Jeff Shelby Books in Order

After two students die at a Southern California college, Jake Kelly is arrested and unexpectedly released. Troubled by possible responsibility for their deaths, he investigates, straining friendships and exposing himself to threats as he searches for the truth.

Private investigator Noah Braddock is hired to find his high school sweetheart by the mother who once drove them apart. The search exposes Kate’s dangerous connections and pulls Noah into a world he may struggle to escape.

Noah Braddock reluctantly agrees to find a missing college student and discovers the young man stole from white supremacists. With violent pursuers closing in, Noah and his allies must locate him before the case claims more lives.

Private investigator Noah Braddock is reluctant to reopen a death-row case until a lawyer reveals the condemned man is his father. The discovery threatens Noah's newly settled life and draws him into a deeply personal investigation.

Still searching for his abducted daughter, Joe Tyler returns to San Diego when his closest friend is accused of attacking a teenager. With the friend unable to explain himself, Joe investigates a case that tests his loyalty.

Hiding on Florida's coast after a personal tragedy, Noah Braddock is drawn into trouble when a boy asks him to find his mother. Protecting them forces Noah to confront dangerous visitors and the past he hoped to escape.

Five crime stories revisit familiar characters and introduce new ones, including Joe Tyler and Noah Braddock. Abduction, robbery, abusive relationships, and withheld secrets place ordinary decisions alongside the moments that can permanently alter a life.

A photograph sends Joe Tyler to Minneapolis searching for his abducted daughter. While following the trail, he agrees to help a woman find a missing boy, drawing him into the dangerous world of runaway children.

Joe Tyler follows a financial trail to Denver with his former wife, still searching for their stolen daughter. Another missed encounter sends them racing toward California, where the search becomes an urgent struggle to protect Elizabeth’s life.

Elizabeth Tyler has returned home, but her father’s search continues. As she struggles to readjust, Joe pursues the person responsible for her disappearance, fearing that the truth may destroy the fragile life they are rebuilding.

Volunteering at her daughter’s high school, Daisy Savage discovers its computer lab has been robbed. Organizing a replacement fundraiser draws her into suspicious staff behavior, conflicting motives, and another investigation her family would rather she avoid.

Daisy Savage’s new family home contains an unexpected horror: a body hidden in a basement crawl space. Her history with the victim makes her the prime suspect, forcing her to investigate before the town’s suspicions harden.

The star of Moose River’s community production of Snow White disappears, and Daisy doubts the police response. With her daughters involved in the play, she investigates resentments among cast and staff despite being banned from the theater.

Joe Tyler hopes to settle into family life after recovering his missing daughter. Then John Anchor arrives to collect the debt Joe owes for his help, demanding a repayment that threatens everything Joe wants to protect.

Joe Tyler’s reunited family seems ready for a fresh start until a lie catches up with him. John Anchor discovers Joe’s deception and makes his retaliation personal, turning a dangerous debt into a threat against Joe’s home.

Daisy tries to welcome her husband’s former wife into their blended family after she moves nearby. When threats at Stella’s new job grow more serious and affect Daisy’s household, maintaining peace becomes a search for protection and answers.

A Florida trip for a family birthday turns complicated when Daisy finds a dead woman in Aunt Gloria’s kitchen. With Gloria the leading suspect, Daisy investigates a retirement community full of people who disliked the victim.

Divorced and ready for change, Rainy Day buys a Virginia hobby farm despite knowing little about country life. Finding a body in her bungalow makes her a suspect and forces her to reassess her fresh start.

Doing a favor for Pastor Declan leads Rainy to an elderly congregant’s body. When the sheriff tries to implicate her, she investigates the victim’s acquaintances and discovers numerous motives, along with lies she struggles to untangle.

When Officer Ted falls ill after eating at the restaurant employing Daisy’s daughter, suspicions of foul play threaten her job. Daisy investigates the food poisoning and discovers that the danger may extend to other Moose River residents.

Back in San Diego, Noah Braddock accepts a district attorney’s offer to investigate a campus assault in exchange for avoiding prosecution. Unreliable memories and reluctant witnesses complicate a case on which his own freedom depends.

New student Brady Mickelson hopes basketball will bring friendship and a future. After a disturbing incident involving a girl he likes and his teammates, conflicting accounts and accusations force him to choose between fitting in and speaking out.

Joe Tyler wants to rebuild his life, but his daughter’s boyfriend disappears on a camping trip. Elizabeth insists they investigate, and the inconsistencies they uncover soon leave father and daughter fighting for their own safety.

A young woman’s disappearance puts newcomer Rainy Day back in the spotlight as Latney residents ask for help. Her reluctant search encounters evasive witnesses and growing suspicions, raising fears that the missing woman may never be found.

A winter storm damages Declan’s church, then someone sabotages efforts to restore it. Rainy investigates accusations against the pastor while trouble with Gunnar and her own divided feelings complicate her determination to protect a friend.

An icy-road accident strands Rainy’s former boss Mack in Latney, where his car disappears and the sheriff accuses him of a crime. Rainy sets aside personal troubles to help, knowing the investigation could also threaten her.

