Michael Lindley Books in Order

In this later adventure, Sheriff Pepper Stokes and Alex Frank defend South Carolina ranchers from predatory corporate interests, while in Islamorada Hanna helps Alex's parents and their adopted son fight a serious charge brought by a wealthy businessman with criminal ties.

When a surge of fentanyl deaths hits the Low Country, acting sheriff Alex Frank leads a task force against a violent cartel while Hanna risks herself to help a dealer's family, and a long hidden manuscript about her ancestor Mathew Coulter reveals explosive Prohibition era secrets.

During a trip to Atlanta for her father's seventieth birthday, Hanna watches two FBI agents crash the celebration and expose corruption inside his law firm, even as Alex returns to South Carolina to battle a sprawling gambling operation and the early release of a dangerous enemy.

A restorative sailing trip from Key West to the remote Marquesas Keys turns harrowing when a friend is abducted, forcing Hanna and Alex into a race through the islands and back to the Low Country to stop a dangerous chain of events they never saw coming.

After a woman's body is found in the marsh near Pawleys Island, Alex leads a difficult investigation with a troubled new partner, while quirky neighbors, family tensions, and a rising body count make Hanna fear a serial killer may be stalking their quiet corner of the Low Country.

This prequel novella shows how free clinic attorney Hanna Walsh first meets Charleston detective Alex Frank when her husband's land development scheme collapses, dangerous partners close in, and she suddenly faces ruin, betrayal, and the prospect of starting her life over.

The murder of a former colleague leads Hanna and Alex to uncover a terror plot that could trigger a devastating attack, putting them in the sights of a violent cell while Alex faces suspension from the FBI and Hanna struggles with her son's growing addiction.

As Hanna and Alex settle into life on Pawleys Island, a local woman's death at an old fire tower and the early release of mob boss Xander Lacroix ignite a new clash with vengeful criminals and corrupt forces in coastal South Carolina.

When a young woman vanishes and a suspicious death follows, Hanna and Alex find themselves back in the crosshairs of the ruthless Dellahousaye crime family, forced to untangle a tangle of sisters, secrets, and divided loyalties that could cost them everything.

In a 1940s northern Michigan resort town, boatyard heir Jonathan McKendry falls for Emily Compton, whose wealthy family owns the yacht EmmaLee, while decades later a Compton descendant and the ship's new owner are drawn together as an old tragedy and murder case resurface.

Alex Frank suffers a devastating loss and a near fatal clash with a crime syndicate, and as he struggles to recover, Hanna joins him in hunting a dangerous killer, even while a past lover's return threatens the fragile future they imagined together.

Spanning war torn France, Prohibition era Atlanta, and a tiny village on Florida's Gulf Coast, this saga follows Mathew Coulter as he falls in and out of love, breaks from his family's liquor empire, and seeks redemption alongside a remarkable blind young woman.

When Hanna Walsh's husband is found murdered after a failed land deal, the Charleston attorney becomes a target for both investigators and a ruthless stranger who thinks she hides stolen millions, even as an old Pawleys Island journal reveals a hauntingly similar family tragedy.

Trying to rebuild her life a year after her husband's murder, Hanna begins to trust Detective Alex Frank, until his ex wife resurfaces and Alex's father is charged with killing a rival shrimp boat captain, pulling them into another deadly Low Country case.

World War I veteran Mathew Coulter escapes his family's bootlegging empire in 1920s Atlanta and hides in the tiny village of Grayton Beach, where a gifted blind girl, ruthless gangsters, and a looming hurricane force him to confront his past.

In 1951, Charlevoix lawyer George Hansen risks everything by defending a Native American teen accused of assaulting a powerful summer resident's daughter, while a parallel modern story uncovers his own murder and new scandals tied to the EmmaLee and the resort community.

In 1941 Charlevoix, boatyard heir Jonathan McKendry falls for wealthy summer girl Emily Compton aboard the yacht EmmaLee, then a shocking crime shatters their plans; decades later the ship's return forces new lovers to confront the town's buried secrets.