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  • Bibliography:
    117 Books (10 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 2010
  • Latest Book:
    October 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Alexandria

1 - Returning to Alexandria (May-2018)
2 - Trouble in Alexandria (Sep-2018)
3 - Death in a Country Diner (Dec-2018)

Arthur Doyle, P.I.

1 - Doyle's Law (Apr-2014)
2 - Doyle's Justice (Apr-2014)
3 - Doyle's Quest (Jun-2014)
4 - Doyle's Paradise (Sep-2014)
5 - Doyle's Haunting (Oct-2014)

Detective Scott Murphy

1 - The Leviticus Murders (Jun-2015)
2 - Last Call in Detroit (Sep-2015)
3 - Seduction in Detroit (Dec-2015)

A Dexter Nash Novella

1 - Our Dangerous Lies (Dec-2016)
2 - The Hitman's Revenge (Jan-2017)

Fatal

1 - Fatal Rejection (Nov-2011)
2 - Fatal Departure (Nov-2011)
3 - Fatal Romance (Feb-2012)
4 - Fatal Outbreak (Jun-2012)
5 - Fatal Abductions (Mar-2013)
6 - Fatal Seance (Oct-2014)

A Gus Mackie Novella

1 - Gus MacKie and the Hot Tamale (Nov-2014)
2 - Gus Mackie and the Missing Princess (Nov-2014)
3 - Gus Mackie and the Weeping Wife (Dec-2014)
4 - Gus Mackie and the Lost Heiress (Jan-2015)
5 - Gus Mackie and the Rock Star (Feb-2015)

A Jake Wyler Mystery

1 - Six Feet Down (Nov-2017)
2 - A Grave Situation (Dec-2017)
3 - Grave Robbers (Jan-2018)
4 - A Shallow Grave (Feb-2018)
5 - A Grave Murder (Apr-2018)

A Jim Richards Murder Novel

0.5 - Marriage Can Be Murder (Nov-2013)
1 - Classmate Murders (Apr-2014)
2 - Vegas Showgirl Murders (Apr-2010)
3 - Dominatrix Murders (Apr-2014)
4 - Mistress Murders (Apr-2014)
5 - Bridezilla Murders (Apr-2014)
6 - Magic Murders (Dec-2013)
7 - Strip Club Murders (Apr-2014)
8 - Made-for-TV Murders (Dec-2013)
9 - Mystery Cruise Murders (Jan-2014)
10 - Talk Show Murders (Feb-2014)
11 - Sin City Murders (Apr-2014)
12 - Black Widow Murders (May-2014)
13 - Vegas Vigilante Murders (Mar-2013)
14 - Area 51 Murders (May-2014)
15 - Mortuary Murders (Apr-2014)
16 - Hypnotic Murders (May-2014)
17 - Sunshine State Murders (Mar-2011)
18 - Blue Suede Murders (Apr-2014)
19 - Honky Tonk Murders (Apr-2014)
20 - Dark Carnival Murders (Apr-2014)
21 - Lipstick Murders (May-2014)
22 - Pasta Murders (May-2014)
23 - Talent Show Murders (May-2014)
24 - Shyster Murders (May-2014)
25 - Campground Murders (Apr-2014)
26 - Network Murders (May-2014)
27 - Reunion Murders (Apr-2014)
28 - Big Apple Murders (Apr-2014)
29 - Kennel Murders (Sep-2013)
30 - Trick or Treat Murders (Apr-2014)
31 - Santa Murders (Apr-2014)
32 - Wiseguy Murders (Mar-2014)
33 - Toxic Murders (Aug-2014)
34 - Private Eye Murders (Mar-2015)
35 - Lonely Hearts Murders (Jun-2015)
36 - Murder Vegas Style (Jan-2016)
37 - Eulogy for Murder (Nov-2016)
38 - Casino Murders (Feb-2017)
39 - Mannequin Murders (Jan-2019)
40 - RV Murders (Feb-2020)
41 - Last Will Murders (Mar-2020)
42 - Pandemic Murders (Jul-2020)

A Rest in Peace Crime Story / Ghost Squad

1 - Ghost Squad (Jan-2016)
2 - Ghosts on the Loose (Jan-2016)
3 - Mary Had a Little Ghost (Feb-2016)
4 - Haunted Train Station (Feb-2016)
5 - Haunted Asylum (Mar-2016)
6 - Ghost Bride (Mar-2016)
7 - Death in the Family (Apr-2016)
8 - Ghost Writer (May-2016)
9 - Dressed to Haunt (Jul-2016)
10 - Trick or Death (Oct-2017)

A Stoney Hawk Novella

1 - Stoney Hawk (Apr-2015)
2 - Prom Night (May-2019)

Book List in Order: 117 titles

  • Vegas Showgirl Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 2

    This book has been re-edited as of May 12, 2012The senior citizen sleuth, Jim Richards, has survived the Classmate Murders along with his new girlfriend, Penny. This 2nd new book brings them, along with Buck and Deacon, across the country to Las Vega...

