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Browse Robert Irvine books in order, including the Moroni Traveler and Robert Christopher mysteries, with publication dates and descriptions for each title.

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Assassins from Tomorrow

by Robert Irvine

1967

Mark Brown’s investigation of the Kennedy assassination draws him into danger involving an artificial satellite and the mysterious Sutra organization. He turns to Jason Starr and Adam Cyber for help with a threat extending beyond one murder.

The Mind Brothers

by Robert Irvine

1967

Discredited scientist Jason Starr becomes entangled in a communist espionage scheme threatening America. His unexpected ally is Adam Cyber, a survivor from Earth’s distant future who has traveled back through time to change humanity’s disastrous course.

Men Who Die Twice

by Robert Irvine

1968

A stolen nuclear submarine and deadly biological weapons threaten a global catastrophe while the American president is held in protective custody. Jason Starr faces a conspiracy whose operatives have made him a target for the police.

Jump Cut

by Robert Irvine

1974

Two members of a television news team are murdered, leaving reporter Bob Christopher pursuing a story that could cost him his life. His investigation leads through organized crime, blackmail, racial extremists, and an assassin watching his movements.

Freeze Frame

by Robert Irvine

1976

Television reporter Bob Christopher investigates an elderly woman’s complaint that bulldozers destroyed her home without warning. Violence turns a human-interest assignment into a dangerous confrontation with powerful political interests and a major oil company determined to silence him.

The Face Out Front

by Robert Irvine

1977

A killer sends victims’ remains to a television newsroom eager for higher ratings. Producer Tim Bishop, whose wife died after an earlier murder story, fears that the station’s coverage is bringing the same danger into his new life.

Horizontal Hold

by Robert Irvine

1978

A Los Angeles news anchor dies in a terrorist bombing, followed by the apparent suicide of the accused bomber. Reporter Bob Christopher refuses to accept the case’s convenient closure and investigates a conspiracy protected by powerful interests.

Night Trains

by Robert Irvine

1980

A religiously motivated scheme targets Las Vegas with a stolen train carrying plutonium. This crime caper follows a plan to destroy the city’s perceived wickedness, turning dangerous nuclear cargo into the instrument of a fanatical campaign.

Footsteps

by Robert Irvine

1982

An archaeologist haunted by an unsettling psychic experience arrives in a southern Utah resort town overshadowed by a rock formation called Satan’s Seat. An excavated artifact and an elderly woman’s ominous stories suggest a lurking supernatural threat.

The Devil's Breath

by Robert Irvine

1982

A Utah town converts land considered sacred by Native Americans into a hunting resort despite warnings about its dangers. Brutal deaths follow, raising the possibility that an avenging spirit is punishing those who trespass and kill there.

Ratings Are Murder

by Robert Irvine

1985

Reporter Bob Christopher dismisses a cleaning woman’s campaign to restore Saint Christopher to the church calendar. When she is murdered, his guilt drives an investigation into blackmail, illicit tapes, and tangled politics inside his own television station.

Baptism for the Dead

by Robert Irvine

1988

Salt Lake City private investigator Moroni Traveler is hired to find a young woman’s missing mother. A church official simultaneously asks him to watch his client, drawing him into conflicting loyalties and a case involving murder.

The Angels' Share

by Robert Irvine

1989

Moroni Traveler’s search for a missing missionary meets resistance from Mormon church leaders until a series of violent killings changes their position. Meanwhile, his father’s possible illness adds family strain to a dangerous Salt Lake City investigation.

Gone to Glory

by Robert Irvine

1990

Former baseball player Pepper Dalton is accused of killing his sister, and Moroni Traveler investigates at an old friend’s request. Disputes over family property, religious splinter groups, and a dream of reviving a baseball team complicate the case.

Called Home

by Robert Irvine

1991

A husband asks Moroni Traveler to investigate his wife’s apparent suicide in the isolated Mormon town of Wasatch. Hostile residents conceal secrets while nearby wildfires threaten the community, and the detective’s questions bring violence increasingly close to home.

The Spoken Word

by Robert Irvine

1992

Mormon church officials call on Moroni Traveler when the First Prophet’s grandniece is kidnapped. Working with his father and partner, he follows a trail through genealogical records and church politics while facing demands tied to women’s religious equality.

The Great Reminder

by Robert Irvine

1993

An elderly client hires Moroni Traveler to locate a German prisoner of war who vanished from a Utah camp decades earlier. The man wants to settle unpaid wages, but powerful local interests oppose reopening the forgotten case.

Barking Dogs

by Robert Irvine

1994

Television producer Kevin Manwaring and reporter Vicki Garcia cover a fire that destroyed an Idaho religious community. A dog with a bullet wound suggests something beyond natural disaster, and their investigation makes the news crew a killer’s target.

The Hosanna Shout

by Robert Irvine

1994

Moroni Traveler searches for a child who might be his son while fighting plans to demolish his office building. The search leads to a fading mining town where a proposed corporate buyout brings another confrontation with powerful interests.

Pillar of Fire

by Robert Irvine

1995

Moroni Traveler heads into southwestern Utah to find a church official’s daughter and her sick son, who have sought a charismatic healer. His father investigates missing hospital patients as their inquiries converge amid cult activity and nuclear-testing legacies.

