Perri OShaughnessy Books in Order

Starting over in Lake Tahoe, lawyer Nina Reilly represents a cocktail waitress accused of killing her violent husband. Her client's memory blackouts complicate the defense, forcing Nina to examine whether apparent guilt conceals a different truth.

Avoiding criminal cases after being shot in court, Nina Reilly takes a filmmaker's privacy lawsuit. When her client is murdered, defending the accused draws Nina back into criminal law and secrets from her own past.

Nina witnesses a man's apparent death by lightning, then represents relatives seeking to prevent his exhumation. Connections to another fatal accident emerge, creating a murder case that threatens her ethical judgment and her developing personal relationship.

After building a business with Mike Markov, Lindy discovers he intends to leave her without compensation because they never married. Nina Reilly takes the difficult palimony case, where financial stakes and intimate secrets create dangerous pressures.

Nina Reilly defends Jim Strong, accused of murdering his brother on Tahoe's ski slopes. Hostility within his prominent family complicates the case, while Nina's unexpected romantic involvement places her professional responsibilities and private life on collision course.

Nina Reilly represents Nicole Zack, her son's sixteen-year-old friend, accused of killing her wealthy uncle. With investigator Paul van Wagoner, Nina examines a coincidental plane crash, disputed treasure, and conflicting accounts of the murder night.

In this collaborative serial mystery, Caroline Blessing arrives at the Phoenix Spa for privacy and a chance to reconnect with her mother. When the spa’s owner is murdered, the guests’ secrets deepen the danger, with each chapter written by a different crime novelist, including Val McDermid.

A frightened jackpot winner seeks Nina Reilly's help collecting casino winnings without revealing her identity. Rival claimants, gambling investigators, and a wealthy stalker's lawyer threaten the money, while concealed motives make the dispute increasingly dangerous.

Nina Reilly's stolen truck contains confidential client files, and their exposure jeopardizes both clients and her career. Facing disciplinary proceedings, she seeks her ex-husband's legal help while a pattern of revenge begins to emerge around her.

Nina returns to Carmel Valley hoping to resolve personal difficulties, but a fatal fire implicates her former assistant's son Wish. With Paul van Wagoner, she investigates arson, local resentment, and the victim's connections to Wish's past.

Nina defends a repeat offender accused of grave robbery and a young woman's murder. Facing California's third-strike penalties, her client appears trapped by forensic evidence, while the stolen Russian bones point toward an unexpected historical mystery.

A widower asks Nina to investigate his wife's unsolved shooting during a Tahoe robbery. Witnesses who concealed their identities have scattered, and pursuing them leads through casinos, academic secrets, and a personal reunion in Germany.

When architect Ray Jackson's wife disappears, her friend Kat and the police demand answers. Ray revisits childhood houses using keys he has kept for years, searching his own troubled history for clues to Leigh's whereabouts.

Nineteen crime stories explore betrayal, love and the dangerous impulses behind ordinary lives. Familiar investigator Nina Reilly appears alongside unexpected sleuths, including Gertrude Stein, in mysteries that range beyond the authors’ courtroom novels into very different encounters with murder.

Paralegal Nina Reilly balances law school, custody concerns, and her mother's medical lawsuit. A woman's fatal fall near Big Sur and disappearing witnesses prompt her first murder investigation, aided by homicide officer Paul van Wagoner.

A ski-resort owner receives demands supposedly from his fugitive son, whose earlier case devastated Nina Reilly's life. Investigating the letter threatens personal secrets, while two local murders force Nina to reconsider what happened to Jim Strong.