Retrieval Artist Books in Order

Moon detective Miles Flint confronts a yacht full of bodies, kidnapped children and a woman fleeing alien prosecution. Enforcing the Earth Alliance's treaties means obeying laws whose punishments force him to question his duty.

This collection introduces a future in which people erase their identities to escape alien laws. Its title story follows Miles Flint, a detective paid to locate the Disappeared, alongside other speculative stories by Rusch.

A suspicious death during the Moon's Extreme Marathon brings Detective Noelle DeRicci into a difficult investigation. Miles Flint's separate case converges on a missing scientist as the threat of a deadly epidemic grows.

Detective Noelle DeRicci investigates the death of a woman Miles Flint helped return from hiding. Their conflicting obligations conceal links to a human-alien war, turning a lunar murder case into a threat to the solar system.

Human bones beneath a Martian alien city prompt an evacuation and a forensic investigation. Aisha Costard hires Miles Flint to find the dead woman's missing children as the case threatens to become a wider crisis.

Miles Flint investigates the murder of his mentor Paloma after finding himself linked to her death and shut out by police. Her hidden activities force him to question the principles that shaped his work.

Thirteen-year-old Talia Shindo returns home on Callisto to discover that her mother has been kidnapped. Meanwhile, Miles Flint's investigation into his mentor's files reveals a connection to the missing woman and her dangerous past.

Miles Flint assembles allies to bring down a powerful law firm. When someone on his team is killed, he faces an investigation that puts the people he cares about at risk and challenges the rules of his profession.

Young Paavo Deshin has always seen the same two ghosts, but their appearance on his school playground brings an alarming change. Miles Flint investigates alongside authorities and lawyers, uncovering questions about the visitors and Paavo's parents.

Hadad Yu earns his living recovering objects, until trouble forces him to accept a different assignment from the alien Gyonnese. Asked to retrieve a woman accused of crimes, he enters a bargain with dangerous personal consequences.

Miles Flint tracks people who have erased their identities to escape harsh alien laws. His work as a Retrieval Artist requires weighing clients' demands against the danger that finding someone may expose them to punishment again.

Kerrie works at the Interspecies Court's public defender's office to repay her law school debts. Overwhelmed by unfamiliar cultures and too many clients, she spots a possible victory whose consequences may extend beyond the courtroom.

Takara Hamasaki has repeatedly delayed leaving a remote starbase, but now identical attackers are slaughtering its inhabitants. She races to reach her ship and escape an assault designed to leave no one alive to tell the story.

Armstrong detective Noelle DeRicci investigates a body dumped in a compost bin years before the Anniversary Day crisis. The apparent murder case endangers people around her and forces a difficult decision about defending the rights of clones.