Fergusson/Van Alstyne Mysteries Books in Order

Three young women in party dresses are found dead on the same rural road in 1952, 1972, and the present day, with no clear cause. As budget cuts threaten his department, Russ races to solve the latest killing, clear his own old suspicion, and keep his family with Clare safe.

Newly married and expecting a child, Russ and Clare plan a rustic honeymoon at a remote Adirondack lake. A double homicide and the disappearance of a critically ill foster girl send them into the teeth of an ice storm, where they must protect the child and themselves from a relentless killer.

Back from Iraq, Clare joins a small support group of local veterans who are struggling with anger, addiction, injury, and guilt. When one of them dies in what looks like suicide, she and Russ question the official story and uncover a conspiracy that reaches from Millers Kill to military command.

This short companion ebook collects letters exchanged between key characters from I Shall Not Want and One Was a Soldier, revealing their wartime experiences, fears, and loyalties, and offering an intimate bridge between the two novels along with a note from the author.

Still reeling from recent loss, Russ and Clare keep their distance until migrant farmworkers start turning up dead on the edge of Millers Kill. Clare’s outreach ministry and rookie officer Hadley Knox pull them into a case that exposes prejudice, economic desperation, and a killer hidden in plain sight.

Separated from his wife and shadowed by gossip about his bond with Clare, Russ Van Alstyne becomes the prime suspect when his wife is found savagely murdered. As state police close in, Clare faces church scrutiny and must decide what she truly owes to Russ, her calling, and herself.

In a single frantic November day, a young heiress disappears from her family’s vast Adirondack estate just as a controversial land deal is about to close. Russ, hoping for a quiet birthday, and Clare, preparing for a bishop’s visit, are swept into a chain of kidnapping, betrayal, and deadly revenge in the woods.

After the town’s clinic doctor vanishes, suspicion falls on a volatile mother who blames him for her son’s illness. As Clare and Russ investigate, they uncover a trail that reaches back to Prohibition era Millers Kill, where old tragedies still shape the present and threaten more lives.

Over the July Fourth weekend, Millers Kill is rocked by brutal attacks on gay men and then the murder of a developer planning a luxury spa. Clare presses Russ to see a link, pulling them into a tangle of hate crimes, environmental scandal, and growing tension between duty and desire.

Newly ordained priest Clare Fergusson arrives in snowy Millers Kill, New York, already an outsider as both a woman and an ex army pilot. A baby left on her church steps and the young mother’s murder draw her and police chief Russ Van Alstyne into buried secrets and a risky attraction.