Wiki Coffin Mysteries Books in Order

In 1838, linguist Wiki Coffin is accused of murder just before joining the U.S. Exploring Expedition. Cleared and deputized, he must catch his departing ship and identify a killer believed to be among the expedition's personnel.

While investigating possible pirates near Brazil's Shark Island, Wiki Coffin encounters a troubled sealing schooner and a woman from his past. When its captain is murdered, Wiki questions the crew to challenge the accusation against another officer.

During the U.S. Exploring Expedition's voyage to Brazil, Wiki Coffin investigates a suspicious death among the scientific staff. Another killing implicates his estranged father, forcing the linguist to disentangle family tensions from a dangerous murder inquiry.

On the Patagonian coast, Wiki Coffin searches for a trader accused of stealing a whaler's money and schooner. A corpse leads him into a struggling settlement, where political unrest complicates a threat to the exploring expedition.

Near Cape Horn in 1839, Wiki Coffin hears of a corpse on a drifting iceberg and confronts another death aboard ship. Racism and hostility complicate his investigation as the exploring expedition approaches dangerous Antarctic waters.

Wiki Coffin enjoys sailing through the East Indies and South China Sea with local rogues and pirates. A reunion with his old college friend George Rochester aboard the Potomac disrupts that life, with a troublesome dog involved.