Neil Plakcy
Newest Release
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Bibliography:
113 Books - 7 Series -
First Book:
May 2005 -
Latest Book:
January 2025 -
Rating:
Full Series List in Order
An Angus Green Thriller
1 - The Next One Will Kill You (Nov-2016)2 - Nobody Rides for Free (Oct-2017)
3 - Survival is a Dying Art (Sep-2018)
4 - Brackish Water (Jan-2023)
A Biff Andromeda Mystery
1 - Genie for Hire (Aug-2013)A Bucks County Mystery
1 - The Buchanan Letters (Oct-2012)2 - Being John Church (Sep-2022)
Gaylife.com
1 - Gaylife.com (May-2009)2 - The Catbird Seat (Jul-2011)
3 - The Six Year Itch (Dec-2011)
A Golden Retriever Mystery
0.5 - Nectar of the Dogs (Feb-2020)1 - In Dog We Trust (Oct-2010)
2 - The Kingdom of Dog (Jun-2011)
3 - Dog Helps Those (Jul-2012)
4 - Dog Bless You (Jul-2013)
5 - Whom Dog Hath Joined (May-2014)
6 - Dog Have Mercy (Feb-2015)
7 - Honest to Dog (Jun-2016)
8 - Dog Is in the Details (Jul-2017)
9 - Dog Knows (Nov-2018)
10 - Dog's Green Earth (Sep-2019)
11 - A Litter of Goldens (May-2020)
12 - Dog Willing (Jun-2020)
13 - Dog's Waiting Room (Dec-2021)
14 - Dog's Honest Truth (May-2022)
15 - All Dog's Children (Dec-2022)
16 - Dog of Thieves (May-2023)
Have Body, Will Guard
1 - Three Wrong Turns in the Desert (Dec-2009)2 - Dancing With The Tide (Aug-2010)
3 - Teach Me Tonight (Jun-2011)
4 - Olives for the Stranger (Jun-2012)
5 - Under the Waterfall (Aug-2013)
6 - The Noblest Vengeance (May-2014)
7 - Finding Freddie Venus (Mar-2015)
8 - A Cold Wind (Mar-2016)
9 - The Same Page (Oct-2018)
10 - The Madness of Husbands (Jan-2020)
11 - The Most Expensive Spice (Nov-2020)
12 - The Graveyard of God's Name (Aug-2021)
13 - The Feet of Blue Pigeons (Jul-2022)
Mahu Investigations
1 - Mahu (May-2005)2 - Mahu Surfer (Aug-2007)
3 - Mahu Fire (Apr-2008)
4 - Mahu Vice (Aug-2009)
5 - Mahu Men: Mysterious and Erotic Stories (Apr-2010)
6 - Mahu Blood (Mar-2011)
7 - Zero Break (Mar-2012)
8 - Natural Predators (Feb-2013)
9 - Accidental Contact and Other Mahu Investigations (Sep-2014)
10 - Children of Noah (Aug-2015)
11 - Ghost Ship (Oct-2016)
12 - Deadly Labors (Oct-2019)
13 - Soldier Down (Jul-2020)
14 - Unruly Son (Jun-2022)
15 - The Virgin Homicides (Aug-2023)
Book List in Order: 113 titles
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Mahu
- May-2005
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Mahu - a generally negative Hawaiian term for homosexuals - introduces a unique character to detective fiction. Kimo Kanapa'aka, a handsome, mixed-race surfer living in Honolulu, is a police detective confronting his homosexuality in the atmosphere o...
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Mahu Surfer
- Aug-2007
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"An eminently likeable hero -- the kind of man’s man you just want to hug." -- Daniel M. Jaffe, author of The Limits of Pleasure
Mahu is a generally negative Hawaiian term for homosexual, and for police detective Kimo ...
Mahu Fire
- Apr-2008
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Evil moves to paradise, as openly gay police detective Kimo Kanapa’aka battles an extreme religious group that opposes the idea of same-sex marriage. It begins with a simple shooting, but the danger intensifi es as Kimo strives to unmask a ...
Mahu Vice
- Aug-2009
- / Mystery
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Months have passed since Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka walked away from the blaze at Wa’ahila State Park -- and from his partner Mike.
Now, Kimo and Mike must work together to solve an arson-homicide while attempting to men...
Invasion of the Blatnicks
- Oct-2010
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Steve Berman loses his job just before a visit to his parents in Florida. En route, though, he’s offered a new one, with a developer building a shopping center at the edge of the Everglades. Comic complications ensue with the craziness of his cousi...
