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Brady Coyne Mystery Novels

Death at Charity's Point (1984)

Death at Charity's Point (1984)

Death at Charity's Point (1984)

A Boston lawyer investigates a prep school teacher’s suspicious suicide

The Dutch Blue Error (1984)

Death at Charity's Point (1984)

Death at Charity's Point (1984)

To solve a murder, Brady must find a copy of the world’s rarest stamp

Follow the Sharks (1985)

Death at Charity's Point (1984)

Follow the Sharks (1985)

Brady searches Red Sox Nation for a ballplayer’s kidnapped son

The Marine Corpse (1986)

The Vulgar Boatman (1987)

Follow the Sharks (1985)

Brady investigates what appears to be the murder of a homeless man

Dead Meat (1987)

The Vulgar Boatman (1987)

The Vulgar Boatman (1987)

In Maine, Brady investigates a deadly business deal

The Vulgar Boatman (1987)

The Vulgar Boatman (1987)

The Vulgar Boatman (1987)

A politician’s son gets involved in a murder, and drags Brady along with him

A Void in Hearts (1988)

A Void in Hearts (1988)

A Void in Hearts (1988)

A private detective is dead, and Brady suspects it’s murder

Dead Winter (1989)

A Void in Hearts (1988)

A Void in Hearts (1988)

When a minister’s son is accused of murder, Brady doesn’t know whom to trust

Client Privilege (1990)

A Void in Hearts (1988)

Client Privilege (1990)

Defending a client, Brady gets himself implicated in a murder charge

The Spotted Cats (1991)

The Spotted Cats (1991)

Client Privilege (1990)

When an aging big-game hunter is robbed, Brady goes on a leopard hunt

Tight Lines (1992)

The Spotted Cats (1991)

The Snake Eater (1993)

For the sake of a dying client, Brady tracks down a prodigal daughter

The Snake Eater (1993)

The Spotted Cats (1991)

The Snake Eater (1993)

The murder of a Green Beret points Brady toward a chilling Vietnam cover-up

The Seventh Enemy (1995)

The Seventh Enemy (1995)

The Seventh Enemy (1995)

Taking sides on gun control, Brady ends up in the line of fire

Close to the Bone (1996)

The Seventh Enemy (1995)

The Seventh Enemy (1995)

When a troubled friend disappears offshore, Boston lawyer Brady  suspects foul play

Cutter's Run (1998)

The Seventh Enemy (1995)

Muscle Memory (1999)

While fishing in Maine, the Boston lawyer runs afoul of a racist conspiracy

Muscle Memory (1999)

Muscle Memory (1999)

Muscle Memory (1999)

 Brady copes with a client who lies compulsively—and then disappears just as his wife is found dead

Scar Tissue (2000)

Muscle Memory (1999)

Scar Tissue (2000)

Brady must find out the truth that lurks behind a tragic accident befalling an old friend and client.

Past Tense (2001)

Muscle Memory (1999)

Scar Tissue (2000)

Brady must now delve into Evie's past if he is to uncover the truth about a murder during their vacation on Cape Cod

A Fine Line (2002)

Shadow of Death (2003)

Shadow of Death (2003)

Brady needs to find a client's missing son and the murderer who appears to be a member of a radical ecoterrorist group,

Shadow of Death (2003)

Shadow of Death (2003)

Shadow of Death (2003)

Violence and murder disrupt the simple life of a rustic NH town as Brady looks into the odd behavior of a politician's husband.

Nervous Water (2005)

Shadow of Death (2003)

Nervous Water (2005)

Contacted by an aged relative with whom he'd long lost touch, Brady agrees to help his Uncle Moze with a sensitive family matter. 

Out Cold (2006)

One-Way Ticket (2007)

Nervous Water (2005)

When Brady lets his dog out into the backyard of his Back Bay brownstone, he finds a girl buried under the snow in Brady's back yard.

One-Way Ticket (2007)

One-Way Ticket (2007)

One-Way Ticket (2007)

When Brady lets his dog out into the backyard of his Back Bay brownstone, he finds a girl buried under the snow in Brady's back yard.

Hell Bent (2008)

Outwitting Trolls (2010)

Outwitting Trolls (2010)

Brady finds his own past coming back to haunt his professional life when his ex-girlfriend Alex Shaw, long out of touch, reappears, wanting Brady to represent her brother

Outwitting Trolls (2010)

Outwitting Trolls (2010)

Outwitting Trolls (2010)

Brady tries to find the connection between  long-ago friends and the savage murders dogging their family.

