Al Rennie

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  • Bibliography:
    56 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 2011
  • Latest Book:
    October 2020
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Full Series List in Order

Clearwater

1 - Clearwater Journals (Nov-2011)
2 - The Clearwater Diaries (Nov-2011)
3 - Clearwater Ambush (Feb-2012)
4 - Clearwater Abduction (Apr-2012)
5 - Clearwater Heat (Jul-2012)
6 - Clearwater Kiss Off (Sep-2012)
7 - Clearwater Showdown (Oct-2012)
8 - Clearwater Magic (Dec-2012)
9 - Clearwater Intrigue (Jan-2013)
10 - Clearwater Danger (Feb-2013)
11 - Clearwater Predator (Apr-2013)
12 - Clearwater Extortion (May-2013)
13 - Clearwater Killer (Jul-2013)
14 - Clearwater Oops! (Sep-2013)
15 - Clearwater Crazy (Nov-2013)
16 - Clearwater Undercover (Jan-2014)
17 - Clearwater Hunter (Apr-2014)
18 - Clearwater Justice (May-2014)
19 - Clearwater Skip Trace (Jul-2014)
20 - Clearwater Assault (Aug-2014)
21 - Clearwater Folly (Oct-2014)
22 - Clearwater Homesick (Dec-2014)
23 - Clearwater Hustle (Feb-2015)
24 - Clearwater Stake Out (Apr-2015)
25 - Clearwater Fit (May-2015)
26 - Clearwater Double Cross (Aug-2015)
27 - Clearwater Vice (Sep-2015)
28 - Clearwater Escape (Nov-2015)
29 - Clearwater Bubba (Feb-2016)
30 - Clearwater Betrayal (Mar-2016)
31 - Clearwater Penalty (May-2016)
32 - Clearwater Deception (Jul-2016)
33 - Clearwater Confession (Sep-2016)
34 - Clearwater Promises (Dec-2016)
35 - Clearwater Nemesis (Feb-2017)
36 - Clearwater Glitz (May-2017)
37 - Clearwater Mirage (Jul-2017)
38 - Clearwater Witness (Sep-2017)
39 - Clearwater Cowboy (Dec-2017)
40 - Clearwater Retirement (Feb-2018)
41 - Clearwater Spring Break (Jun-2018)
42 - Clearwater Gun Thug (Sep-2018)
43 - Clearwater Flip Flop (Nov-2018)
44 - Clearwater Kidnap (Feb-2019)
45 - Clearwater Seduction (Apr-2019)
46 - Clearwater Rescue (Jul-2019)
47 - Clearwater Blackmail (Sep-2019)
48 - Clearwater Princess (Dec-2019)
49 - Clearwater Hope (May-2020)
50 - Clearwater Birthday (Jul-2020)
51 - Clearwater Mona Lisa (Oct-2020)

Riverview

1 - L.A. Escape (Nov-2011)
2 - Vengeance (Nov-2011)
3 - Blessed are the Children (Nov-2011)
4 - Retribution (Dec-2011)

Book List in Order: 56 titles

  • Blessed are the Children

    Riverview - 3

    Two high school girls set out to establish reputations that will clearly carry them through to their senior year. In that process, they trip into the clutches of big city predators and simply disappear. The local police investigation has hit a wall. ...

  • Clearwater Journals

    Clearwater - 1

    Joe Holiday, an ex Metro cop, finds himself dragged into an investigation by Mia, an IHOP waitress. The probing they do into the murder of Mia's sister years earlier turns into a deadly manhunt with Joe and Mia suddenly becoming targets of a vicious ...

  • The Clearwater Diaries

    Clearwater - 2

    The Clearwater Diaries is the continuing story of Joe "Doc" Holiday and Mia and the life they enjoy in Clearwater Beach, Florida. Many of the characters found in Clearwater Journals carry over into this story. Joe owes Fred Cooper - the retired cop w...

  • L.A. Escape

    Riverview - 1

    A wealthy Canadian tourist has fatally shot someone. He needs a lawyer. The story he tells his lawyer is L.A. Escape. He is in California because by chance he has seen a film with an actress who is the exact image of his dead wife when he first met h...

