Mike Befeler Books in Order

Paul Jacobson finds a corpse lodged in his retirement home’s trash chute and becomes a murder suspect. The octogenarian must investigate while managing short-term memory loss, navigating eccentric neighbors, and developing an unexpected romance.

Paul Jacobson investigates two murders with help from his granddaughter Jennifer, despite being unable to remember the previous day. Encounters with a bank robbery, kidnapping, and drug investigation complicate his efforts to identify the perpetrators.

Short-term memory loss complicates Paul Jacobson’s attempts to solve a series of murders in Venice Beach. His investigation brings him among homeless residents, questionable art dealers, and beachgoers while police and criminals both threaten his progress.

Paul Jacobson’s honeymoon cruise to Alaska brings missing passengers, violence, and murder rather than uninterrupted relaxation. Running into trouble with police and ship security, the octogenarian must investigate a case involving international intrigue.

Vacationing with his family in Hawaii, Paul Jacobson encounters vandalism, drug dealers, and two murders. His short-term memory problems make the coincidences harder to unravel, while his investigation puts him in danger once again.

Widower Harold McCaffrey moves into a retirement home whose Back Wing houses aging witches, vampires, werewolves, and shape-shifters. His growing friendship with Bella becomes a partnership as they use ordinary and supernatural skills to investigate murders.

Van and Vanna share a detective agency and a body that changes identity after sexual encounters, becoming invisible when unclothed. These unusual abilities complicate their private lives as they investigate a woman suspected of murdering her husband.

Honolulu police ask Paul Jacobson to enter a nursing home undercover after reports of sexual assaults. Robberies and a resident’s death deepen the case, requiring him to work around memory loss while facing a dangerous suspect.

This biography follows Jewish-American soldier Ed Gitlin through military service in World War II and imprisonment in a Nazi camp. It also examines his return to civilian life and the continuing effects of his wartime experiences.

In 1919, Boulder policeman Harry McBride takes a mountain railway excursion with his wife. When a fellow passenger returns to the train fatally stabbed, Harry has the journey home to determine which companion committed the murder.

Recently retired detective Gabe Tremont attends a mystery dinner theater with his wife, only to encounter a real poisoning. The victim’s relationships with the cast and a rival theater give several people reasons to want him dead.

Recovering from cancer surgery, platform tennis player Mark Yeager sees a friend killed during a blackout on the court. His determination to repay that friend’s kindness leads him into an investigation that draws threats against his own life.

Jewish-American infantryman Ed recalls combat in Europe during World War II and captivity under the Germans. This account follows the hardships, survival strategies, and later struggles of a veteran whose experiences extended far beyond the battlefield.

A financial specialist who dislikes older people takes charge of a struggling retirement home. Suspicious deaths, a scam, and an unexpected romance complicate his assignment, while a retired magician and his companions challenge his assumptions.

Retired mathematics professor Elmore Kranz’s disaster predictions draw police attention when one comes true. With rookie officer Brittney Chase, he investigates a century-old puzzle connected to Nikola Tesla’s inventions as deaths and attempts on his life multiply.

After her husband is murdered, Millicent Hargrove discovers an aptitude for organizing and starts a business while downsizing her home. Cryptic messages he left behind point toward a secret life that threatens her new beginning.

On vacation in Maui, Mark Yeager discovers a body at a pickleball court and becomes a suspect. His attempts to clear himself bring further trouble with police and criminals, then his wife Sophie is kidnapped.

Harold McCaffrey helps compile a waiting list during his retirement home’s open house, then a corpse appears in the lobby. With Bella and other unusual residents, he investigates why prospective residents are being injured or killed.

Middle-school student Tad keeps a journal while confined at home with his parents during the coronavirus pandemic. Boredom and separation from friends shape his days until an unexpected discovery changes the course of his experience.

A retirement home populated by aging versions of famous fictional detectives becomes a crime scene when a body is found. While staff struggle to manage their residents, the sleuths investigate one another amid misleading clues.

Retired maintenance man Frank Sinatra discovers a body in the Last Gasp Motel swimming pool. He helps Detective Lambert investigate the eccentric residents and victim's family, while the tenants struggle to save their home from demolition.

Shopkeeper Pru Pendergast finds her disliked landlord strangled in her own store after hearing several neighbors threaten him. Accused of murder and facing attacks herself, she must identify the killer before Detective Moriarty arrests her.