  • Sunshine State Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 17

    Jim has solved the case of the man hypnotized into committing murder and now his book publisher wants him to go on a month long book signing tour around the country. Jim's books about his adventures in crime solving are doing well in sales. Jim agree...

  • Fatal Departure

    Fatal - 2

    WARNING - Please read all of the first book, Fatal Rejection first, this is the second book and contains spoilers that give away parts of the plot from that first book. Sarah Keller and her live-in boyfriend, Sheriff Dave Chambers figured it was all...

  • Fatal Rejection

    Fatal - 1

    (This book is not part of the Jim Richards series - it is all new) From the East coast to the West coast the NY Slasher carved his murderous spree on thirty women, and then just disappeared. Derek Harcourt wrote about the Slasher’s crimes in his f...

  • Fatal Romance

    Fatal - 3

    It was going to be a simple vacation to Las Vegas, then on to New York for Sarah and Dave, after the attack on their lives by a second serial killer in their town. They had to get away. Little did they know that New York would be just as deadly. A ma...

  • Fatal Outbreak

    Fatal - 4

    Zombies are running amok in Brinnon, Washington. Sheriff Dave Chandler and his new wife, Sarah, are trying to head up the investigation of the outbreak of the mysterious virus that is turning peaceful citizens into ravenous killing machines. The Cent...

  • Fatal Abductions

    Fatal - 5

    People are vanishing around Brinnon, Washington in a blue light shining down from above and it seems to be caused by a flying Saucer. That’s what a few people believe is happening. Sheriff Dave Chandler is trying to keep the stories of an invasion ...

  • Vegas Vigilante Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 13

    Someone is murdering men who abuse their wives or children. After four deaths it starts looking like a vigilante is loose in Las Vegas. Deacon is running the case as Lynn has been told she is going to Quantico to train with the FBI, leaving Deacon al...

  • Kennel Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 29

    Late night raids on two dog kennels results in stolen, expensive show dogs and a murder. Jim Richards is asked by one kennel owner to help find the dogs, but Jim is out of commission by a broken leg. He puts Buck on the case and then Penny gets invol...



  • Marriage Can Be Murder

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 0.5

    This book is a novella.Jim Richards is a thirty-one year old bachelor who doesn't realize that he's on his way to a marriage that he isn’t ready for. He also doesn't know about his fiancé’s crazy parents who make Jim's life miserable, as hard as...

  • Made-for-TV Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 8

    Jim has returned from New York after tracking down his kidnapped client, when Hollywood comes into his life. Jim has finally published his novel about the Classmate Murders and the book is being optioned for a mini-series on television. All goes a bi...

  • Magic Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 6

    When Jim Richards is asked to go back into his past to help an old friend receive a lifetime achievement award for his service to the world of magic, Jim ends up replacing a murdered magician in a contest of wits and magic to find the killer. But the...

  • Mystery Cruise Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 9

    Hollywood has come and gone for Jim and Penny, the TV movie about the Classmate Murders has been filmed and shown on TV and their lives are back to normal now. A woman comes into Jim's office one day from a mystery writers organization requesting Jim...

  • Talk Show Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 10

    Someone is murdering guests on Penny Wickens' daytime talk show and it's now becoming a problem scheduling new guests. Who wants to be next? Penny and Jim have returned from their mystery writers cruise and Penny has settled back into her duties as A...

  • Wiseguy Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 32

    Jim Richards' dream of building a shelter for the homeless of Las Vegas has come true. The shelter is finally open and operating well, but Buck and Mac find something that may mar the good intentions. They find a murdered man in one of the rooms. Dea...

  • Crystal Prison of Kyr

    This book is a Novella. “JUSTIN WAS HELPLESS on the ground, not able to move a muscle as the dark figure came over him. The sinister being paused a moment, raised his arms toward the boy, and then as the demon's face glowed, radiant energy shot fro...