The Outhouse Gang
- Nov-2010
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Continuing the exploration of the father-son dynamic that he began in the short story AT THE DINER, author Neil Plakcy expands on the theme with a look at the lives of seven men in the town of Stewart's Crossing.Chuck longs to escape the rigidity of ...
Rhiannon
- Feb-2011
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Junior is a wild and crazy construction supervisor who drinks too much, curses too frequently and never lets a woman get under his skin. Then, he meets the curvaceous Rhiannon who loves football, shoots a mean game of pool and has a little secret she...
The Kingdom of Dog
- Jun-2011
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When his mentor, Joe Dagorian, director of admissions at prestigious Eastern College, is murdered during a fund-raising event, Steve Levitan feels obliged to investigate. He and his golden retriever, Rochester, go nose to the ground to dig up clues, ...
Dog Helps Those
- Jul-2012
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It’s almost time for graduation, and Eastern College is in trouble. A prominent alumna is dead, and a faulty computer program is jeopardizing student records and financial aid. It’s up to Steve and Rochester to dig into the situation and retrieve...
Photo Booth
- May-2013
- / Romance
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This short story was originally written for an anthology distributed by the M/M romance group on Goodreads, and will be free once Amazon matches the price at Smashwords.The Kindle edition includes preview chapters from several other M/M romance novel...
Dog Bless You
- Jul-2013
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Autumn has come to Bucks County, and Steve Levitan has a new job: develop a conference center for Eastern College at Friar Lake, a few miles from campus. But on his first visit to the property, his golden retriever Rochester makes a disturbing discov...
Genie for Hire
- Aug-2013
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Genie for Hire: A Biff Andromeda Mystery is a private eye novel -- with a paranormal twist. An ancient genie in a modern, buff body, Biff can't use his magical powers for his own benefit, so he opens a detective agency in a Miami suburb. ...
Whom Dog Hath Joined
- May-2014
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Reformed computer hacker Steve Levitan still gets a thrill from snooping into places online where he shouldn’t be. When his golden retriever Rochester discovers a human bone at the Friends Meeting during the Harvest Days festival, these two unlike...
Dog Have Mercy
- Feb-2015
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In the sixth golden retriever mystery, Dog Have Mercy, Christmas approaches and reformed hacker Steve Levitan tries to help a fellow ex-con now working at the vet’s office in Stewart’s Crossing. His curiosity, and the crime-solving instincts of h...
Finding Freddie Venus
- Mar-2015
- / Romance
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Genre: LGBT Action/AdventureCan you ever escape your past? Aidan and Liam's new client is former gay porn star Freddie Venus, who survived an epic slide and now lives a solitary life in a restored farmhouse outside Nice. He hires bod...
Love on the Web
- Jun-2015
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Larry Leavis is too smart and geeky for his family, too gangly and awkward among other gay guys. He’s never felt like he fits anywhere until he meets handsome entrepreneur Julian Argento and agrees to help him build a website for his fledgling web ...
Children of Noah
- Aug-2015
- / Police Procedural
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Mahu Series #9 A few months after the birth of his twins, openly gay Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa'aka and begins a temporary assignment to the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force. Kimo and his HPD partner Ray Donne are quickly thrown into an ...
The Sea Between Us
- Nov-2015
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When Adam and Javier met in Mi Amor, Adam was a late-night party boy and Javier an early-rising hard-driving real estate developer. Javier encouraged Adam to leave town for business school--but does he still love the new, more adult Adam who returns ...
Love on the Pitch
- Dec-2015
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Warren Updegrove’s best “friend with benefits” is Thom Lodge, a geeky grad student who tutored him in math when he was a struggling undergrad on the football team. After playing in the NFL for a year, Warren is released from the team and return...
A Cold Wind
- Mar-2016
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Genre: LGBT Action/AdventureIs it ever too late for love?Now that he's been forced out of the closet and moved to Monaco, retired Russian oligarch Slava Vishinev longs for a sexy new life. But he's in his fifties, overweight, and completely unaware o...
Ghost Ship
- Oct-2016
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New fathers investigate the death of a young family. When a sailboat carrying four bodies washes up on the Leeward Coast of O'ahu, openly gay Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa'aka, on loan to the FBI, must discover what sent this young family a...
