Robert Irvine Books in Order
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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Robert Irvine books in publication order
27 books
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.
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