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Explore the Evan Buckley books by James Harper in order, with short summaries and a guide to the titles and where to start.

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Evan Buckley books in publication order

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1

Bad To The Bones

by James Harper

2014

Still searching for his own missing wife, private investigator Evan Buckley takes on a woman’s long-abandoned case involving her vanished son and husband. His promise to find answers places him in the path of a killer protecting old secrets.

2

Kentucky Vice

by James Harper

2017

A wealthy friend hires Evan Buckley after compromising photographs arrive from a night he cannot remember. In Kentucky’s horse country, a blackmail inquiry turns into a dangerous web of double-crosses as the frightened client intervenes on his own.

3

Hunting Dixie

by James Harper

2018

A deceptive friend offers Evan Buckley information about his missing wife in exchange for help. Protecting an undercover officer called Dixie draws him into a violent pursuit by gangsters and a newly released prisoner with a personal grudge.

4

No Rest For The Wicked

by James Harper

2018

Evan Buckley’s free mountain retreat becomes a hostage crisis when armed robbers seize the hotel and its guests. With his partner Gina in danger, Evan devises a risky rescue while the desperate captors grow increasingly violent.

5

Resurrection Blues

by James Harper

2018

A husband’s photograph of his wife with another man draws Evan Buckley into a troubling investigation. Discoveries about her family and a vengeful pursuer make the case disturbingly similar to the unsolved disappearance of Evan’s own wife.

6

Sins Of The Father

by James Harper

2018

Hired to investigate a decades-old secret, Evan Buckley searches for a child who may never have existed. People determined to keep the past buried obstruct him, while an imprisoned enemy sends a new killer after him.

7

Sacrifice

by James Harper

2019

A visit to an old friend in the Florida Keys leads Evan Buckley into crimes rooted in the Vietnam War. As his mentor’s secrets emerge, Detective Kate Guillory’s pursuit of revenge brings their separate investigations toward a dangerous convergence.

8

The Road To Deliverance

by James Harper

2019

Evan Buckley investigates the death of the last man known to have seen his missing wife alive. Following Sarah’s path uncovers a hidden burden of guilt and puts those closest to Evan at risk as his long search nears its end.

9

A Long Time Coming

by James Harper

2020

Evidence that another woman occupies his wife’s grave sends Evan Buckley searching for answers despite warnings of a trap. With a disgraced former CIA agent, he travels toward Central America and a decades-old crime that tests his conscience.

10

Rough Justice

by James Harper

2020

A murdered woman pulls Evan Buckley into a client’s troubled past on the Maine coast. As old killings reveal a deeper crime, he must decide whether exposing the truth will deliver justice or unleash another destructive reckoning.

11

Touching Darkness

by James Harper

2020

A cryptic message sends Evan Buckley on a troubled road trip through the South. Helping a frightened runaway draws him into fresh danger, while competing agendas among people from his past threaten both him and Detective Kate Guillory.

12

Atonement

by James Harper

2021

Evan Buckley reopens a forty-year-old bank robbery and follows a killer’s trail from Texas swamps to Delaware. The investigation collides with his own troubled history, turning his attempt to help another woman into a dangerous search for atonement.

13

Dig Two Graves

by James Harper

2021

After saving a missing heiress from an attacker, Evan Buckley is hired to find her again before her pursuers do. Her thirty-year estrangement from her family hides a feud whose stakes extend well beyond inherited wealth.

14

Legacy of Lies

by James Harper

2021

A stalker’s knowledge of Kate Guillory’s family sends Evan Buckley investigating her father’s long-unexplained suicide. The search leads to an abandoned cult in West Virginia and crimes whose consequences remain dangerously alive decades later.

15

The Judas Gate

by James Harper

2021

A boy’s remains are discovered on land belonging to Evan Buckley’s dying enemy, who will confess only to him. Reopening the thirteen-year-old case puts Evan under suspicion and in danger as another killer moves to protect old secrets.

16

Never Go Back

by James Harper

2022

Searching for a missing American heir, Evan Buckley travels to Cambridge and the East Anglian fens. Questions about a Cold War air base reveal a bitter family feud and a powerful politician determined to keep the past hidden.

17

Old Scores

by James Harper

2022

A country singer’s investigator becomes her blackmailer, then disappears after threatening to reveal a secret she never knew. Evan Buckley follows his trail into small-town Texas, where a long-running blood feud makes unwelcome outsiders easy targets.

18

Once Bitten

by James Harper

2022

Reviewing an old autopsy for his mentor draws Evan Buckley toward a female serial killer on the Massachusetts coast. Questions about his mentor’s motives and a shared past crime put his conscience at odds with Kate Guillory’s duty.

19

Do Unto Others

by James Harper

2023

To repay a crime boss, Evan Buckley must find his missing son in Louisiana. An unsolved plane crash, stolen cash and a vanished prisoner lead him into a struggle among rivals who all want the old case left buried.

20

See No Evil

by James Harper

2023

A woman hires Evan Buckley after her boyfriend is murdered on the night he witnesses an abduction. Conflicting accounts, a dirty policeman and violent bikers obscure the truth, while the client’s own secrets threaten the investigation.

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