  • Vengeance

    Riverview - 2

    Just after he returns from his "holiday" in L.A., Al gets a late night phone call. His youngest daughter has been arrested for the murder of her supervisor at the Child Support Agency. Al hires a rapidly rising criminal lawyer from Toronto on the con...

  • Retribution

    Riverview - 4

    When Al's daughter is beaten and her children are taken, he realizes how out of touch he has been. He is snapped into a new reality when his son-in-law demands payment for the safe return of his grandchildren. He can't believe what has happened and h...

  • Clearwater Ambush

    Clearwater - 3

    Joe and Coop are in the private detective business. Their first case is to find a young boy who vanished five years earlier and has recently been spotted by his step-sisters. At the same time, Joe is trying to prove that his brother, Frank, is not re...

  • Clearwater Abduction

    Clearwater - 4

    When Frankie`s grand-daughter blows her curfew, Joe is asked to find her. The girl has been abducted and the window for recovering her alive is rapidly closing. Meanwhile, Coop has lined up another job trying to locate a missing witness with big buck...

  • Clearwater Heat

    Clearwater - 5

    Coop and Joe are the new 'go to' guys for lawyer Bob Morse. They are asked to find any mitigating circumstances or witnesses in an arson-manslaughter charge against Morse's client. The wierd part is that the accused continues to claim his innocence r...



  • Clearwater Kiss Off

    Clearwater - 6

    Their injuries have taken a toll but life goes on for Joe and Mia. Lola, the child Samantha was trying to adopt has been kidnapped and Joe turns to brother, Frank for help. His scheme to recover Lola puts Frank into a jam with the dark side. Joe and ...

  • Clearwater Showdown

    Clearwater - 7

    Joe is about to be deported. Mia doesn't want to leave her home and friends. An unlikely compromise with Homeland Security is brokered by Bob Morse. CHIPS continues to thrive as Doug attracts wealthy clients looking for protection. Another child has ...

  • Clearwater Magic

    Clearwater - 8

    Morse's law firm is targeted in a wierd scheme. Joe and Coop find that wierd doesn't get it done. CHIPS is hired to produce a death certificate for a missing girl who may not be dead. Rosalie is being stalked. Ida May makes a huge decision. Doug Will...

  • Clearwater Intrigue

    Clearwater - 9

    Carol Bailey is back and needs Joe to help her get her brother back from a ruthless gang of kidnappers. Max has disappeared. Janille needs help robbing a bank. Mia is making plans that require more space and a better education. Frank has suffered a l...

  • Clearwater Danger

    Clearwater - 10

    Joe has to deal with a personal request and handles it in a most peculiar way. Bob Morse needs Fred and Joe to investigate a client charged with manslaughter. CHIPs hires a new and colourful character who has a few personal problems of his own. An in...

  • Clearwater Predator

    Clearwater - 11

    Spring Break in Clearwater Beach - college kids are everywhere and so is a predator - Joe gets an offer he can't refuse - Mia is up for a career change - Billy goes to the race track - Jeremy and Ida May get a new mega computer and access to a data c...

  • Clearwater Extortion

    Clearwater - 12

    Joe tries to prove to Mia that he has a 'romantic bone' in his body and ends up in a national conspiracy. Jeremy 'hacks' into the wrong company and gets hauled in by Homeland Security. Mia and Janille work a protection gig for Doug and almost drive h...

  • Clearwater Killer

    Clearwater - 13

    Joe is back in Toronto to attend a funeral when a friend is found murdered in Clearwater; Fred has a serious medical problem; Mia is caught up in her career change; Bob Morse has a poker conundrum; Billy Ray is looking for a missing husband; Mrs. Fin...

  • Clearwater Oops!

    Clearwater - 14

    Joe has a new car; Mia finds a body in one of her condos; Sean’s mom is still crazy but wants him back; a social worker asks Joe to help find some missing kids; Eliza is about to lose it all; Flash gets a new friend; Bob Morse believes that his wif...

  • Clearwater Crazy

    Clearwater - 15

    Fred has taken on an insurance scam investigation that turns into a murder case when the one witness who can prove the scam is murdered. Jeremy goes AWOL from his job with Homeland. Mia is quickly becoming the Donald Trump of the Clearwater real esta...



