LA Chandlar Books in Order

In 1936 New York, Mayor La Guardia’s aide Lane Sanders is attacked by a gangster carrying a gun from her childhood nightmares. Investigating how her past connects with political corruption puts her at the centre of a revenge plot against the mayor.

Lane returns to Michigan to investigate her parents’ murders while a banker’s disappearance threatens Mayor La Guardia’s reputation in New York. A remembered gold chess piece links the mysteries, drawing her into schemes that force her to reassess both allies and enemies.

After a pinball racket kills a trusted ally, Lane and detective Finn Brodie travel to London to investigate a resurgent criminal network. Their family histories complicate the pursuit, while a pearl dagger offers a clue connecting danger on both sides of the Atlantic.

In 1937, mayoral aide Lane Sanders hears of a planned attack on the Hindenburg bearing her enemy’s signature. Boarding the airship to investigate, she enters a dangerous confrontation whose consequences could extend beyond its passengers to another global war.