Order of Alex Delaware Books

Open Season

The Ghost Orchid

A Hollywood power player dies under mysterious circumstances, and the only clue is an obscure flower left beside the body the ghost orchidrare, beautiful, and symbolic. As Alex and Milo enter the cutthroat world of film financing, they uncover a trail of betrayal, hidden affairs, and artistic obsess...

Unnatural History

A photographer with rising fame is found dead, executionstyle. The twist? He specialized in capturing people during their most vulnerable momentsoffguard, raw, unposed. As Alex interviews those closest to the artist, he finds himself grappling with questions about authenticity, pain, and who has the...

City of the Dead

A naked man is found dead in the street. A woman lies butchered in her nearby apartment. At first, it seems like a tragic lovers quarrelbut the truth is far more complex. The victims had a past in the selfhelp industry, peddling lies to the desperate and lost. As Alex and Milo pull back the curtain,...

Serpentine

This ones personal. Milo asks Alex to look into a decadesold cold casea young woman burned to death in a car crash. Her daughter, now a wealthy recluse, wants closure. What begins as a favor quickly escalates into something more sinister. As Alex follows the serpentine trail of lies, he uncovers a m...

The Museum of Desire

An art installation unlike any otherfour bodies staged in a grotesque tableau, drenched in surrealism and horror. The killer has made murder into art, and its up to Alex to interpret the symbolism. What follows is a psychological descent into the killers mind a person obsessed with control, beauty, ...

The Wedding Guest

A glamorous L.A. wedding takes a gruesome turn when an uninvited guest is found deadstrangled, with no ID and no one claiming to know her. Everyone is a suspect the bride, the groom, the wedding planner even the priest. As Alex and Milo try to piece together the womans identity, they discover a trai...

Night Moves

A quiet suburban neighborhood is shattered when a man is found dead in someone elses homewithout ID, without connection to the homeowners, and without a face. Yes, the killer has gone that far. The setup is baffling. Who was this man? Why was he there? As Alex and Milo dig deeper, they unearth layer...

Heartbreak Hotel

An elderly woman calls Alex to her luxury hotel room only to be murdered days later. The twist? She was hiding an identity no one expected. The investigation peels back the layers of a decadesold secret, involving longlost wealth, war crimes, and betrayal. What starts as a simple consultation turns ...

Breakdown

A famous actress spirals into a breakdownonly to be found dead in what looks like a tragic accident. But when her therapist is murdered too, Alex suspects something darker is at play. The investigation leads into Hollywoods brutal world of fame, manipulation, and mental health neglect. Its a soberin...

Motive

When a young woman is murdered and her body staged in a grotesque way, Milo suspects a serial killerbut theres no pattern, no motive. Then another body shows up. And another. Each crime scene contains subtle psychological cues, and Alex knows theyre being played. The killer is intelligent, methodica...

Killer

A custody battle between two sisters turns deadly when one of them ends up murderedand the surviving sister becomes the prime suspect. But nothing is what it seems, and the deeper Alex digs into the familys history, the more twisted it becomes. Emotional manipulation, legal warfare, and buried traum...

Guilt

A construction site unearths infant skeletons and then a young nanny is found dead in a posh neighborhood. Could the two tragedies be linked? Alexs investigation uncovers dark secrets hidden beneath a gilded facade of privilege and philanthropy. Guiltin all its formsdrives this story guilt from the ...

Victims

When a woman is found murdered in a ritualistic way, Alex knows the killers message isnt finished. Then a second victim is found, and another. The pattern is psychological and deliberatesomeone is working from a script. As the victims stack up, Milo and Alex must piece together the killers mental bl...

Mystery

Deception

A prestigious prep school becomes the epicenter of horror when a teachers mutilated body is found and a cryptic recording appears. The more Alex investigates, the clearer it becomes this wasnt a random killingit was orchestrated. But by whom? And why? The schools facade of excellence hides a culture...

Evidence

A highprofile architect and his lover are found murdered in a luxury mansion that was never completed. The case reeks of secrets blackmail, infidelity, and a controversial ecoproject that may have buried more than just foundations. As Alex navigates through the world of L.A.s elite, he realizes powe...

Bones

Skeletal remains in the marshlands. A sinister music teacher. A mansion filled with secrets. Bones brings Alex into one of his most atmospheric and eerie investigations yet. A serial killer appears to be using classical music as a calling card, and when bodies begin piling up, the rhythm becomes har...

Compulsion

A womans brutal murder in a luxury condo sparks an investigation that seems straightforwarduntil another body appears, and then another. The only clue? A pattern of silverhandled scissors left at each crime scene. As Alex and Milo dig deeper, the connection between the victims becomes chillingly per...

Obsession

When a dying woman confesses to a longheld secret, her daughter turns to Alex for answers. But what begins as a simple inheritance dispute quickly spirals into a sinister game involving hidden pasts, mysterious phone calls, and a string of violent deaths. Every new revelation adds another layer to t...

Gone

A young actress fakes her own kidnapping for publicity but then actually vanishes. As Alex investigates, hes drawn into the twisted world of acting coaches, casting couches, and psychological manipulation. The victims life was a performanceand her lies could be deadly. The deeper Alex digs, the more...

