Jeffrey Cohen Books in Order

Aaron Tucker is a freelance writer and stay-at-home dad who insists he is not a detective. But when a woman vanishes from her bed, he gets pulled into threats, lies, and a mystery that hits far too close to home.

Cohen draws on his own family life in this candid guide for parents raising a child with Asperger syndrome. It balances fear, frustration, humor, and practical reassurance without pretending the job is easy.

At his high school reunion, Aaron Tucker is asked to investigate the murder of an old classmate's husband. What follows is a funny suburban tangle of lust, greed, family drama, and way too many complications.

When a local man is shot while walking his dog, Aaron Tucker is asked to help clear the young suspect. The case brings mob pressure, holiday stress, and another reminder that Aaron's quiet life never stays quiet.

Drawing on autism-spectrum family and school issues, Cohen offers a practical guide for parents trying to work with educators instead of fighting every battle. The focus is cooperation, advocacy, and getting children the support they need.

Elliot Freed opens his comedy-only movie theater expecting laughs, not a dead customer felled by poisoned popcorn. To save the business and his own nerves, he starts asking questions the police would rather handle alone.

Elliot Freed's comedy theater is back on its feet until a missing film print, a bomb scare, and whispers about an old Hollywood murder ruin the mood. Chasing the truth may put Elliot on a killer's list.

When Elliot Freed's ex-wife Sharon vanishes and rumors tie her to a suspicious patient's death, he cannot stay out of it. The search pulls him from his comedy theater into a tense, deeply personal mystery.

Newly divorced Alison Kerby returns to her Jersey Shore hometown to open a guesthouse, only to find it occupied by two ghosts. They want their murders solved, and Alison soon realizes starting over may be the least of her problems.

While juggling guests and a reality TV crew, Alison is asked to help a troubled ghost who thinks he caused a death. Then the woman turns up murdered inside Alison's house, making the case dangerously real.

In this Aaron Tucker prequel, Aaron fights a school mess after his young son is framed for bringing a water pistol to class. At the same time, he looks into the suspicious death of a minor league pitcher.

Ghost detective Paul Harrison takes the lead when a young spirit appears in the guesthouse searching for his missing mother. What starts as a small, sad case grows stranger as Paul realizes the boy is not telling the whole truth.

Maxie wants answers about her murdered ex-husband, Paul cannot stop thinking about the fiancée he left behind, and Alison's own awful ex comes calling. Old baggage, living and dead, turns into a fresh mystery at the guesthouse.

As a huge storm bears down on the Jersey Shore, Alison's mother Loretta takes center stage. A Vietnam-era ghost wants help finding a missing POW bracelet, and the answer lies in a secret that has been buried for decades.

A blizzard traps Alison close to home just as her mother worries that Alison's late father has gone missing in the afterlife. To find him, Alison must work with a melodramatic ghost who refuses to help until his own killer is found.

A short self-help guide that applies Core Energetics ideas to addiction recovery. Cohen looks at destructive habits, emotional blocks, and the hard work of moving toward sobriety.

Michael Kaufman spends a year juggling marriage, three kids, work, and the thousand absurd details of modern fatherhood. It is a funny, illustrated domestic novel about trying to be a good dad without losing your mind.

Alison's reputation as the local ghost lady brings business she never asked for, including a dead man seeking an exorcism. When two seemingly separate investigations turn lethal, she has to sort out the link before someone else dies.

Ghost skeptic Lieutenant Anita McElone shocks Alison by asking for supernatural help on a murder case. With Paul and Maxie digging from the other side, Alison must find the truth before Anita disappears for good.

Samuel Hoenig makes a living answering questions, and his latest is a weird one: who stole a preserved head from a New Jersey cryonics institute? With new associate Janet Washburn beside him, the theft quickly turns into murder.

Alison's quiet evening vanishes when the ghost of British rock star Vance McTiernan appears at her guesthouse. He believes his daughter's overdose was murder, and Alison soon finds herself chasing a killer with a taste for secrets.

