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  • Bibliography:
    14 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 1999
  • Latest Book:
    February 2014
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Full Series List in Order

A Lou Corso Mystery

1 - Deceived by Death (Aug-2011)
2 - Insufficient Evidence (Aug-2011)
3 - The End Game (Aug-2011)
4 - April Evil (Aug-2011)
5 - Old Sins (Sep-2011)
6 - Lethal Purpose (Sep-2011)
7 - Hunting Evil (Sep-2011)

Book List in Order: 14 titles



  • Bitter Creek... Haunted drifter Jim Sutter rides into heavy trouble his first night in Bitter Creek, a Dakota Territory cowtown. Caught up in the epic 1886 drought, the town is the focal point for an escalating blood feud between stockmen and homeste...



  • Jim Nightingale is a law man used to chasing really bad men in the name of justice, but when he returns home from his posse after a long pursuit, his life is turned upside down. Nightingale is brought low, lower than he can live with so his answer is...



  • Once they moved ahead with this, there would be no turning back. They'd be murderers. But after an agonizing moment of fruitless appraisal, he sighed and curtly nodded his head. The men moved back toward the trunk of the car pushing with a mighty gru...



  • For Lou Corso, life is going well. His security firm has just moved into new offices and his relationship with his lady friend, Pauline is sweet. So when the phone rings late one night, he isn’t expecting bad news...or really bad news. The caller,...



  • Carter Swart, a great American writer, brings Lou Corso-the tough ex-LAPD cop-back for a new mystery. In April Evil-the latest adventure in the series that began with Deceived by Death, and continued with Insufficent Evidence and The End Game-Lou is ...



  • Deceived by Death introduces Lou Corso, a tough cop with a good heart whose rage at his sister’s brutal killing shapes his behavior in a defining moment that ends a long and successful career in the LAPD. He and his partner have tracked a pair of p...



  • What is The End Game? It’s the final strategy of a vicious killer haunted by unfinished business. Unfortunately, that unfinished business is Lou Corso. Lou, the tough ex-LAPD cop with the heart of gold, is slowly drinking himself to death over the ...



  • Lou Corso is a hard drinking, hard living ex-LAPD cop with a heart of gold. As the owner of a successful security firm, Lou is a champion for women, particularly women in trouble." Insufficient Evidence" is a fast-paced, sophisticated yarn about a se...



  • Patrick Dunnigan, a successful gentleman gambler running a regular table game in a grand hotel in Kansas City, receives a disturbing letter from his uncle, Ethan Brooke. Seems the old man is spooked about developments in the little town of Sundown, N...






  • A chance encounter in a favorite restaurant sends a mild mannered man into a panic. Memories from his past, unspeakable memories, flood his mind as he recognizes a man he considers a devil -- pure evil. What to do? He confronts the stranger, a tall, ...



  • Lou Corso, the tough ex-LAPD detective and owner of the busy Peck Security firm, is wrestling with the issue of turnover at work, a host of new employees and the need for new quarters. The whole office is stressed. So imagine how Lou feels late one e...



  • Lou Corso is a tough ex-cop who runs a crack security firm, rescues battered women, and values his old friends. So when his former partner, Homer Daws asks for his help on a cold case they worked together, Lou agrees to review his case files. The cas...



  • DARK ROADS is a collection of journeys to dark places. Mysterious places where murder and mayhem happen to ordinary people under extraordinary circumstances. Suspenseful and thrilling, DARK ROADS will haunt, intrigue and entertain the reader. To dat...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Carter Swart has published 14 books.

Carter Swart does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Dark Roads II, was published in February 2014.

The first book by Carter Swart, Bitter Creek, was published in July 1999.

Yes. Carter Swart has 1 series.