Andy Straka

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  • Bibliography:
    14 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 2001
  • Latest Book:
    March 2023
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Full Series List in Order

A Frank Pavlicek Mystery

1 - A Witness Above (May-2001)
2 - A Killing Sky (Apr-2002)
3 - Cold Quarry (Apr-2003)
4 - Kitty Hitter (Sep-2009)

Book List in Order: 14 titles

  • A Witness Above

    A Frank Pavlicek Mystery - 1

    Thirteen years ago, Frank Pavlicek left the NYPD under less than ideal circumstances. Now the divorced father of a teenage daughter, he works as a private investigator in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he indulges his passion for falconry and tries...

  • Call It Dead Time

    in And the Dying is Easy

    WHAT I SOLVED ON MY SUMMER VACATION. Detectives make their reputations solving cases of murder and mayhem. Ever wonder what happens when they try to get away from it all? In this summertime crime spree, twenty of today's best mystery writers--f...

  • A Killing Sky

    A Frank Pavlicek Mystery - 2

    Years ago, homicide detective Frank Pavlicek left the NYPD under less than ideal circumstances. Now the divorced father of a teenage daughter, he works as a private investigator in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he indulges his passion for falconry...

  • Cold Quarry

    A Frank Pavlicek Mystery - 3

    In the skies over West Virginia, an invisible predator hunts its prey. When master falconer Chester Carew is found dead in the woods, private investigator Frank Pavlicek doesn’t buy the official report of an accidental shooting. Hunting for clues,...

  • Record of Wrongs

    Quentin Price was a college security guard near Binghamton, NY, when he was accused of raping and murdering coed Gwen Crawford. After ten years in prison, DNA proves him innocent. Ironically, Gwen's mother Ruth wants to team up with Quentin to find G...

  • Kitty Hitter

    A Frank Pavlicek Mystery - 4

    Frank Pavlicek, a PI and a falconer, leaves his adopted Virginia town to return to his old beat, New York City. Accompanied by his daughter, Nicole, a PI in training and an accomplished hacker, Frank comes to New York to help out Darla, also a former...

  • Flightfall

    Frank Pavlicek and his daughter Nicole receive an urgent message from their friend and fellow falconer, Jake Toronto, about "a death in the family." For Toronto, his birds are his family. The death in question turns out to be the murder of his prize ...

  • The Blue Hallelujah

    When it comes to “a brisk page-turner” (Kirkus) and “characters you feel in your bones” (Julia Spencer Fleming), count on “talented author” (Publishers Weekly) Andy Straka."One of rising stars of the mystery genre." --#1 NY Times bestsell...

  • The Night Falconer

    "These events, it was said, were often precipitated by the distant screaming of a hawk or the hooting of an owl." An odd situation turns deadly serious for private investigator and falconer Frank Pavlicek when a prominent resident of a renovated Manh...



  • Shadow of Drones

    Former Army helicopter pilot Raina Sanchez, grounded after being shot down and desperate to be back in the air, plunges into a brave new world of stealth-killing micro-drones.    Raina joins Tye Palmer, the decorated ex-infantryman who resc...

  • The K Street Hunting Society

    It's supposed to be an easy paycheck for private investigators Frank Pavlicek and his daughter Nicole. Their friend and fellow falconer Jake Toronto has a new client: multi-millionairess Raquel Greensmythe, founder and CEO of Greensmythe Global. Gree...

  • Flock of Angels

    A Mind-Bending Technothriller Series From Shamus-Award Winning Author Andy Straka (with Durrell Nelson)BOOK 2 DRAGONFLIES: FLOCK OF ANGELS Former Army helicopter pilot Raina Sanchez, grounded after being shot down and desperate to be back in the air,...

  • Split City

    Agatha Christie meets How We Roll in this entertaining new series. Murder sees double when former pro bowler Billy Gills finds himself summoned to the Partridgeberry County morgue to identify the body of his identical twin brother Bo. Billy is the pr...

  • Split End

    When former pro football star and local native Danny Wellcastle is found dead at a Partridgeberry County farm, questions immediately arise. Did Danny really die of an alcohol related heart attack like the authorities are saying? Or was his death co...

Award-Winning Books by Andy Straka

Cold Quarry
2003 Shamus Award -- Paperback Original P.I. Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Andy Straka has published 14 books.

Andy Straka does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Split End, was published in March 2023.

The first book by Andy Straka, A Witness Above, was published in May 2001.

Yes. Andy Straka has 1 series.
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