  • Big Apple Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 28

    An invitation to speak at a big book convention in New York City entices Jim to cross the country and appear. He and Penny, along with Buck, travel to the Big Apple and they fall into a murder of one of the authors promoting his books. It’s not the...

  • Blue Suede Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 18

    Elvis has left this world. He was barbecued in a pink Cadillac on the Vegas strip and there were no witnesses. But this wasn't the real Elvis, he was an impersonator in a Casino theatre and now Vegas Metro police will have to find the killer. But Lyn...

  • Bridezilla Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 5

    This book has been re-edited October, 2012 Wikipedia describes: Bridezilla (a combining of bride and Godzilla) is a term used to describe a difficult, unpleasant, perfectionist bride who leaves aggravated family, friends and bridal vendors in her wak...



  • Campground Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 25

    This book is a crossover between the Jim Richards Murder Novels and the Fatal Series of books, both by Bob Moats. While on vacation, Jim manages to miss the turn to Seattle and they end up in the small town of Brinnon, Washington. While camping in t...

  • Classmate Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 1

    New revision/edits of this book as of August 2013. Someone is murdering women from the class of '67 and it's up to Jim Richards, who has reluctantly just turned sixty, to stop him. Jim's life is in the dumps and then late one might he receives an ema...

  • Dark Carnival Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 20

    "Something Wicked This Way Comes" by the author Ray Bradbury was brought to mind by Jim Richards as a carnival has arrived in Las Vegas and is now the center of his attention for possible criminal activities. Children are starting to vanish and there...

  • Dominatrix Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 3

  • Doyle's Justice

    Arthur Doyle, P.I. - 2

    Art Doyle, private eye, having solved his first case after opening up his business, is now hot after a serial killer. Along with his partner, Oscar Drew, they have to keep ahead of the killer since he's been dropping bodies at Doyle's cabin in the wo...

  • Doyle's Law

    Arthur Doyle, P.I. - 1

    Doyle is a homicide detective. He’s a good detective, but he has a problem, he’s getting fed up with crime. A hostage situation comes up involving the Mayor of Detroit and a mugger, who Doyle put in the hospital. The hostage exchange goes slightl...

  • Honky Tonk Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 19

    Penny receives an early morning phone call from a cousin who says her husband was murdered in Las Vegas just before the Country Music Award show that was being presented in town. The dead cousin was a country singer who's songs were climbing up the c...

  • Mistress Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 4

    This book has been re-edited as of September, 2012 Jim Richards, the senior citizen sleuth, has solved the Dominatrix Murders and is now relaxing when she walks into his office. A gorgeous red-head with a husband problem, she suspects he's cheating o...

  • Mortuary Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 15

    Jim and Buck have returned from Area 51 to chase down a terrorist bent on destroying Las Vegas. They saved the day and are now back to the regular routine, but Jim is given a case to find a missing dead body stolen from a local private mortuary. He g...

  • Reunion Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 27

    Some things are better left in the past. A letter arrives for Jim and Penny inviting them to a class reunion at their old high school back in Michigan. Do they want to leave Las Vegas to see people they knew forty-five years back. Do they know that w...



  • Santa Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 31

    That Jolly old head elf from the North Pole is getting ready to be a naughty boy. He has murder on his mind. Luckily it's not the real Santa Claus, but a person with a motive to murder. Las Vegas Homicide Detective Deacon DeAngelo goes after a street...

  • Sin City Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 11

    A woman tries to commit suicide by jumping off the top of the Stratosphere tower in Las Vegas, the tallest structure west of the Mississippi, but Lady Luck prevents her from dying. Before she took the plunge she was released from a psychiatric ward f...

  • Strip Club Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 7

    This book re-edited July 2013 - Jim Richards is relaxing in his office one day when he receives a phone call from a past Las Vegas mob connection, Angelo, who's cousin in Detroit owns a strip club and has a problem, a missing dancer and also his girl...

  • Trick or Treat Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 30

    Honorable Mention Winner of the 2014 Halloween Book Festival. Halloween is approaching fast and Jim Richards is asked by his police friend Deacon to help figure out who is murdering one woman every year for the last fourteen Halloweens. They have giv...

  • Area 51 Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 14

    When a man is found dead on the property of the infamous Area 51, the wife comes to Jim Richards to find his killer. Jim takes the case and along with his friend Buck they go to Area 51 to find mysteries on every turn of the case. The killer doesn’...

  • Black Widow Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 12

    A man is found dead in his home, covered in what the coroner says were multiple bites of the Black Widow Spider. But was he attacked by the spiders or were they put on him with murder in mind? A killer is now stalking Texas Hold-em poker players comp...