Track of the Scorpion

by Robert Irvine

1996

Archaeologist Nicolette Scott discovers a buried World War II bomber in New Mexico containing an unexplained extra body. When the plane disappears and witnesses begin dying, she pursues evidence of a cover-up that also threatens her academic career.

Flight of the Serpent

by Robert Irvine

1998

During an Arizona archaeological dig, Nicolette Scott discovers wreckage connected to reporter Matt Gault. Joining his grandfather in the investigation, she encounters murder and government deception, with a restored wartime bomber becoming part of their pursuit of answers.

Wake of the Hornet

by Robert Irvine

2000

Nicolette Scott travels to Balesin, a Pacific island whose inhabitants worship airplanes and their cargo. Two expedition members die, and her archaeological research uncovers dangerous connections between the island’s past and an intrigue reaching far beyond its shores.

The Return of the Spanish Lady

by Robert Irvine

2001

Nicolette Scott joins a pharmaceutical company’s expedition to locate a Japanese bomber in Alaska. As winter approaches, suspicious behavior among her companions suggests that the sponsors are seeking something more dangerous than a lost wartime aircraft.

Thread of the Spider

by Robert Irvine

2002

Digging in Utah with her father, Nicolette Scott uncovers a 1937 Packard linked to notorious bank robbers. Research into its history exposes buried political secrets, bringing threats and violence down on the archaeologists and their excavation site.

A Row of Beans

by Robert Irvine

2012

Vicar Henrietta Carr is murdered on allotments near her London-area church, leaving amateur detective Alistair MacTavish to investigate. Her husband seeks answers, while Alistair discovers that his new romance connects him to someone in the victim’s past.

Limited Brightness

by Robert Irvine

2017

Amateur detective Alistair MacTavish’s holiday in the South Downs becomes an investigation into a disturbing crime. Missing man Findlay McQuarrie, who has Alzheimer’s, may hold crucial knowledge, challenging Alistair to trust his instincts as he pursues the mystery.

Standalone Robert Irvine books

  1. Book cover for "Assassins from Tomorrow"

    Assassins from Tomorrow

    by Robert Irvine

    1967Mind Brothers, Book 2
  2. Book cover for "The Mind Brothers"

    The Mind Brothers

    by Robert Irvine

    1967Mind Brothers, Book 1
  3. Book cover for "Men Who Die Twice"

    Men Who Die Twice

    by Robert Irvine

    1968Mind Brothers, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Jump Cut"

    Jump Cut

    by Robert Irvine

    1974Robert Christopher, Book 1
  5. Book cover for "Freeze Frame"

    Freeze Frame

    by Robert Irvine

    1976Robert Christopher, Book 2
  6. Book cover for "The Face Out Front"

    The Face Out Front

    by Robert Irvine

    1977
  7. Book cover for "Horizontal Hold"

    Horizontal Hold

    by Robert Irvine

    1978Robert Christopher, Book 3
  8. Book cover for "Night Trains"

    Night Trains

    by Robert Irvine

    1980
  9. Book cover for "Footsteps"

    Footsteps

    by Robert Irvine

    1982
  10. Book cover for "The Devil's Breath"

    The Devil's Breath

    by Robert Irvine

    1982
  11. Book cover for "Ratings Are Murder"

    Ratings Are Murder

    by Robert Irvine

    1985Robert Christopher, Book 4
  12. Book cover for "Baptism for the Dead"

    Baptism for the Dead

    by Robert Irvine

    1988Moroni Traveler, Book 1
  13. Book cover for "The Angels' Share"

    The Angels' Share

    by Robert Irvine

    1989Moroni Traveler, Book 2
  14. Book cover for "Gone to Glory"

    Gone to Glory

    by Robert Irvine

    1990Moroni Traveler, Book 3
  15. Book cover for "Called Home"

    Called Home

    by Robert Irvine

    1991Moroni Traveler, Book 4
  16. Book cover for "The Spoken Word"

    The Spoken Word

    by Robert Irvine

    1992Moroni Traveler, Book 5
  17. Book cover for "The Great Reminder"

    The Great Reminder

    by Robert Irvine

    1993Moroni Traveler, Book 6
  18. Book cover for "Barking Dogs"

    Barking Dogs

    by Robert Irvine

    1994
  19. Book cover for "The Hosanna Shout"

    The Hosanna Shout

    by Robert Irvine

    1994Moroni Traveler, Book 7
  20. Book cover for "Pillar of Fire"

    Pillar of Fire

    by Robert Irvine

    1995Moroni Traveler, Book 8
  21. Book cover for "Track of the Scorpion"

    Track of the Scorpion

    by Robert Irvine

    1996Nicolette Scott, Book 1
  22. Book cover for "Flight of the Serpent"

    Flight of the Serpent

    by Robert Irvine

    1998Nicolette Scott, Book 2
  23. Book cover for "Wake of the Hornet"

    Wake of the Hornet

    by Robert Irvine

    2000Nicolette Scott, Book 3
  24. Book cover for "The Return of the Spanish Lady"

    The Return of the Spanish Lady

    by Robert Irvine

    2001Nicolette Scott, Book 4
  25. Book cover for "Thread of the Spider"

    Thread of the Spider

    by Robert Irvine

    2002Nicolette Scott, Book 5
  26. Book cover for "A Row of Beans"

    A Row of Beans

    by Robert Irvine

    2012
  27. Book cover for "Limited Brightness"

    Limited Brightness

    by Robert Irvine

    2017

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