John W. Mefford Books in Order

A young woman's abduction pulls private investigator Booker into a desperate search for a friend's family. With other girls disappearing and little evidence to follow, he races to find the captors before another victim is killed.

A sniper attack near the site of Kennedy's assassination and the murder of an energy executive send Booker down parallel trails. Family secrets and organized crime complicate his search for the force connecting the violence.

Booker travels to the Dominican Republic hoping to confront a chapter of his past. A ruthless drug lord and a dangerously charming woman draw him into a struggle where surviving the island's brutality means risking everything he values.

After a school bus bombing, Dallas faces a campaign of terror and Booker loses his police badge over a lie. With his family endangered, he continues fighting to protect the city and stop the people engineering its chaos.

The murder of performer Courtney Johnson brings Booker into a Dallas investigation that looks like a professional hit. When another entertainer dies, the case becomes personal, and pursuing the killer leaves Booker dangerously exposed.

FBI agent Alex Troutt struggles with gaps in her memory after a violent crash. A body discovered in Boston waters leads to ritualistic murders, and the investigation threatens to draw her own family into the killer's plans.

A wave of violence reaches Alex Troutt's quiet seaside hometown as separate investigations converge on a drug operation. Determined to break the ring, she must protect relatives caught in the crossfire of criminals willing to sacrifice anyone.

A murdered woman bears the signature of a killer from an old case Alex Troutt has been studying. As another victim appears, the investigation becomes a race to stop a manipulative murderer before Alex's daughter is endangered.

Alex Troutt joins the hunt for an assassin responsible for a series of mutilation murders. Assisted by an unconventional CIA operative, she follows the trail down the East Coast toward a confrontation with someone who devastated her life.

The murder of Boston's police chief brings Alex Troutt face to face with a killer holding answers about her mother. Following a fragile clue, she risks her rebuilt life to resolve a mystery that began thirty years earlier.

Bomb attacks on Boston priests force Alex Troutt to investigate a colleague she has trusted. As the evidence reaches back to Bloody Sunday and the IRA, she must weigh personal loyalty against her duty to stop further deaths.

Ivy Nash joins the search for a missing boy when police run out of leads. As more victims emerge and neighbors turn on each other, her unconventional investigation reveals a predator with a larger, carefully concealed plan.

A mysterious letter offers Ozzie Novak a chance to learn about the family he never knew. His search draws him into a dangerous puzzle involving a young girl, the yakuza and the help of investigator Alex Troutt.

A series of child abductions draws Ivy Nash into an investigation that becomes personal after a friend suffers a tragedy. Asked to cross a dangerous line to save a life, she uncovers a scheme extending beyond the kidnappings.

A deadly hostage crisis at a foster home leaves Ivy Nash determined to protect a child and expose a killing authorities want forgotten. Investigating corruption and abuse forces her to confront secrets from her own traumatic childhood.

Ivy Nash and Cristina accept an apparently routine security assignment at a mansion. Suspicious behavior, an encounter from Cristina's past, and a sniper attack lead Ivy to question their client and investigate the history behind the danger.

Ivy Nash starts a private investigation agency to protect vulnerable children, then takes a case involving missing parents. A murder and a serial killer terrorizing San Antonio reveal a disturbing connection between the victims and Ivy herself.

Searching for a kidnapped girl, Ivy Nash encounters a killer convinced that murder serves a demonic destiny. As his campaign of punishment grows, she struggles to save the intended victims while becoming one of his targets.

Ozzie Novak loses his legal career, his father and the woman he loves as his life unravels. When he begins to suspect his father’s death was no accident, the search for answers brings a killer dangerously close.

Witnesses in a federal corruption case begin turning up dead, drawing Alex Troutt and investigator Ozzie Novak into a dangerous search. With suspicion spreading through Alex's squad, each confidence she shares could expose the next victim.

A trip to Hawaii's Big Island turns dangerous when Alex and Ozzie encounter disappearances, dismembered bodies, and entrenched corruption. Their attempt to expose a ruthless criminal network places friends and family within reach of its violence.

Alex Troutt and her partner investigate savage killings whose shifting patterns resist an easy explanation. Legal threats and a disturbing video complicate their hunt, while a personal blow makes Alex more determined to stop the murderer.

A calculated killing spree draws Alex, Ozzie, and Ivy into a web of deception. As desperation clouds their judgment, a secret buried for thirty years begins to emerge, threatening to transform their understanding of the people connecting them.

Bombs at the Boston Marathon leave someone Alex Troutt loves fighting for life. While her FBI team handles the formal investigation, she joins Ozzie to pursue elusive leads and uncover the people directing the continuing violence.

Kidnappers force Alex Troutt to obey their demands if she wants her daughter returned. Meanwhile, Ivy Nash investigates a child abduction in Texas, and their converging cases reveal exploitation linked to the opioid crisis.

Accused of murdering an ambitious woman, Ozzie Novak must uncover the powerful interests surrounding her death. With his own freedom and his family’s safety at stake, he faces a bargain that could carry a terrible price.

The disappearance of a drug-addicted woman draws Ozzie Novak into a case connected to Ivy Nash. As he investigates, the death of the missing woman’s sister a decade earlier raises disturbing questions that reach into his own past.

Willow Ball and Cooper Chain investigate a shallow grave that may connect to a disappearance decades earlier. When another girl vanishes and Cooper's daughter becomes entangled, the pair must uncover secrets protected by violence and intimidation.

A once-celebrated father disappears, prompting Willow Ball and Cooper Chain to help his desperate family. Their search collides with heroin addiction, mob pressure, and a chain of violent events that puts the investigators themselves in danger.

