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The Plumber's Mate Mysteries Books in Order

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Explore the The Plumber's Mate Mysteries books by JL Merrow in order, with short summaries and a guide to the titles and where to start.

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The Plumber's Mate Mysteries books in publication order

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6 books

1

Pressure Head

by JL Merrow

2012

Plumber Tom Paretski uses his psychic talent to locate a body and encounters Phil Morrison, his former school bully and crush. Working together on the murder investigation forces them to revisit old injuries while confronting an active killer.

2

Relief Valve

by JL Merrow

2014

Tom's new relationship with private investigator Phil faces family disapproval before his sister is poisoned at her engagement party. The investigation brings her professional and personal enemies into focus, alongside an unusual bequest that may contain another hidden clue.

3

Heat Trap

by JL Merrow

2015

Tom and Phil intervene when a barmaid's threatening ex targets one of their friends. Becoming targets themselves, they confront a body in a pub cellar while family tensions and troubling revelations about Phil's past undermine Tom's trust.

4

Blow Down

by JL Merrow

2016

Newly engaged Tom is hired to find a missing necklace, but another body turns the assignment into a murder case. He and Phil investigate suspects including a bishop while family demands and Tom's new psychic celebrity complicate their wedding plans.

5

Lock Nut

by JL Merrow

2018

Tom and Phil search for a runaway husband who turns up dead in a canal, leaving Tom a murder suspect. As they investigate the widow's accusations and tangled relationships, another killing adds urgency to a case already disrupting their wedding preparations.

6

Stop Cock

by JL Merrow

2021

Tom and Phil's Italian honeymoon is disrupted when a former school bully arrives at their hotel. Old resentments and unsettling messages from home strain their new marriage, then a shocking death turns the holiday into a murder investigation.

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