Rick Adelmann Books in Order

James and Anneka Mallory accept small roles in a Hollywood film at a California resort. A director’s murder halts production, and their detective agency investigates amid movie-business rivalries, speakeasy activity, and threats to the investigators themselves.

In 1918, Pinkerton detective Sherwood Garth and Major James Mallory search for stolen diamonds. A corpse in an abandoned barn complicates the assignment, leading them through Cleveland society and jazz clubs toward suspects with overlapping motives.

James Mallory’s honeymoon becomes an Army reunion at a remote Wyoming ranch. A blizzard traps guests and staff as murders begin, leaving Mallory, Anneka, and Sherwood Garth to identify the killer without outside law enforcement.

Victoria Davis asks the MG&M detectives to reexamine her father’s supposedly accidental death. Infiltrating a neighborhood business guild through plans for a restaurant, the investigators uncover criminal activity and face threats from people determined to preserve its secrets.

A carnival outing brings the Mallorys face to face with a desperate fortune teller. A mob boss has kidnapped Esmeralda’s son and demands winning horse-race predictions, leaving the detectives to rescue him before an impossible deadline.

At a wealthy friend’s weekend gathering, the MG&M detectives meet a couple claiming to come from a century in the future. Their warning of an impending double murder turns the investigation into an attempt to change recorded history.

An elderly immigrant sees threatening soldiers’ ghosts in the Irish manor he relocated to California. His son hires the MG&M detectives to investigate, uncovering lost gold, family greed, a fraudulent soothsayer, and a mystery that reaches beyond haunting.

The MG&M detectives travel to Texas to investigate a decades-old stagecoach-stop shooting. Its lone survivor claims a previously hanged man returned to kill, forcing the team to separate an extraordinary tale from evidence that might prove his innocence.

Cruise-line heiress Louise Hayes disappears after taking a taxi from a Beverly Hills hotel. Her publicity-shy stepfather hires the MG&M detectives, who must navigate the deceit surrounding her disappearance before their search comes too late.