Stephen Amidon Books in Order

Eddie Merriweather's death on his twenty-second birthday leaves his twin Matthew and their father Walter struggling to rebuild their lives. Their separate journeys expose the insecurities and concealed failures beneath a seemingly successful family, while grief unsettles the people closest to them.

In a suburban community of executives and their families, ordinary routines conceal disappointment, estrangement, and moral unease. These stories follow business failures, damaged marriages, and bewildered children as the outside world breaks through the appearance of a secure and orderly life.

Seeking his vanished father, Daniel North enters an unfamiliar Arizona life that includes a troubled half-brother and a stepmother his own age. His search for answers carries him into the desert, where family secrets become entangled with greed, deception, and revenge.

David Webster appears to have a comfortable marriage, home, and job until he injures a mysterious young woman in a road accident. Trying to help her pulls him toward an affair and a web of deception that threatens his carefully maintained life.

In 1973, lawyer Austin Swope and builder Earl Wooten have helped create a model Maryland community where their teenage sons are close friends. An apparently minor misunderstanding exposes cracks in their shared dream, setting the two fathers on a dangerous collision course.

Struggling real estate broker Drew Hagel befriends hedge fund manager Quint Manning and glimpses a route back to wealth. As their families become entangled, a terrible accident involving their children turns financial ambition into a dangerous struggle over loyalty, secrecy, and survival.

Security company owner Edward Inman dismisses a routine alarm at a wealthy client's house until a student reports an assault there. Investigating draws him toward an old girlfriend and her teenage son, exposing the suspicions and concealed lives beneath their quiet Massachusetts town.

Amidon examines the athlete's place in Western culture, from ancient warriors and religious competitors to modern sports celebrities. Drawing on history, politics, literature, and art, he explores why athletic performance commands devotion and shapes ideas about character, achievement, and public life.

Michael Coolidge cannot forget Justine after their brief affair ends with her disappearance. Seeing her months later with a man who soon dies sends Michael searching for answers, but contradictory stories leave him unsure whether she needs rescuing or poses a danger.

When a young woman is murdered in an affluent Massachusetts suburb, three teenagers who spent time with her become suspects. Their parents move to protect them, revealing how money, influence, and family loyalties can distort the search for truth and justice.

A novelist and his cardiologist brother trace the human heart through medicine, art, religion, and literature. Moving from ancient beliefs to modern treatment, they explore how one organ became both the center of physical life and a symbol of emotion and identity.