Private investigator Mack Mercy accepts an infidelity case to avoid replacing his departed office manager. Finding his new client dead changes the assignment, and an apparent accident gives him reasons to keep digging despite the lack of evidence.

Short of work, Noah Braddock accepts what appears to be a straightforward assignment involving photographs of a mysterious girl. A disappearance transforms the job into a struggle to save a life while protecting his own.

A sheriff’s search disrupts Rainy’s Christmas plans, then suspicion shifts to her neighbor Gunnar. With family visiting and romantic tensions unresolved, she must decide whether to help him and how much of their past to set aside.

Rainy anticipates a quiet Thanksgiving, but multiplying guests and problems with Gunnar disrupt her plans. When a local murder makes someone she knows the prime suspect, family celebrations give way to another complicated investigation.

Rainy hopes to focus on her new relationship until missing money threatens Latney’s Fall Festival. Pressed into investigating, she discovers plenty of suspects among people she has begun calling friends, making the search unusually uncomfortable.

A family college visit turns into an investigation when Daisy discovers a dead student during a scavenger hunt. Between campus activities, she questions students and faculty, finding no shortage of motives behind the promising university’s welcoming surface.

Now teaching history, Joe Tyler tells himself he has finished investigating. A friend’s missing nephew pulls him back into a search that unsettles the life he and his daughter are trying to build after years of upheaval.

Noah Braddock investigates a surfer’s fatal car crash as a favor to an old classmate. When threats follow her questions, he uncovers debts, a betrayed widow, and suspicious associates, turning a search for closure into a race to protect her.

Sunny Springfield must prepare her retirement community for a corporate visit while investigating a resident’s burgled beauty business. Her demanding boss becomes one of several suspects, and the search soon threatens both Sunny’s job and her safety.

Working as a nightclub bouncer, Noah Braddock jumps at a chance to help an immigration attorney. The investigation leads through politics, crime and powerful interests, forcing him to uncover the truth before more people are harmed.

After her difficult boss is badly injured in a car crash, Sunny Springfield is asked to investigate possible sabotage. The evidence points toward people Sunny considers friends, while mounting danger threatens the retirement community’s residents.

A chance encounter sends Mack Mercy searching for a missing racehorse with a promising future. Entering an unfamiliar world of owners and competing interests, he must rely on his investigative skills to find who took the animal and why.

A resident dies at dinner in the retirement community where Sunny Springfield organizes activities. Suspecting murder, Sunny investigates the jealousy and secrets behind the peaceful setting, unaware that her search could make her the next victim.

A Caribbean cruise is disrupted by a death that ship security seems eager to conceal. Daisy investigates a victim with numerous enemies while an obstructive private investigator and the confined surroundings make her search increasingly risky.

Mack reluctantly agrees to help a former classmate, now a politician, who claims someone wants him dead. Investigating the enemies left by Prescott’s career reveals that the threats may be real and could also endanger Mack.

A chef’s new restaurant is threatened when its enormous cow statue disappears before opening day. Rainy searches for the stolen attraction and finds numerous people with reasons to sabotage the business, some willing to go much further.

Rainy offers her farm for her daughter’s unexpectedly accelerated wedding, relying on friends to help prepare. A death days before the ceremony turns nearly everyone involved into a suspect, forcing her to investigate while keeping the celebration together.

Searching for answers about her childhood, Elizabeth Tyler arrives in Phoenix and befriends a homeless man. His death draws her into a murder investigation, attracting someone determined to stop her involvement before she learns too much.

Elizabeth returns to Minnesota seeking answers from the people who raised her after her abduction. Their changed circumstances and her sister’s dangerous entanglement complicate her search for closure, while her birth father urges her to abandon it.

Reunited with her family after years of captivity, Elizabeth Tyler still struggles to feel at home. A journey toward independence leads her to another troubled girl, whose secrets draw Elizabeth into danger and force her to use hard-earned survival skills.

Moose River’s Christmas celebrations are threatened when someone steals the town’s decorations, including its giant Santa. Daisy searches among disgruntled locals and holiday organizers to recover the missing display before the festival and parade are ruined.

A university hires Noah Braddock to investigate a student’s apparently accidental death. A discrepancy in the medical findings and troubling campus relationships raise doubts, but everyone he questions claims not to know what happened that night.

Joe Tyler accepts a job finding Desmond Locker, a missing young man whose parents are desperate for answers. Conflicting accounts from family, friends and a pregnant girlfriend reveal a darker case than Joe initially expected.

A summer university stay turns grim when a vacationer dies in a dormitory where Daisy’s daughter works. Their contentious relationship worries Daisy, who investigates friends, rivals, and family connections in hopes of clearing her daughter.

An old high school enemy hires Noah Braddock to find his son. Noah and Carter have seventy-two hours in Las Vegas, where other searchers are determined that the missing young man will never leave town.

Still grieving the disappearance of her own family, Kat Maddox decides to search for a missing boy. Her pursuit leads to Mexico, where conflicting stories and danger complicate her hope of helping another parent escape the same loss.

Needing money, Noah Braddock accepts a crime lord’s request to find her missing brother. Rival criminals, influential locals and buried secrets obstruct the search as Noah discovers that people are willing to kill to conceal the truth.