A client wants Samuel Hoenig to identify her mysterious husband, a problem that forces him to work closely with Janet Washburn. Then the husband winds up dead in Samuel's office, and the question changes fast.

Alison's ex-husband blows back into town owing dangerous people a lot of money and scheming to sell her guesthouse. When a murder follows and Steven disappears, Alison reluctantly sets out to find him before the bad guys do.

Samuel tries to stay objective when a young man asks whether a store clerk is really his friend. Once somebody ends up dead, Samuel and Janet have to untangle loyalty, misunderstanding, and murder.

Mystery writer Rachel Goldman gets a call from a man claiming to be Duffy Madison, the detective she invented in her novels. Before she can decide whether he is crazy or impossible, authors start disappearing and Rachel may be next.

Kay Powell is a theatrical agent whose clients are animals, and she thinks shaggy Bruno is headed for Broadway. Then Bruno's owner is murdered face-first in the dog's water dish, and Kay is pulled into a showbiz killing.

Rachel is still trying to accept that her fictional detective seems to exist in real life when Duffy asks for help on another case. This time the search may reveal who he was before he became Duffy Madison.

Samuel's mother wants an answer he has avoided for years: where is his father now? A trip to Los Angeles with Janet turns personal fast, then dangerous, as family history opens into a much bigger mystery.

Kay's latest client is Barney, a parrot with a job on a television series. When the show's star is shot and police suspect the bird has seen more than anyone realizes, Kay is pulled into another oddball murder.

A new ghost arrives at Alison's guesthouse with bad news: he was murdered while trying to prove a defendant was innocent. To solve the case, Alison first has to find the missing Paul Harrison.

Samuel dismisses a client's fear that her husband is cheating with a dead woman, because ghosts are impossible. Then the husband is murdered, Janet gets involved, and the case turns into one of the pair's strangest puzzles.

A beach excavation behind Alison's house uncovers a vintage Lincoln Continental with a skeleton at the wheel. Alison wants no part of the cold case, but family, ghosts, and danger have other ideas.

New Jersey prosecutor Sandy Moss moves to Los Angeles hoping for a cleaner, calmer legal life. Instead, her first big case puts her beside a television star accused of killing his estranged wife with a bow and arrow.

Sandy agrees to help movie star Patrick McNabb's friend Cynthia Sutton with a divorce and instantly regrets it. When Cynthia's mother-in-law is killed with a TV acting trophy, Sandy is back in court on a murder case.

Eleven-year-old Riley Schoenberg storms into Sandy's office demanding help for her father, who confessed to killing Riley's mother. Sandy takes the appeal and finds a case that is sadder, trickier, and less settled than it looks.

Sandy is settling into Los Angeles when an abrasive movie director is accused of murdering a stunt man on his own set. The case is messy, public, and a little too close to Patrick McNabb for comfort.

A brief nonfiction exploration of Pat Benatar's song 'Hell Is for Children' and the child-abuse issues it forced into view. Cohen looks at the song's impact and points readers toward help and support.

Sandy Moss heads back to New Jersey for her cousin Stephanie's wedding, only to see the bride emerge bloody with a knife in her hand. Family loyalty quickly becomes a murder defense.

Fran and Ken Stein, private investigators who are not entirely human, take a case involving a rare ukulele and a missing birth father. Soon they are dealing with murder and unsettling clues about their own origins.

LA attorney Sandy Moss takes on a case that feels impossible when Lt. K.C. Trench is accused of killing a fellow officer he openly disliked. The more she digs, the clearer it becomes someone wants Trench framed.

Fran and Ken Stein are hired to find a missing young trans woman, but the case turns dangerous fast. A strangled friend, police pressure, and old family wounds make this search far messier than it first looks.

Laura Meehan returns to her New Jersey hometown to run her late father's paint and wallpaper store. Then she finds a body in the shop and what may be her father's ghost, still ready to investigate.

A client wants Fran and Ken Stein to learn whether his birth parents gave him up because he is on the autism spectrum. Their search opens into fraud, murder, and fresh danger tied to the siblings' own past.