  • Hypnotic Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 16

    A woman walks into Jim Richards office with a story of how her husband died due to his participation in the stage show of a local hypnotist. The man later walked into a casino and shot a few people before he was taken down by security, and the woman ...

  • Lipstick Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 21

    Who’s murdering the runway models of Las Vegas? That’s what Jim Richards and Deacon D’Angelo are tasked with finding out. One afternoon the Richard’s Investigating and Security office is flooded with beautiful runway models all seeking prote...

  • Network Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 26

    Percy Isham sat alone late night in his office in Vegas, poring over the new season's television schedule, trying to balance the shows. Isham was the west coast head of programming for the television network that was bringing Penny Wicken’s talk sh...

  • Pasta Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 22

    Angelo, former enforcer for a New York mob family and now personal friend of Jim and Penny finally got his wish, to open an Italian restaurant. Jim fronted the money and the restaurant was a reality. Open now just a month, a famed restaurant critic w...



  • Shyster Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 24

    A shyster is someone who acts in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law or politics. Jim Richards wasn’t fond of either lawyers or politicians. That’s what Jim thought about Grisler as he sat in the cour...

  • Talent Show Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 23

    A big talent competition in Las Vegas brings in participants from all over the United States. Millions of dollars and a huge contract is the prize for that one act that will headline on the Vegas Strip in one of the casino showrooms. Someone wants to...

  • Doyle's Quest

    Arthur Doyle, P.I. - 3

    In this third of the Doyle, P.I. books, Doyle is hired by the curator of a Detroit Art Gallery. It seems nine valuable Egyptian statues were stolen from the gallery. They were replaced by fakes and the gallery doesn't want the Egyptians to know their...

  • Triple Threat

    This Introduction Box Set contains the first book of each of the three series of books written by Bob Moats. Classmate Murders, Doyle’s Law, and Fatal Rejection.Classmate Murders:New edits of this book as of August, 2013.Someone is murdering women ...

  • Toxic Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 33

    Trapper's girlfriend Samantha has a problem. One of her female employees is in the hospital with a mysterious skin poisoning and she asks Trapper to help. She doesn't want to bring in the police, she runs an illegal bookie operation. Jim gets involve...

  • Doyle's Paradise

    Arthur Doyle, P.I. - 4

    Doyle decides to take a huge windfall of money from recovering Egyptian artifacts and take a vacation. His first in years from when he was a detective for the Detroit PD. Now a private investigator, he can set his own work schedule. He decides to clo...

  • Doyle's Haunting

    Arthur Doyle, P.I. - 5

    Halloween is a time for children to go door-to-door Trick or Treating. For Doyle and his girlfriend, Poppy, it’s a time to catch a ghost. Poppy is investigating an insurance claim of a woman who says she was pushed down a flight of stairs by a ghos...

  • Fatal Seance

    Fatal - 6

    The carnival has rolled into Brinnon, Washington for the annual festival of autumn and it’s just the start of bringing challenges into the lives of Sheriff Dave Chandler and his wife, Sarah. From a mysterious young boy who smuggled himself along wi...

  • Gus MacKie and the Hot Tamale

    A Gus Mackie Novella - 1

    This book is a novella. Gus Mackie is not a Hollywood type private investigator, he not good looking, muscle bound or full of knowledge. He’s rough around the edges and is imperfect. His cases are few and far between but he gets free rent by living...

  • Gus Mackie and the Missing Princess

    A Gus Mackie Novella - 2

    This book is a novella. Gus Mackie’s police detective friend, Bernie Longmire, comes to Gus with an offer of a special case. It has to be handled quietly since a country’s fate is at stake. The country has a king and his daughter is missing. Bern...



  • Gus Mackie and the Weeping Wife

    A Gus Mackie Novella - 3

    It was time for Gus to move to a better office and out of a slum area in Detroit. Police homicide detective, Bernie Longmire, and Angela, Gus’ daughter, agree to help him move into his new office. Going back to the old office to get ready to move, ...

  • Gus Mackie and the Lost Heiress

    A Gus Mackie Novella - 4

    Gus Mackie was relaxing in his new office in a better part of Detroit when he saw the young girl in front of his building. She was reading the sign in the window telling the world that a private investigator worked there. Gus could see she was homele...

