The Tired Canary By George Bixley

Don’t mess with the hothead—or he might just mess with you. Slater Ibáñez is only interested in two kinds of guys: the ones he wants to punch, and the ones he sleeps with. Things get...

A Desperate Frame-up By George Bixley

Don’t mess with the hothead—or he might just mess with you. Slater Ibáñez is only interested in two kinds of guys: the ones he wants to punch, and the ones he sleeps with. Things get...

Trail of the Blue Agave By George Bixley

Don’t mess with the hothead—or he might just mess with you. Slater Ibáñez is only interested in two kinds of guys: the ones he wants to punch, and the ones he sleeps with. Things get...

The Saucer-Heads By George Bixley

Don’t mess with the hothead—or he might just mess with you. Slater Ibáñez is only interested in two kinds of guys: the ones he wants to punch, and the ones he sleeps with. Things get...

The Satin Squeeze Play By George Bixley

Chiseler in Jade By George Bixley

Don’t mess with the hothead—or he might just mess with you. Slater Ibáñez is only interested in two kinds of guys: the ones he wants to punch, and the ones he sleeps with. Things get...

The Eagle and the Weasel By George Bixley

Don’t mess with the hothead—or he might just mess with you. Slater Ibáñez is only interested in two kinds of guys: the ones he wants to punch, and the ones he sleeps with. Things get...

The Mojave Gimmick By George Bixley

Don’t mess with the hothead—or he might just mess with you. Slater Ibáñez is only interested in two kinds of guys: the ones he wants to punch, and the ones he sleeps with. Things get...

The Hapless Gonif By George Bixley

Don’t mess with the hothead—or he might just mess with you. Slater Ibáñez is only interested in two kinds of guys: the ones he wants to punch, and the ones he sleeps with. Things get...

Secondhand Inertia By Christopher Jansmann

Don’t mess with the hothead—or he might just mess with you. Slater Ibáñez is only interested in two kinds of guys: the ones he wants to punch, and the ones he sleeps with. Things get...

Bunco Couture By Christopher Jansmann

Don’t mess with the hothead—or he might just mess with you. Slater Ibáñez is only interested in two kinds of guys: the ones he wants to punch, and the ones he sleeps with. Things get...

Once He Saw the Deep By Christopher Jansmann

Don’t mess with the hothead—or he might just mess with you. Slater Ibáñez is only interested in two kinds of guys: the ones he wants to punch, and the ones he sleeps with. Things get...

The Apothecary Diaries 08 By Natsu Hyuuga

After breaking a "curse" on the imperial heirs, a palace servant with training in herbal medicine is promoted up the ranks to food taster...and right into the thick of palace intrigue in this lushly illustrated...

Pariah By Christopher Jansmann

Spring: the season of renewal. For Vasily Korsokovach, it feels especially true: newly reinstated to his original position after a string of successful case closures, his life in Southern California appears to finally be back...

Peril By Christopher Jansmann

Spring: the season of renewal. For Vasily Korsokovach, it feels especially true: newly reinstated to his original position after a string of successful case closures, his life in Southern California appears to finally be back...

Ditched By Christopher Jansmann

Where one journey ends, another begins.As the summer tourist season draws to a close in Windeport, Maine, Vasily Korsokovach is at a personal crossroads: unable to return to the career he’d barely begun in California,...

Bygones By Christopher Jansmann

A featured selection at the 2023 Tucson Festival of Books They say the second time is the charm. Then again, maybe they don’t, but after a rocky summer in Maine, Vasily Korsokovach certainly hopes it’s true as...

Focus By Christopher Jansmann

A featured selection at the 2024 Tucson Festival of Books Distracted by guilt over the serious injuries his best friend sustained while assisting with a case, Vasily Korsokovach doesn’t think much of the envelope that...

Requiem By Christopher Jansmann

The past and present collide for Vasily Korsokovach in his latest adventure. Taking time off as a cop is always problematic — even more so when you are the Deputy Chief of Police. Despite his...

Mirage By Christopher Jansmann

It’s never good when you get a phone call in the middle of the night. For Vasily Korsokovach, it’s particularly problematic when the caller happens to be his estranged mother seeking a favor for a...

Masks By Christopher Jansmann

Roped into helping his favorite millionaire author host a charitable Halloween gala at her mansion, Deputy Chief Vasily Korsokovach finds himself unusually annoyed at having to set aside his clandestine wedding planning; with the possible...

Silenced By Christopher Jansmann

It's murder when free speech collides with free enterprise.   Still bearing the psychological scars from her reporting of his assault by an ex-lover and the subsequent departure from the Rancho Linda Police Department it...

Mahu By Neil S. Plakcy

A bomb explodes at a gay rights gala—and Kimo Kanapa’aka is in the blast zone.In MAHU FIRE, the third Mahu Investigation by Lambda Literary Award finalist Neil S. Plakcy, Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka is attending...

Mahu Surfer By Neil S. Plakcy

A bomb explodes at a gay rights gala—and Kimo Kanapa’aka is in the blast zone.In MAHU FIRE, the third Mahu Investigation by Lambda Literary Award finalist Neil S. Plakcy, Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka is attending...

Mahu Fire By Neil S. Plakcy

A bomb explodes at a gay rights gala—and Kimo Kanapa’aka is in the blast zone.In MAHU FIRE, the third Mahu Investigation by Lambda Literary Award finalist Neil S. Plakcy, Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka is attending...

