The Zachary Goldman Mysteries are trauma-informed psychological mysteries featuring a private investigator whose own life is rarely under control. Zachary may be flawed—with a capital F—but survivors, families, and people who have been dismissed often trust him with truths they cannot tell anyone else.
His cases begin with missing people, suspicious deaths, family secrets, exploitation, and crimes that look impossible. Zachary notices contradictions, follows physical and digital evidence, and keeps digging long after everyone else has given up.
These character-driven private investigator mysteries balance suspense and detection with grief, vulnerability, resilience, and the human consequences of crime. Even when Zachary’s own life is in shambles, he is the investigator you want when the easy answer does not add up.
Start with She Wore Mourning and follow Zachary through the complete series. The Kenzie Kirsch Medical Thrillers form a companion series whose cases sometimes intersect with his.
(Book #8) A missing girl.
Her confused family and friends don’t know what to think about her disappearance.
The police will only put so many resources into the search for a missing teen. They don’t have time and money to spend on runaways and voluntaries. But that doesn’t mean no one cares ...
(Book #9) When Ben Burton hired Zachary Goldman to help him to find the house he lived in before he was adopted, Zachary had no idea it would turn into a murder case.
But as Ben’s fragmented memories start to fall into place, Zachary is driven to right past wrongs and bring the perpetrator to justice.
But Ben is not the only one who remembers what happened ...
(Book #10) Zachary has done his very best to let go of ex-wife Bridget and relegate their relationship to the past. So when her current partner comes to him for help, he is understandably hesitant to help.
But Gordon has always been a stand-up guy and done right by Zachary, so he reluctantly lets himself be talked once more into helping Bridget and Gordon. Zachary struggles with obsessions and self-doubt at the best of times, and this is a case that could break him ...
Zachary Goldman, Private Investigator, is flawed with a capital F.
Shattered by the tragedies of his own life, he will somehow still manage to pick himself up and dig just a little bit deeper than anyone else to find the vital clues ...
Zachary Goldman, Private Investigator, is flawed with a capital F.
Shattered by the tragedies of his own life, he will somehow still manage to pick himself up and dig just a little bit deeper than anyone else to find the vital clues ...
Zachary Goldman, Private Investigator, is flawed with a capital F.
Shattered by the tragedies of his own life, he will somehow still manage to pick himself up and dig just a little bit deeper than anyone else to find the vital clues.
(Book #11) When his younger brother Tyrrell goes missing, PI Zachary Goldman is anxious to find him before something bad happens to him. Or is it already too late? ...
Back in the saddle, Private Investigator Zachary Goldman is hired by Kenzie's father to investigate the heist of valuable memorabilia from his favorite sports bar. Kenzie did say that it was a bad idea. Maybe Zachary should have listened ...
