Jim Fusilli Books in Order

Writer turned investigator Terry Orr is still hunting the man who killed his wife and infant son when a cab driver's murder and a bombed SoHo gallery land on his desk. The two cases collide in a bruised, street-level New York mystery.

In post-9/11 New York, Terry Orr is hired to find a woman just released after decades in prison for murder. When he finds her dead, the case opens into buried motives, new danger, and a city still living in shock.

A dead friend's final request sends Terry Orr after a vanished ex-wife, but the real shock is closer to home. Orr has finally found the man he believes killed his wife and son, and the truth may hurt worse than revenge.

At his daughter's request, PI Terry Orr searches for a gifted teenage boy who has vanished. The case turns violent fast and forces Orr to confront old damage, fresh lies, and his own complicated bond with Bella.

Fusilli looks past legend and studio lore to the emotional core of Pet Sounds. The result is a compact, personal study of Brian Wilson, youthful longing, and why the album still hits so hard.

What should be an anniversary celebration becomes something far stranger and more dangerous in this darkly funny short story. Maleeny turns marriage, ritual, and murder into a sharp little joke with teeth.

When her best friend is accused of stealing a priceless violin from Juilliard, sharp-eyed eighth grader Marley Z starts asking questions. Her search takes her all over New York in a lively mystery packed with odd suspects and city energy.

Bob, a solitary Boston bartender, finds a battered pit bull puppy in a trash can and reluctantly takes it in with help from wary neighbor Nadia. When the dog's violent former owner comes looking, Bob is pushed into a dangerous clash with local toughs and the bar's criminal backers.

In a gritty waterfront town across the Hudson during the years around World War II, Sal Benno rises near the Mafia while his friend Leo Bell tries to hold onto a different future. Their lives tangle with singer Bebe Marsala and a mob war that can break the whole neighborhood.

A suburban woman trapped with a corrupt, abusive husband turns to a professional killer for help. As the plan unfolds, the story slowly reveals who is really being used and what vengeance looks like when greed and moral rot have hollowed everyone out.

A nameless drifter witnesses an assault in Chicago and follows the trail instead of walking away. His split-second act of conscience pulls him into a brutal conspiracy, and the stakes turn personal when his estranged daughter is threatened.

Haunted drifter Sam is pulled off the road and framed for murder as he moves from Arizona to Memphis. To survive, he has to find the real killer while a powerful enemy closes in on both him and his estranged daughter.

Fusilli makes the case that great rock and pop did not end with the twentieth century. Part guide and part invitation, this book introduces newer artists and albums for listeners who want a smart way back into contemporary music.

A grieving man takes his young grandson to a strange diner called The Good Life. In that haunted setting, past, present, and whatever comes next begin to press together.

An economics professor is forced to impersonate his identical twin, a struggling Minnesota Twins pitcher, for one surreal game day in Milwaukee. It is a sly, tense story about family obligation, panic, and how long a smart man can bluff.

During the early pandemic, a kind but hapless Manhattan maintenance worker walks into a bank wearing a bandana and is mistaken for a robber. Suddenly on the run with a bag of cash, Zerbie tries to set things right in a near-empty city.

In wartime St. Louis, the Browns pin their hopes on a teenage boogie-woogie piano prodigy who brings fresh life to the ballpark organ. It is an offbeat baseball story about music, morale, and a team chasing unlikely momentum.

In 1940s New Jersey, grocer Sal Benno and his lifelong friend Leo Bell try to hold onto their futures as mob crackdowns, the Red Scare, and an exiled Mafia boss squeeze their town. It is a wide, tense crime saga about friendship under pressure.

In mid-1970s Jersey City, Mickey Wright is dragged toward a violent Teamsters world tied to organized crime, largely because of his own father. After a trucker's murder, he has to choose between family loyalty and the life he wants to build.