Gregory Ashe Books in Order

As the Jaegal Empire prepares to attack Apsia, hidden forces manipulate the coming war. An undying sorcerer, an assassin priestess, a desperate merchant's son, and a retired killer become entangled in secrets threatening reality itself.

In a city ruled by a living god, revolutionaries prepare to challenge divine power before a bloody annual ritual. An outsider hired to assassinate the ruler enters their struggle, where competing motives and unfamiliar magic make every alliance uncertain.

After the deaths of his brother and best friend, teenage magic-user Alex moves with his family to West Marshall. Mourning and uprooted, he discovers that the Midwestern town conceals secrets and dangers that draw him into an unfamiliar world.

A monster called the eater stalks West Marshall and threatens Alex's family. While sorting out his feelings for Olivia and Mike, Alex must locate the creature and stop it before the people he loves are killed.

Alex, Isaac, and Christopher witness creatures called sinks attempting to abduct a child during a night at the park. Their search for whoever controls the attackers uncovers dangers beyond anything the three friends expected to find.

Joaquim returns to a besieged Apsia where family politics threaten his new peace. As Adence investigates a darkness consuming dead souls, a woman hiding from her past begins a revenge campaign that could engulf them both.

Newly single after breaking up with Olivia, Alex agrees to babysit for a friend. Something he witnesses suggests West Marshall still harbors supernatural trouble, leading him toward a danger he has never encountered before.

An FBI agent questions Alex about a suspicious death just as his life begins settling down. With another quickener in West Marshall and the dead rising, Alex must protect his secrets while tracking a new supernatural threat.

After a god’s death creates a struggle for power, Abass seeks safety while Fadhra pursues vengeance against warrior-priests. A scholar’s journey toward forbidden knowledge reveals further dangers as rival factions compete to control the realm’s uncertain future.

Alex wants revenge on Terry Bolter, the woman who killed his father. When mercenaries arrive in West Marshall, he must decide whether to protect his enemy while investigating their purpose and a returning supernatural danger.

As winter ends in Nakhacevir, an ancient power awakens and threatens a child of prophecy. Abass must negotiate fragile alliances within a changing city, protecting those he loves while trying to stop an enemy whose reach is expanding.

A student's beating disrupts the start of summer, and Alex suspects magic. With mercenaries searching the county and unexplained violence spreading through West Marshall, his investigation threatens a girl he has already promised to protect.

Months after Apsia escapes catastrophe, tensions between Mane and Jaegal threaten another war. Among those urging conflict is someone determined to reopen the Rent, forcing people across the region to choose between resistance, ambition, and survival.

In 1920s St. Louis, Cian Shea accepts what appears to be an easy delivery job. The mysterious box draws him into encounters with magic and monsters, alongside investigators whose methods may be as dangerous as the threats they pursue.

While learning how to be a boyfriend and searching for a dangerous psychic, Vie is drawn into another disappearance. His investigation reveals a pattern of killings that threatens the people he loves and may be aimed directly at him.

After escaping an abusive home, psychic teenager Vie moves to a small Wyoming town hoping to start over. A missing girl and messages from a killer force him to use the abilities he would rather ignore.

Detective Emery Hazard returns to his hometown and is partnered with a man who bullied him in school. Investigating two brutal murders forces them to confront local political hostility, old wounds and an attraction neither expected to acknowledge.

Professor Nick moves to a small Midwestern town hoping to escape his troubled past. When a monster stalks his student Will, Nick must revive childhood skills he wanted to forget before the creature reaches its prey.

Harry Witte returns with a warning, but Irene Lovell and Cian Shea remember his betrayal. Forced into an uneasy alliance, they search St. Louis for pieces of an ancient crown while confronting powerful enemies and another traitor.

During the Second World War, Sister Salomé cares for American soldiers in France as German forces advance. Her attraction to David Webber challenges her vows, while his injuries and a dangerous pursuer make protecting him urgent.

