The Hazard and Somerset Mysteries follow the adventures of Emery Hazard and John-Henry Somerset, detectives on the police force of a small town in central Missouri. The recommended reading order is as follows (click on a book cover to purchase):

1. PRETTY PRETTY BOYS

2. TRANSPOSITION

3. PATERNITY CASE

"TICKETS TO THE GUN SHOW"*

4. GUILT BY ASSOCIATION

"WHEN THE ROAD RISES UP"*

5. REASONABLE DOUBT

"LITTLE STOICS"*

6. CRIMINAL PAST

*The short story interludes are collected in HAZARD AND SOMERSET: OFF DUTY.