Nate Ross Books in Order

In 1938, private investigator Nate Ross reluctantly searches Hollywood for a missing screenwriter. When the writer turns up dead, production sabotage and a decades-old Western crime pull Nate into a case where movie mythology conceals very real violence.

A minor theft investigation becomes murder in 1939 Los Angeles, and Nate Ross finds himself the key witness. Helping a fugitive former friend pits the private detective against hostile police, assassins and film pirates while reopening wounds from his past.

Hired to examine a suspicious suicide in Los Angeles, Nate Ross discovers evidence the police have ignored. The investigation draws him toward powerful figures and dishonest lawyers, while doubts about his own client threaten his ability to uncover the truth.

A silent-film star hires Nate Ross to retrieve a stolen painting, but the apparent thief is already dead. Investigating the ransom draws Nate into a disputed movie-set shooting and fresh violence among the Western performers connected to the case.