Cooper Chain must locate a former tennis star before he can write her biography. As Willow investigates a disappearance beneath Dallas, their searches expose buried memories and dangerous secrets that someone will kill to keep concealed.

Former lovers Willow Ball and Cooper Chain reunite and stumble across a dead body. With a killer disrupting wedding plans and someone from Willow's past returning, they must untangle the murders while navigating their own unsettled relationship.

A disturbing incident at home leaves Cooper Chain and Willow Ball wondering whether someone wants them dead. Willow's search for information about her father leads to a disastrous meeting, followed by attacks from an enemy always one step ahead.

Cooper Chain searches for the missing Willow while evading police and repeated threats. A clue on a corpse points toward an old child murder in Alabama, where an unlikely group of allies may offer their only chance of survival.

Willow Ball and Cooper Chain seek her father in New York while trying to escape their pursuers. As bodies appear in the East River, a man responsible for wrecking Cooper's life returns and threatens to repeat the past.

Michael Doyle fears losing his job during a corporate takeover, but a brutal murder exposes a far greater danger. As business dealings unravel into a deadly conspiracy, he tries to stop a killer threatening someone he cares about.

Drug deaths in North Texas and an abduction far away draw Michael Doyle into a crisis spanning the border. Fighting to protect young people from ruthless traffickers, he finds the violence reaching dangerously close to his own family.

Pursued by mercenaries in Amsterdam, Willow Ball and Cooper Chain search for her father while investigating girls being abducted and killed. An uneasy alliance offers a chance to expose an international crime ring, but their plan could become a trap.

A sadistic murderer delights in tormenting the public and one particular man. As more women become targets, the killer plans a final attack on a woman whose death would destroy the person he most wants to hurt.

A killer targeting Dallas police officers draws Booker into a hunt on behalf of his former colleagues. When a murder strikes personally, he must confront an elusive enemy whose campaign presents itself as a twisted form of justice.

Trying to rebuild his life, former journalist Michael Doyle witnesses a death that draws him into another investigation. His pursuit exposes people being priced for killing, and he must overcome violence and memory loss to prevent an act of terror.

Former Olympic athlete Jack Whitfield lives quietly with his family until a shadowy organization forces him into its plans. To save his wife and child, he must find a girl and unravel an international conspiracy reaching Hong Kong.

Jack Whitfield and his new partner flee across Poland while a dangerous organization pursues them. With two countries nearing war, he sees a chance to expose his controllers, but success depends on trusting someone he has every reason to doubt.

A mysterious death and a letter draw Jack Whitfield into a conspiracy reaching back sixty years. Unable to rely on official help, he works with a Russian former gymnast whose hidden agenda complicates a search spanning several countries.

A bombing at a European market plunges Jack Whitfield and his covert team into the pursuit of an elusive terrorist. While they investigate an international conspiracy, secrets within their own organisation threaten to undermine the operation.

Jack Whitfield pursues a deadly drug operation connecting a Mexican cartel with militants in Africa. As the threat of poisoned drugs reaches the United States, his investigation becomes a dangerous hunt across continents for those directing the scheme.

Jack Whitfield owes a debt to the wealthy man who rescued his daughter. Repaying it takes him to a slave camp in El Salvador, where a deadly mission brings him closer to the organisation that once controlled his mind.

Jack Whitfield and Natasha hunt the people who shaped his past as an Olympic runner and assassin. An ambush in Prague draws them into a plot involving global communications, with clues stretching from Tennessee to a French castle.

Framed for the death of an Interpol official, Jack Whitfield flees through Europe with Natasha. Violent memories resurface in Budapest as he confronts a powerful organisation whose influence threatens to overwhelm their efforts to escape and uncover the truth.

Former FBI agent Alex Troutt and her brother Ozzie investigate a dangerous new drug flooding Austin. When two murders strike close to home, their search for a kingpin exposes personal connections and a threat to everyone Alex loves.

Alex Troutt investigates a missing woman while Ozzie searches for a vanished teenager. As the cases converge, a powerful adversary and unresolved events from Alex's past threaten to destroy the investigators and the women they are trying to save.

When Ozzie's family fails to return from the Texas coast, he searches a small town whose residents refuse to talk. Meanwhile, Alex's investigation of two executives uncovers a murder that may connect to her brother's desperate search.

Ozzie pursues Nicole’s killer through a dangerous bargain with the Giordano crime family. Meanwhile, Alex’s apparently routine missing-person case becomes entangled with her brother’s secret campaign, exposing both investigators to consequences neither can easily control.

During an Austin heatwave, Alex and Ozzie work security on a troubled film production. A violent custody dispute and a fresh murder remind Alex of an unsolved case, drawing her toward connections someone on the set wants hidden.

A boy’s disappearance during the Christmas season draws Alex and Ivy into a family’s conflicting accounts. Across Austin, Ozzie pursues a thief whose unexpected information may connect his investigation to the desperate search for the child.

When a friend’s niece disappears in Mexico, Ozzie leaves his troubled family life to search with Alex. Their pursuit leads through cartels and corrupt authorities, exposing a criminal empire that destroys anyone who approaches its secrets.

Sent to investigate a conspiracy stretching from Lyon to Cairo, Jack Whitfield encounters a plot to overthrow a government and ignite revolution. As he pursues its organisers, an unseen threat puts both his mission and his life at risk.

Private investigator Ozzie Novak takes a woman’s case of suspected marital infidelity, only to find himself caught in a murder investigation. Attraction and manipulation blur his judgment as greed drives a chain of increasingly deadly events.