EJ Copperman Books in Order

Sandy is settling into Los Angeles when an abrasive movie director is accused of murdering a stunt man on his own set. The case is messy, public, and a little too close to Patrick McNabb for comfort.

Eleven-year-old Riley Schoenberg storms into Sandy's office demanding help for her father, who confessed to killing Riley's mother. Sandy takes the appeal and finds a case that is sadder, trickier, and less settled than it looks.

Sandy agrees to help movie star Patrick McNabb's friend Cynthia Sutton with a divorce and instantly regrets it. When Cynthia's mother-in-law is killed with a TV acting trophy, Sandy is back in court on a murder case.

New Jersey prosecutor Sandy Moss moves to Los Angeles hoping for a cleaner, calmer legal life. Instead, her first big case puts her beside a television star accused of killing his estranged wife with a bow and arrow.

A beach excavation behind Alison's house uncovers a vintage Lincoln Continental with a skeleton at the wheel. Alison wants no part of the cold case, but family, ghosts, and danger have other ideas.

Samuel dismisses a client's fear that her husband is cheating with a dead woman, because ghosts are impossible. Then the husband is murdered, Janet gets involved, and the case turns into one of the pair's strangest puzzles.

A new ghost arrives at Alison's guesthouse with bad news: he was murdered while trying to prove a defendant was innocent. To solve the case, Alison first has to find the missing Paul Harrison.

Kay's latest client is Barney, a parrot with a job on a television series. When the show's star is shot and police suspect the bird has seen more than anyone realizes, Kay is pulled into another oddball murder.

Samuel's mother wants an answer he has avoided for years: where is his father now? A trip to Los Angeles with Janet turns personal fast, then dangerous, as family history opens into a much bigger mystery.

Rachel is still trying to accept that her fictional detective seems to exist in real life when Duffy asks for help on another case. This time the search may reveal who he was before he became Duffy Madison.

Kay Powell is a theatrical agent whose clients are animals, and she thinks shaggy Bruno is headed for Broadway. Then Bruno's owner is murdered face-first in the dog's water dish, and Kay is pulled into a showbiz killing.

Mystery writer Rachel Goldman gets a call from a man claiming to be Duffy Madison, the detective she invented in her novels. Before she can decide whether he is crazy or impossible, authors start disappearing and Rachel may be next.

Samuel tries to stay objective when a young man asks whether a store clerk is really his friend. Once somebody ends up dead, Samuel and Janet have to untangle loyalty, misunderstanding, and murder.

Alison's ex-husband blows back into town owing dangerous people a lot of money and scheming to sell her guesthouse. When a murder follows and Steven disappears, Alison reluctantly sets out to find him before the bad guys do.

A client wants Samuel Hoenig to identify her mysterious husband, a problem that forces him to work closely with Janet Washburn. Then the husband winds up dead in Samuel's office, and the question changes fast.

Alison's quiet evening vanishes when the ghost of British rock star Vance McTiernan appears at her guesthouse. He believes his daughter's overdose was murder, and Alison soon finds herself chasing a killer with a taste for secrets.

Samuel Hoenig makes a living answering questions, and his latest is a weird one: who stole a preserved head from a New Jersey cryonics institute? With new associate Janet Washburn beside him, the theft quickly turns into murder.

Ghost skeptic Lieutenant Anita McElone shocks Alison by asking for supernatural help on a murder case. With Paul and Maxie digging from the other side, Alison must find the truth before Anita disappears for good.

Alison's reputation as the local ghost lady brings business she never asked for, including a dead man seeking an exorcism. When two seemingly separate investigations turn lethal, she has to sort out the link before someone else dies.

A blizzard traps Alison close to home just as her mother worries that Alison's late father has gone missing in the afterlife. To find him, Alison must work with a melodramatic ghost who refuses to help until his own killer is found.

As a huge storm bears down on the Jersey Shore, Alison's mother Loretta takes center stage. A Vietnam-era ghost wants help finding a missing POW bracelet, and the answer lies in a secret that has been buried for decades.

Maxie wants answers about her murdered ex-husband, Paul cannot stop thinking about the fiancée he left behind, and Alison's own awful ex comes calling. Old baggage, living and dead, turns into a fresh mystery at the guesthouse.

Ghost detective Paul Harrison takes the lead when a young spirit appears in the guesthouse searching for his missing mother. What starts as a small, sad case grows stranger as Paul realizes the boy is not telling the whole truth.

While juggling guests and a reality TV crew, Alison is asked to help a troubled ghost who thinks he caused a death. Then the woman turns up murdered inside Alison's house, making the case dangerously real.

Newly divorced Alison Kerby returns to her Jersey Shore hometown to open a guesthouse, only to find it occupied by two ghosts. They want their murders solved, and Alison soon realizes starting over may be the least of her problems.