Book 1

Lake on the Mountain

by Jeffrey Round

Published 28 January 2012
2013 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery - Winner



When missing persons investigator Dan Sharp attends a wedding, he finds himself investigating more than one murder.



Dan Sharp, a gay father and missing persons investigator, accepts an invitation to a wedding on a yacht in Ontario's Prince Edward County. It seems just the thing to bring Dan closer to his noncommittal partner, Bill, a respected medical professional with a penchant for sleazy after-hours clubs, cheap drugs, and rough sex. But the event doesn't go exactly as planned.

When a member of the wedding party is swept overboard, a case of mistaken identity leads to confusion as the wrong person is reported missing. The hunt for a possible killer leads Dan deeper into the troubled waters and private lives of a family of rich WASPs and their secret world of privilege.

No sooner is that case resolved when a second one ends up on Dan's desk. Dan is hired by an anonymous source to investigate the disappearance, twenty years earlier, of the groom's father. The only clues are a missing bicycle and six horses mysteriously poisoned.

Book 2

Pumpkin Eater

by Jeffrey Round

Published 17 March 2014
Private investigator Dan Sharp searches the seamy underbelly of the city for a brutal killer.


Following an anonymous tip, missing persons investigator Dan Sharp makes a grisly find in a burned-out slaughterhouse in Toronto’s west end. Someone is targeting known sex offenders whose names and identities were released on the Internet. When an iconic rock star contacts Dan to keep from becoming the next victim, things take a curious turn. Dan’s search for a killer takes him underground in Toronto’s broken social scene — a secret world of misfits and guerrilla activists living off the grid — where he hopes to find the key to the murders.

Book 3

The Jade Butterfly

by Jeffrey Round

Published 1 January 2012
A seemingly casual encounter in a downtown bar sends missing persons investigator Dan Sharp in search of a woman presumed dead in the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Twenty years after her disappearance, her brother believes that a woman he glimpsed on the Internet is his sister, now living in Toronto. The closer Dan gets to finding her, however, the less sense things make. Just when he thinks he knows what’s driving his client, an unexpected revelation forces him to choose between what he’s been told and his gut instinct, which says things are not all they seem.

Book 4

After the Horses

by Jeffrey Round

Published 14 November 2015
When a notorious bar owner is found dead, Dan Sharp is approached by a couple who claim they know the killer's identity. Reluctant at first, Dan reconsiders when he learns about the club's shady payments to the cops. As suspicious disappearances mount, Dan finds himself targeted by someone who wants the case - and anyone connected - dead.

Book 5

The God Game

by Jeffrey Round

Published 3 February 2018
2019 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery - Finalist



Private investigator Dan Sharp finds himself caught up in a political murder.



When the husband of a Queen's Park aide runs off to escape his gambling debts, private investigator Dan Sharp is hired to track him down. As the city's political landscape verges on the bizarre - with a crack-using mayor and a major scandal looming - Dan finds himself pitted against a mysterious figure known for making or breaking the reputations of upcoming politicians. It's not until a body turns up on his doorstep that Dan realizes he's being punished for sticking his nose into dirty politics. It's left to him to catch the killer and prove his own innocence.

Book 6

Shadow Puppet

by Jeffrey Round

Published 2 February 2019
Private investigator Dan Sharp investigates the disappearance of three closeted gay men.



When a serial killer stalks downtown Toronto, private investigator Dan Sharp finds an unexpected link between the missing men that even the police are reluctant to investigate. A meeting with the chief of police confirms his suspicions, but does nothing to resolve the problem. Obsessed with uncovering the truth, Dan enlists a small group of friends to delve into illicit goings-on in the local sex industry. It's only when the next man disappears, however, that Dan finds himself in a race against time to track down an elusive, manipulative killer who is a master of disguise.

Book 7

Lion's Head Revisited

by Jeffrey Round

Published 1 February 2020
A case brings PI Dan Sharp to the northern Ontario wilderness, where he has to face his own dark past.



When a four-year-old autistic boy disappears on a camping trip, his mother is reluctant to involve the police. Instead, she calls in private investigator Dan Sharp after a ransom demand arrives.


On investigating, Dan learns there are plenty of people who might be responsible for the kidnapping. Among them are an ex-husband who wrongly believed the boy was his son; the boy's surrogate mother, now a drug addict; the boy's grandmother, who has been denied access to her grandson; and a mysterious woman who unnerves everyone with her unexpected appearances.


A trip to Lion's Head in the Bruce Peninsula, where the boy disappeared, brings Dan unexpectedly into contact with his own brutal upbringing. But when a suspected kidnapper is found dead, Dan suddenly finds himself chasing the ghosts of the present as well as the past.