Ike Schwartz Books in Order

Former CIA operative Ike Schwartz becomes sheriff of quiet Picketsville, Virginia. A plan to steal and ransom Callend College's valuable art collection threatens the town, forcing Ike to draw on skills its residents hardly suspect.

Picketsville's new vicar faces a corpse in his church, a stolen gun, and an angry congregation. Sheriff Ike Schwartz investigates escalating deaths while unexplained FBI activity and his relationship with a college president complicate matters.

A body carrying a local man's identification proves to be a former Russian intelligence operative Sheriff Ike Schwartz believed dead. His CIA past resurfaces as local criminals, international intrigue, and competing agencies complicate a winter investigation.

A murder in Jonathan Lydell's restored guest room echoes an unsolved killing there nearly a century and a half earlier. Sheriff Ike Schwartz and FBI agent Karl Hedrick investigate a locked-room puzzle entangled with family history.

A pilot vanishes over Chesapeake Bay after leaving a puzzling message for Charlie Garland. Asked to investigate during his vacation, Sheriff Ike Schwartz finds a missing-person case that may involve threats far beyond the local shoreline.

A clinic death and a faculty member's ransacked home lead Sheriff Ike Schwartz toward a valuable religious icon. Evidence of old-fashioned espionage brings CIA involvement into an investigation already complicated by conflicting identities and relationships.

After Ruth Harris is left comatose by a car crash, her fiancé Ike Schwartz suspects deliberate sabotage. With an election approaching and no jurisdiction over the case, he turns to unofficial allies to investigate the attack.

Ike Schwartz and Ruth escape to an isolated Maine island seeking peace after a difficult year. Deaths involving former CIA colleagues disturb their retreat, leaving them confronting a threat with little communication or outside assistance.

Two bodies unearthed near Picketsville interrupt Sheriff Ike Schwartz's wedding preparations. A missing daughter who may hold vital testimony adds urgency, while former colleagues arrive to investigate the second corpse and complicate his already crowded agenda.

A bomb destroys Sheriff Ike Schwartz's car, leaving Picketsville mourning and his deputies searching for an attacker. CIA colleague Charlie Garland studies the evidence as investigators wonder whether longstanding enemies or a broader terrorist threat are responsible.

World War I veteran Jesse Sutherlin returns to Buffalo Mountain seeking a better life. His cousin's murder at a moonshine still threatens to reignite a family feud, giving Jesse little time to find the real killer.