Robert Fate Books in Order

Seventeen-year-old Kristin Van Dijk survives an attack that kills her pool-hustler father and leaves her for dead. With help from Henry Chin and a private investigator, she learns to defend herself while searching for the men responsible.

Newly licensed investigator Kristin Van Dijk and her partner Otis Millett search for a missing Texas oil heiress. The case draws them among Beaumont gangsters, intrusive Dallas police and crooked lawyers as violence complicates their pursuit.

Kristin Van Dijk and Otis Millett are hired to deliver ransom for Savannah Smike, a bootlegger's kidnapped girlfriend. The assignment pulls them into a deadly struggle between outlaw clans across Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle.

Otis Millett identifies his estranged wife among the victims of a double murder. He and Kristin Van Dijk investigate connections to bank robbers and missing loot, with Kristin working undercover as the search takes them across Texas.

Escaped murderer Walter Fairchild seeks revenge on Otis Millett, and his family eventually kidnaps the investigator. Kristin Van Dijk teams with law enforcement, Henry Chin and a US marshal to find her partner in the West Texas oilfields.

Erik Lamar escapes to Mexico after a Boston criminal demands the head of his friend Freddy. A wealthy woman's attention and a connection with Valerie seem to offer possibilities, but violence, deception and his pursuer's demands follow him into exile.

After reckless violence alarms her partner and police allies, Kristin Van Dijk takes a break from detective work. Traveling Texas to earn money playing pool, she encounters fresh danger and a former wartime pilot who recalls her mother.