Duane Lindsay Books in Order

In 1958 Chicago, private investigator Lou Fleener and his friend Monk are manipulated into assisting a mobster's political scheme. With rival gangs seeking revenge, they devise an ambitious counterattack while trying to stay alive and recover their fortunes.

A plot to poison American water supplies conceals a larger scheme to exploit the resulting economic damage. As an attacker prepares the strike, his wealthy backer plans to turn national chaos into political influence and control over vital businesses.

After losing his parents on September 11, Aden Saud travels to Iraq to hunt terrorist leaders. Pursued by militants, police and the CIA, he becomes entangled in a plot to attack an American city with a weapon of mass destruction.

Leroy Logan has spent thirty years cultivating stories about a supposedly priceless antique car in preparation for selling it. His daughter Dani offers the money to launch the scam, but insists on taking control of the operation herself.

After intervening against a gang leaves him badly injured and publicly exposed, Adrian Beck flees determined never to act heroically again. A chance encounter draws him toward a confrontation in the Utah desert that forces him to face his fears.

Lou Fleener, Monk, and Cassidy accept an elderly Holocaust survivor's request to investigate Nazis in America. What initially sounds implausible becomes a dangerous conspiracy, forcing the detectives to uncover its purpose before their client's life is lost.

After stealing a million dollars from her fiancé, Dani Silver assembles a crew to revive the art of the long con. Targeting a crooked televangelist seems foolproof, until the scheme unravels and a killer comes after her.

Across sixty years, con artists Leroy Logan and Fast Kate Mulrooney pursue ambitious scams while sustaining an unconventional love affair. Twelve linked novellas follow their changing schemes, from counterfeit treasures and celebrity targets to a retirement lived on their own terms.

Monk follows his new love to Los Angeles and discovers she has delivered him to a mobster demanding his fortune. Separated from Lou's protection, he must rely on elaborate schemes to escape and untangle her motives.

Con artist Dani Silver takes a vacation in disguise and accepts an invitation from a wealthy stranger. After uncovering dangerous secrets and surviving an attack, she recruits her fellow crooks to deliver an elaborate revenge on her would-be killers.

A disintegrating suburban marriage changes abruptly when CJ and John Paul Morgan kill the thugs attacking them. One victim's mob connections put a bounty on their heads, turning their newfound partnership into a struggle against organized-crime retaliation.

CJ and John Paul divert cartel money toward charities through their limousine business, attracting dangerous attention. Business troubles strain their marriage, while a scientist's addictive experimental drug creates another opportunity for criminals to threaten their precarious arrangement.

With his marriage, health, and business damaged, John Paul faces a cartel's demand for a valuable designer drug. They threaten to kill CJ unless he delivers it, but he knows neither her location nor where the substance is hidden.

A disgraced comedian hires Lou Fleener to locate his estranged wife and the clean comedy routine she took with her. The apparently straightforward search draws Lou into deception and frame-ups while his partners face dangerous cases of their own.

Linked stories follow con artists Leroy Logan and Fast Kate through their unconventional partnership and family life. Their elaborate schemes also reveal how young Dani Silver learned the skills and habits that would shape her own criminal career.

Lou and Cassidy market themselves as detectives for Chicago's wealthy, then accept an apparently easy art-security assignment. When a police officer is killed, they discover they have been selected as scapegoats for a theft and must clear themselves.

Con artist Dani Silver discovers that her honest brother has been framed for drug dealing and sentenced to life in prison. She assembles a team to free him, expose the conspiracy, and somehow finance the operation.

A dying tycoon believes charitable donations can secure his place in heaven, but enemies may kill him before he finishes giving away his wealth. Lou and Cassidy reluctantly become his bodyguards while trying to identify his would-be murderer.

Dani Silver plans to substitute a counterfeit bottle for a million-dollar whiskey collection prize. Her promise never to cheat an honest person becomes an obstacle when the intended victims appear respectable, prompting her to investigate their secrets.

After an armored-car robbery yields blank paper, the thieves hire Lou to find the missing bonds. His partners accept the same assignment from the original owners, leaving the agency working opposing sides of a case that quickly becomes dangerous.

To gain access to a wealthy young basketball player, Dani agrees to steal four objects for a sinister fixer. The arrangement becomes dangerous when her team questions the intended scam and the fixer turns against them.

A contract on Lou Fleener's life turns deadly for an innocent bystander, prompting him and Cassidy to travel to New York. With help from a local investigator, they seek whoever ordered the killing and confront the city's criminal interests.

Lou defends a Black friend from a violent white attacker in 1962 Chicago, only to encounter discriminatory policing. When the assailant abducts a woman and retreats to Alabama, Lou's team must attempt a rescue on hostile ground.