Rage

A teen walks into the LAPD and confesses to murderbut when Alex begins to analyze his story, it falls apart. What follows is a chase through toxic friendships, parental neglect, and dangerous secrets that fester in the dark. Delawares psychological sleuthing is at its finest here, peeling back the l...

Therapy

A couple is gunned down while parked in a lovers lane, but the deeper Alex and Milo dig, the stranger the case becomes. The girls life was filled with secrets therapy sessions, manipulations, and dangerous liaisons. But who would want her dead? As Alex sifts through psychological records and buried ...

A Cold Heart

When a series of rising artists and musicians are found dead, the LAPD suspects a serial killer with a bizarre M.O. Alex dives into the world of L.A.s artistic eliteglamorous on the outside, but rotting within. He finds himself navigating egos, obsessions, and tortured genius. As the killers pattern...

The Murder Book

Milo receives an anonymous packageinside is a murder book detailing a case from his early career, one that still haunts him. As they reopen the cold case, buried secrets resurface, and Milo is forced to confront past mistakes and institutional coverups. The emotional toll on both characters is inten...

Flesh and Blood

When a former patient asks for help locating her runaway daughter, Alex agreesbut what he finds is much more than a case of teenage rebellion. The girl has fallen into a world of drugs, crime, and possible prostitution. Then a murder occurs, and the trail turns deadly. As Delaware unravels the girls...

Dr. Death

A controversial euthanasia doctor is found brutally murderedironic, considering his profession. But was it an act of justice, revenge, or something more sinister? Alex dives into the personal lives of the doctors patients, staff, and opponents, uncovering raw emotions, ethical chaos, and an undercur...

Monster

Inside the Oak Haven psychiatric facility lies a monsterbut who is it? A gruesome double murder leads Alex and Milo into the dark world of criminal insanity. The clues suggest the involvement of a deeply disturbed inmate, but the security at Oak Haven is airtight or is it? As they peel back the laye...

Survival of the Fittest

When a foreign consuls daughter is found hanged and labeled a suicide, Milo suspects foul playand hes right. With Delawares insight into psychological patterns, they discover a chilling trend the deaths of multiple teens with disabilities or genetic disorders. The investigation leads into a shadowy ...

The Clinic

The Web

A relaxing sabbatical on a tropical island turns sinister when Alex is asked to help reorganize a local medical clinicbut what he finds is far from paradise. The death of a local nurse, a reclusive doctor with disturbing secrets, and a corrupt island system start to pull Delaware into a deeper vorte...

Self-Defense

A young woman plagued by violent dreams seeks Alexs helpthen becomes the prime suspect in a brutal murder. Alex believes in her innocence, but the clues say otherwise. The line between fantasy and reality begins to blur as he uncovers a buried trauma from her past. With Milos help, he tries to piece...

Bad Love

A strange phrase uttered by a dying manbad lovepulls Delaware into a twisted revenge plot involving a series of therapists being killed off one by one. The killer seems to have an inside view of their secrets. Could one of Alexs old colleagues be hiding something deadly? With each victim, the threat...

Devil’s Waltz

What if the monster isnt hiding in the shadows, but sitting beside you at a childs hospital bed? When a toddlers mysterious illness raises red flags, Delaware suspects Munchausen syndrome by proxy. As he investigates the mothers background, the childs strange symptoms, and the hospitals defensive wa...

Private Eyes

Alex takes on the case of a missing womana former patientafter her father begs him to help. But this isnt a simple disappearance. The deeper he digs, the more he unearths about a toxic childhood, a twisted love affair, and a trail of lies leading to a brutal end. Delaware has to walk a thin line bet...

Time Bomb

A school shooting rocks the city and sends Delaware on a harrowing path to the shooters mind. As he interviews students and teachers, he uncovers a chilling pattern of manipulation, secrets, and political agendas. This book feels disturbingly relevant, forcing readers to confront the effects of trau...

Silent Partner

This one is personal. Alexs exlover reappearsonly to end up dead under suspicious circumstances. His quest for the truth leads him into her hidden past, revealing a tapestry of lies, lust, and hidden psychological trauma. The story explores not just murder, but how deeply we can bury our real selves...

Over the Edge

An emergency call from a former patientnow a troubled teenthrows Alex into a vortex of violence, institutional corruption, and the terrifying world of the severely mentally ill. As he digs into a series of seemingly unconnected murders, he realizes theres a killer who knows how to hide in plain sigh...

Blood Test

Just when Delaware thinks hes free from the dark corners of criminal investigation, a desperate family pulls him into the baffling case of a missing child with leukemia. What starts as a medical consultation turns into a journey through cults, family dysfunction, and twisted identities. The emotiona...

When the Bough Breaks

The series begins with a bang. Dr. Alex Delaware is reluctantly pulled out of retirement when his friend, LAPD homicide detective Milo Sturgis, begs for his insight into a grisly double murder involving a traumatized child witness. What follows is a haunting psychological deepdive that unveils distu...