Getting to Know Jack Books in Order

Retired Chicago detective Jack Handler helps his daughter Kate investigate a murder that connects to a plot against the president. When foreign agents abduct Kate, Jack must balance rescuing her with preventing an assassination he is being pressured to carry out.

Detective Kate Handler inherits a resort on Michigan’s Sugar Island and asks her father Jack to accompany her north. Her uncle’s unsolved murder soon turns the visit into an investigation involving more deaths, old secrets and competing law-enforcement agencies.

Mysterious disappearances on Lake Superior draw retired detective Jack Handler and his daughter Kate into an investigation. Murder, kidnapping, sunken treasure, and connections to the Russian Mafia turn their enquiries into a dangerous pursuit of hidden motives.

Preparing to bury a close friend, Jack Handler is asked to help locate a Sugar Island woman who has vanished in Paris. He and Kate must balance the search with unresolved killings and the demands of their own grief.

Retired detective Jack Handler and his daughter, a New York homicide investigator, pursue a murder case despite the local sheriff's objections. Two orphaned boys, Robby and Red, help the pair investigate the deaths of Robby's parents.

A series of murders targets nursing students in Grand Rapids, leaving investigators uncertain whether a serial killer is responsible. Jack Handler, his daughter Kate and their family circle join forces to uncover the motive and identify whoever is behind the deaths.

While collecting samples for a Scout badge, Robby and Red discover a preserved human finger in Strangmoor Bog. Further bodies bring federal investigators into the case, as Jack and Kate Handler confront sophisticated killers determined to protect their buried secrets.