The Next One Will Kill You
- Nov-2016
- / Police Procedural
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If Angus Green is going to make it to a second case, he s needs to survive the first one.
Angus wants more adventure than a boring accounting job, so after graduating with his master s degree he signs up with the FBI. He s assigned to the Miami f...
Golden Retriever Mysteries 1-3
- Jun-2017
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These are the first three books in the Golden Retriever Mystery Series. In IN DOG WE TRUST, Steve Levitan has returned to his hometown of Stewart's Crossing, in picturesque Bucks County, Pennsylvania, after a bad divorce and a brief prison term ...
Dog Is in the Details
- Jul-2017
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When a young man suffering from mental illness disrupts the blessing of the animals at Steve Levitan’s synagogue, he and his golden retriever Rochester are launched into an investigation that will take Steve back into the past of his family, his co...
Love on the Boil
- Jul-2017
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What if the one who got away came back-and you had to work together to achieve your dreams? Eddie Gonzalez and Darren Carter had a hot college romance, derailed when they graduated and went in different directions. But now they're both on South Beach...
Nobody Rides for Free
- Oct-2017
- / Police Procedural
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The sharp and suspenseful new sequel to The Next One Will Kill You, perfect for fans of Joseph Hansen, Richard Stevenson, Randy Wayne White, and James W. Hall.
With less than a year of experience and only one big case behind him, FBI Special...
Golden Retriever Mysteries 4-6
- Jan-2018
- / Cozy Mystery
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Dog Bless You - #4 Steve may have a new job-- but he and Rochester are still a doggie detection duo! Autumn has come to Bucks County, and Steve Levitan has a new job: develop a conference center for Eastern College at Friar Lake, a few mile...
In His Kiss
- Feb-2018
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Michael Torani thinks of himself as an average seventeen-year-old -- certainly not the smartest nor the most popular boy in his school. So he has no clue that his crush on super cute but nerdy new guy Daniel Florez will soon result in their shari...
Love on the Map
- May-2018
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When a man whose career is making maps loses himself, where does he turn? In Eric Mueller’s case, he unwillingly must rely on his step-brother, Alexander Brittain. But Allie has his own problems -- he’s disappointed his mother and Eric’s father...
Survival is a Dying Art
- Sep-2018
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Special Agent Angus Green is still in his twenties, and his red hair and good looks often make people underestimate him, but he’s a smart, fearless cop who believes in the FBI motto: Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity.Fort Lauderdale retiree Frank Sena i...
The Same Page
- Oct-2018
- / General Fiction
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Aidan Greene and Liam McCullough feel like they’ve aged out of the bodyguard business -- but a desperate call from former client Slava Vishinev draws them back. In a story ripped from the headlines, Slava’s gay son Arseny has vanished in Chechnya...
Dog Knows
- Nov-2018
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When semi-reformed computer hacker Steve Levitan learns that a girl who was kind to him in high school is accused of three murders, he and his clue-sniffing golden retriever Rochester are on the case. Could sweet, ambitious Peggy Doyle be guilty of k...
Dog's Green Earth
- Sep-2019
- / Amateur Sleuth
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A murder in Steve Levitan’s gated community is bad enough -- but when someone puts out rat poison that innocent dogs could consume, he’s fired up to track down the villain and make his world safe for people and their canine companions.With over 2...
Deadly Labors
- Oct-2019
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Can Hawaiian native Ikaika Kahale turn his life around after studying the hula in a cultural program at San Quentin and then returning to the Aloha State? Or is the new murder he's accused of proof that an orchid can't change its colors?While Honolul...
Christmas Shift
- Nov-2019
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Love often means sacrifice—but what if you might have to give up a commitment to be one of Santa's reindeer and deliver holiday toys to kids to be with the one you love?Peter McGuire is an EMT with a secret: he's a reindeer shifter, a Prancer o...
The Madness of Husbands
- Jan-2020
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When Aidan Greene's ex calls after ten years with a peremptory demand for bodyguard services, Aidan's tempted to say no, even though he hears real despair in Blake's voice. After a reminder that the two of them are in their forties, and that per...
Nectar of the Dogs
- Feb-2020
- / Amateur Sleuth
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Nectar of the Dogs is a short story in the world of the golden retriever mystery series. Reformed computer hacker Steve Levitan and his golden retriever, Rochester, team up to solve crimes around their hometown of Stewart's Crossing, Pennsylvania.In ...
