Book 1

Draconian New York

by Robert Sheckley

Published 31 December 1996
Hob Draconian, ex-hippie, expatriate American in Paris, returns to New York in this fast-paced, cynical, and off-beat mystery novel. All Draconian wants to do when he get back to New York is finish his divorce and procure the ten grand he needs to pay off his mortgage. But other people have plans that could get arrested--or killed.

Book 2

The Alternative Detective

by Robert Sheckley

Published 1 December 1993
Hob Draconian, American-born but a two-decade resident of Ibiza and a tie-dyed-in-the-wool hippie philosopher, finds himself in Snuff's Landing, New Jersey, doing import/export work on equipment for communes and a little private eye work on the side as The Alternative Detective Agency. His alternate world exists alongside America and Europe but crosses whole other sets of boundaries and ventures into dimensions that are alien to most normal humans but feel like home to Hob. Sultry blondes, missing persons and mysterious circumstances are standard equipment.

Book 3

Soma Blues

by Robert Sheckley

Published 31 December 1997
Hob Draconian, American-born but a two-decade resident of Ibiza and a tie-dyed-in-the-wool hippie philosopher divides his time between Paris and Ibiza--and when Soma, a new drug, turns up in Paris in the hands of a murdered Ibizan drug-dealer, it's time for the Alternative Detective Agency to spring into action and defeat the crime syndicate that has infiltrated his beloved expatriate community.