Chris Culver: 13 books

Nine years ago, Steve Hale saved the love of his life from her abusive and very powerful stepfather by helping her disappear and framing him for her murder. Today, that stepfather is dead, executed by the state of Missouri for a crime he didn’t commit, and Steve has a loving wife, a little girl...

Detective Mary Joe Court returns in the fourth novel in New York Times' bestselling author Chris Culver’s gripping Joe Court series. The victim was shot multiple times by a .45-caliber pistol in the living room of a derelict home on the outskirts of St. Augustine county. The home has a meth...

Detective Mary Joe Court returns in the second novel in New York Times bestselling author Chris Culver’s gripping Joe Court series. A volunteer found the body while searching the Missouri backwoods for a pair of missing teenagers. The victim was murdered and dumped at a camp site deep in...

Detective Mary Joe Court returns in the fifth thrilling mystery in New York Times’ bestselling author Chris Culver’s Joe Court series. Someone shot the victim in her chest five times at point-blank range and left her to die in a cheap motel. Her purse has no ID, cell phone, or car keys,...

Detective Sergeant Ash Rashid wants little out of life: a steady job, a quiet place to call home, and a healthy family. Now three hundred days sober, for the first time he can see his happy ending forming on the horizon.   Then patrol officers find the body.  ...

They made their choice years ago. They buried the truth… amongst other things. But evil only begets evil. The monster they created is here, and he’s on the hunt… Detective Mary Joe Court’s home is her sanctuary. It’s the one place she can let her guard down and be herself. And her...

The victim was an investigative journalist working the biggest story of his career. He found something that shook him to his core. What secret did he take to his grave? Detective Gabriel Ward is a former Army intelligence officer with degrees in computer science and physics. As his department’s...

In this New York Times' bestselling novel, former homicide detective Ash Rashid faces the most personal--and deadly--case of his career. After a tragic decision that resulted in a young boy's death, Detective Ash Rashid wants out. He loves being a cop, but he's seen enough death for ten lifetimes....

Mathematician Renee Carter jokes that she was raised by a hotel maid and a television. It's not far from the truth. She spent most of her childhood following her father from city to city as he played poker in back-alley bars, illegal card rooms and casinos. Those years around poker tables drilled...

Lieutenant Ash Rashid has spent his entire life fighting to make the world a better place. In that time, he’s missed so many of his children’s birthday parties, parent-teacher conferences, and T-ball games that other parents don’t even know he exists. With a new promotion, though, Ash finally...

Nothing is more dangerous than family Police find the body find in the Ohio River. The victim’s wrists and feet are bound, and he has a single gunshot wound to the forehead. The locals are baffled until they get an ID. Lieutenant Ash Rashid doesn’t want the assignment, but he knows...

As the commanding officer for Indianapolis’s Major Case Squad, Lieutenant Ash Rashid investigates the highest profile cases in the city. Though he’s not given the credit as often as he deserves, he’s good at what he does. It’s no surprise, then, when he receives a phone call on a Friday...

The past is never gone. It’s merely forgotten. Detective Mary Joe Court sleeps with a shotgun beside her bed and a loveable bullmastiff at her feet. For the past twelve years, she’s hidden from a nightmarish past, but with every passing day, her scars fade, and her heart grows lighter....