Jerry Kennealy Books in Order

Imprisoned private investigator Nick Polo receives an offer of freedom if he investigates a blackmail scheme involving San Francisco's mayor. Working alone, he follows a compromising film into a criminal world where his release carries dangerous conditions.

Nick Polo investigates a Silicon Valley executive suspected of cheating his wealthy poker companions. What begins as a gambling sting exposes a larger criminal operation, leaving the San Francisco private detective facing opponents with more than money at stake.

A visit to the racetrack puts Nick Polo at the center of a murder investigation when a thug turns up dead. Another killing strengthens the police's suspicions, forcing the private detective to untangle the case himself.

Nick Polo protects an investigative journalist attending a golf tournament at Pebble Beach. When his client dies in a suspicious plane crash, the detective searches for a missing manuscript whose revelations may explain the threats against him.

A poker game draws Nick Polo into the search for stolen paintings connected to a wealthy financier. Rival investigators, family disputes, and competing law enforcement agencies complicate a case that soon threatens the private detective's life.

After a fellow investigator apparently kills himself, Nick Polo inherits part of his estate and discovers valuable Colombian emeralds. With reporter Jane Tobin, he retraces the dead man's work and finds disturbing questions about his final client.

Nick Polo travels to London to deliver money, a letter, and a recording for a wealthy friend. Tracking down the intended recipient exposes a trafficking operation that carries the detective back to San Francisco and onward to Canada.

A winery celebration becomes a case for Nick Polo when its owner reports sabotage and arson. Family tensions and criminal connections cloud the investigation, while kidnapping and murder put Polo and reporter Jane Tobin in danger.

While volunteering at a soup kitchen, Nick Polo agrees to investigate the benefactors of a homeless acquaintance. The man's murder sends Polo toward a shipping fortune, intelligence connections, and organized crime behind an apparently charitable arrangement.

A chance meeting with a dying man draws San Francisco police officer Mary Ariza into a terrorist conspiracy. Her investigation becomes a race to prevent an attack on the city as she follows clues others might overlook.

A Russian antiques dealer hires Nick Polo to locate a woman and a valuable Mongol artifact. The murder of another investigator draws Polo into a tangle of military, diplomatic, and intelligence interests surrounding the missing treasure.

Insurance investigator Robert Duran mourns his artist wife until her body disappears and evidence makes him a murder suspect. He searches his cases involving stolen paintings and forgery for the person orchestrating a campaign to destroy him.

A young immigrant witnesses a murder and escapes carrying crucial evidence. A San Francisco police inspector must locate the girl before the killer does, while investigating a crime whose implications reach beyond the initial killing.

A retired thief discovers the limits of witness protection when he becomes entangled in art smuggling. Forced back toward the skills he hoped to abandon, he confronts criminals for whom his supposedly protected identity offers little reassurance.

San Francisco entertainment critic Carroll Quint receives emails linking murders of industry acquaintances to Hitchcock films. With police suspicious of his involvement and more friends threatened, he must decode the clues and identify the person behind the messages.

Carroll Quint investigates the apparent suicide of his mother's old Hollywood friend aboard a Sausalito houseboat. Returning to a circle of former studio acquaintances, he follows a photographic clue that may explain why his mother suspects murder.

A desperate bookie hires former cop John Tomei to recover money stolen by Chinatown criminals. A missing showgirl, an unstable retired policeman, and a powerful gang leader turn the promised payday into a dangerous fight for survival.

When an art collector is kidnapped, police suspect her husband of involvement in a large fraud. To rescue his wife and clear himself, he must uncover a revenge conspiracy concealed within the world of valuable artworks.

Homicide detective Harry Dymes tries to halt a string of killings while caught between federal investigators, Russian organized crime, and Chinese terrorists. His pursuit exposes a conflict whose stakes extend far beyond the murders he initially investigates.

After a man possessing revolutionary defense software and a document threatening the Catholic Church is killed, both secrets disappear. Vatican operatives and British and American intelligence services compete to recover them in a struggle complicated by betrayal.

During the San Francisco filming of Bullitt, police officer Johnny O'Rorke handles security for Steve McQueen's production. A request to help an arrested crew member draws him into an investigation involving murder, criminal gangs, and a valuable gemstone.

A wealthy vintner hires Nick Polo to recover a jeweled historic dagger. The search pits the detective against family rivalries, hired killers, and a dishonest investigator, with an elderly woman offering unconventional help along the way.

San Francisco officer Johnny O'Rorke searches for a missing artist while the city prepares for the filming of Dirty Harry. As people connected to the missing man are murdered, his investigation leads through the city's darker corners.

Inspector Nick Jarnac investigates a young woman's skeleton unearthed forty years after her disappearance. The discovery draws him into a conspiracy involving corrupt politicians, an international crime boss, and veteran investigators with their own agendas.

Nick Polo protects an elderly artist whose right to occupy a valuable mansion ends with her death. Threats against her intersect with a long-missing lover, an expensive painting, and relatives eager to claim their inheritance.