Mark Richard Zubro Books in Order

A murdered colleague draws suburban Chicago teacher Tom Mason into an investigation beyond the classroom. Beneath his community’s respectable surface, he uncovers gambling, exploitation and abuse, discovering that solving the crime means confronting secrets people will kill to protect.

When a student is accused of killing his girlfriend, teacher Tom Mason agrees to help clear him. With his partner Scott Carpenter, he investigates the apparently quiet Chicago suburbs and discovers a more sinister story behind the accusation.

After an attack on a televangelist kills his daughter, Chicago detective Paul Turner investigates a possible campaign of revenge. Similar incidents complicate the case, while threats against Turner and his sons make finding the truth intensely personal.

A priest known for supporting gay Catholics is found dead, and friends ask Tom Mason to investigate. Joined by Scott Carpenter, he follows the case through church politics and Chicago’s gay community, uncovering the consequences of secrecy and hypocrisy.

Teacher Tom Mason is accused of murdering his school’s principal. To clear his name, Tom and his partner Scott Carpenter must look beyond faculty politics and find the real killer before the accusation destroys his life.

The murder of a Chicago alderman draws detective Paul Turner into overlapping worlds of university rivalries and city politics. Behind the victim’s public reputation, Turner finds secrets that powerful people are desperate to keep from coming to light.

Finding Scott Carpenter’s former teammate murdered in their apartment puts Tom Mason and Scott under suspicion. With killers pursuing them as well as the police, the couple must solve their friend’s death while staying alive and out of custody.

Two apparently well-liked teenagers are murdered, leaving detective Paul Turner with few obvious motives. As he balances the investigation with raising his own sons, emerging connections suggest a danger that could reach the people he loves.

Tom Mason accompanies Scott Carpenter to Georgia after Scott’s father suffers a heart attack. Local hostility turns more dangerous when a sheriff’s body appears in their rental car, leaving the couple facing a murder accusation far from home.

A homophobic judge is found murdered outside a gay nightclub on New Year’s Day. Chicago detective Paul Turner must untangle the victim’s unexpected connection to the location, following clues through a world where appearances conceal dangerous secrets.

A conservative parents’ campaign against gay teachers makes Tom Mason’s new school year difficult enough. When a leader of the group is murdered and Tom’s best friend is arrested, he must find the killer to prove her innocence.

When a male supermodel falls from a Chicago hotel, a witness claims he was pushed. Detectives Paul Turner and Buck Fenwick investigate the victim’s turbulent private life and professional rivalries, searching for the truth behind his fatal plunge.

A clinic bombing injures Tom Mason, and his partner Scott Carpenter suspects Tom was deliberately targeted. Threatening letters and evidence planted on Tom’s truck push Scott to identify the attacker before another strike claims either of them.

A powerful technology executive is stabbed to death, and Chicago officials demand a quick resolution. Detectives Paul Turner and Buck Fenwick face an abundance of suspects and political pressure, only to discover that the killer’s work is not finished.

Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter finally celebrate their wedding, only for Tom to discover a murdered ex-boyfriend at the reception. As suspicion falls on the newlywed, solving the unwanted guest’s death becomes more urgent than leaving for their honeymoon.

A boy band’s lead singer is murdered backstage after a sold-out Chicago concert despite tight security. Detectives Paul Turner and Buck Fenwick investigate a seemingly impossible crime while discovering disturbing secrets beneath the group’s carefully maintained image.

Volunteering at a gay youth clinic, Tom Mason discovers its unpopular director’s severed head in a filing cabinet. With vulnerable teenagers and a long list of enemies involved, he investigates before an innocent person is blamed for the murder.

Attending a science fiction convention with his sons, detective Paul Turner finds himself investigating a fantasy writer’s murder. The apparent weapon is a broadsword, but hundreds of attendees carry similar props, and further deaths make the search increasingly urgent.

Seeking privacy after their wedding, Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter retreat to an exclusive Aegean island. A storm cuts off escape, then guests and staff begin dying, leaving the couple to find the killer before their refuge becomes a death trap.

Paul Turner’s Canadian fishing holiday turns dangerous after he intervenes in a fight involving local youths. Harassment and sabotage escalate around his family and friends, until a body near their houseboat makes the vacation a murder investigation.

Tom Mason steps away from a contentious faculty meeting and later finds a colleague dead in a stockroom. His unexplained absence makes him a suspect, so he and Scott Carpenter investigate the school’s feuds to uncover the murderer.

After surviving 9/11 by chance, Brenda Grant and Daniel Henderson build a software security firm and uncover a plot to rig a presidential election. This collaborative thriller trades village mystery for high-tech conspiracy and global danger.

The murder of a brutal police officer at a gay leather festival brings detectives Paul Turner and Buck Fenwick into a dangerous case. Lies among senior officers and community figures conceal corruption that threatens to derail their search for the killer.

The murder of Tom Mason’s brother-in-law pulls Tom and Scott Carpenter into a suburban enclave dominated by a powerful political family. Protecting Tom’s grieving sister means confronting a network of ambition and intimidation while tracking a vicious killer.

A Catholic bishop’s murder draws Chicago detective Paul Turner into a case surrounded by scandal and institutional pressure. While worrying about his sons, he must navigate competing interests among politicians and priests whose secrets complicate an already dangerous investigation.

After preventing a fellow officer from shooting a young man, detectives Paul Turner and Buck Fenwick face consequences inside their own department. A subsequent murder investigation forces them through a web of silence and deceit that threatens their families and careers.