Terry Ambrose Books in Order

A con artist and a criminologist operate on opposite sides of the law until her father's kidnapping forces them together. With five million dollars and their lives at stake, cooperation depends on trust neither finds easy to offer.

Honolulu landlord and former skip tracer Wilson McKenna agrees to help a tenant who witnessed a body being thrown from a plane. Tracking the aircraft draws him into an island drug ring and dangers his friend warned him to avoid.

After discovering thousands of dollars in bad checks written in his name, McKenna travels to Kauai to find the culprit. Confusion over his identity worsens when the woman responsible is found dead, leaving his investigation dangerously complicated.

McKenna visits Hawaii's Big Island to watch Andi Kapono perform at a jazz festival, only to discover she is missing. Her mother's request for help leads him into a mystery involving an old revenge plot and a lover's curse.

Con artist Roxy Tanner's latest success leaves her with millions and a dead victim, making her a police target. Former criminologist Skip Cosgrove offers help while facing an enemy seeking revenge, forcing both to confront danger and mutual distrust.

A dispute over a necklace associated with Hawaiian royalty ends with an arrogant coffeehouse customer murdered and the jewelry missing. McKenna and aspiring investigator Chance Logan search for the killer when police focus on the shop's owner.

McKenna reluctantly plays Santa at a charity production just as a hurricane disrupts Honolulu. When power returns after an outage, an elf is dead, leaving him and Chance Logan to investigate a suspicious cast with an insistent young helper.

When an old friend is accused of murdering a Honolulu scammer, McKenna breaks his promise to abandon amateur investigations. Helping his desperate buddy also means mentoring Chance Logan, whose claimed detective credentials prove less substantial than expected.

A ten-year-old surfing prodigy stows away on McKenna's sunset cruise and asks him to clear her nanny of murder. Her interference complicates a case that begins exposing lies and possible connections to a military cover-up.

Eight visitors arrive in Seaside Cove searching for a sunken Spanish galleon, but one is murdered. Bed-and-breakfast owner Rick Atwood investigates while trying to manage town gossip and his ten-year-old daughter's determination to solve the crime herself.

McKenna plans a Maui trip that will include proposing to his girlfriend, but his elderly tenant needs help clearing a relative of murder. With Chance Logan assisting, he enters a mystery entwined with disputes over the island's water.

A woman found dead near Rick Atwood's B&B clutches a shard from an ancient rice bowl. When police suspect an archaeologist admired by his daughter Alex, Rick faces pressure to investigate despite the mayor's demand that he stay out.

A murder victim's gifts of identical Christmas sweaters connect suspects across Seaside Cove. Rick Atwood investigates as his daughter Alex pursues her own clues and matchmaking plans, while his estranged wife's arrival adds another troubling complication.

A tenant's losses in a perfume-related work scam interrupt McKenna's wedding preparations. Helping Chance Logan investigate leads toward industrial espionage and a murdered assistant, leaving McKenna to expose the deception before his own relationship suffers.

Trying to leave con artistry behind, Roxy Tanner takes in streetwise Lily Jamison, only for kidnappers to demand an impossible ransom. With fiance Skip Cosgrove, she follows clues linking the abduction to family vengeance and a valuable painting.

A week before his wedding, McKenna agrees to help find missing philanthropist Kenji Ito. When Kenji is found murdered, rumors of gang connections, political payoffs, and ruthless business practices threaten to pull McKenna and Chance into deeper danger.

A ship captain claiming to know the location of a valuable sunken galleon is killed with a speargun. Rick Atwood assists police, but his daughter Alex's unauthorized investigation threatens both the case and her own future.

McKenna and Chance Logan investigate attorney Julian Carr's death and the theft of an antique necklace worth a fortune. His granddaughter has assembled her own suspect list, but dwindling leads make solving both mysteries increasingly difficult.

Rick Atwood's wedding preparations and busy B&B are interrupted by another murder connected to treasure hunters. The apparently obvious suspect complicates matters less than his daughter Alex's new friendship, which may place her at the center of the case.

Days before Rick Atwood's wedding, his daughter Alex exposes a guest's lie about his supposed wife. When the man is later found murdered, Rick and the police investigate, while Alex pursues evidence to clear the woman suspected of killing him.

New private investigator Jade Cavendish examines an heiress’s suspicion that her husband is stealing her fortune. The case leads toward a serial attacker who leaves roses with his victims, forcing Jade to untangle financial deceit and increasingly personal danger.

At a funeral, investigator Jade Cavendish receives a cryptogram connected to a brooch lost during World War II. Discovering that the deceased was murdered draws her into an international art-theft operation and makes her an elusive criminal’s next target.