Paul D Marks Books in Order

Private investigator Duke Rogers inadvertently gives a stalker an actress's address and blames himself when she is murdered. Seeking the killer takes him into South Central Los Angeles as the Rodney King verdict triggers widespread riots.

Five Los Angeles noir stories follow an attorney questioning her own case, a veteran detective, an angry patrol officer, a drifter, and two troubled brothers. Their encounters with crime expose the dangerous distance between appearances and the truth.

Wounded veteran Zach Tanner returns to Los Angeles hoping to reconnect with his girlfriend and former friends. A missing shipment tied to their wartime smuggling scheme turns those reunions hostile, forcing him to flee escalating threats.

Amid California's anti-immigrant political campaign, private investigator Duke Rogers examines the supposedly accidental death of a neighbor's brother. His search exposes exploitation and trafficking, with possible links to a woman's fatal jump from the Hollywood sign.

White musician Bobby Saxon hopes to secure a place in an otherwise Black swing band during wartime Los Angeles. Clearing a bandmate accused of murder becomes his condition for employment, drawing him through the city's racial divisions.