An investigation into a missing collection of valuable comic books leads Hobart Lindsey into a confrontation with a ruthless killer

Determined to locate the 1928 SJ Duesenberg Convertible Phaeton that has been stolen from the California/Pacific Art Deco Society, Hobart Lindsey finds his investigation involves more than grand theft auto. Original.

Claims adjustor Hobart Lindsay is just a nice guy trying to do his job, but always finds himself becoming embroiled in murder cases. He is sent to oversee the filming of a movie about black World War II pilots but before shooting begins, a corpse is found amid the vintage aircraft.

When MacReedy cashes an ancient insurance policy, nobody remembers that he was a pioneer black filmmaker—at least, not until the fire at Berkeley's Pacific Film Archive proves to be arson

It's like Bogie When a man's partner is killed, he's supposed to do something about it. Actually, Cletus Berry was just Lindsey's roommate for a couple of training seminars, but all the same, they were good friends, and when Cletus is found shot in a Manhattan alley, Lindsey's going to do something. There aren't many clues in the ice and grime of Hell's Kitchen, but Lindsey doesn't give up easily. He follows a lead to an antique toy chariot that once was Julius Caesar's plaything, and now that toy is taking him for a marvelously readable ride through New York's dirty streets and Rome's underground, into the worlds of high art and politics.

Hobart Lindsey and Marva Plum return in their final case! Hobart Lindsey is called back to the San Francisco Bay Area for one last case. A local book publisher is being sued over a novel that might actually be the last, lost work of a novelist killed over a year ago.

Insurance investigator Hobart Lindsey and Homicide Detective Marvia Plum have been winning applause and building a loyal readership since their debut in The Comic-Book Killer (1988). Sometimes rivals, sometimes partners, sometimes lovers, Lindsey and Plum are a study in contrasts. He's white, gentle, and unassuming. She's black, tough, and street-smart. Their adventures have filled seven novels with an eighth on its way. Now they return in One Murder at a Time: the Casebook of Lindsey