Matt Coyle Books in Order

Former police officer Rick Cahill remains under suspicion over his wife's death when he becomes involved with a television reporter. Her arrest for murder draws him into an investigation that soon makes him a suspect and a fugitive.

Haunted private investigator Rick Cahill accepts an old adversary's request to help a man believed wrongly convicted of murder. Pursuing the case strains his friendships and livelihood while bringing him into conflict with police and a violent biker gang.

Facing foreclosure and a police chief determined to arrest him, Rick Cahill accepts a singer's request to investigate her husband's apparent suicide. As evidence suggests murder, his attraction to the client complicates a case with dangerous hidden interests.

Clues in a long-hidden safe prompt Rick Cahill to investigate his disgraced father's past. Meanwhile, a woman he still loves asks him to examine her husband's activities, drawing Rick into secrets that others are determined to protect.

Edited by Matt Coyle, Mary Marks, and Patricia Smiley, this crime anthology brings together stories of people drawn to Los Angeles. Dreamers, outsiders, and characters carrying concealed pasts encounter trouble amid the city's promises of fresh beginnings.

Hired to protect a radio personality from a stalker, Rick Cahill discovers that her concealed past may hold crucial information. A separate abduction and threats connected to his own history complicate his attempts to keep her safe.

Rick Cahill returns to Santa Barbara for his former police partner's funeral, revisiting the city where his wife was murdered. Hired to investigate a suspicious death, he follows evidence that may also illuminate the tragedy in his own past.

After losing his sight to a gunshot, Rick Cahill hopes to leave investigative work behind. A former partner's request pulls him into a case involving an old friend, whose implication in murder tests Rick's trust and determination.

Preparing for fatherhood while concealing a serious diagnosis, Rick Cahill agrees to watch his friend's troubled son. When the young man disappears, the assignment leads into murder, financial interests, and cancer research, threatening Rick's hopes for a settled future.

Rick Cahill investigates the murder of a business contact despite police assumptions and his wife's objections. With his health and family life already under strain, he encounters a questionable detective agency and a corporation concealing dangerous secrets.

With a worsening brain disorder and his family living apart, private investigator Rick Cahill accepts a lucrative assignment from an old enemy. Finding a potential kidney donor leads instead to cryptocurrency schemes, murders and threats to his hopes of reconciliation.