Book 1

Cool in Tucson

by Elizabeth Gunn

Published 19 October 2007
Ambitious Tucson police detective Sarah Burke, still smarting from a painful divorce, tries to concentrate on a body found in a parking lot. The case takes a bizarre turn when Sarah's young niece, neglected by her substance-abusing mother, disappears. The search is complicated by interference from the drug ring the suspected murderers had been working for, and Sarah's romantic interest in a troubled colleague rebuilding his life after injury.

Book 2

Rio Nuevo

by Elizabeth Gunn

Published 10 June 2019

Book 3

Kissing Arizona

by Elizabeth Gunn

Published 6 October 2010

Book 5

Red Man Down

by Elizabeth Gunn

Published 31 January 2014

The apparent suicide of an ex-cop leads Sarah Burke to investigate three bizarre deaths in three years in the same family. What are they hiding?

Sarah Burke's Saturday off is interrupted when she is called to a shooting - a rookie cop has been involved in a shootout with a criminal stealing copper wire from a warehouse. When the criminal in question turns out to be ex-cop and Red Man Ed Lacey, Sarah is shocked. The evidence suggests he wanted the cop to shoot him. But why?

Sarah and her team delve into Ed's life, and soon decide to re-open an investigation into three deaths. The more they investigate, the more obstacles they encounter - particularly from the family, who quickly close ranks. What are they hiding?


Book 6

Denny's Law

by Elizabeth Gunn

Published 31 August 2016

"A great recommendation for fans of J.A. Jance's Arizona-set mysteries" - Booklist

A murder leads Sarah Burke to investigate a money-laundering ring with connections extending far beyond Tucson - but does the key to solving the case lie closer to home than she realises?

The murder of a man seen fighting in a house during a Fourth of July street parade plunges Sarah Burke's whole household - her fragile mother Aggie, shrewd and ever-helpful live-in boyfriend Will and even her hard-charging niece, Denny - into her latest case.

The investigation leads to a money-laundering ring with international connections, and Sarah and her smart, hard-working crew of detectives must follow the puzzle, set against the backdrop of Tucson's unique character - an ancient, beautiful valley with a polyglot ethnic community and a bilingual, modern city - without knowing where it might take them. Could the answers lie closer to home than she realises?


The Magic Line

by Elizabeth Gunn

Published 30 November 2011

New River Blues

by Elizabeth Gunn

Published 3 February 2009
This is the second 'Sarah Burke' mystery from the creator of Jake Hines. Tucson Police detective Sarah Burke and the rest of her feisty, inventive crew are called in to investigate a horrific double murder in a high-dollar neighbourhood. The tragic destiny of a rich and troubled family unfolds against the backdrop of the imploding construction industry and the politics of downtown reconstruction. Meanwhile Sarah's household bulges at the seams, as her niece, her mother and her boyfriend - vivid personalities all - search for accommodation in her small spaces and crowded schedule, and her sister, as usual, does nothing to make things easier.

Sarah's List

by Elizabeth Gunn

Published 30 April 2020

A car chase ending with the murder of a senior living centre employee draws Detective Sarah Burke into a chilling case where her career - and her life - are soon at risk.

Detective Sarah Burke and new cop Zivko 'Bogey' Boganicevic are sent to an incident at Fairweather Farms senior living center in Tucson. The center's van has suddenly been chased at reckless speed by a carload of bandits firing high-powered rifles, and crashed into its own garage. Arriving at the scene, Sarah makes a grisly discovery: the driver, Enrique Lopez, was shot in the head during the chase. Why was a kindly man, dedicated to looking after the elderly, targeted and killed so dramatically by a team of hoodlums?

As Sarah works through her list of questions, she soon finds herself drawn into the high-stakes world of drugs, deception and mistaken identity where nothing is as it first appears, and she is forced to risk her career - and her life - in her search for answers.