Book 1

Sunset

by Al Lamanda

Published 16 May 2012
"Until ten years ago, police detective John Bekker had it all: a beautiful wife and daughter and a job he loved. Until his task force got too close to mob boss Eddie Crist. Bekker's home was invaded and his five-year-old daughter witnessed the murder of her mother. Since then, his institutionalized child hasn't spoken a word and Bekker is a drunk. Then he wakes up one morning handcuffed to a bed in supervised detox ... courtesy of Eddie Crist. Near death from cancer, Crist swears innocence and hires Bekker to solve the decade-old murder"--Publisher.

Book 2

Sunrise

by Al Lamanda

Published 17 July 2013

John Bekker the downtrodden hero of Sunset -- Egar(r) Award Finalist for Best Novel -- returns to face his greatest challenge yet


When Bekker's old friend and state prosecutor Carly Simms wakes up next to a murdered young man in a motel room after a night of drinking she doesn't remember a thing especially stabbing the young man in the heart.


Although all the evidence points to her guilt Simms hires Bekker to prove her innocence. Bekker soon finds himself ensnared in a deadly game of cat and mouse. The murder victim was raised in an orphanage in Utah and Bekker makes the startling discovery that other young men from the same orphanage are being murdered around the country.


To clear Carly Simms Bekker must connect the dots and find whoever is responsible for the other killings. As he gathers evidence and closes in on a suspect Bekker and his family become targets.


The stakes are high the race is on and there can be only one winner. Sunrise is a fast-paced whodunit that will leave you breathless.

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Book 3

First Light

by Al Lamanda

Published 16 July 2014
John Bekker returns in First Light to face the toughest challenge of his career.
Hired by a man dying of cancer to locate the baby girl he gave up for adoption forty years ago, Bekker
discovers the baby wasn't adopted but sold to a New York couple named Gertz. They named the child
Sarah, and Sarah Gertz disappeared without a trace twelve years ago in Washington DC.
Bekker uncovers evidence linking Sarah Gertz to the powerful Senator Oliver Koch, who is the next
candidate for Vice-President. Twelve years ago, Koch and Sarah had an affair that left her pregnant.
Bekker is convinced Koch had her murdered, but unless he can prove it, a murderer will be in the
White House.

Book 4

This Side of Midnight

by Al Lamanda

Published 1 July 2015
"John Bekker is called back to action when his close friend Sheriff Jane Morgan seeks his help with a perplexing mystery. Norman Felton, a resident of Midnight Island, drove his car to the mainland county high school and, in an out-of-control rage, beat an exchange student nearly to death with a baseball bat before being shot by sheriff's deputies. Felton's fourteen-year-old daughter Amanda is missing, and with each passing day the odds of finding her grow slimmer. Bekker works around the clock ferreting out details until slowly the puzzle comes together and he makes a shocking discovery that will take him to a dark and dangerous place."--

Book 5

With Six You Get Wally

by Al Lamanda

Published 19 October 2016
Wally Sample is a degenerate gambler who owes money to every major casino and loan sharks everywhere. He is also the youngest heir to the Sample Iced Tea Corporation and upon his fortieth birthday, if he can prove to the courts that he is cured of his gambling addiction, will take his place as the sixth controlling member of the iced-tea giant. Problem is, a month short of turning forty, Wally's gambling habit is worse than ever. In desperation, he turns to Frank Kagan, the family attorney who decades ago prepared the will for Wally's deceased father and founder of Sample Iced Tea. Kagan calls on his old friend John Bekker for help, asking Bekker to babysit Wally and prevent him from gambling for thirty days in order to meet the court's requirements. The assignment proves tougher than anyone imagined, but Bekker is determined to clean Wally up at all costs--even if it means facing down a killer. Racing the clock until Wally's court appearance, Bekker finds himself in the middle of corporate greed and scandal and a deadly murder investigation, while trying to stay one step ahead of a crazed would-be killer who will definitely try again. And everything rests upon the very narrow shoulders of Wally Sample, who wants nothing more out of life than to find a winning scratch ticket and beat the odds.

Book 7

For Better or Worse

by Al Lamanda

Published 15 November 2019

Book 8


Who Killed Joe Italiano?

by Al Lamanda

Published 17 September 2018