Susan Oleksiw Books in Order

This reference guide surveys classic British mystery fiction, covering more than 1,400 titles by 121 authors. Concise annotations help readers find traditional detective stories without revealing their endings.

A sharp-tongued visitor is found murdered after a party in the coastal town of Mellingham. Chief Joe Silva must untangle a web of grudges, family tensions, and carefully guarded secrets among people who all had reason to resent her.

A gifted work-study student is murdered at Mellingham's Massasoit College of Art. Chief Joe Silva must navigate feuding artists, anxious faculty, and campus secrets to find the killer before old rivalries cause more damage.

A volunteer at Mellingham's historical society raises concerns about stolen antiques, then turns up dead in the museum attic. Chief Joe Silva follows the clues through family loyalties, private debts, and the tensions hiding behind local philanthropy.

A high school reunion stirs up old affairs, grudges, and a long-buried accusation. When one classmate disappears and another is poisoned, Chief Joe Silva must connect the past to a dangerous present.

After a young man dies of an apparent overdose, his friend falls to his death under suspicious circumstances. Chief Joe Silva follows a trail of drugs and fear that reaches into Mellingham's families, including the people closest to him.

When an American tourist vanishes from Hotel Delite, photographer Anita Ray learns the woman had planned to smuggle medical supplies into Myanmar. Finding the missing guest becomes a murder investigation, and Anita's own safety is soon at risk.

Joe Silva's elderly father gathers the sprawling Silva family to confront a painful injustice from decades earlier. The reunion brings estranged siblings home, but old wounds and a search for justice place Joe's own family in danger.

Anita accompanies Auntie Meena to a family estate after her cousin Surya fails to arrive for a visit. As a maid's strange warnings and missing religious artifacts unsettle the household, Anita starts looking for a human explanation.

Zellie builds a life on the West Woodbury farm she loves after losing the people closest to her. Then a light in the long-empty Erickson house reopens a door to the past and changes what she expects from the future.

During monsoon season, Anita and Auntie Meena are stranded at a family home in Kerala. A drowned man, a missing servant, and an unseen watcher make Anita suspect that danger is much closer than the household admits.

Anita Ray is pleased when a new shop opens near Hotel Delite, until its young owner dies only days later. A visit to the grieving family leaves Anita with troubling questions about what really happened.

In this short Anita Ray mystery, Anita investigates the murder of a wealthy man. Her search for the truth leads beyond the surface of a comfortable life and into motives others would rather keep hidden.

Deb Connolly's death in a sailing accident seems straightforward until evidence shows her boat was sabotaged. As her sister seeks answers, Chief Joe Silva investigates a coastal mystery that puts his stepson in unexpected danger.

When hotel employee Nisha disappears after leaving her daughter at Hotel Delite, Anita Ray learns Nisha is suspected of killing her husband. A misplaced memory card draws Anita into a dangerous world of debt, moneylenders, and family obligation.

Farmer Felicity O'Brien witnesses a fatal car crash and learns the victim was on her way to discuss Felicity's land. With strangers prowling around Tall Trees Farm and more deaths nearby, Felicity investigates a threat rooted in local secrets.

An unusual tour group checks into Hotel Delite, but its members barely seem to know one another. When a guest who speaks the local language disappears, Anita Ray faces a death at the hotel and a mystery with an unclear purpose.