Welcome to Cypress Run
The Cypress Run Quartet takes place in a fictional 1880s Central Florida swamp town on the equally fictitious Calusa River—where the frontier is muddy, the relationships are murky, and the new sheriff is very far from Chicago.
Book One of the Quartet
Cypress Run
“Where Love and Law Run Brackish”
Thomas Bracken came to Florida expecting to disappear. Cypress Run gave him a badge instead. Driven from Chicago after a deadly scandal ends his career as a detective, Tom finds himself investigating a murdered railroad surveyor, discovering his new job comes with significantly more alligators than advertised, and becoming increasingly entangled with a local nurse who has no intention of making his new life any simpler.
Book Two of the Quartet
Cypress Tide
“If the Gators Don’t Get You, the Undertow Will”
Tom Bracken has survived his first year as a Florida sheriff and, with Ellie at his side, built the life he never expected to have. But when fever strikes downriver and a hurricane bears down on the coast, protecting that life means confronting dangers no badge can arrest—and discovering just how far he’ll go for the people who have become his family.
Book Three of the Quartet
Cypress Blood
“Blood Isn’t Thicker Than Swamp Water”
Tom Bracken has spent two years building a life in Cypress Run. Now someone intends to tear it apart. Incriminating evidence disappears from Tom’s locked office, and he finds himself accused of the crime and stripped of his badge. With the town turning against him and the people he loves caught in the crossfire, Tom must prove his innocence and uncover who’s behind the conspiracy before he loses the home and family he never expected to find.
Book Four of the Quartet
Cypress Crown
“Laurel Leaves Don’t Impress the Gators Much”
Tom Bracken came to Cypress Run thinking he was destined to be miserable for the rest of his life. Three years later, it’s the only place he wants to call home. But when an old enemy returns with a plan to strip Cypress Run of its future and destroy Tom in the process, protecting everything they’ve built will take more than solving another mystery. This time, Tom and Ellie must fight together for their family, their town, and the home neither of them is willing to surrender.
