Dusty Fitz engaged Emerson's services following the death of his wife, Kentucky, in what he described as a terrible accident involving bees. He believed Kentucky had been planning to leave him for another man, and now harbored a suspicion o…

Georgeann Heaps commissions Emerson to locate her vanished daughter, a pursuit that unexpectedly draws them into the world of a traveling circus. Concurrently, Ned and Chuck navigate the shifting currents of their evolving connection, while…

Olive sought out the Pie Maker and Emerson, convinced that the death of a sister nun, officially ruled a suicide, concealed a darker truth. She suspected foul play. Simultaneously, Chuck wrestled with the implications of her newfound opport…

Emerson received a commission from a strikingly beautiful new client: to investigate the death of her closest friend, Joe. As Emerson and her associates delved into the case, they discovered Joe’s circle of confidantes was extensive, each h…

Following the murder of her husband, Bao Di, his widow seeks out Emerson for an investigation. Their inquiries quickly reveal Bao’s significant debts, and a desperate gamble he made: the betrothal of his daughter, Mei, to settle his obligat…

Ned consented to assist the celebrated magician whose menagerie of animal performers was facing a series of inexplicable deaths. Meanwhile, Dwight Dixon made overtures to Lily and Vivian, though Lily regarded his attentions with a wary skep…

Gustav Hoffer’s attorney believes the circumstances surrounding his client’s death, so readily dismissed as a robbery gone awry, point instead to murder. Consequently, he engages Emerson Cod and Ned to uncover the truth behind Hoffer's demi…

Ned resurrected Colonel Likken, a man whose demise had been as peculiar as it was sudden – apparently, he'd been deep-fried to death. The Colonel’s celebrated original recipe had vanished, and he implored Ned, Emerson, and Chuck to discover…

A disquieting presence from their history disrupts the lives of Chuck and Ned, while Emerson and Olive find themselves embroiled in the investigation of a lighthouse keeper's demise.

Emerson refused Vivian’s plea to investigate Dwight Dixon’s inexplicable vanishing. With no other options, she sought out a different private investigation firm, one headed by Magnus Olsdatter, Emerson’s long-standing and embittered rival.

The death of Erin Embry, renowned for her artistry as the window dresser at Dicker's department store, prompts Chuck to enlist the help of the Pie Hole gang. Erin’s admirers immediately suspect Coco Juniper, her former collaborator, of the …

Lila Robinson, a woman of striking beauty and dubious character from Emerson's past, reappears with a devastating secret he has long buried. Now a fugitive from justice, accused of murder, Lila offers Emerson a bargain: she will repay a deb…

The death of a member of the Aquadolls, the Darling Mermaid Darlings’ longtime rivals, throws the past into sharp relief, demanding a reckoning in the present. To uncover the killer, the Darling Mermaid Darlings must dust off their costumes…