The Burning Water
- Mar-2020
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A deadly virus is ravaging the world's population, killing millions of men. But some are mysteriously immune - gay men and women seem unaffected. As society crumbles, one young journalist races to uncover the truth behind the virus's origins and spre...
Golden Retriever Mysteries 7-9
- Apr-2020
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Golden Blurb 7-9#7 Honest to DogThe body in the canal belongs to Steve's old friend. Can Steve and Rochester uncover the clues to what happened to him?When his college friend Doug moves to Stewart's Crossing after an ugly divorce, reformed computer h...
A Litter of Goldens
- May-2020
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Stop by for some comfortable visits to Stewart's Crossing, where reformed computer hacker Steve Levitan and his crime-sniffing golden retriever Rochester are nose to the ground in this collection of mystery short stories that take place between novel...
Dog Willing
- Jun-2020
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When his neighbor is accused of murder, reformed computer hacker Steve Levitan and his golden retriever Rochester are asked to sniff out clues to prove her innocence. Who could have killed bookstore owner Darlene Nowak? One of the food trucks ve...
Soldier Down
- Jul-2020
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Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa'aka can't say no when the chair of the House Defense Appropriations Committee asks him to investigate her father's death. The case may be as cold as the top of Mauna Kea—over fifty years old—but Rep...
The Most Expensive Spice
- Nov-2020
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Can the bodyguards save the life of a charming gay playboy-- and help him find true love? In the heart-pounding tenth installment of Neil Plakcy's Have Body, Will Guard series, bodyguard duo Aidan and Liam take on their most complex and personal...
The Gentleman and the Spy
- Feb-2021
- / Historical
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The Gentleman and the Spy is an 83,000 word Victorian-era lord and valet romance with a country house party and a touch of espionage and international intrigue. After his father's death Lord Magnus Dawson has more important things to think about...
The Lock-Keeper's Heart
- Jun-2021
- / Contemporary Romance
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Can two broken men heal each other? In the aftermath of a failed love, Isaac Evans drops out of college and flees Philadelphia for a lock-keeper's job on the Delaware Canal in rural Pennsylvania, where he pursues a life of Thoreau-driven solitud...
The Graveyard of God's Name
- Aug-2021
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A Biblical scroll that could change the world... if Aidan and Liam can keep it and the man who found it safe. Husbands and close-protection partners Aidan Greene and Liam McCullough are called to protect a young Oxford student with a valuable ma...
Golden Retriever Mysteries 10-12
- Oct-2021
- / Cozy Mystery
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Golden Mysteries 10-12 #10 Dog's Green Earth The home he has made with Lili and Rochester matters deeply to Steve, enough to risk it all to bring justice to a killer in his neighborhood.When his golden retriever Rochester discovers a body d...
Winter Term
- Oct-2021
- / Contemporary Romance
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A small town second chance at love novella with a dash of Jane Austen and a floury dusting from a certain British baking show. Middlebury College literature professor Will is mourning his dead partner while teaching a winter term course on Jane ...
Two Steak Taco Combos and a Pair of Sig Sauers
- Nov-2021
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Bodyguards Aidan Greene and Liam McCullough don't do hostage rescues. But Liam's SEAL buddy Joey is still on active duty in Afghanistan, so when he asks for help locating his missing fiancée, they have to step up. Their partnership, in life an...
Dog's Waiting Room
- Dec-2021
- / Cozy Mystery
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Two parents die and two families mourn, in very different ways. Amateur sleuth Steve Levitan and his clue-sniffing golden retriever Rochester face two deaths in the 12th full-length novel in this long-running series. An Alzheimer's patient ...
Dog's Honest Truth
- May-2022
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Steve and Rochester seek the truth about a neighbor's murder There's a new dog in town – a golden retriever named Luke, in training to be a seeing-eye dog. He and Rochester immediately bond, but there's something odd about Luke's human, Ben Ji....
Unruly Son
- Jun-2022
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A new case challenges a homicide detectives feelings of family A mother and her neurodiverse teen-aged son are missing in one of the parks surrounding Honolulu, and homicide detective Kimo Kanapa'aka must use his knowledge of the landscape, and ...
The Feet of Blue Pigeons
- Jul-2022
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During a break in the pandemic, Aidan Greene gets a panicked message from an old college friend living in Luxembourg. Ethan Katz is a banking exec in Luxembourg for a bank owned by a family from the UAE. He's discovered a money-laundering scheme whic...