Mahu Vice By Neil S. Plakcy

Can Kimo work a case with the man who broke his heart?Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka thought he’d put fire investigator Mike Riccardi behind him. Their relationship couldn’t survive the pressure—Kimo living openly, Mike still...

Mahu Blood By Neil S. Plakcy

A protest turns deadly—and Kimo Kanapa’aka’s family is caught in the crossfire.Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka is working security at a rally for Hawaiian sovereignty when a gunshot cuts through the crowd. An elderly woman...

Zero Break By Neil S. Plakcy

Out past the reef, where the waves first begin, there’s no room for mistakes.They call it the zero break—the deep-water point where a swell starts building long before it crashes to shore.For Honolulu homicide detective Kimo...

Natural Predators By Neil S. Plakcy

On O’ahu, predators don’t always hunt in the wild.When the body of a powerful island figure is discovered in the aftermath of a warehouse fire, Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka and his partner Ray Donne...

Children of Noah By Neil S. Plakcy

This time, the target isn’t just strangers. It’s families like Kimo’s.:Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka is seconded to the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, stepping into a world ofhigh-risk investigations and unfamiliar rules.The case starts...

Ghost Ship By Neil S. Plakcy

A drifting sailboat. Four bodies. And a cargo that should never have reached Hawaii.When a ghost ship washes up on the Leeward Coast of O‘ahu, Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka—on assignment with the FBI—finds himself...

Deadly Labors By Neil S. Plakcy

A favor for his mother could cost Kimo everything.Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka is on departmental leave when his mother asks him to do the one thing he shouldn’t:Investigate a murder.The accused is Ikaika Kahale—a...

Soldier Down By Neil S. Plakcy

A cold case. A powerful request. And secrets someone buried for a reason.Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka is asked to investigate a decades-old death—one the military long ago closed and forgot.He should say no.But the...

Unruly Son By Neil S. Plakcy

A mother and her son vanish into the wilderness. Time is running out.When a woman and her neurodiverse teenage son go missing in the rugged parklands outside Honolulu, homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka is called in...

The Virgin Homicides By Neil S. Plakcy

When two seemingly unrelated women—a college student and a corporate executive—are found murdered in Honolulu, homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka is faced with a baffling case.No clear motive. No obvious connection. No single explanation.But there is a pattern.As...

Blood Code By Neil S. Plakcy

A cutting-edge startup. A dead founder. And secrets that shouldn’t have been coded.When tech entrepreneur Noah Kim is found murdered outside his Honolulu office, homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka and his partner Ray Donne are called...

Accidental Contact By Neil S. Plakcy

Twenty-one cases. One unforgettable detective.In Accidental Contact, Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka tackles twenty-one short investigations that span the world of the Mahu series—filling in the moments between the novels with quick, compelling mysteries.From murders to...

In Dog We Trust By Neil S. Plakcy

THE START OF A BEAUTIFUL PARTNERSHIP— A DETECTIVE DUO WITH HEART AND FURSteve’s ripe for a new relationship—divorced, over forty, and still dusting himself off from a lamentable sojourn in prison, an unusual experience for...

The Kingdom of Dog By Neil S. Plakcy

It’s almost time for graduation, and Eastern College is in trouble. A prominent alumna is dead, and a faulty computer program is jeopardizing student records and financial aid. It’s up to Steve and Rochester to...

Dog Helps Those By Neil S. Plakcy

It’s almost time for graduation, and Eastern College is in trouble. A prominent alumna is dead, and a faulty computer program is jeopardizing student records and financial aid. It’s up to Steve and Rochester to...

Dog Bless You By Neil S. Plakcy

Autumn has come to Bucks County, and Steve Levitan has a new job: develop a conference center for Eastern College at Friar Lake, a few miles from campus. But on his first visit to the...

Whom Dog Hath Joined By Neil S. Plakcy

Reformed computer hacker Steve Levitan still gets a thrill from snooping into places online where he shouldn’t be. When his golden retriever Rochester discovers a human bone at the Friends Meeting during the Harvest Days...

Dog Have Mercy By Neil S. Plakcy

In the sixth golden retriever mystery, Dog Have Mercy, Christmas approaches and reformed hacker Steve Levitan tries to help a fellow ex-con now working at the vet’s office in Stewart’s Crossing. His curiosity, and the...

Honest to Dog By Neil S. Plakcy

A dog, a synagogue, and a deadly crime. When a young man suffering from mental illness disrupts the blessing of the animals at Steve Levitan’s synagogue, he and his golden retriever Rochester are launched into...

Dog is in the Details By Neil S. Plakcy

A dog, a synagogue, and a deadly crime. When a young man suffering from mental illness disrupts the blessing of the animals at Steve Levitan’s synagogue, he and his golden retriever Rochester are launched into...

Dog Knows By Neil S. Plakcy

When semi-reformed computer hacker Steve Levitan learns that a girl who was kind to him in high school is accused of three murders, he and his clue-sniffing golden retriever Rochester are on the case. Could...

Dog's Green Earth By Neil S. Plakcy By Neil S. Plakcy

A murder in Steve Levitan’s gated community is bad enough—but when someone puts out rat poison that innocent dogs could consume, he’s fired up to track down the villain and make his world safe for...

A Litter of Golden Mysteries By Neil S. Plakcy

top by for a few comfortably suspenseful visits to Stewart’s Crossing, where reformed computer hacker Steve Levitan and his crime-sniffing golden retriever Rochester are always nose-to-the-ground in this warm, witty collection of cozy dog mysteries. These short mystery stories, set between the novels of...