The Cypress Run Quartet

When a disgraced Chicago detective gets exiled to a Florida swamp town, he expects to quietly disappear into obscurity. Instead, he finds murder, conspiracy, alligators, and the love of his life — not necessarily in that order. Too bad his past won't stay buried, and someone powerful wants him dead before he can unpack his bags.

When a Treasury inspector turns up murdered and incriminating ledgers vanish from his locked office, Sheriff Tom Bracken becomes the prime suspect in a conspiracy he was trying to expose. With Ellie’s quiet strength holding the town intact and a haunted new deputy hiding deadly secrets, Tom must outmaneuver a ruthless political machine before Cypress Run is swallowed whole.

When Sheriff Tom Bracken follows a trail of missing supplies downriver to Port Calusa, he expects a smuggling dispute and a few broken crates. Instead, he finds a city on the brink of collapse — fever spreading through the docks, bodies turning up where they shouldn’t, and a criminal network that may be using disease as cover for something far worse. With Ellie at his side and the past he fled catching up fast, Tom must uncover the truth before the tide pulls them all under.

When a federal summons pulls Sheriff Tom Bracken into Tampa, he discovers Senator Clayborne has come south to finish what Chicago started. To survive, Tom and Ellie must navigate political lies, criminal power, and a city where even the gators would think twice before biting. Everything comes to a head in the thrilling conclusion to the Cypress Quartet when Sheriff Bracken finally confronts the man who has been been pulling his strings since he left Chicago. Stay tuned!