Kidnapped by someone she once trusted, Irene Lovell escapes into the sorcery and cults of the St. Louis underworld. Her effort to destroy the Drowning Mask becomes more dangerous when her allies reveal conflicting ambitions for its power.

Vie hopes school and his relationship can return to normal, but a teacher’s suspicious death interrupts those plans. Investigating exposes a conspiracy involving drugs, trafficking and supernatural forces, forcing him to confront trauma his powers cannot easily overcome.

A prophecy about Irene Lovell's unborn child brings a new threat to the investigators protecting St. Louis. Cian and their allies must defend mother and child against supernatural dangers, anarchists, corrupt police, and enemies pursuing the River Throne.

Hazard and Somerset are asked to prevent the murder of a mayor who once threatened their lives. Following the threat uncovers links among corrupt officials, extremists and old schoolmates, forcing Hazard back into secrets buried for twenty years.

The sheriff’s murder gives Hazard a distraction from trouble with his boyfriend, but a special prosecutor sidelines the investigation. As the case threatens people they care about, Hazard and Somerset must challenge an agenda that appears designed to protect the killer.

A disastrous double date is interrupted by a call that makes Hazard and Somerset witnesses to a shooting involving Somerset’s father. Their investigation uncovers disturbing connections while forcing both men to face feelings and loyalties they have avoided.

Hazard struggles to adjust to life with Somerset and his family while investigating a cult leader’s murder. The case exposes coercion and vulnerable victims, drawing Hazard toward painful memories and a plot that makes the presumed killer another potential target.

Snow traps detectives Hazard and Somerset in an isolated mansion as their complicated living arrangement strains their feelings. When guests begin dying, the partners must identify a killer without backup while relying on each other to survive.

Newly together, North and Shaw investigate an attack on Shaw’s former boyfriend. Police obstruction points toward a wider conspiracy, and the return of a notorious serial killer threatens both their lives and the future they have finally begun building.

These companion stories follow Hazard and Somerset away from their central investigations. A gun show, a mysterious crying child during a vacation, an author signing and everyday domestic moments reveal their partnership through smaller mysteries and personal challenges.

Private detectives North and Shaw face financial ruin when a new client hires them to stop a blackmailer. Investigating the scheme draws them into political and police corruption, while concealed feelings threaten the friendship holding their agency together.

Threatened with violence unless he leaves town, Vie instead searches for two missing children. The case draws him toward powerful supernatural enemies gathering an army, and answers about his own past may determine whether he can stop them.

No longer a police detective, Hazard struggles to find purpose while Somerset investigates a professor’s public murder. The disappearance of the sheriff’s family draws Hazard back into the case and suggests someone is manipulating events with him specifically in mind.

North and Shaw investigate the disappearance of a prominent figure who runs a home for LGBTQ teenagers. His troubling past and subsequent murder expose dangerous connections, while the case revives memories of the serial killer who once nearly killed Shaw.

Struggling after a supernatural conflict, Emmett relies on his former teacher Jim while trying to rebuild his life. Commitment to a psychiatric hospital makes him question his memories, until disturbing encounters suggest the institution hides another part of the danger.

Hazard and Somerset navigate family celebrations, holidays and romantic surprises in this second companion collection. A charity auction, a toddler’s party, Valentine’s plans and a Caribbean vacation expose the humor and complications of building their shared life.

This collection follows North and Shaw through smaller investigations and everyday moments around their first cases. Disruptive bar patrons, missing goats, a barking dog and the challenges of caring for a puppy test their partnership away from major crimes.

Private investigator Hazard accepts a former colleague’s apparently minor complaint about threats, only for an attempted shooting to raise the stakes. Political hostility and a killer’s continuing interest threaten the business and family life he has begun to establish.

Traumatized survivor Elien withdraws from life until a support-group member dies under strange circumstances. Further violence suggests an intelligent presence directing events, forcing him to face his past and risk trusting life again to stop it.

Wedding preparations are interrupted when a former victim hires Hazard to protect him from the returning Keeper of Bees. A new murder bears the killer’s signature, while Somerset faces upheaval at work and the pair race to prevent further deaths.

