Jim Lynch Books in Order

Thirteen-year-old Miles O'Malley discovers a giant squid while exploring the tidal flats near his home. As unusual marine sightings attract growing attention, his summer becomes a search for understanding amid family troubles and a changing natural world.

Awkward birdwatcher Brandon Vanderkool reluctantly joins the Border Patrol along the Washington border with Canada. His unexpected success catching smugglers unsettles a rural community already tangled in drugs, suspicion, family tensions, and competing ideas about the boundary.

Seattle power broker Roger Morgan helped shape the city's 1962 World's Fair and now seeks its mayoralty decades later. Reporter Helen Gulanos investigates his past, exposing the uneasy relationship between civic ambition, public image, and hidden influence.

Joshua Johannssen repairs boats on Puget Sound while his scattered family remains bound to sailing. His father's plan for one final race promises a reunion, bringing old rivalries, inherited expectations, and unresolved family troubles aboard.