  • Clearwater Undercover

    Clearwater - 16

    Joe is in deep trouble. He has had to make a pact with the mafia to help a friend and now he has to pay back in a manner that spells danger for all the Clearwater crew. A British tourist has gone astray but the story Joe hears is not entirely accurat...

  • Clearwater Hunter

    Clearwater - 17

    A young woman finds her prince that never was. She needs to disengage, but the prince threatens pay back if she tries. Joe to the rescue! Susan Whipple walks away from her smothering family. The family comes to CHIPs to find her if only to know that ...

  • Clearwater Justice

    Clearwater - 18

    Lawyer, Bob Morse is in a jam and Joe is looking for his missing witness; Sean and Jimmy bump into some trouble at school; Jeremy and Mitch may have solved a cold case but only a field trip to Georgia will prove it; Luke gets married; Jimmy and Max p...

  • Clearwater Skip Trace

    Clearwater - 19

    Bob Morse has made a bad mistake; he asks Joe to sort it out - a woman has gone missing - CHIPs is hired to find her - Billy wants to become a bounty hunter - two fathers want to send Joe on a free trip to Dominica - Valerie gets a job - Mia issues J...

  • Clearwater Assault

    Clearwater - 20

    Luke has been assaulted; Joe wants a piece of the guys who did it; Mia borrows big from Frank; CHIPs is looking for a guy who stepped off the grid five years earlier; Jimmy arrives; Sam gets assertive; Billy thinks about going back to school; Fred co...

  • Clearwater Folly

    Clearwater - 21

    Joe has a big date that goes sideways; Sam and Joe expose a crooked judge; Mia tricks Joe financially; little Billy needs a birthday; Billy Ray wants to kill a dead guy; Luke thinks outside the box, again; an illegal alien goes missing; CHIPs get a n...

  • Clearwater Homesick

    Clearwater - 22

    Linc wants to quit school; Joe investigates Judge Parcells 'deal with the devil'; Jeremy tracks down an old guy who is trying to find his high school sweetheart; CHIPs looks for a Saudi kid who may have taken off for Syria; Mia has a confession to ma...

  • Clearwater Hustle

    Clearwater - 23

    It's Christmas in Clearwater; Brother Frank needs a favour ... someone is missing; June at Children Services needs a favour and a home; Jeremy needs marriage advice; Johnny needs help; Mia needs patience; Mrs. F needs new in-laws; Bob Morse needs hel...

  • Clearwater Stake Out

    Clearwater - 24

    Joe and Billy Ray are kicking back at the track when Joe gets an offer he can’t refuse from a major league, U.S. crime boss; Mia is a little disappointed in Valentine’s Day and samples way too much wine; Amber is being stalked by a man she once k...

  • Clearwater Fit

    Clearwater - 25

    The CHIPs guys are getting back in shape; Natalie gets to do her first investigation; Jimmy is back from sorting out ISIS; a widow from Ohio has gone missing; Joe has to fill in for Frank and gets a new job in the process; Luke sorts out a problem fo...



  • Clearwater Double Cross

    Clearwater - 26

    Business is booming; Joe is asked to back channel to the dark side, to help the CP find a drug dealer selling lethal Ecstasy and to assist Bob Morse in defense of a trial judge accused of killing his wife. Mia is having another change of heart; Frank...

  • Clearwater Vice

    Clearwater - 27

    Joe gets to be a quarterback again; A young woman needs to get away from a life that is killing her; she asks Joe for help; Billy and Luke become bounty hunters; Mia becomes a cheerleader; a desperate man asks Joe to find his daughter; Natalie shows ...

  • Clearwater Escape

    Clearwater - 28

    Joe, Mia and their kids have gone north to visit Frank and to see where Joe spent his summer holidays at his grandparents cottage. Trouble is waiting for him in the person of Deputy Chief of Police, Ken Jackson who takes his run at Joe right after a ...

  • Clearwater Bubba

    Clearwater - 29

    A serial killer scheduled to be executed proposes a negotiation to permit a visit with Joe; a mom and dad team want justice for their daughter who was sexually assaulted in her first days at university; A visitor from Canada arrives; McAdoo wants his...

