In the sweltering summer of 1936, investigator Jeremy Dance is looking forward to spending some time at his mountain retreat in New Hampshire's White Mountains. Little does Jeremy realize that when he takes on a case for the lovely Nora Wilde that before the end of summer, Jeremy will find himself standing in a depression breadline, singing on a Vaudeville stage, and searching for an arsonist at the summer resort of Bar Harbor. If Jeremy can't solve the cases he has taken on, he's afraid that his whole summer will go up in flames.

Former underwear model Danny Black has produced several best selling crime novels, but there is only one problem. Danny Black doesn't exist. Danny Black is, in reality, anthropology professor Luke Littlefield. After moving to West Hollywood to teach, Luke realizes that no one takes pretty boys seriously. As Luke says, no one has ever asked him how many college degrees he has when he's standing shirtless at a photo shoot. Luke puts on thick glasses and baggy clothing to appear more professional. Life seems routine and safe, that is until he meets British film star Ian Stoddard. Luke admits...

It's Jesse's birthday, and as he says it's a" big birthday" and he's not taking it well; in fact he has announced that anyone who mentions a certain number is in danger of being bitch-slapped. His partner Tim Mallory has just the perfect birthday gift to cheer Jesse up, a Caribbean cruise. Along with Tim and Jesse will be the gang from Bath, Maine as well. But before they can sail away they must try to solve a sixty year old missing person's case. In 1953 two teenage boys set out to visit friends in the next town and then seemingly disappear into thin air. Once on the cruise Tim and Jesse...

Anthropology professor and crime writer Luke Littlefield is taking his interns to Maine as they take part in the relocation of graves at the former Brookfield asylum when it becomes apparent that one of the graves is holding the body of one of the more recent dead. Very recent as it turns out. The task of trying to identify the murder victim is complicated by the fact there is no record of a missing person in Central Maine. Meanwhile Luke's old anthropology professor is searching to find a women whom he rescued as a baby. When the trail grows cold Luke's partner, West Hollywood Detective...

Jeremy Dance is young, rich and tough as nails. It's the autumn of 1938 and Europe is on the brink of war when the brother of Jeremy Dance's cook disappears in Berlin. Jeremy is determined to help Jimmy Kirk find his brother, but first Jeremy has some cases to solve for his clients before he and Jimmy can head to Berlin. When two of Jeremy's routine cases end up in murder, he must solve the cases, but with a lack of clues, Jeremy has an uphill battle. In a search that stretches from Boston to Washington to Berlin, seeing Adolph Hitler in person isn't the only surprise he finds in Germany.

Anthropology professor and former model Luke Littlefield is spending his summer teaching an introductory course at Cranmore College and consulting on an archeological dig on New England's Cape Cod. The discovery of a centuries old murder in Provincetown is overshadowed by a series of murders in West Hollywood by an alleged religious terrorist group called The Followers. When a routine FBI investigation unintentionally involves Luke, he must untangle a web of clues that seem to point to the involvement of one of his graduate students.

On the eve of World War II, a divided nation faces an uncertain future. Only one American in four favors becoming involved in world affairs. Labor strikes have slowed production, and the Japanese threaten stability in the Pacific. Against this backdrop of uncertainty Reverend James Dunn must somehow offer comfort to those near to him, yet at the same time try to deal with his own personal struggles. As war draws nearer, Reverend Dunn becomes aware this war will change everything.