Smiley and McBlythe Books in Order

Steve Smiley suspects murder when a friend's death in an exercise pool is dismissed as an accident. Working with inexperienced detective Heather McBlythe, he follows overlooked clues into a case that could restore his career or end his life.

After a hunter is shot amid Christmas shoppers, his adopted daughter asks Steve Smiley and Heather McBlythe to find her birth parents. Their search uncovers family secrets that may explain why her adoptive father was killed.

A teaching engagement at a Miami mystery writers' conference offers Steve Smiley an escape from Christmas memories. When a missing organizer and a death expose bitter rivalries, he and Heather McBlythe must identify a killer among storytellers.

Serving as executor of a Texas rancher's estate, Steve Smiley confronts a suspicious death and a murdered foreman. Four feuding siblings want the property, and a buried family secret may make Smiley the killer's next target.

Steve Smiley's South Padre Island visit turns dangerous when his friend's abusive former husband is found dead in the dunes. Determined to clear her, he follows evidence into corruption and cartel connections that threaten his own safety.

An oil baron hires Steve Smiley to investigate threats tied to an old family feud. When someone else dies inside the tycoon's home, Smiley must untangle generations of hostility before Christmas brings another killing.

Steve Smiley helps a former partner whose career depends on solving an eighty-year-old murder. As he and Heather McBlythe investigate a feud spanning generations, a new killing makes the old case urgently relevant to the present.

Steve Smiley joins an insurance investigator's search for a missing millionaire and suspects a staged death. When evidence points to murder instead, an attack on the man's widow forces him to uncover who is eliminating the family.

Tampered eye drops turn Heather McBlythe's routine appointment into an investigation for her and Steve Smiley. A death at another optometrist's office deepens the mystery, leaving Smiley to navigate conflicting stories when his partner is called away.

A destination wedding takes Steve Smiley to a Caribbean resort where a prospective property buyer is murdered. Asked to help a guest who fears being framed, he investigates competing ambitions before the celebration becomes another tragedy.

Steve Smiley and Heather McBlythe arrange an island retreat to expose suspected corporate espionage after an employee is attacked. When the assault becomes a murder case, their staged investigation traps them among increasingly dangerous suspects.

Human remains halt a development project connected to Steve Smiley's partner, and a young construction worker becomes the suspect. Hired to clear him, Smiley investigates old school rivalries and guarded friendships to discover what stayed buried.

With his business partner occupied, Steve Smiley teams up with a dog rejected from police training to investigate a poisoning. An arson attack raises the stakes, suggesting that someone will use violence to keep a larger secret hidden.

An oil magnate's son is found dead in a Texas monument's reflecting pool, but Steve Smiley questions the official explanations. His investigation uncovers political tensions, environmental disputes, and family secrets surrounding a death others dismiss too quickly.

Entertainer Candy Caine seeks Steve Smiley's help after an extortionist calling himself Krampus threatens her life. When the threats become an attack, Smiley and his team must expose the culprit before her Christmas performances turn fatal.

Steve Smiley and Heather McBlythe search for a missing husband so his estranged wife can obtain a divorce. A murdered journalist draws them into Miami's political corruption and cartel money, where their investigation makes them targets.