Rodney Riesel

Ship of Fools is the fourth book in The Tales of Dan Coast series and begins where Coasts of Christmas Past left off. Find out how Dan deals with the death of a young friend while looking into the disappearance of a new friend's sister....

A mystery taking place in the Florida Keys, Ocean Floors is the second installment of the story of lottery winner turned private detective Dan Coast....

Dan Coast is all set to spend Christmas just the same way he has every year for the past few years: alone and drunk....

Dan Coast, an unlicensed private detective of sorts, is hired to find the missing boyfriend of a woman who herself soon ends up missing....

When young Bentlee August is charged with the assault of his own girlfriend, Trinity Carson, the boy's grandmother turns to Dan and Red for help.

It's a beautiful Sunday morning in North Myrtle Beach and Emily Bowen, a wife and mother of four, lays dying on the beach....

When Dan Coast is notified by Town of Webb police investigator, Eric Stone, that the caretaker at his camp in Old Forge has been murdered, Dan and his trusty sidekick, Red Baxter, head to New York.

Skip Stoner has finally returned to Key West, and as soon as he does, he gets a call from his dad, Larry, about an old friend's missing daughter. Dan, Red, and Skip head to Siesta Key, Florida in search of the young college girl, whose friends say they haven't seen her in days....

Mystery writer Allen Crane hasn't written a single word in over three years - not since the death of his wife. His publisher suggests a two-week stay in York Beach, Maine. Maybe that's just what Allen needs to snap out of his writer's block....

Shoulda Seen it Comin' is the 14th book in the Dan Coast series and the third and final book in a three book arc. A letter from beyond the grave may not be enough to get Dan to solve a murder, but the check that came with it probably is....

Shortly after Walter and Warren Bowman arrive in Key West in search of a sister they never knew they had, Warren disappears. With nowhere else to turn, Walter enlists the help of Dan Coast....

Dan decides to give temporary sobriety a go….just to prove to himself and his friends that he can do it. When boredom overtakes him, he and Red decide to look into the disappearance and possible murder of a local woman....

When Sissy Love, the private nurse of heart transplant recipient, Lindsey Malvo, starts receiving threatening phone calls just weeks before Tying the Knot, she turns to Dan Coast and Red Baxter for help....

How does someone with no enemies end up murdered? That's for Dan Coast and his sidekick Red Baxter to find out. Join Dan and Red, along with Skip Stoner and Dan's childhood hero, former astronaut Kip Larson, as they piece together the clues that may free an innocent man....

Dan Coast has finally bought himself a new car - well, new to him. But when he returns to pick up his new ride, he gets an unwanted surprise. Join Dan, Red, Mel, and Skip as they do their best to solve the murder of an elderly couple while working as bodyguards to a young starlet....

Dan Coast and Red Baxter are back for the 15th volume of From the Tales of Dan Coast. When Lindsey Malvo, a heart transplant recipient with not long to live, finds a love note written to his long-deceased wife, he hires Dan Coast to find the man who wrote it....

North Murder Beach is the first installment of the story of North Myrtle Beach police detective, Jake Stellar. The spring bike rallies have ended....

Dan Coast and his friends have always used his home as a place to discuss and brainstorm about current cases, but Maxine, Dan's girlfriend, has had enough of their antics. After a late-night argument, Dan, in an attempt to smooth things over, decides to get himself an office....

Dan, Red, and Skip have returned home from their road trip to Bonifay. Dan is ready for some much-needed relaxation. He makes himself a drink, grabs the newspaper, and settles into one of the Adirondack chairs by the fire pit. Life is perfect. Until that one phone call ruins it all....

No Enemies Here is the ninth book in The Tales of Dan Coast series. In this latest chapter, join Dan and Red as they protect a marked man while they search for mob boss Joey Pantucco's missing nephew....