Florida, 1880s
T. N. Daigle
1880s Florida Had Its Own Wild West.
A disgraced Chicago detective turned small-town sheriff faces murder, corruption, found family, and entirely too many alligators in this four-book historical mystery series.
The Series
The Cypress Run Quartet
Four books. One sheriff. A swamp full of murderous intrigue. Also alligators.
Book One
Cypress Run
Book Two
Cypress Tide
Book Three
Cypress Blood
Book Four
Cypress Crown
The Author
About T. N. Daigle
T. N. Daigle writes historical mysteries about larger-than-life heroes, complicated people, unlikely families, and places where the landscape is nearly as dangerous as the villains.
An Air Force veteran with an MFA in Creative Writing, she is the author of the Cypress Run Quartet and founder of Scribomancer Guild Press. Her stories are influenced by classic westerns, mystery novels, historical home economics books, and an apparent desire for Hurt/Comfort to be an actual bookshelf category—in spite of her fictional sheriff’s desire that she leave him alone.
Beyond the Quartet
Other Works
The stories don’t end at Cypress Run. Explore short fiction, field guides, collections, and other works from T. N. Daigle.
Listen
Hear the Frontier
Cypress Run comes to life in audio. Experience Tom Bracken’s journey through frontier Florida, performed by narrator Ryan Haugen—with more of the quartet on the way.
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The Cypress Run Gazette
Dispatches from the frontier — sent only when there’s something worth reading.
Dispatches
Latest from the Gazette
September 11, 2026
"Origins of a Journalistic Tradition" — A Cypress Run Story
A reporter looks in on a murder investigation. Mystery • Flash Fiction • 500 words
Read dispatchAugust 23, 2026
So… Want to Make Another Audiobook?
Because I have a very conveniently audiobook shaped Kickstarter going on right now.
Read dispatchAugust 16, 2026
"The Man With No Name" — A Chicago Casefiles Story
Lieutenant Bracken of the Chicago PD in 1883 receives an unusual request from the peculiar gentleman in Interview Room 2. Mystery • Experimental Fiction…
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