possible kidnapping unresolved. Suspended and uncertain whether she fired the fatal shot, Inola Walela pursues the missing child on her own despite opposition from her department and the man she plans to marry.

Over ten years in rural North Carolina, twin brothers face the prospect of one losing his sight. As he comes to terms with impending blindness, his sighted twin becomes his eyes in a story centered on their shared journey.

Inola Walela’s plans to leave the police force unravel when a childhood friend becomes the chief suspect in four women’s disappearance. Working with Sheriff Steven Hawk, she confronts conflicting accounts and personal danger while trying to establish the truth and clear her friend.

When four women disappear from the Taos Pueblo reservation, Deputy Eva Duran discovers her closest friend is among them. Limited official interest pushes her into a personal investigation with a tribal officer, testing loyalties as missing women begin turning up dead.

A bank robbery and a killing involving an untraceable printed gun draw Eva Duran back into police work. Further violence inflames tensions between neighboring communities, forcing her to connect apparently separate crimes before a concealed network causes more deaths.