Junior Bender Books in Order

Burglar Junior Bender is blackmailed into finding whoever is sabotaging a crime boss's pornographic film. The proposed star is a vulnerable former child actress, leaving Junior torn between protecting her and satisfying a dangerous employer.

Junior Bender is pressured to clear an aging music mogul accused of murdering a tabloid journalist. While the victim's widow complicates his investigation, Junior also searches for his landlady's missing daughter and navigates upheaval in his family.

Crime boss Irwin Dressler orders Junior Bender to investigate the scandal that destroyed actress Dolores La Marr's career decades earlier. Junior's doubts about solving an old injustice give way to the discovery of still-dangerous vendettas.

A stolen list reveals the intermediaries in a murder-for-hire chain, and its members begin dying. Junior Bender investigates after his mentor Herbie Mott is murdered, uncovering disturbing secrets behind the man who taught him burglary.

Days before Christmas, a Russian mobster forces Junior Bender to investigate shoplifting at his failing mall. When people begin dying, Junior realizes theft is only part of the danger and confronts painful memories of the holiday.

Stealing a rare stamp from a professional killer sends Junior Bender into an escalating chain of blackmail and forced burglaries. His next target is the fortified home of a ruthless Hollywood mogul known as King Maybe.

Desperate for money, Junior Bender accepts an unusually lucrative commission to steal a doll from a dead recluse's house. Rival pursuers and a friend's murder turn the burglary into a search for his mysterious employer.

Mobster Irwin Dressler hires Junior Bender to uncover theft hidden within a nostalgia rock tour. Near-fatal accidents, feuding musicians, and his teenage daughter's interest in crime complicate a weekend investigation among aging performers and dangerous associates.