Veterinarian Tean agrees to help a charming stranger find his missing brother. Suspicious calls, possible abduction footage and a dangerous road encounter point toward a conspiracy, but Tean begins to suspect his new companion is hiding something too.

When a friend fears she is being followed, Tean and Jem discover police surveillance tied to a missing-person case. A body and her subsequent arrest draw them into an investigation complicated by concealed motives and Tean’s former lover.

Auggie enters college determined to prove himself, while graduate student Theo grieves the family he lost. When a murder implicates them both, they must work together to clear their names and survive the killer’s attention.

Hazard’s plans for Valentine’s Day collapse when his former boyfriend arrives seeking protection from an abusive partner. A nearby murder draws Somerset into the same troubled circumstances, forcing both men to examine trust, competing loyalties and the cost of helping.

Election politics strain Hazard and Somerset’s relationship when Somerset’s father demands help with a blackmailer. Hazard’s separate missing-person case leads into the same local power struggles, and a murder forces the estranged partners to work together again.

Auggie returns to college hoping for a calmer year, but his former roommate’s brother disappears. Investigating with Theo leads to a death the police misunderstand, while changes in their personal lives strain the trust holding them together.

Eli and Dag struggle to settle into ordinary life after surviving supernatural attacks. A brutal murder and reports of a transforming killer draw them back into danger, where another monster may exploit the desires they most want fulfilled.

North and Shaw investigate a missing runaway while threats involving North’s family resurface. Following the girl’s path exposes adults who profit from vulnerable teenagers, and the discovery of her body puts the detectives directly in the killers’ sights.

A family hunting weekend draws Hazard and Somerset into a bitter custody dispute. When a husband is shot dead, the obvious suspect seems too convenient, and a further attack puts the investigators and the victim’s wife in immediate danger.

North and Shaw investigate threats at a gay-romance convention, hoping the assignment might also improve their overworked relationship. When an author is poisoned during a panel, they must untangle rivalries and lies before the gathering ends and the killer escapes.

Jem and Tean’s relationship unfolds through stories of disastrous blind dates, a movie outing, birthday plans and a mountain getaway. The collection offers a closer look at their friendship and affection beyond the central mysteries of their series.

Hired to escort a politician’s son to appointments, North and Shaw instead discover he has vanished. A related death intensifies the search while another suspicious assignment and family tensions complicate their efforts to uncover who wants the boy gone.

North and Shaw navigate friendship, birthdays and life as a couple in this second companion collection. Smaller cases involve stolen money and a missing boyfriend, while a professional convention brings encounters with familiar faces beyond their usual investigations.

North’s estranged husband is charged with murder, drawing North and Shaw into a case involving old college friends and hidden relationships. When another attack suggests the killer is still active, clearing his name becomes a race to prevent further deaths.

Returning from their honeymoon, Hazard and Somerset find a teenager claiming to be Hazard’s son. An apparently impossible murder offers little escape from the upheaval, especially after the boy investigates on his own and becomes a target.

A murder suspect from Jem’s troubled past asks him to identify the real killer. Investigating with Tean leads into Utah’s desert, where a disfigured body and mounting official pressure force both men toward painful truths about what happened years earlier.

Auggie’s final year of college is interrupted when Theo’s former partner claims he is being framed for murder. Their investigation into a parole officer’s death uncovers stolen money, white supremacists and a possible threat from within law enforcement.

Hazard accepts a suspicious assignment to find a teenager allegedly responsible for a robbery. Somerset connects the boy to another investigation, and a client’s death exposes a tangled case of stolen valuables, violence and people hiding their real motives.

Two enemies are found shot in the same motel room, drawing Hazard and Somerset into rival political and religious factions. At home, their foster son’s renewed contact with his estranged father intensifies fears that the case and family troubles may collide.

Hazard is hired to protect a controversial author amid a bitter dispute over school politics, but her murder changes the assignment. As he and Somerset investigate, a kidnapping makes the case urgent while their foster family faces scrutiny of its own.

