True Blue Detective Books in Order

Suspicious deaths at a New Orleans care facility pull retired homicide detective Zack Nelson back into investigation. Joining former partner Mario DeLuca, he probes rehearsed explanations and concealed motives before another resident falls victim behind the institution's welcoming appearance.

Detective Mario DeLuca faces retaliation from an imprisoned criminal whose influence still reaches New Orleans's streets. Threats against his fiancee and another suspicious death bring old allies together, testing how far they will move beyond procedure to protect those at risk.

A forensic expert survives a calculated attempt to kill her, drawing Mario DeLuca and Howard Blitz into an old robbery's unresolved aftermath. Their search across New Orleans reveals someone determined to remove witnesses and preserve secrets supposedly buried years earlier.

Before his first major series investigation, New Orleans detective Mario DeLuca confronts doubts about the uniform he once dreamed of wearing. A summer shaped by criminal influence and compromised loyalties forces him to question where justice ends and corruption begins.

A convention trip to Las Vegas leads Mario DeLuca to investigate a possible sighting of a girl abducted six years earlier. Following the mother's suspicions uncovers trafficking connections and a rescue whose dangers extend back to New Orleans.

A cartel demands millions from Mario DeLuca while a separate criminal operation empties the accounts of people close to him. Working with Howard Blitz, he faces threats that cross professional boundaries and endanger innocent people caught between their competing enemies.

A restaurant's triple homicide draws Mario DeLuca and Howard Blitz into an investigation with troubling links to the past. Familiar places and resurfacing memories complicate Mario's pursuit, making the search for justice inseparable from questions about his own history.

A fellow officer's shooting leaves Mario DeLuca grieving and increasingly uncertain about the boundaries of lawful justice. Casino robberies draw him, Howard, and Julie Wong into a wider investigation where anger and loyalty threaten to determine their choices.

A former fiancee's request brings Mario DeLuca into an investigation of a prestigious auction house concealing human trafficking. Multiple agencies and powerful interests complicate the case, while his partner Howard's hidden history raises further questions about trust and methods.

Mario DeLuca finally arrests a long-pursued criminal, only to see apparent judicial corruption threaten the case. Howard Blitz's involvement uncovers a kidnapping, an assassination contract, and a waiting sniper, drawing both men into a struggle against carefully coordinated betrayal.