Being John Church
- Sep-2022
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Jeff Berman is in freefall. He's been denied tenure, then lost his follow-up job as a presenter on the History Channel. But rock bottom comes fast and painful when he learns that the love of his life, the charismatic, passionate, and devastatingly se...
All Dog's Children
- Dec-2022
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Who killed this wealthy couple?It doesn't take a clue-sniffing Golden Retriever's sense of smell to know something is up. For semi-reformed computer hacker Steve Levitan, his long-time girlfriend, Lili, is acting out of character, and he's eager to f...
Brackish Water
- Jan-2023
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Special Agent Angus Green navigates a complex web of art theft, immigration, and personal discovery. When a young Cuban art historian named Yulirus Diaz is detained after illegally entering the United States, Angus sees an opportunity to unravel...
The Lord and the Frenchman
- Feb-2023
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Two wounded men discover true love and a found family in Victorian England In the opulent courts of Victorian England, John Seales, Lord Therkenwell, is a man of wealth and privilege, expected to marry a woman of his own social standing and prod...
Golden Retriever Mysteries 13-15
- May-2023
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13 Dog's Waiting Room Two parents die and two families mourn, in very different ways. Amateur sleuth Steve Levitan and his clue-sniffing golden retriever Rochester face two deaths in the 12th full-length novel in this long-running series. A...
Dog of Thieves
- May-2023
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Stolen treasures, a cane-whacking elderly woman and a couple of dead bodies. A favorite furry sleuth returns in a new adventure! Amateur sleuth Steve Levitan and his clue-sniffing golden retriever Rochester are back in the 16th full-le...
Maui Strong
- Aug-2023
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in 2018, Fiona Cleary is a retired trauma nurse who is determined to push local politicians and businesses to strengthen their response to dire situations like hurricanes and tsunamis. As an activist, Fiona has many allies—but also many adversa...
The Virgin Homicides
- Aug-2023
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Two Dead Women. Will Kimo's Niece be Next? The latest Honolulu homicides in the long-running, award-winning Mahu Investigations series are perplexing, even to a seasoned detective like Kimo Kanapa'aka. The two female victims, a young a...
In Dog's Image
- Oct-2023
- / Cozy Mystery
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Join Steve Levitan and Lili Weinstock as they navigate the treacherous waters of wedding planning in In Dog's Image, a captivating traditional mystery novel. Amidst disagreements over guest lists, menu selections, and even wedding attire, their ...
Scout Takes the Lead
- Dec-2023
- / Contemporary Romance
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Wounded Warrior Finds Love and Healing Through Man's Best Friend Dog trainer Grace connects with Alex, a handsome yet troubled veteran, when he comes into her store looking for help with his new rescue dog, Scout. As Grace assists Alex in t...
Saving the Boxer
- Jan-2024
- / Romantic Suspense
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Silas Warner is a flighty sort of fellow, a butterfly in his attire and his jumps from one man to the next. But there's something about Ezra Curiel-first his incredible body, and then his emotional depth-that delivers a knockout punch to Silas's hear...
Blessing of the Dogs
- Mar-2024
- / Cozy Mystery
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Steve Levitan and Lili Weinstock are on their way to the altar—but dognapping and murder get in the way. The theft of the vice-mayor's dog unveils a widespread pattern of canine thefts. Could those poor pooches be on their way to a testing...
Food of the Dogs
- Aug-2024
- / Cozy Mystery
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Steve Levitan and his new bride Lili hoped for a relaxing autumn getaway in Vermont. But when Steve and his golden retriever Rochester stumble upon a murder victim, their leaf-peeping trip turns into a hunt for a killer.Dr. Anthony Mihaly seemed like...
Bless Our Sleep
- Nov-2024
- / Police Procedural
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In the sultry heat of 1968 Miami, private investigator George Clay finds himself entangled in a web of murder, smuggling, and forbidden desire. Fresh out of the Navy with an honorable discharge and a taste for adventure, George sets up shop on Miami ...
Dog Grant Me
- Jan-2025
- / Cozy Mystery
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Food Can Be Fatal!When Eastern College launches its first winter intersession program, administrator Steve Levitan is excited to host a course on Caribbean cuisine at Friar Lake Conference Center. His wife Lili is co-teaching with her friend, promine...
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Neil Plakcy has published 113 books.The next book by Neil Plakcy, Dog Grant Me, will be published in January 2025.The first book by Neil Plakcy, Mahu, was published in May 2005.Yes. Neil Plakcy has 7 series.