  • Gus Mackie and the Rock Star

    A Gus Mackie Novella - 5

    Who could possibly hate a famous female rock star? That’s what Gus is hired to find out. The rock star’s manager requests that Gus locate the person responsible for numerous threatening letters, so Gus takes the case. With help from his friend an...

  • Private Eye Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 34

    If you enjoy Jim Richards, Arthur Doyle, and Gus Mackie, each from their own books, then this is the crossover book for you. A convention of private investigators draws Jim and his Vegas team of investigators back to Detroit, Michigan where they meet...

  • Stoney Hawk

    A Stoney Hawk Novella - 1

    She was named after a Barbra Streisand song and grew up in an area of Detroit where one would have to fight to survive the streets. Stoney trained to be tough, and then became a private eye. She stood up for abused women and then one called her with ...

  • The Leviticus Murders

    Detective Scott Murphy - 1

    Leviticus, chapter 18, verse 22, from the Bible has been interpreted as “a man having sex with a man, as one does with a woman, is an abomination to God.” Many modern day Christians have used this one archaic law to show hate towards gays. Now a ...

  • Lonely Hearts Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 35

    Jim Richards’ daughter, Carol, comes to Jim with a problem. A friend and co-worker is missing and Carol asks Jim to find her. Along with his wife, Penny, Jim goes to the missing woman’s apartment where they run into Detective Greg Warren. Greg te...

  • Last Call in Detroit

    Detective Scott Murphy - 2

    Night life in Detroit is fun, unless you get murdered.Detroit Police Detective Scott Murphy and his partner Hadeem McDougan are assigned to find the killer of a young woman in a parking lot of a night club in Detroit. They try to follow the evidence ...

  • Seduction in Detroit

    Detective Scott Murphy - 3

    Someone is taking and murdering lesbian women and then draining them of their blood. Could it be a vampire or someone using the blood to stay young. Detroit police detectives Scott Murphy and his partner Haddy McDougan are tasked with finding the kil...

  • Ghost Squad

    A Rest in Peace Crime Story / Ghost Squad - 1

    Detroit Homicide Detective Russ Baker has been sent to work the Cold Case Division due to a screw-up he committed on a case. He was all alone in the basement office until he was visited by an unlikely partner. A dead former detective who was now an a...

  • Ghosts on the Loose

    A Rest in Peace Crime Story / Ghost Squad - 2

    Detroit Police Detective Russ Baker is in charge of the Cold Cases and with his ghostly friend and partner, Wes Loomis, they have to solve murders to be able to send the victim’s spirits to the hereafter. Russ is given a case by his girlfriend Mary...

  • Murder Vegas Style

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 36

    Jim Richards has retired from being a P.I. but he can't seem to stay out of trouble. After sending his wife, Penny, and the female staff of his investigating firm on an ocean cruise, and the men are turned loose in Vegas, Jim is relaxing until she sh...

  • Haunted Train Station

    A Rest in Peace Crime Story / Ghost Squad - 4

    Detroit Police Detective Russ Baker is in charge of Cold Cases and with his partner, Mary, and their ghostly friend and partner, Wes Loomis, they have to solve murders to be able to send the victim’s spirits to the hereafter. Their Captain came to ...

  • Mary Had a Little Ghost

    A Rest in Peace Crime Story / Ghost Squad - 3

    Detroit Police Detective Russ Baker is in charge of the Cold Cases and with his ghostly friend and partner, Wes Loomis, and their new partner, Mary Cohen, they have to solve cases to allow victim’s ghosts to go on to the hereafter. They take on a c...

  • Ghost Bride

    A Rest in Peace Crime Story / Ghost Squad - 6

    Detroit Police Detective Russ Baker is in charge of Cold Cases and with his partner, Mary, and their ghostly friend and partner, Wes Loomis, they have to solve murders to be able to send the victim’s spirits to the hereafter. A ten year old cold ca...

  • Haunted Asylum

    A Rest in Peace Crime Story / Ghost Squad - 5

    Detroit Police Detective Russ Baker is in charge of Cold Cases and with his partner, Mary, and their ghostly friend and partner, Wes Loomis, they have to solve murders to be able to send the victim’s spirits to the hereafter. They are asked by thei...

  • Death in the Family

    A Rest in Peace Crime Story / Ghost Squad - 7

    Detroit Police Detective Russ Baker is in charge of Cold Cases and with his partner, Mary, and their ghostly friend and partner, Wes Loomis, they have to solve murders to be able to send the victim’s spirits to the hereafter. Mary receives a call f...

