Rick Blechta Books in Order

A substitute high school teacher who also plays saxophone part time agrees to help a friend in the police pursue drug dealers. His involvement brings a musician's perspective into a crime investigation centered on taking down the dealers.

Victoria Morgan travels to London for a music competition offering a Stradivarius violin as its prize. When one of her fellow competitors is murdered, the contest becomes entangled with danger, and Victoria may be the killer's next target.

Blind songwriter and guitarist Kit Mason is preparing to expand her musical career when a former softball teammate is murdered. Police suspect a serial killer, but Kit and the other teammates doubt that explanation and begin investigating for themselves.

Violinist Victoria Morgan disappears midway through a Vienna concert, amid rumors that she has committed murder. Her husband Rocky searches for answers as a newly discovered concerto, supposedly by Beethoven, becomes central to an increasingly dangerous mystery.

Former rock musician Michael Quinn helps a frightened woman fleeing thugs, then finds his carefully hidden life unraveling. When his best friend is murdered and the woman disappears, Michael must locate her while confronting the past he abandoned.

Drummer Andy Curran believes an extraordinary singer could rescue his struggling jazz trio, but she disappears after an open-mic appearance. Searching for Olivia Saint's whereabouts and identity takes him beyond Toronto's clubs into a mystery with dangerous consequences.

When a symphony conductor is murdered, every member of the orchestra confesses, leaving Detective Pratt with too many suspects. Assisted by rookie Ellis and pressured by civic leaders, he must distinguish genuine evidence from the musicians' apparent collective cover-up.

Two years after her husband's death, opera singer Marta Hendriks begins rebuilding her career in Paris. A glimpse of a man she believes is her husband unsettles her recovery, driving her to seek answers while questioning her own perception.

Mysterious bouquets flatter soprano Marta Hendriks until signs of intrusion reveal that an admirer has invaded her private life. She hires an investigator, but a fellow performer's murder makes the threat more urgent as she tries to identify the stalker.

Detective Pratt investigates a nightclub killing alongside a colleague who considers the case already solved. When Pratt's usual partner Ellis reveals that the suspect is his half brother, the investigation becomes tangled in professional rivalry and an ethical dilemma.

Toronto detectives Pratt and Ellis investigate apparently unrelated hit-and-run deaths involving stolen cars. Searching for connections leads Ellis to Muskoka while Pratt questions people in the city, and their inquiries suggest that the collisions conceal a deliberate pattern.