Sarah R Shaber Books in Order

An archaeological dig at Kenan College uncovers a woman's remains beneath an old house. Historian Simon Shaw investigates a decades-old disappearance, finding a welcome distraction from personal troubles until someone determined to protect the past threatens his life.

Simon Shaw's Thanksgiving visit to Pearlie Beach is disrupted when an old body surfaces with rare Confederate coins. Working with police attorney Julia McGloughlin, he investigates connections between missing treasure, suspicious deaths, and the town's guarded family histories.

The discovery of a missing woman's remains prompts the man convicted of her murder to ask Simon Shaw for help. Returning to his hometown of Boone, Simon investigates an old confession and finds disturbing gaps in the evidence.

A young woman's troubling memories suggest she committed a killing in a previous life. Reluctantly investigating, historian Simon Shaw searches for a rational explanation in records of a Raleigh orphanage, risking his scholarly reputation as old secrets emerge.

Professor Simon Shaw becomes involved in a conflict over the remains of Uwharrie Man, a fourteen-thousand-year-old skeleton. Competing demands for ownership and treatment of the bones have already claimed a modern victim, turning an ancient discovery into a murder investigation.

Historian Simon Shaw's close friend, archaeologist David Morgan, is murdered amid a dispute over an ancient skeleton. Convinced the struggle over the bones holds the answer, Simon investigates missing research despite disagreement with his police colleague.

Widowed Louise Pearlie works as an OSS clerk in wartime Washington when a document offers hope of rescuing her Jewish college friend from France. A colleague's murder leaves Louise searching for the missing file and someone she can trust.

OSS file clerk Louise Pearlie enjoys her new independence in wartime Washington until a friendship with refugee Alessa di Luca becomes dangerous. Mafia interests, Nazi spies, and displaced royalty pull Louise into a situation threatening her work and life.

Dentist James Godwin meets a young man who looks exactly like his brother, missing for twenty years. Taking the stranger under his protection divides James from his wife as disturbing incidents and deaths raise suspicions about the newcomer's identity.

These four short mysteries follow forensic historian Simon Shaw in Raleigh, North Carolina. Set around his neighborhood and Kenan College, where he teaches, they bring the professor's investigative talents into smaller cases alongside the setting of his novels.

Louise Pearlie gets a chance to leave OSS filing duties by investigating a suspicious postcard sent from occupied France. A visit to its Maryland recipient raises questions about treason, drawing Louise and an FBI agent into an increasingly dangerous inquiry.

Louise Pearlie examines the file activity of a missing OSS analyst, then learns he has drowned. Although officials call it accidental, a detective pressures her to investigate, while new friendships in a women's salon develop unsettling connections.

Louise Pearlie joins an OSS assignment recruiting German prisoners for a mission behind enemy lines. At Fort Meade, language barriers and a troubled commanding officer complicate the work, while two prisoners' unexplained disappearances leave Louise questioning official accounts.

A quiet drink with Joe Prager turns dangerous when a body is found in a Washington tavern. Its connection to Louise's secret OSS work forces her to investigate while concealing information from police and questioning the other customers' stories.

These two wartime mysteries follow Louise Pearlie through further investigations during the Second World War. A Pound of Flesh and The Death of a Bible Salesman bring together separate cases featuring the resourceful amateur detective.

Reassigned to London in 1944, Louise Pearlie crosses the Atlantic aboard the SS Amelia Earhart. Questions about a death on its previous voyage become more urgent when another passenger's body is discovered, adding murder to the journey's wartime dangers.