Simeon Grist Books in Order

Hired to follow a record-company employee, Los Angeles private investigator Simeon Grist becomes personally invested when she is murdered. Discovering that his client was an impostor, he follows the case toward a wealthy religious organization.

Simeon Grist searches Los Angeles for a young Kansas runaway who hoped to become a star. With help from his teenage godchild, he uncovers a network exploiting children, involving a talent agency and a corrupt police officer.

After intervening when television star Toby Vane assaults a woman, Simeon Grist is hired to keep the actor out of trouble until a syndication deal closes. Another woman's murder raises questions about Vane's violent past.

When a disoriented millionaire becomes a victim of a killer burning homeless people, his daughter hires Simeon Grist to investigate. Cryptic messages and references to fire draw the detective toward a murderer with a personal connection.

The kidnapping of a friend's children draws Simeon Grist into Los Angeles's Chinatown, where the parents fear involving police. A body at the scene and threats from hired gunmen lead him toward a human-trafficking network.

Asked to speak with retired actor Max Grover, Simeon Grist is drawn into a murder inquiry when Grover is killed. A hostile police investigator complicates his pursuit of a methodical killer targeting gay men.

Private investigator Simeon Grist discovers he is a fictional character whose out-of-print books are being forgotten. When one of his remaining readers is murdered, he risks entering the real world to investigate and confront his creator.