Garry Rodgers Books in Order

Two murdered informants draw Vancouver investigator Sharlene Bate into a criminal conspiracy linked to a deadly encounter in the Yukon. As her investigation widens, a Tlingit legend raises disturbing questions about supernatural forces and her own safety.

Drawing on his blogging experience, Garry Rodgers presents advice for writers seeking publication at the Huffington Post. The guide covers developing suitable content, building an author platform, attracting editorial attention, and pitching work within that site's publishing culture.

Garry Rodgers offers a structured approach to revising crime fiction, from narrative voice and character development to plot, dialogue, and grammar. Practical tips guide independent authors through evaluating their manuscripts and preparing cleaner drafts for professional editing.

Drawing on experience as a detective and crime writer, Garry Rodgers introduces the craft of crime thrillers. His guide addresses story structure, character motivation, dialogue, editing, and disciplined writing habits through concise advice for developing a manuscript.

A woman reports escalating violence from her former partner while police and friends try to keep her safe. Based on a case the author investigated, this thriller follows the failed search for a man secretly preparing a deadly attack.

Investigator Sharlene Bate confronts the international trade in human organs, where desperate patients and profitable criminal networks intersect. The search for transplant donors becomes a dangerous business in which someone else’s death can mean another person’s survival.

After describing his experience with trauma following a fatal police shooting, Garry Rodgers introduces PTSD for general readers. The book discusses symptoms, support, and treatment approaches, framing the condition through his personal experience rather than offering a clinical workbook.

After a young woman disappears on Vancouver Island, conventional investigation fails to uncover what happened. Undercover officers draw her former boyfriend into a fabricated criminal organization, hoping psychological pressure will lead him to reveal the truth about her fate.

An unidentified body beside a rural Vancouver Island road leaves detectives struggling to establish a victim or motive. Forensic analysis, informants, surveillance, and persistent interviewing gradually expose the circumstances behind an unusually perplexing homicide investigation and its final revelations.

A Hells Angels chapter president disappears before a club ceremony, threatening to trigger violence within the organization. Police and bikers pursue parallel searches as detectives use surveillance and informants to uncover who had reason to make him vanish.

Three generations of a family disappear during a Vancouver Island camping trip, prompting an extensive police search. Investigators combine public appeals, unconventional tactics, and a questionable informant's help to discover what happened and identify those responsible for the crime.

Garry Rodgers connects a broad survey of science with questions about human purpose and consciousness. Moving through physics, biology, and neuroscience, he considers how people might understand their place in the universe and find meaning within a limited lifetime.

Garry Rodgers examines Custer's defeat at the Little Bighorn through the psychological and spiritual influence of the Sun Dance. He argues that the ceremony strengthened Lakota and Cheyenne unity and resolve in ways conventional military explanations often overlook.

A violent attack on an elderly woman at an island cabin sends detectives searching for its motive. Their investigation stretches from coastal British Columbia to the northern goldfields, tracing a connection between two homes and something an attacker wants returned.

The disappearance of ambitious entrepreneur Kita Southern unsettles a small Vancouver Island city. Investigators look beneath her appealing public image and interest in the metaphysical, uncovering hidden aspects of her life as they pursue the truth behind the case.

Garry Rodgers explores how fiction writers might use ChatGPT in their creative work. Combining an introduction to the tool with discussion of storytelling, dialogue, grammar, editing, and professional habits, the book presents examples intended to support a writing practice.