The Butcher Books in Order

Working for White Hat, former Mafia boss Bucher investigates a Syndicate scheme to replace important politicians with doubles. A hunted mobster's photographic memory and a dangerous scientist draw him into a conspiracy while assassins pursue him.

White Hat sends former mobster Bucher to locate a defecting Chinese scientist whose invention has attracted dangerous interest. Mafia killers pursue both men, forcing Bucher to protect the scientist while uncovering further Syndicate operations.

Bucher investigates attacks on southern American businesses by a bomber calling himself the King of Spades. Leads take him from Miami to Morocco, where the hunt intersects with Mafia assassins and an unexpected romantic attachment.

Searching for a missing murder witness, Bucher uncovers a mobster's scheme to stockpile the world's platinum in a Kentucky mine. White Hat's former Mafia enforcer must confront a conspiracy with ambitions reaching beyond organized crime.

Sent to Baghdad to stop a drug pipeline into the United States, Bucher encounters a larger threat involving stolen U-2 aircraft. He must confront a plan to attack Russia with atomic bombs while Mafia hitmen pursue the bounty on him.

White Hat assigns Bucher to find a missing East German scientist and his daughter. A Tennessee commune and its Mafia drug connections draw him into an international search, complicated by assassins eager to collect the bounty on his head.

When a scientist behind a powerful birth-control discovery disappears, Bucher follows the trail into Los Angeles. Working for White Hat while hunted by Mafia killers, he must locate the doctor and uncover who wants his invention.

Suspicious election results lead Bucher toward a conspiracy involving manipulated voting machines and a villain calling himself World King. His investigation takes him from the Mojave Desert to Poland while a mobster pursues personal revenge.

On assignment in South Africa, Bucher investigates rejuvenated mob bosses and a suspected organ-replacement scheme. The unexpected return of an old girlfriend he believed dead complicates a mission that leads him deep into the jungle.

White Hat sends Bucher to rescue Candy Merriman, a television star and wealthy businessman's daughter kidnapped by homegrown terrorists. His mission unfolds while Mafia killers continue pursuing the former enforcer with a price on his head.

The disappearance of two supertankers sends Bucher toward San Juan and a scientist whose work attracts dangerous attention. Questions about antigravity, unusual waves, and missing ships complicate his assignment for the secret government agency White Hat.

Bucher, the former Mafia enforcer turned government operative, faces another kidnapping assignment. A Syndicate bookkeeper's daughter is being held in Switzerland, giving criminals leverage to trade her safety against her father's potentially damaging testimony.

Bucher searches Hollywood for a Cabinet official's missing daughter and encounters a movie studio controlled by the Syndicate. When an old girlfriend becomes involved, the investigation expands into another kidnapping and confrontations with Mafia gunmen.

White Hat operative Bucher remains hunted by his former Mafia employers. His latest assignment concerns a Communist conspiracy in Spain, where an important political figure and an archbishop have been captured and need rescuing.

Former Mafia enforcer Bucher now undertakes secret government assignments while criminals hunt him. Armed extremists seize a New York jetliner for ransom, and mob financing connects the crisis with plans for another aircraft hijacking.

Bucher heads to Cuba on an assignment to prevent Fidel Castro's assassination. His mission places the former Mafia enforcer amid political violence, encounters with Cuban soldiers, and women whose involvement complicates his work for White Hat.

Bucher serves a secret government agency while evading Mafia hitmen. Israeli delegates to the United Nations have been abducted by Arab terrorists, and Washington selects him to attempt a rescue amid dangerous political tensions.

Bucher undertakes covert assignments while his former Mafia associates pursue him. An operation ordered by White Hat suddenly leaves him facing arrest, with the agency's director refusing to acknowledge responsibility for the mission.

Deaths near a leaking tanker draw Bucher into an investigation of a mysterious gas that kills people, animals, and crops. His pursuit takes him from Ohio toward New York, with signs that White Hat's plans have leaked.

Former Syndicate enforcer Bucher works for White Hat while Mafia killers hunt him. An assignment in Venice draws him into an art-theft operation controlled by the mob, bringing his old enemies into another international investigation.

Former Mafia enforcer Bucher now works as a secret government operative. A million-dollar bounty attracts an assassin known as Black Death, forcing him to confront a professional killer with a reputation for never missing.

A pharmaceutical company's new potency drug brings Bucher into contact with a whistleblower facing deadly threats. White Hat's investigation of Hanover Health Products links corporate promotion, a doctor's warnings, and violence surrounding a supposedly beneficial invention.

White Hat sends Bucher to investigate labor unrest in the American West, where strikes and riots mask Mafia activity. Partnered with CIA agent Susan Raintree, he follows a conspiracy involving unions, vulnerable businesses, and criminal fronts.

Bucher, once a Mafia enforcer, now carries out covert government missions. A star quarterback's murder exposes organized crime's effort to manipulate major sporting contests after the player refuses to cooperate before the upcoming Super Bowl.

White Hat sends Bucher into Soviet-occupied Afghanistan to rescue an American nuclear missile expert. Working with local rebels, he must reach the scientist before the Soviet forces pursuing the same target can secure their prize.

When guru Father Pequet suffers a reported heart attack, White Hat assigns Bucher to protect him. Posing as an injured patient, he enters the hospital, where explosions and another agent complicate the protective mission.

A Satanist conspiracy threatens New York City with destruction, drawing Bucher into another White Hat assignment. The former Mafia enforcer investigates a scheme involving explosives and ambitions that extend far beyond the city's crowded streets.

Bucher travels undercover to Avella, a Latin American country whose injured dictator and influential mistress attract White Hat's concern. A novice female partner joins him as he investigates the possibility of a dangerous Soviet foothold.