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Providence, Rhode Island. August 1981.

Ted Hollis is forty-two years old, and the brewery where he spent his entire adult life just closed its doors for good.

He's got a son heading to college in a month, a rat terrier who won't stop barking, and a refrigerator with one egg in it. He's also got a letter from the financial aid office sitting on the...

When your ex becomes your client, the only thing more dangerous is the truth.

Boston, 1978.

Private investigator Jake Horn has spent years learning to live with ghosts—his wife’s murder, his uncle’s failing PI agency, and the daughter he’s raised alone.

These days, he’s desperate enough to take almost any job.

Except one.

When his ex-fiancée walks...

Summer, 1978. Jake Horn came to Maine for a weekend with his daughter, not another body.

Nancy heads back to college in New Hampshire in a few days, and Jake’s determined to make this time count. After months apart, he’s finally got her to himself. No cases. No ghosts. Just a quiet beach town and a chance to be the father he’s been trying to be...

January, 1979. Jake Horn didn’t start the fire—but now he’s standing in the flames.

A snowstorm hits Boston the night a mysterious woman calls Jake’s office asking for help. She never shows. Hours later, police find a body in the snow two blocks away. When the woman finally surfaces, she’s got a story: her wealthy car dealership owner husband...

John Greenbrier is a man of routines — the ball game, a grilled cheese, the drive home past the beach he never visited enough. But on a late August evening in Narragansett, a young nurse in a faded Camaro leaves her daughter on his doorstep, and John finds himself doing the one thing he's worst at: being present.

Late August is a quiet story...

Writing about crime is a lot more fun than being caught up in it...

After former crime journalist Joe Sheldon is forced to resign from one of the nation’s leading newspapers, he finds solace in sipping his vodka cranberries, listening to vinyl records in his high-rise Miami apartment.

But the bills are piling up, and Joe can’t seem to catch a...

The one thing that can ruin a good night of fooling around is a murder in the morning…

Former crime journalist Joe Sheldon has really taken to his new role, tracking down deadbeats for his bookie friend Dickie.

It’s a far cry from covering the dark side of Miami for the local rag.

He enjoys getting to act like a tough guy, even if he goes out of...

Writing about crime is a lot easier than being at the center of it…

For former crime journalist and struggling want-to-be author Joe Sheldon, the only thing worse than stumbling upon a dead body is being the prime suspect in the murder.

With his face potentially front and center on missing surveillance video and a witness who saw him with the...

US Marshal Charlie Harlow has stood in front of hundreds of doors without knowing who, or what, is behind them…

When a botched assignment leaves a friend from the sheriff’s office dead, Charlie finds himself under the Justice Department’s scrutiny for the way things fell apart.

Overwhelmed with guilt for failing to save his friend, Charlie knows...

When justice fails, Charlie Harlow’s not afraid to take the law into his own hands…

Deputy U.S. Marshal Charlie Harlow refuses to stand by and watch when someone’s in trouble. So when a teen he tried to help suddenly goes missing, he has a hard time stepping aside to let the local authorities do their job.

And when he senses the case isn’t being...

Deputy U.S. Marshal Charlie Harlow is under fire… In more ways than one.

When a routine transport in the Smoky Mountains goes awry and a prisoner in Charlie’s custody disappears, he is thrust into a showdown he never sees coming.

Charlie quickly discovers the case is far from what it seems. Deceit lurks around every corner, and betrayal runs deep,...

Before Jake Horn was on his own, there was his uncle.

Boston, 1969.

The Horn Detective Agency is struggling, and the man who built it knows things are coming to an end.

Jake Horn arrives late one morning, distracted and exhausted—raising his young daughter alone after the murder of his wife.

Expecting to be reprimanded, he’s instead asked to...

He knows he’s more than just another washed-up ex-cop. Solving a murder will help him prove it...

A straight-shooter who lives on a boat and likes a drink or two, Henry’s frustrated he can’t even land work as a dispatcher. And his job running security for a local baseball team is far from his idea of excitement.

But it pays the bills.

The morning...

One Sunday morning, John Thompson went out for a ride on his bike. He never made it home.

Was it really just an accident?

That’s the question ex-wife Angela Thompson has for the Sheriff’s Office. But they refuse to investigate further…

She’d been told by a mutual friend that if anyone can get to the truth, it’s Henry Walsh. He’d only recently aced...

In his most thrilling mystery yet, private investigator Henry Walsh dodges bullets, bombs, and married women to help find a friend’s missing fiancé…

Just as he’s about to begin the search, an explosion rocks the marina where his friend was staying. When divers from the Sheriff’s Office come up out of the water empty handed, Henry can only fear...

Another exciting investigation throws Henry deep into a mystery surrounding the death of someone from his past…

When local musician Bonnie Chapman’s husband shows up at Henry’s door, he makes it very clear he’ll pay whatever it takes to get to the bottom of his wife’s untimely death.

But Henry’s reluctant to take the case, and has a few...

Henry Walsh is back to solve a puzzling mystery in Fernandina Beach when a lifelong friend confesses to a murder...

He refuses to believe Charlie Senecal is a killer. But the circumstances surrounding the crime raise far too many questions.

And if the man Henry’s known since the third grade is innocent, then why would he confess to a murder he...

In his most challenging case yet, Henry struggles when his newest client is killed before he’s even had the chance to meet her...

The truth is, Sarah Jenner wasn’t exactly clear when she first called Henry. She wanted to hire him...but couldn’t say why. Not until they met.

And then she was dead.

When Sarah’s sister asks Henry to investigate what...

A simple infidelity investigation gets turned on its head when a man under surveillance falls to a surprising death…

Private investigator Henry Walsh won’t argue with the actual cause of the man’s ultimate demise. Not after he witnessed the victim land poolside from seven floors above. But how the man went off the balcony is up for argument. Too...

Private Investigator Henry Walsh and his partner, Alex, are at it again with another mystery they may not be able to solve together. Could this case be their last?

Former pro football star Ray Rivers swears he had nothing to do with the death of a high school principal found dead in the boy’s locker room. But the rumors won’t stop, and he’d like...