The Val Bosanquet Mysteries

True Detective fans should read this book, the first of the Val Bosanquet mystery series. Val, a former New Orleans detective, is offered a job as Chief of a campus PD. A Haitian child killer he helped convict for the murder of her mother has just been enrolled at the university. Val stumbles across new evidence. Corporate corruption and Voodoo make for a volatile mix in the Deep South.

Death Sentence sees the return of recalcitrant detective Val Bosanquet from An Evil Shadow. Val stumbles across Diane Laing, the victim of a ten-year-old abduction and the last of four young women who disappeared. Val's attempts to locate the other victims inadvertently puts Diane at risk. When she is abducted a second time, Val faces down the FBI and a bomber to rescue the woman he loves.

East Feliciana Deputy Sheriff Val Bosanquet’s day starts badly when a murder victim’s body is snatched from his crime scene. The discovery of a second victim makes his day worse. Although the murders do not appear to be connected, Val suspects that Mungo Call, the charismatic leader of Rising Sun, a pressure group fighting miscarriages of justice, holds the key.

A former Guantanamo guard is targeting Louisiana fracking gas pads using hijacked government drones. When Deputy Sheriff Val Bosanquet is seconded to the Department of Homeland Security he discovers that the usual rules do not apply. Tasked with the investigation of his friend Dave McElligott, suspected of conspiring with a domestic terrorist known as Sandman, Val battles to prevent a bloodbath.

Val reviews a State Police investigation into the homicides of two deputies in the neighboring parish. Meanwhile, his friend Dave involves himself in the discovery of a mass grave dating from the War Between the States. Faced with resentment and a further murder, Val soon realizes that he has walked into a complex trap that could have life-changing consequences for the East Felicana Deputy.

Val and Dave travel to Guatemala in a last-ditch attempt to trace Rosa Silva, missing for over twenty years. Within twenty-four hours the two men are fugitives, desperate to remain one step ahead of the Guatemalan police, and totally unaware that an old adversary and the ruthless Zeta cartel have them in their sights. Their hunt for Rosa exposes a dark secret, leading to a terrifying showdown.

When Deputy Val Bosanquet returns from Guatemala his first objective is his resignation from the East Feliciana Sheriff’s Department. Within hours, he is drawn into two investigations that he can’t turn his back on: nail the hit-and-run killer of a young girl and discover who has framed a friend for murder. The stakes don’t come any higher, compelling Val once again to carry a gun and a badge.