Neil Plakcy Books in Order

At Friar Lake, a food course on Caribbean cuisine is interrupted by threats, old documents, and murder. Snow, secrets, and obsession trap Steve in a high-pressure winter case.

At a Purim carnival, Rochester finds the body of a young Orthodox diamond dealer. Steve's investigation leads into a closed religious community and a case tangled with smuggling and coercion.

A reality cooking show for people and dogs throws Friar Lake into chaos with sabotage, missing ingredients, and no corpse in sight. Steve and Rochester must save careers and reputations instead of just solving murder.

Miguel is left on the streets after his father is deported, and a pit bull leads him to the Smiling Dog Cafe. There, safety, work, and human kindness begin to feel possible again.

A romance built around a globe-hopping competition, this story uses travel, pressure, and teamwork to test a couple on the move. Speed matters, but so does trust.

After his wife's sudden death, Barry Goldstein finds himself reconnecting with the sister he has barely spoken to in years. Family history, grief, and the Smiling Dog Cafe guide both of them toward repair.

Dismissed Foreign Office man Reed Lydney and struggling scholar Israel Kupersmit uncover espionage, blackmail, and murder in Victorian London. Their attraction grows while Russian intrigue closes in.

This opening volume brings together two linked healing novellas set in a Brooklyn cafe where coffee, painted dogs, and quiet kindness change lives. Broken people arrive, and slowly begin to reconnect.

Steve Levitan and his dog Rochester investigate a wealthy couple’s fatal car crash while helping their grieving son. What appears to be an accident begins pointing toward a wider conspiracy, placing the pair on the trail of dangerous hidden connections.

Two quiet novellas bring people in transition to the Smiling Dog Cafe, an Olympic luge medalist without direction and a retired woman who no longer knows who she is without work. The dogs know where to send them.

Bodyguards Aidan and Liam join a K-pop world tour after a stage incident suggests an assassination attempt. Protecting the group means finding an insider threat while a performer’s concealed relationship creates another vulnerability that could jeopardize careers and lives.

Kimo Kanapa'aka returns in another Hawaii-set investigation, balancing police work, family life, and the pull of the islands as a new case rises with the tide.