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  • Bibliography:
    9 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 2012
  • Latest Book:
    November 2020
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Full Series List in Order

A Cliff Knowles Mystery

1 - Held for Ransom (Mar-2012)
2 - Cached Out (Sep-2012)
3 - Fatal Dose (Sep-2013)
4 - Death Row (Sep-2014)
5 - Gut Shot (Jun-2015)
6 - Behead Me (Feb-2016)
7 - A Will to Die (Jan-2017)

Book List in Order: 9 titles



  • The President of Claritiva Software is kidnapped at gunpoint. FBI Special Agent Cliff Knowles is the first to respond when the crime is reported. But the report is suspicious in many ways and the front office is skeptical the kidnapping is real. Know...



  • Newly retired from the FBI and alone after the tragic death of his wife, Cliff Knowles takes up geocaching. While looking for a cache in the mountains he comes across a human skeleton and reports it to the sheriff's office. Then a second body is foun...



  • X-rays can kill cancer cells and save lives when administered properly. They can also kill people when things go wrong â€" a fact learned the hard way by retired FBI agent Cliff Knowles. Hired to unravel the cause of some mysterious overdoses, he get...



  • When a court ruling once again halts the carrying out of the death sentences of hundreds of condemned murderers, a frustrated vigilante organization decides to take matters into its own hands. In a mysterious and grisly act of horror, San Quentin's e...



  • Cliff Knowles swore he'd never help a defense attorney free a murder suspect, certainly not one who shot an FBI agent point blank in front of witnesses while yelling obscenities. But then he never expected that an FBI agent he worked with would be th...



  • Retired FBI agent Cliff Knowles thought he was being hired by a Fortune 500 company just to find out why their sales of spare parts were down. He soon learns that where there's money there's mayhem - and murder. His investigation brings him to southw...



  • San Diego is renowned for its sunny weather and beautiful beaches, but it has its dark side. It is the location of one of the largest mass suicides in American history. Thirty-eight members of the Heaven's Gate cult left their bodily "vehicles" hopin...



  • Mags, recently widowed, has retired to tiny Buck's Gap off the Big Sur coast, content to work her crosswords and discuss mysteries with her book club. Then she discovers the body of a murder victim, a professional puzzle-maker, and is drawn into the ...



  • Hardkorps is a video blogger, memorializing his three-year quest for the Ultimato Challenge geocache on his vlog. Success means big money and big fame. But not all is as it seems. A shocking surprise leads to a death and an FBI investigation. When Cl...





Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Russell Atkinson has published 9 books.

Russell Atkinson does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Ultimato, was published in November 2020.

The first book by Russell Atkinson, Held for Ransom, was published in March 2012.

Yes. Russell Atkinson has 1 series.