  • Ghost Writer

    A Rest in Peace Crime Story / Ghost Squad - 8

    Detroit Police Detective Russ Baker is in charge of Cold Cases and with his partner, Mary, and their ghostly friend and partner, Wes Loomis, they have to solve murders to be able to send the victim’s spirits to the hereafter.He was a ghost writer f...

  • Dressed to Haunt

    A Rest in Peace Crime Story / Ghost Squad - 9

    Detroit Police Detective Russ Baker is in charge of Cold Cases and with his partner, Mary, and their ghostly friend and partner, Wes Loomis, they have to solve murders to be able to send the victim’s spirits to the hereafter.Three women who turned ...

  • Eulogy for Murder

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 37

    A sudden death in the family takes Jim and Penny back to their roots in Michigan. Jim invites Trapper, Earl and Buck to go along to visit with their families. Jim and Penny prepare for the funeral and while they are there, Jim finds an old acquaintan...

  • Our Dangerous Lies

    A Dexter Nash Novella - 1

    Dexter Nash was a killer. He murders for money and it was a business to him. He came out of a bad marriage and decided with all the money he earned murdering people, that he had hidden away, he would retire. A visit to a bar he used to frequent to ge...

  • The Hitman's Revenge

    A Dexter Nash Novella - 2

    Dexter Nash was a hitman. He murdered for money and it was a business to him. Nothing personal. Dex was given a job to do a hit on a state senator and in his research he met a woman who had an incriminating video of the senator in bed with two women....

  • Casino Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 38

    Jim and Penny have retired from their respective jobs and are getting bored. Penny is even wanting a good murder case right now, much to Jim’s surprise. A trip to the office results in two missing person cases, which they take. Investigating, they ...

  • Trick or Death

    A Rest in Peace Crime Story / Ghost Squad - 10

    It was a quiet morning in the Cold Case office, as Detective Russ Baker sat contemplating his life. Then his ghost partner, Wes, materialized and had an unbelievable tale of a zombie apocalypse if the Ghost Squad couldn't find the killers of three...

  • Six Feet Down

    A Jake Wyler Mystery - 1

    Jake Wyler bought a cemetery. It was one of those impulse buys and now he was having to spend a large portions of his life savings to be a property owner. He had returned to his hometown to find his life turned upside down and involved in murder, mis...

  • A Grave Situation

    A Jake Wyler Mystery - 2

    Jake Wyler owns a cemetery. He and his young friend, Paul, are working to get the house on the property fixed up and they need paint. They go to get some and run into the man who abandoned Paul’s mother, Becky, when he was born. There is a confront...

  • Grave Robbers

    A Jake Wyler Mystery - 3

    Jake Wyler owns a cemetery and now had new problems. It seems grave robbers were targeting graves in a nearby cemetery and Jake was informed to be on the watch for his cemetery. That was the start of numerous mysteries, such as hidden money being fou...

  • A Shallow Grave

    A Jake Wyler Mystery - 4

    After buying a cemetery, Jake Wyler has been plagued by murders and dead bodies. Now he has a new problem, the Mob. It seems the former owner of the cemetery stole almost a million dollars in gambling funds from a Detroit Mob, and the Mob wants it ba...

  • A Grave Murder

    A Jake Wyler Mystery - 5

    Jake decides that he needs a vacation, and Becky agrees that she and her son, Paul, should come along. They decide to head out to Las Vegas since Angelo had told them to visit. Before they do leave, Jake wants to explore the basement that he didn’t...

  • Returning to Alexandria

    Alexandria - 1

    Tom Walters was an author of best-selling erotica romance novels. But he was unknown under his name, since he wrote as a woman named Daphne Spenser. One morning he received an email saying his younger brother had passed away and he had to return to h...

  • Trouble in Alexandria

    Alexandria - 2

    Tom Walters was an author of best-selling erotica romance novels. But he was unknown under his name, since he wrote as a woman named Daphne Spenser. He finally revealed that he was a man and was now writing crime novels. Tom’s love, Mary Breton, ha...

  • Death in a Country Diner

    Alexandria - 3

    Hank Walters is a retired Alexandria, Virginia police Detective who recently applied for his private investigators license and has been chasing down a missing girl. He rescues the girl and is now asked by an attractive woman who owns a diner, to help...

  • Mannequin Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 39

    Penny loves to shop, not so Jim. He usually tags along to please his wife, but finally Penny let’s Jim off the hook and goes to the mall by herself. While there she comes across a grisly murder. A body is embalmed in a store mannequin and she disco...

