Raymond Obstfeld Books in Order

Small-time con man Harry Gould flees armed New York creditors for Los Angeles, where a bodyguard job puts him between a wealthy employer, hit men, and the law. To clear his name, he must outtalk a deadly setup.

Harry Gould finds a corpse and $200,000 in negotiable bonds while working at an art theater. The money tempts him, but a crooked cop, rival thieves, and his own bad luck make walking away nearly impossible.

After losing heavily in a poker game, Harry Gould learns that a ruthless gangster has bought his debt. Pressed into becoming a fall guy in a political scheme, Harry must survive long enough to turn the game around.

Desperate for cash, Harry Gould accepts a small loan and an easy delivery job from Uncle Deacon. The favor comes with a date, a trap, and a legal arrangement that leaves Harry scrambling for a way out.

Cliff Remington wakes with no memory as a terrifying weapon called Moonshadow appears to be killing people across the country. Hunted by a secret agency, he must recover the truth about his past before the threat spreads.

A government experiment has turned a violent prisoner into something stronger, tougher, and far harder to stop. Once he escapes, the people who made him must race to contain a weapon that has chosen its own target.

Geoffrey Kane follows the trail of Excalibur, a network of thieves and killers using jewel heists to fund a nuclear threat. With black-market plutonium in play, he must uncover the group's plan before time runs out.

Cory Erikson watches her Olympic-decathlete husband change into someone violent and frighteningly unfamiliar. As Reece begins speaking in strange languages, Cory discovers a much older conflict and a danger that is closing in on them.

When CRONUS cripples a CIA computer system and demands the agency's chief, Cliff Remington is chosen as bait. Forced into another lethal intelligence game, he must expose the plot before his handlers decide he is expendable.

Four women in their thirties meet regularly for meals, gossip, and support as love, work, politics, and family problems throw their lives off course. Their intertwined stories balance sharp humor with difficult personal choices.

After her brilliant, confident best friend dies, timid Luna Devon makes a risky decision to take over her identity. The new life brings a magazine job, romance, danger, and the difficult question of who she wants to become.

After her brilliant, confident best friend dies, timid Luna Devon makes a risky decision to take over her identity. The new life brings a magazine job, romance, danger, and the difficult question of who she wants to become.

Seventeen-year-old Eric expects a private weekend with his girlfriend at a country house. Instead, he finds Griffin, a fugitive from juvenile detention, and the two boys are forced into a tense encounter that upends Eric's assumptions.

High school teacher Blue Erhardt is used to an unusual family history, but her notorious parents are about to leave prison. Suddenly pursued by reporters and then the FBI, Blue must decide how much of their past will shape her future.

High school teacher Blue Erhardt is used to an unusual family history, but her notorious parents are about to leave prison. Suddenly pursued by reporters and then the FBI, Blue must decide how much of their past will shape her future.

After her fiancé commits a horrific shooting at her clinic, Dr. Season Gottlieb is overcome with grief and guilt. She sets out to help the victims' families, but her well-meant mission draws her into danger and deception.

This practical writing guide breaks down how scenes create momentum, reveal character, and move a story forward. Obstfeld covers beginnings, endings, point of view, setting, revision, and the different demands of action, comic, and suspense scenes.

Using a first-aid manual approach, Obstfeld helps writers identify and repair common problems in fiction and scripts. It offers clear diagnoses, practical fixes, and exercises for weak plots, flat characters, awkward settings, and other draft troubles.

This writer's reference helps authors give fictional characters believable working lives. Covering more than 100 professions, it includes practical details about training, pay, jargon, risks, rewards, and daily routines that can make a story feel lived in.

Prosecutor Stevie Croft is losing her campaign for district attorney when a grotesque murder case lands on her desk. As a killer leaves messages in increasingly personal places, solving the crime becomes a fight for her safety and career.

Theo Rollins shoots up six inches before eighth grade and suddenly everyone expects him to be a basketball star. While juggling school, science club, and a theft accusation, he has to figure out who he is beyond his height.

Chris Richards wants to help his admired older brother, Jax, but a park game gone wrong reveals debts and trouble he barely understands. As basketball, loyalty, and bad choices collide, Chris has to decide how far family responsibility should go.

Known as Cord Diamondback, a wanted man has found work as a judge-for-hire in the West. A job in Dog Trail promises money and romance, until a double cross turns his ruling into a fight to stay alive.

When high school star Monk Travers is caught tagging a rival school, his place on the team is suddenly at risk. A punishment project on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's life as an activist pushes him toward a deeper understanding of community, history, and responsibility.

Looking back at protest movements from the 1960s to the present, Abdul-Jabbar blends history with his own memories of activism. The result is a personal, wide-angle book about how public protest can pressure a country to change.