Terence Faherty Books in Order

Law-firm researcher Owen Keane is drawn to a case reopened after forty years. With archival records unavailable, he turns to local memories and gossip to discover what happened and why the old mystery still matters.

Owen Keane investigates the unsettling behavior of his old friend Harry Ohlman after Harry's wife dies in a car accident. The inquiry forces Owen to confront his feelings for Mary and unfinished business with Harry.

As a seminary student, Owen Keane investigates a fellow student's disappearance with Mary Fitzgerald, the woman he loves. Their search leads into murder, drugs, and the mystery surrounding a supposedly lost sonnet by John Keats.

The murder of an old classmate draws former seminarian Owen Keane into another investigation. As he questions the story surrounding the death, he uncovers dangerous lies and finds his own life threatened by his search.

In 1947 Hollywood, former actor and soldier Scott Elliott investigates trouble surrounding a sequel to a beloved wartime romance. Accusations of Communism against its screenwriter give way to murder, threatening both the production and Elliott's future.

Working for an Atlantic City newspaper, Owen Keane investigates the decades-old slaughter of a local family. His client survived as a baby, and her questions lead him through concealed identities and guilt that still threatens her.

In 1955, director Carson Drury hires Scott Elliott to protect his attempt to remake an early film. Sabotage follows the production to Indiana, where hostile locals and mounting deaths threaten Drury's long-awaited return to filmmaking.

Owen Keane visits Rapture, Indiana, a community founded by believers who expected the world to end in 1844. A century and a half later, their descendants are disappearing, giving him a new mystery to investigate.

DNA implicates a recently murdered man in a Boston nurse's rape twenty-six years earlier. Owen Keane, who knew James Murray in college, investigates both crimes as he attempts to clear his former classmate's name.

Scott Elliott rescues a starlet from a gangster in Las Vegas, then investigates after she and her producer die in a plane crash. A film company's isolated California ranch becomes the center of a vengeful killer's campaign.

A 1948 film adaptation of The Tempest is threatened by scandal involving a British actor and a burlesque performer. Scott Elliott must solve the resulting murder while navigating gangsters and complications before his own wedding.

Failed seminarian Owen Keane investigates mysteries ranging from gang violence and gunrunning to private crises of faith. Six stories and a novella follow his compulsive search for explanations, including two tales first published in this collection.

In 1969, Scott Elliott searches for a faded star's runaway daughter. Her trail leads through the pornography business to a gang-controlled rock concert, while his missing soldier son and troubled marriage weigh on him.

Eight stories follow actor-turned-investigator Scott Elliott through Hollywood as its golden age fades. His cases involve missing actresses, stolen jewelry, and a gun with a troubling history, amid people whose ambitions have outlasted their opportunities.

Seeking escape after witnessing a suicide, Owen Keane travels to rural Kenya. Instead of finding anonymity, he investigates the murder of a stranger who claimed to be a reincarnated warrior, while confronting questions about his future.

Romance writer Danielle Furey's Irish trip becomes complicated by her brother, ex-husband, and a driver pursued by a bookmaker. A tour guide's account of a crime during The Quiet Man's filming turns her into an investigator.

A reporter specializing in paranormal events and unexplained phenomena encounters twelve mysteries. These stories follow people drawn to what they glimpse in dark corners and those whose own lives remain hidden, bringing investigative curiosity to unsettling situations.

After his former boss is found dead in an alley, Scott Elliott joins his estranged wife to investigate. Their search reopens a cold case rooted in a gangster's past, exposing danger that has survived for years.