The third companion collection follows Hazard and Somerset through parenting, birthdays and attempts to find time together. Settling their foster son, supervising a school dance and a disruptive summer-camp visit test the everyday side of their growing family.

A friend’s missing boyfriend draws Eli and Dag into the hunt for a Louisiana werewolf. Competing pursuers want him for a powerful ritual, leaving the pair racing through dangerous supernatural alliances before the consequences extend beyond one disappearance.

Three stories follow Eli and Dag through life between the DuPage Parish investigations. A housewarming party, everyday domestic negotiations and preparations for marriage reveal how they build a shared home after their encounters with supernatural danger.

Reunited for a new school year, Theo and Auggie try to make their relationship work. The search for a missing football coach exposes violence and concealed wrongdoing, forcing them to investigate while a killer’s attention turns toward Auggie.

Stories follow Auggie, Theo and their friends through school memories, outdoor adventures and an overnight ghost hunt. These episodes expand their lives around the First Quarto mysteries, mixing relationship developments with the group’s familiar appetite for trouble.

This companion collection follows Jim and Emmett between their larger supernatural battles. Hospital visits, Valentine’s preparations, a beach outing and a trip to prospective colleges trace the challenges and changing intimacy of their relationship.

St. Louis private investigator Luka Meer helps clients, friends and family while struggling to pay his rent. Four stories pit his protective instincts against corrupt police, criminal bosses and financial wrongdoing in the city he knows intimately.

Emmett is trying to stay sober and understand his relationship with Jim when their friend Chloe arrives pursued by armed men. Protecting her draws them back into a supernatural conflict, and a kidnapping reveals how little they understand the forces involved.

These brief Hazardverse stories follow familiar characters away from their major investigations. Races, dinners, awkward introductions, shoe shopping, and a ghost hunt offer glimpses of relationships and everyday encounters across the interconnected world of Hazard and Somerset.

Four stories follow Jack Moreno and Holloway Holmes through school, friendship, separation, and new stages of their relationship. Set around the main Adventures of Holloway Holmes novels, the collection includes an exclusive story continuing their lives afterward.

Veterinarian Tean and his husband Jem expect an uneventful professional conference in Missouri. When an organizer disappears and Tean’s friend is accused of murder, they investigate wildlife traffickers, suspicious acquaintances and a killer determined to remain hidden.

Theo wants a quiet life with Auggie after their latest brush with murder, but a former student disappears. Her own search for another missing teenager draws them back toward a dangerous organization and threatens the family they are building.

Needing money for his father’s medical bills, Jack accepts a job involving student blackmail. When one blackmailer is killed and Holloway Holmes becomes the chief suspect, the two boys must uncover what lies beneath the apparent scheme.

North and Shaw are hired to investigate the deaths of key witnesses in a stalled criminal case. Their search reaches a secretive megachurch and local political circles, placing both the detectives and their friends in a killer’s sights.

Teenager Jack supports his injured father by secretly covering his school custodial shifts. When a student is murdered, he joins the victim’s friend Holloway Holmes to clear their names and uncover secrets connecting the death to an older crime.

An attempt to keep peace with his parents sends Emmett and Jim to visit a senator’s injured daughter. A supernatural attack leaves mother and daughter abducted, forcing the men to flee and confront enemies tied to their own pasts.

An anonymous gala invitation promises Jack Moreno answers about his mother and reunites him with Holloway Holmes. When a thief carrying dangerous family secrets is murdered, the pair must recover missing information while powerful rivals pursue it.

An unexpected request from Vivienne Carver draws Dash into investigating her brother's disappearance nearly thirty years earlier. As he searches for answers with Bobby, buried family secrets suggest someone is willing to kill to keep the past hidden.

Dash finds a body at an amusement park, but it vanishes before anyone can confirm his discovery. With no official investigation and doubts spreading around town, he must uncover what happened while navigating his growing feelings for Bobby.

A celebrity author dies during a public reading in Hastings Rock, leaving Dash suspicious but reluctant to investigate. Then the prime suspect, a mystery writer who previously accused him of murder, arrives asking for his help.

