Steve Ulfelder Books in Order

Mechanic Conway Sax agrees to recover a fellow Alcoholics Anonymous member’s vintage Mercedes from a dubious garage. When the man is murdered, Conway becomes a suspect and must uncover the killer while honoring his promise.

Conway Sax’s former lover returns with a child she claims was fathered by a wealthy politician. Her murder pulls the recovering alcoholic into a web of blackmail and political ambition that threatens his parole and relationship.

Conway Sax helps a troubled young man stay sober, seeing echoes of his estranged son in him. A triple murder at the young man’s halfway house sends Conway after a killer he believes targeted his charge.

Conway Sax rescues a former television star from kidnappers in Los Angeles as a favor to the man’s mother. Back in Massachusetts, family hostilities and a murder complicate his efforts to keep the actor safe.

After a divorce and years of drifting between jobs, Archer Dixon becomes a private detective. His supposedly straightforward first assignment lands him between Nigerian car thieves and Russian criminals, testing his inexperienced approach to investigation.

Teenage racer Dustin Crayne has talent and NASCAR ambitions but little money. Stealing an engine for an important race leads him to rescue a greyhound and cross dangerous criminals, complicating his hopes of winning with his unreliable father’s help.