Brady Coyne & J. W. Jackson Mystery Novels

First Light (2001)

Second Sight (2004)

Second Sight (2004)

Two old friends who suspect that there’s a dangerous killer on the loose on the picturesque island of Martha’s Vineyard. 

Co-written with Philip R. Craig

Second Sight (2004)

Second Sight (2004)

Second Sight (2004)

Brady's old friend is dying and wants to reconcile with his daughter before it's too late.

Co-written with Philip R. Craig

Third Strike (2007)

Second Sight (2004)

Third Strike (2007)

 Jackson and Coyne get together and discover that time is running out for them to prevent a crime that could have international ramifications

Co-written with Philip R. Craig

Stoney Calhoun Mystery Novels

Bitch Creek (2004)

Bitch Creek (2004)

Bitch Creek (2004)

Stoney Calhoun is a man without a past, or at least a past he can remember. Fleeting memory snippets draw him to rural Maine, where he builds a home by the curiously named Bitch Creek.

Gray Ghost (2007)

Bitch Creek (2004)

Bitch Creek (2004)

Working as a guide on Casco Bay, Stoney is out with a client on an early morning fly fishing expedition when they find the charred remains of a recent corpse on a small, uninhabited island. 

Dark Tiger (2009)

Bitch Creek (2004)

Dark Tiger (2009)

Stoney must go to the far corner of Maine, sign on as a guide at a high end fishing lodge, and look into a couple of suspicious deaths.

Non-Fiction

Those Hours Spent Outdoors: Reflections on Hunting and Fishing (1988)

Those Hours Spent Outdoors: Reflections on Hunting and Fishing (1988)

Those Hours Spent Outdoors: Reflections on Hunting and Fishing (1988)

Opening Day and Other Neuroses (1990)

Those Hours Spent Outdoors: Reflections on Hunting and Fishing (1988)

Those Hours Spent Outdoors: Reflections on Hunting and Fishing (1988)

Home Water Near and Far: A Fly Fisherman's Explorations (1992)

Those Hours Spent Outdoors: Reflections on Hunting and Fishing (1988)

Home Water Near and Far: A Fly Fisherman's Explorations (1992)

Sportsman's Legacy (1993)

The Elements of Mystery Fiction (1995)

Home Water Near and Far: A Fly Fisherman's Explorations (1992)

The Elements of Mystery Fiction (1995)

The Elements of Mystery Fiction (1995)

The Elements of Mystery Fiction (1995)

A Fly-Fishing Life (1997)

The Elements of Mystery Fiction (1995)

The Elements of Mystery Fiction (1995)

Upland Days: Fifty Years of Bird Hunting in New England (2000)

Upland Days: Fifty Years of Bird Hunting in New England (2000)

Upland Days: Fifty Years of Bird Hunting in New England (2000)

Pocket Water: Favorite Streams, Memorable Fish (2001)

Upland Days: Fifty Years of Bird Hunting in New England (2000)

Upland Days: Fifty Years of Bird Hunting in New England (2000)

Bass Bug Fishing (2002)

Upland Days: Fifty Years of Bird Hunting in New England (2000)

Gone Fishin': Ruminations on Fly Fishing (2006)

Gone Fishin': Ruminations on Fly Fishing (2006)

Trout Eyes: True Tales of Adventure, Travel, andFly Fishing (2007)

Gone Fishin': Ruminations on Fly Fishing (2006)

Tap's Tips: Practical Advice for All Outdoorsmen (2004)

Trout Eyes: True Tales of Adventure, Travel, andFly Fishing (2007)

Trout Eyes: True Tales of Adventure, Travel, andFly Fishing (2007)

Originally published in 1964 by H.G.Tapply.  Republished in 2004 with introduction by Bill. 

Trout Eyes: True Tales of Adventure, Travel, andFly Fishing (2007)

Trout Eyes: True Tales of Adventure, Travel, andFly Fishing (2007)

Trout Eyes: True Tales of Adventure, Travel, andFly Fishing (2007)

Upland Autumn: Birds, Dogs, and Shotgun Shells (2009)

Everyday Was Special: A Fly Fisher's Lifelong Passion (2010)

Everyday Was Special: A Fly Fisher's Lifelong Passion (2010)

Everyday Was Special: A Fly Fisher's Lifelong Passion (2010)

Everyday Was Special: A Fly Fisher's Lifelong Passion (2010)

Everyday Was Special: A Fly Fisher's Lifelong Passion (2010)

Other Fiction

The Nomination (2011)

A fast-paced action and suspense thriller that brings events from the final days of the Vietnam War into direct conflict with contemporary American politics. 

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