Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter Books in Order

A murdered colleague draws suburban Chicago teacher Tom Mason into an investigation beyond the classroom. Beneath his community’s respectable surface, he uncovers gambling, exploitation and abuse, discovering that solving the crime means confronting secrets people will kill to protect.

When a student is accused of killing his girlfriend, teacher Tom Mason agrees to help clear him. With his partner Scott Carpenter, he investigates the apparently quiet Chicago suburbs and discovers a more sinister story behind the accusation.

A priest known for supporting gay Catholics is found dead, and friends ask Tom Mason to investigate. Joined by Scott Carpenter, he follows the case through church politics and Chicago’s gay community, uncovering the consequences of secrecy and hypocrisy.

Teacher Tom Mason is accused of murdering his school’s principal. To clear his name, Tom and his partner Scott Carpenter must look beyond faculty politics and find the real killer before the accusation destroys his life.

Finding Scott Carpenter’s former teammate murdered in their apartment puts Tom Mason and Scott under suspicion. With killers pursuing them as well as the police, the couple must solve their friend’s death while staying alive and out of custody.

Tom Mason accompanies Scott Carpenter to Georgia after Scott’s father suffers a heart attack. Local hostility turns more dangerous when a sheriff’s body appears in their rental car, leaving the couple facing a murder accusation far from home.

A conservative parents’ campaign against gay teachers makes Tom Mason’s new school year difficult enough. When a leader of the group is murdered and Tom’s best friend is arrested, he must find the killer to prove her innocence.

A clinic bombing injures Tom Mason, and his partner Scott Carpenter suspects Tom was deliberately targeted. Threatening letters and evidence planted on Tom’s truck push Scott to identify the attacker before another strike claims either of them.

Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter finally celebrate their wedding, only for Tom to discover a murdered ex-boyfriend at the reception. As suspicion falls on the newlywed, solving the unwanted guest’s death becomes more urgent than leaving for their honeymoon.

Volunteering at a gay youth clinic, Tom Mason discovers its unpopular director’s severed head in a filing cabinet. With vulnerable teenagers and a long list of enemies involved, he investigates before an innocent person is blamed for the murder.

Seeking privacy after their wedding, Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter retreat to an exclusive Aegean island. A storm cuts off escape, then guests and staff begin dying, leaving the couple to find the killer before their refuge becomes a death trap.

Tom Mason steps away from a contentious faculty meeting and later finds a colleague dead in a stockroom. His unexplained absence makes him a suspect, so he and Scott Carpenter investigate the school’s feuds to uncover the murderer.

The murder of Tom Mason’s brother-in-law pulls Tom and Scott Carpenter into a suburban enclave dominated by a powerful political family. Protecting Tom’s grieving sister means confronting a network of ambition and intimidation while tracking a vicious killer.

An elderly man's account draws Tom Mason and his husband Scott Carpenter into an anti-gay conspiracy. After violence erupts at an art exhibition, the pair investigate a widening threat while a killer may be preparing to target them next.