Ed & Am Hunter Books in Order

When his father is found murdered in a Chicago alley, teenager Ed Hunter doubts the official explanation of a failed mugging. With help from his carnival-working uncle, he investigates witnesses whose stories reveal an unfamiliar side of his father.

Ed Hunter and his uncle Am travel with a carnival until a murder interrupts their working life. Further killings push them to investigate, but the carnival’s distrust of outsiders and unwritten rules make uncovering the truth difficult.

Now working for a detective agency, Ed Hunter investigates whether a wealthy client should make an investment. The discovery of a body with a slit throat, followed by eerie howling, turns a routine assignment into a disturbing mystery.

A case involving carnival life draws private investigator Ambrose Hunter away from his Chicago agency, and then he vanishes. His nephew Ed searches for him through the city’s seedier corners, confronting a fortune teller and a troubling old story.

A woman asks Chicago detectives Ed and Ambrose Hunter to protect her from Martians. Her claim seems impossible, but when she dies soon afterward, the partners must look past the strange explanation and discover who really threatened her.

After a suspected embezzler dies, Chicago detectives Ed and Ambrose Hunter search for a large sum missing from public funds. The man’s loyal daughter refuses to help, forcing them to investigate a case with more questions than answers.

Private investigators Ed and Am Hunter tackle a murder plot aimed at a member of a Chicago horse-racing family. The nephew and uncle must untangle the scheme before its intended victim becomes their next unsolved case.