Jake Merlin by James Tucker Books in Order

Surgeon and amateur magician Jack Merlin recognizes his missing former roommate among the cadavers in an anatomy laboratory. Joining assistant district attorney Tory Welch, he investigates the body and another puzzling death while trying to avoid becoming the killer's next victim.

After patients die following apparently successful routine operations, surgeon Jack Merlin suspects more than ordinary complications. A shared insurance provider offers a clue, but he must discover how lethal infections connect the victims and what motive lies behind their deaths.

A patient seeking a new face is murdered, and his plastic surgeon disappears. Assistant district attorney Tory Welch and surgeon Jack Merlin investigate whether the clinic is helping criminals change their appearance, drawing them into a dangerous mystery of concealed identities.

A dying hitman asks Dr. Kensey Shaw to deliver his confession and warn two intended victims. Her attempt to honor his requests draws her into concealed identities and puts her in the path of his murderous partner.