Lady Justice Books in Order

Retired real estate man Walter Williams gets bored, joins the Citizen Retiree Action Patrol, and shocks everyone by becoming a useful cop. With his senior friends close behind, he tangles with predators, mobsters, and the limits of aging.

Walt is back on the Kansas City police beat when mob-linked murders and old tapes stir up fear in a worn-down neighborhood. Undercover stunts, disguises, and his loyal crew turn a dangerous case into a funny, fast-moving mess.

A run of deaths among the terminally ill raises an ugly question: is someone playing doctor, judge, and executioner? Walt digs into a case of mercy, murder, and medical power where the answers are anything but simple.

When a bombing at a Gay Pride parade points to violent religious extremists, Walt and Ox are pushed into a case with real bloodshed behind the slogans. The book keeps Thornhill's humor, but the stakes are sharper here.

The murder of a holistic doctor pulls Walt into a case involving drug companies, corrupt politics, and a high-risk FBI sting. Going undercover may expose the truth, if an assassin doesn't get to him first.

A trip to Hawaii for love and family quickly turns into a case involving murder, island secrets, and stolen Hawaiian artifacts. Walt and his friends trade Kansas City for Maui, but trouble follows them just fine.

Members of a Midtown book club start turning up dead, and the press quickly brands the killer The Librarian. Walt and Ox chase a smart, unsettling murderer while the story has fun with books, readers, and literary vanity.

Campaign season brings money, spin, and dirty tricks, and Walt lands in the middle of it. Beneath the speeches and handshakes, someone is playing hardball, and the cost could be much higher than an election.

What should be a honeymoon cruise to Alaska turns deadly when murder boards the ship with the passengers. Walt and the gang have to sort out suspects, secrets, and danger in very close quarters.

Kansas City is being cleaned up by a vigilante, at least if you ask the people cheering from the sidelines. Walt has to stop the killer before public anger turns rough justice into something worse.

A strange new threat called the Watchers pulls Walt into a case built on fear, manipulation, and people who think they know better than everyone else. As usual, the mystery is dark, but the banter keeps it moving.

Two extremist groups need an unlikely assassin to get close to the President, and Walt ends up smack in the plot. It's a high-stakes case with national consequences and the series' usual crooked humor.

A fiftieth class reunion should be about old memories and second chances, not murder. Walt walks into buried grudges, fresh trouble, and the awkward truth that the past rarely stays polite.

A huge lottery win should solve problems, but for two older winners it mainly creates new ones. Greed, attention, and bad intentions close in fast once the money starts talking.

Marine veteran Ben Singleton comes home carrying scars that don't show up neatly on the surface. Walt's investigation mixes crime with the hard readjustment of a soldier trying to find his footing again.

A burned body with a surgical incision points Walt toward the brutal world of black-market transplants. The case moves from one grim clue to another as greed turns human bodies into merchandise.

After a King Tut artifact is stolen, bizarre murders ignite rumors of an ancient curse. Walt and Ox have to choose between superstition and solid police work before panic swallows the truth.

The death of a young Black man puts Walt and Ox inside a city raw with anger and mistrust. It is a timely case about race, power, and how fast a bad situation can explode.

Walt heads into heart surgery while life around him refuses to slow down. Recovery, worry, and fresh trouble make this one more personal than most, without losing the humor that keeps the series going.

Those white trails in the sky are not just clouds to everyone, and Walt gets pulled into a wild chemtrail conspiracy. What starts sounding absurd turns deadly once powerful people want the questions to stop.

After a bullet changes Walt's future, he has to rethink how he works and who he is. The case marks a darker turn as he moves away from regular police work without giving up the hunt.

Investigative reporter Jack Carson is dead, but the chemtrail story is far from buried. Walt follows the case into court and deeper danger as lies, power, and murder keep colliding.

Ghostly messages and voices from long ago turn a new case into one of Walt's strangest adventures. The mystery blends history, murder, and the unnerving possibility that the dead still have business here.

Mary is led by eerie signs, family secrets, and a hidden cache that has waited decades to be found. Walt has to decide how much of this case belongs to reason, and how much doesn't.

A murdered treasure hunter leaves behind a stolen discovery and a trail of greedy suspects. Walt follows the clues through secrets, obsession, and a case where even the title cat matters more than you might think.

Inspired by Walt's example, three retirees decide they are not too old to do detective work themselves. Their enthusiasm creates chaos, laughs, and a mystery that proves age is not the same thing as useless.

After a bike accident, a ten-year-old boy starts seeing flashes of the future. Walt joins forces with the young seer to clear an innocent man and stop an assassination plot.

A professional spy brings deadly skills and cold nerves into Walt's orbit. He and his senior sidekicks have to outplay an enemy who is built to lie, disappear, and strike first.

A woman calling herself the Black Widow starts targeting powerful men who prey on women. Walt has to decide whether she is a folk hero, a serial killer, or something harder to define.

A terrifying drug known as Devil's Breath reaches Walt's world and brings violence with it. He and his crew race to stop the people profiting from a substance that can destroy lives in an instant.

Three badly frightened children escape into the make-believe safety of Puff the Magic Dragon. Walt steps in to protect them from muggers, abuse, and a predator who thinks nobody is watching.

A dying man leaves Walt a locked box and a mystery big enough to upend his quiet life. The deeper he digs, the clearer it becomes that other people will kill to get there first.

Walt and Maggie buy an old mansion with more history than good sense. Renovation work uncovers secrets, danger, and the kind of past that refuses to stay nailed behind the walls.

The mysterious box is still in Walt's safe, and the people circling it are not giving up. This sequel turns the hidden object's past into a struggle over faith, power, and survival.

A troubling case hits close to home when Walt learns that someone tied to Ox may be growing into serious trouble. Family loyalty and bad choices collide as the title's bad seed starts wrecking lives.

The Russian mob brings in a hired gun whose resemblance to someone else makes an already bad situation worse. Walt has to sort out doubles, deception, and a killer who turns confusion into a weapon.

A dying former mob bookkeeper names Walt trustee of his living trust, which sounds simple until the heirs start circling. Inheritance, greed, and murder make estate work far more dangerous than the paperwork suggests.

An eccentric ally named Arlo Quimby joins Walt in a race to stop terrorists from hitting major American targets. The danger is real, but Thornhill never forgets that odd people can make the best partners.

A hidden manuscript by a woman named Lenore pulls Walt into a bleak story of abuse, incest, and murder. The present-day mystery grows out of the pain buried in those pages.

A major cyberattack aimed at America's rail systems sends Walt into a case where computers can kill from a distance. He has to stop the sabotage before terror on the tracks becomes a national disaster.

Walt teams up with bounty hunter Georgia Peach to chase drug dealers, kidnappers, thieves, and other hard cases. Her methods are wild, her family is stranger than expected, and the partnership is a lot of fun.

Walt is swamped with tenants, property headaches, and animal abuse cases that turn ugly in a hurry. The book taps his real estate background while showing how quickly everyday nuisances can become crimes.

When Ox inherits a farm in the Ozarks, the quiet country life he imagines does not last long. Rural grudges, buried trouble, and fresh danger prove that the farm is anything but peaceful.

Jerry the Joker's new romance pulls Walt into a kidnapping case that turns personal fast. He has to move quickly before abduction becomes tragedy for people his crew cares about.

Organized crime is back in force, and Walt finds himself squaring off with mob trouble that refuses to stay buried. Old enemies, fresh schemes, and the threat of violence give the series another tough outing.