Jack Ryder Books in Order

A boy's dog brings a severed finger downstairs, prompting a murder investigation in Cocoa Beach. Detective and father Jack Ryder leaves a school trip to pursue a killer targeting women, with consequences that reach his family.

A Miami theater shooting and remains discovered beside a Brevard County trail suggest a long-running murder spree. Detective Jack Ryder also investigates a frightening email sent to singer Shannon King, searching for connections amid spring-break crowds.

A newly released man once convicted of a child's murder becomes the focus when another child disappears. Detective Jack Ryder faces the new case while disturbing secrets surface around the property where he plans to build a home.

A couple inherits a Savannah house with a reputation for driving its residents insane. Nearby, Jack Ryder and Shannon King's wedding plans are interrupted when they encounter a lost child, drawing them toward another disturbing mystery.

Detective Jack Ryder investigates a mother and daughter murdered in Cocoa Beach while caring for his six children. The killings resemble unsolved family murders from forty years earlier, raising fears that an old killer or a copycat is stalking neighbors.

Jack takes adopted daughter Emily to the Bahamas to find her relatives and discovers one is imprisoned for murder. Doubts about the conviction draw him into the death of a young woman and secrets within wealthy Lyford Cay.

Jack Ryder’s family ski trip to Maggie Valley is interrupted by a teenager’s body behind their rented cabin. Further deaths lead him to investigate the boy’s apparently respectable family and the secrets surrounding his disappearance from home.