A Halloween outing to a surfing competition ends with Dash discovering a developer’s body. Convinced the death was murder despite local doubts, he investigates without his usual police ally and draws the real killer’s attention.

To pay the bills, Dash rents Hemlock House for a wedding, only for his ex-boyfriend Hugo to arrive unexpectedly. When Hugo is arrested for the groom's murder, Dash investigates despite the danger of attracting the real killer.

Graduate student Nico and burned-out detective Jadon reunite after an unhappy history. Neither wants to revisit their relationship, but a stalker targeting Nico forces them together and makes both men question what they need from each other.

Short stories revisit the friends and couples of Iron on Iron between investigations. New living arrangements, social mishaps and a wedding reveal the affectionate chaos of a group whose attempts at ordinary life rarely remain simple.

Aspiring writer Dash moves to a seaside town hoping to escape his ex and learn from a famous novelist. When his new employer is murdered and a secret passage implicates him, he must solve the crime to clear his name.

Flash-fiction stories revisit the couples and friendships of the Hazardverse away from their main investigations. Reunions, dates, family introductions and shared misadventures reveal quieter complications in the lives of characters usually occupied with much greater danger.

After months of failed leads, the investigation into a criminal organization takes a devastating turn when John-Henry is arrested. Emery and their friends pursue clues in the fabricated evidence while trying to clear him without their usual resources.

Ready to pursue his own ambitions, Fernando unexpectedly becomes caregiver to his brother’s baby. Hiring a patient, attractive nanny offers practical help and new possibilities, but accepting them may mean finally setting boundaries with his family.

These short pieces revisit characters across the Asheverse during holidays, shared outings and private moments. Camping trips, faculty gatherings, Christmas visits and attempts to make friends offer glimpses of relationships beyond the central conflicts of their novels.

Dash's hopes for a peaceful Christmas disappear when Millie asks him to clear her brother of stealing delivery packages. The search leads through porch pirates and a holiday pageant before the missing brother raises a more frightening possibility.

Injured detective Gray Dulac becomes obsessed with the case of a wounded young man whose scars resemble his own. When the man is murdered, Gray becomes a suspect and must find the truth among people determined to deceive him.

Dash hosts a charity auction to save the defunded public library, but a valuable book disappears and the mayor turns up dead. A librarian's silence and an unexpected visit from his parents complicate his search for the killer.

Dash plans a quiet Halloween with friends and his boyfriend, until Keme is arrested for murder. With public suspicion hardening and bloodstained clothes seemingly confirming the accusation, Dash must find the truth before the real killer stops him.

This collection follows Dash, Bobby, and the Last Picks through the moments between their mysteries. Holiday gatherings, family visits, artistic frustrations, and celebrations expand their relationships, bringing previously distributed stories together with an exclusive final story.

With his writing finally succeeding and life with Bobby going well, Dash attends a mystery writers' conference. The arrival and murder of his former nemesis leave him the prime suspect again, threatening everything he has begun to build.

A community play loosely based on Dash's life takes a strange turn when an actor reads altered lines, the lights fail, and the box office is robbed. A subsequent murder convinces Dash that the missing script hides something darker.

When a restaurateur is killed in Hastings Rock, amateur detective Dashiell Dawson Dane finds a friend under suspicion. He sets out to establish her innocence, turning another gathering in the coastal town into a search for a murderer.

Aspiring detective Sam needs evidence of community involvement, while former detective Gray needs a more respectable image to fund his nonprofit. Pretending to be a stable couple seems mutually convenient, until the arrangement complicates their lives and feelings.

A snowstorm traps Jem and Tean at a mountain resort where a murder places Jem’s mother under suspicion. As they investigate, strains in their relationship deepen and signs emerge that someone nearby is actively hunting them.

Tean refuses to believe his former lover’s confession to murder and investigates with Jem. More victims reveal a serial killer targeting gay men, but their search also disturbs another dangerous presence watching from the high desert.