Blood is thicker than oil—until murder threatens everything.Fenway Stevenson swore she'd never go back to Estancia.But after losing her mother and her job in one devastating week, she's left with no options and forced to ask her estranged father for help. That means returning to the coastal California town where he wields near-absolute power as the head of the region's largest oil company—and where Fenway is viewed as an outsider at best, and a political pa...

"A funny, fresh novel about growing up African-American in 1960s Chicago" by an author who "writes like Terry McMillan's kid sister" ( Entertainment Weekly).In this hilarious and insightful coming-of-age novel, author April Sinclair introduces the charming Jean "Stevie" Stevenson, a young woman raised on Chicago's South Side during an era of irrevocable social upheaval.Curious and witty, bold but naïve, Stevie grows up debating the qualities of good...

A murdered tech mogul. A missing knife. And a coroner far from home with everything on the line.Fenway Stevenson just wanted to help her boyfriend move across the country. But what should've been a routine road trip derails in the Nevada desert when her best friend Piper's knife goes missing—only to turn up the next morning in the chest of a dead man.The victim? Vaughn Trask, the controversial founder of a flashy new digital art museum built around NFTs, hy...

A dead deputy. A reopened murder case. And a coroner caught in the crossfire.When a young sheriff’s deputy is killed in a late-night hit-and-run, Coroner Fenway Stevenson soon discovers it was no accident. The deputy had only been on the job for a few days—but had he started unraveling secrets within his department?Then a second case is thrown back on Fenway’s desk: a murder that was supposed to be solved two weeks ago. But with new evidence, Fenway starts ...

Enjoy the second set of three novels in this hardboiled coroner series by bestselling mystery author Paul Austin Ardoin!"If you love page-turning, unputdownable mysteries, then Ardoin is the real deal."—Mark Stay, host of The Bestseller Experiment podcastBlood is thicker than oil—until murder is involved!The collection includes the Books 4-6 of The Fenway Stevenson Mysteries:The Upstaged Coroner

A dead defendant.A court in lockdown.And a murderer in the room.Fenway Stevenson came to her father's arraignment to support him. She didn't expect another murder—this time, right before her eyes.When two gunshots shatter the tense courtroom, panic erupts—and the doors lock automatically, trapping Fenway inside with twelve others.One of them is the killer.With no backup, limited tools, and ti...

Historical novel, by the author of Treasure Island. According to Wikipedia: "Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850–3 December 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. He was the man who "seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins", as G. K. Chesterton put it."

A dead celebrity chef. A quiet beach town. And a coroner racing to solve the crime before Christmas.Just days before Estancia's annual Christmas Parade, the body of a rising-star chef is discovered in a remote hillside cabin. At first glance, it looks like a tragic accident—until Coroner Fenway Stevenson starts asking questions.The victim wasn't just any chef. She was a social media sensation with a growing fanbase, a hidden identity, and a long list of peo...

The local university’s Shakespeare troupe already had plenty of drama. Then their manager was murdered.Fresh off her election win, Fenway Stevenson is ready to focus on her job as county coroner. But just hours after claiming victory, she's called to Nidever University, where the manager of a Shakespeare production has been found dead in a stairwell. The scene looks accidental—until Fenway spots signs of a struggle.As the investigation unfolds, it's clear J...

A beloved mayor. A seedy motel room. And a murder that shakes the town to its core.Coroner Fenway Stevenson thought she was beginning to find her footing in Estancia. The coastal California town still sees her as an outsider—especially with her powerful father pulling strings behind the scenes—but she's starting to earn the trust of her team. Then the mayor is found dead in a run-down motel room, and everything changes.The crime scene is strange. The prime ...

A dead man. A pentagram in the dirt. And a wife in the occult who hexed him just days before.When Coroner Fenway Stevenson is called to a body in the woods outside Estancia, the scene looks like an occult ritual gone horribly wrong. The victim, Bryce Baker, has been beaten, mutilated, and carefully arranged. All signs point the investigators toward one obvious suspect: his estranged wife, Bridget.The evidence keeps piling up: Bridget has been studying witch...

Get the next three novels in this hardboiled coroner series by bestselling mystery author Paul Austin Ardoin!"Be warned: to read one Fenway mystery is to want to read them all."—Mark Stay, host of Mark Stay's Creative Differences podcastBlood is thicker than oil—until murder is involved!This collection includes the Books 7–9 of The Fenway Stevenson Mysteries:The Accused Coroner: On the ru...