  • Prom Night

    A Stoney Hawk Novella - 2

    Stoney was visited in her office by the concerned parents of a teenage girl who was going to Las Vegas to celebrate her school prom. They wanted to be sure she was all right on the trip but they didn’t want the daughter to know they had send Stoney...

  • Midnight on the Water

    Midnight on the Water - A Short StoryDavid sat on the dock at his cabin by the lake that he and his late wife shared before she died in a fatal car accident. He was still trying to get over her loss when one night sitting on the dock, he experienced ...

  • RV Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 40

    Here's the synopsis: Jim and Penny have retired from chasing criminals around Las Vegas and decide to go on a cross country vacation in their motorhome. Their first stop is in Lake Havasu to visit the London Bridge. While in the campground there turn...

  • Last Will Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 41

    Jim and Penny are still relaxing on their vacation trip across the U.S. heading back to Michigan to visit where they started together. Penny gets a call from Lacey back in Las Vegas saying a P.I. came looking for her and needs to meet. The P.I. is fr...

  • A Personal War

    Sam Hunt was a decorated Viet Nam Army sniper. He now lived in the quiet suburbia outside of Detroit and yet he enters a battle for justice after his neighbor was murder in what looked like a hit. Seems a local mob wanted to get a lucrative contract ...

  • Pandemic Murders

    A Jim Richards Murder Novel - 42

    Having returned from a vacation, Jim and Penny discover that there is a virus pandemic starting that is putting them and their team in danger. They prepare for the worst at the office and get ready for clients to arrive. Detective Greg Warren arrives...

  • A Cold Case Murder

    Jim Richards is back on the job. Jim and Penny help a young girl to buy her baby's food at a grocery when the girl was short of cash. They drove her home and met her daughter, a 4-year-old bundle of energy. The girl lives in a substandard housing pro...

  • Deadly Halloween

    Sam Hunt was a decorated Vietnam Army sniper. He now lived in a quiet suburb outside of Detroit and yet he enters a battle for justice after his neighbor was murdered in what looked like a hit. Sam and his new Police Detective friend, Roland Royce, s...

  • Smoke and Mirrors

    Sam Hunt was a decorated Viet Nam Army sniper. He now lived in a quiet suburb outside of Detroit and yet he enters a battle for justice after his neighbor was murder in what looked like a hit. Sam and his new Police Detective friend, Roland Royce, so...

  • The Angry P.I.

    It was a quiet morning in the Cold Case Department office, as Detective Russ Baker sat relaxing. Then his ghost partner, Wes, materialized and said they had a new case of a murdered P.I. who was killed by an unknown woman. Russ and Mary investigates ...

  • Medical Murders

     Jim's handyman and night watchman, Fred, is ill and not able to do his work. Jim hires a young girl to help Fred with his job until he gets better. Fred's doctor needs to visit Jim in his office and relates a story of how the doctor feels his p...

  • Doyle's Gamble

    Doyle's investigating firm's business was in a slump with only cheating spouse cases. Then a man came in asking for help at his casino to catch someone who was cheating. He offered Doyle a lot of money to take the case, so Doyle accepted gladly. He o...

  • Doyle's Wedding

    Doyle finally pops the big question to Poppy. She accepts his proposal of marriage. Things seem to run smooth, untit a mystery man appears at the office and gets nosy about the wedding. Doyle isn't happy about people sticking their nose into his...

  • Fatal Vacation

    Sheriff Dave Chambers was facing personal problems and his wife Sarah suggested they needed a vacation. They decided to go back to Las Vegas to renew their wedding vows. While there they had Jim Richards and Penny act as Best Man and Bridesmaid. Jim ...

  • Gus Mackie Calls in Dead

    Gus Mackie was relaxing in his office when his friend, Detective Bernie Longmire, stops in to ask a favor. It seems that he needs to hide a witness to the murder of a police officer who was going to give information on corrupt cops. Now the woman is ...

  • Santa Slays

    Stoney Hawk was a female private investigator who dealt with helping abused women in her own way of doing things. One day in her office a man came in with an unusual request, to protect Santa Clauses who he hired out. A rival company was threatening ...

  • Catwalk Murders

    Jim is asked to help protect a fashion designer. So Jim and Buck gather men from his security team to watch the woman whose life is threatened. They have one attack on the woman but the suspect was chased away, then during a fashion show Penny i...

