Jo Hamilton Books in Order

Detective John Malone investigates a stranger's fatal fall at Beaumont House in 1981 Missouri. Old love letters and a concealed spyhole lead him toward connections between the mansion's residents, a veterans' home, and a long-ago mining disaster.

A cryptic message draws retired detective John Malone into the search for missing novelist Kathleen Seville. Clues hidden in her own book point toward a Soviet spy ring and raise doubts about the woman he is trying to rescue.

Marilyn Eagle discovers a reclusive artist's body in a New Zealand lake but conceals it to protect her own secrets. As she pursues the killer, Sergeant Louise Ratahi investigates the artist's disappearance and strange activity around her cabin.

Inquisitor Edie Pepperidge investigates the disappearance of a secretive alchemist at a mortician's request. A ransacked laboratory and a mysterious ring offer clues, but the demand for secrecy and her client's withheld information complicate the search.

When an ancient mundus is found dead in a chest, Inquisitor Edie Pepperidge investigates evidence of forbidden magic. A reptile tooth offers a clue, while official denial of the dark arts obstructs her search for answers.

Inquisitor Edie Pepperidge investigates a mysterious symbol suggesting a hidden fourth sister among Wickeden's legendary witches. Meanwhile, a missing constable's apparent possession leaves her searching for his real whereabouts after the suspected body snatcher has turned to dust.

In 1981 Chicago, a homeless man's head is found inside a hotel hatbox. Frustrated by the police investigation, a waitress hires private investigator John Malone, whose own connection to the case complicates the search for the killer.

Scarred while trying to rescue neighbors from a fatal house fire, Coutts hires private investigator Freddie Cooke to find the arsonist. Their inquiries uncover links between the victims, five suspects, and a secret organization called Justice for Jane.

Two Lakesford men are murdered and found with numbered stones in their mouths. Learning of a list naming five intended victims, Sergeant Louise Ratahi races to identify the killer and understand why these particular people were chosen.

Herbalist Edie Pepperidge receives the summons she has foreseen and becomes Wickeden's new inquisitor. Her first assignment concerns three people found hanging, their blood transformed into tar, challenging her to uncover how witches and warlocks were killed.

Escaping an abusive relationship, Sian Tanner hides in her inherited rural New Zealand cottage. Investigating a childhood friend's disappearance reveals an unsettling historical mystery, while her abuser pressures her therapist to disclose where she is.

An anonymous jack-in-the-box bearing her dead parents' faces sends Edie Pepperidge investigating the fire that killed them. A warlock claiming friendship with her father offers another lead, but his reputation for deception makes his motives difficult to trust.

Wickeden witch and inquisitor Edie Pepperidge continues searching for the Vessel of Orcus, an ancient buried urn containing seven recipes for dark magic. Her investigation unfolds across the magical community and the ordinary world beyond it.