Ed Lazenby Mystery Books in Order

Retirees Ed Lazenby and Ernesto Cardoza discover their friend Violet is missing and a half-million-dollar ransom is demanded. Unable to pay and warned against involving police, they must locate her before their dwindling options run out.

Bored retiree Ed Lazenby reluctantly agrees to find a neighbor's missing grandson, despite tiring of his reputation as a hero. His friend Ernesto joins him, and an apparently simple favor pulls the pair into another unpredictable investigation.

An elderly retirement-community resident dies of an apparent heart attack, but her niece suspects murder and cannot find the will. Ed Lazenby and Ernie Cardoza investigate, drawing the amateur sleuths into another troubling case close to home.

Volunteering as a school tutor becomes dangerous when Ed Lazenby discovers the principal stabbed to death. Now a suspect himself, he must work out how the killer entered and escaped before determined detectives decide he is responsible.

A pharmaceutical company promotes a drug promising better memory, but Ed Lazenby worries about its side effects. When neighbors who take it begin dying, he must uncover what is happening and prevent further deaths in his community.

Reluctantly joining an island camping tour off Maine, Ed Lazenby notices tension among the participants before one disappears. Suspecting murder, he helps a lone state policeman investigate a cunning opponent in an isolated setting where proof remains elusive.

When Margaret Pinckney’s missing husband is discovered as a skeleton in her closet, Ed Lazenby suspects a frame-up. He and his fellow amateur detectives must clear her name while a threatened eviction puts her home at risk.

Henry Hawkins is found murdered on a retirement community’s golf course, leaving no shortage of suspects. Ed Lazenby agrees to help the widow prove her innocence, but his growing attraction to her complicates an already personal investigation.

An online scam strips residents of Potomac Valley Community of their savings. Ed Lazenby and his friends pursue the thief despite federal investigators’ objections, entering a contest in which they cannot tell who is hunting whom.