William Burton McCormick Books in Order

Dispossessed aristocrat Wiktor Rooks is swept into the Russian Army, war, and revolution. Concealing his origins among the Latvian Red Riflemen, he navigates shifting loyalties, love, and betrayal as political upheaval transforms Russia and his Baltic homeland.

Revolutionary Fricis Svaars discovers that the Tsar’s secret police intend to kill him in Riga prison. Escaping toward the Baltic coast in winter, he faces armed pursuers and deadly cold in a short historical suspense story about survival.

In 1900 Odessa, sisters Tasia and Eleni suspect a threatening guest at their family’s boarding house is the killer terrorizing the city. Investigating his nighttime movements draws them toward its foggy docks, hidden courtyards, and dangerous catacombs.

Chicago banker Bob Vanags takes a job in Latvia hoping to connect with his heritage and combat fraud. Discovering his employer’s hidden conspiracies instead leaves him framed for murder, struggling to protect his family and expose powerful enemies.

Russian police inspector Ilya Dudnyk is trapped in his oligarch employer’s Siberian mansion with an unidentified killer and a journalist chained to him. Outside, an immense mosquito plague makes escape impossible while he searches for the murderer.