  • A Grave Matrimony

    Jake Wyle finally asks his girlfriend Becky to marry him. After much getting ready they decide to get married in the old house on the cemetery They invite Jim and Penny from Las Vegas to attend along with anyone else to come. Jim offers a week in Veg...

  • Hit and Run Murders

    A woman is discovered ran into a wall by a hit and run car. Police suspect the woman's recently ex-boyfriend for the crime. Jim Richards gets involved in helping track down the killer along with Penny. They both help Detective Greg Warren to catch a ...

  • The Hitman's Justice

    Dexter Nash woke one morning to find a surprise in his bed, a dead woman. He had no idea who she was, but he had to get rid of the body. He called another hitman friend and asked for his help. After further questioning, they found a re...

  • Let Us Prey

    When famous celebrities around the Detroit area start turning up dead with bite marks that resemble vamire bites, Detective Scott Murphy and his partner Detective Hadeem McDougan are given the case. They are rushing to keep up with the dead bodies to...

  • Murder on the Potomac

    Private investigator Hank Walters is now asked to find out if a husband is planning on divorcing his wife to get at her 5 million dollar inheritance. Hank tracks the husband to find out if he has been cheating on his wife. A body is found to have bee...

  • Love Kills

    Sam Hunt and h is friend Detective Royce go on a hunt to find a kiiler of women. His first kill came from a dating site and the woman was found raped and strangled and left next to a dumpster. They contact a dating service and got a list of men who t...

  • Murder Never Sleeps

    Ed Taylor is an investigator for a major insurance company and he received a message from his mother that his Uncle had died. His mother lives 250 miles from him in the village that he grew up in and left years ago to go to the big city for work. He ...

  • Deadly Affection

    In this third book for the Ed Taylor mysteries, Ed is asked by the local police to help solve a murder of a man found in his car by a restaurant. Ed goes out to interview various witnesses when he can find them. He ends up talking to an attractive fe...

  • Death On The Bay

    In this book 2 of the Ed Taylor Mysteries, Ed is asked to investigate the drowning of a young girl. He finds that she was a victim of a human trrafficking ring, and was seen in the company of two shady characters. Ed obtains the mugshots of men ...

  • Grave Yard Shift

    Jake Wyler bought a cemetery. It was one of those impulse buys and now he was having to spend a large portion of his life savings to be a property owner. He had returned to his hometown to find his life turned upside down and involved in murder, miss...

  • Grave Undead

    Jake Wyler bought a cemetery. It was one of those impulse buys and now he was having to spend a large portion of his life savings to be a property owner. He had returned to his hometown to find his life turned upside down and involved in murder, Cult...

  • Song of the Spider Woman

    Ed Taylor is an insurance investigator who moved from the big city near Detroit to live back to his hometown in northern Michigan. There he meets the woman he knew from high school and they ended up close.They finally bought a house they no...

  • Murder in Tent City

    Nick Cain was suddenly finding himself homeless and living in his van. He parked the van in the local tent city with all the other homeless persons. He meets and developes a bond with a woman who lived there. Unfortunatly her life was slowy being ter...

  • Murder at the Mansion

    In this third of the Nick Cain series, Nick and his lady invite Detective Bill Edwards and his wife to the mansion for a fancy dinner. Things start to fall apart after dinner when a body is found on the property, Local police are called but nothing i...

  • Murder from Rags to Riches

    This is the second book in the Nick Cain series. Nick was homeless and found out about Tent City where homelss people camp out. While there he got to know a woman better and they became interested in each other. After two murders that had something t...

  • MUrder in the Mausoleum

    In this 5th book of the Nick Cain mysteries, Nick and Sally decide to dig up her parents and place them in a new mausoluem in Jake Wyler's cemetery. Unfortunately the final day of the burial they discover a body already occupying the crypt  Nick...

  • Murder in the Wine Cellar

    Nick Cain and Bill, his parter in their investigation business go to pick up a barrel of wine for Nick's wine cellar. They discover that the barrel contained blood instead of wine which starts then on the path to solving the case as to how two men en...

  • Murder of the Homeless Veteran

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    Nick Cain and his friend Police Detective Bill Edwards are asked by the FBI to investigate the murder of four veterans who hid valuable paintings of art stolen by the Nazis during world war 2. They have to track down people who were involved in knowi...

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Bob Moats has published 117 books.

Bob Moats does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Murder in the Wine Cellar, was published in October 2023.

The first book by Bob Moats, Vegas Showgirl Murders, was published in April 2010.

Yes. Bob Moats has 10 series.
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