  • Clearwater Betrayal

    Clearwater - 30

    Joe is asked to sort out a problem with the condo board governing the units owned by Max, Frank and Mia; an adult daughter is concerned about the quality of care her father is getting in a nursing home and asks for Doc's help; June franklin at Childr...

  • Clearwater Penalty

    Clearwater - 31

    Doc is hired by a crime boss to find his nephew; in the hunt for the kid, it seems he may have jihad on his mind; Bob Morse has a problem only Joe can resolve; a friend dies and a wake and funeral ensue; Doc does a boy's day out with the little guys;...

  • Clearwater Deception

    Clearwater - 32

    CHIPs is hired to investigate the deaths of members of a Tontine; Mia is excited about a Joe idea; The FBI approach Doc with a scheme he wants to ignore; Ken Jackson arrives from Canada with a confession; Bob Morse has a problem; Billy Ray asks to be...

  • Clearwater Confession

    Clearwater - 33

    An older man has lost his trophy wife and he wants her back. Doc and the crew are hired to find her even though the Russian mob might be involved. A teenage boy is arrested for the murder of his mother. Instead of calling a lawyer; he calls Joe. A ra...

  • Clearwater Promises

    Clearwater - 34

    A frequent flyer has taken another hike and her step-dad wants Joe to bring her back. June has a task that only Joe can do and then another one. Frank has a new problem. Morse needs Joe to investigate a situation where due diligence was not done. A B...

  • Clearwater Nemesis

    Clearwater - 35

    The DEA has a proposal for Joe; Bob Morse needs help with a client charged with murder; Thandy calls with a request; a young woman sees an old tormentor and asks Joe for help; Max has to rush Frank to the hospital; Amber had hit a road bump at high s...



  • Clearwater Glitz

    Clearwater - 36

    It's a New Year - a movie company filming at the Beach has lost its female lead and asks Joe to find her; Skip has skipped and June is upset; hard times romantically for the Billy Ray and Natalie team; the two Bobs ask Joe for a favor; Dingleman asks...

  • Clearwater Mirage

    Clearwater - 37

    Joe is hired to find a missing journalist; Natalie's dad has lost his marbles; an older woman believes her husband has been killed and believes she might be next; Amber tries her driving test; Dingleman asks Joe to help in a 'life or death' situatio...

  • Clearwater Witness

    Clearwater - 38

    Bob Morse is hired to defend a sniper who has shot an Imam. Joe is asked to investigate. Ida May drops by for a visit; Amber and Lincoln make a decision; a hostage taker asks Doc to negotiate for him; Jimmy gets Joe involved in an investment; Frank d...

  • Clearwater Cowboy

    Clearwater - 39

    It's the end of hurricane season and a woman asks Joe to find her son; Natalie has her baby; June is concerned about two placements in a foster home; Frank is getting ready to move to Florida; Luke and Doc present a AAA restraining order; Lincoln thr...

  • Clearwater Retirement

    Clearwater - 40

    Joe has retired until Big Mac has a job for him that he can't refuse. Jeremy suspects that Lisa is cheating on him and asks Joe to find out for sure. A client fears that her son is being scammed by a 'gold digger' and wants Joe to wreck the relati...

  • Clearwater Spring Break

    Clearwater - 41

    It's Spring Break; the beaches are packed with college kids; Mrs. F has been called away; CHIPs is in trouble but still trusted to help the local cops; June Franklin 'hires' Joe to check out a 'strange development' at Children Services; Mia has to ge...

  • Clearwater Gun Thug

    Clearwater - 42

    Mia is away at a conference; the kids are at camp; Joe is 'batching' it; his free time is interrupted when a woman asks Joe to find her sister's killer just released on probation; but is this a trap set up to take Joe down? McAdoo complicates JoeR...

  • Clearwater Flip Flop

    Clearwater - 43

    June Franklin asks Joe to find a runaway girl; Billy Ray is looking for a missing witness; Robb Pogue wants CHIPs to undertake a case review of a past kidnapping; the McIntyre twins visit Frank; Big Mac has a gift for Doc; a ripped off arts student a...

  • Clearwater Kidnap

    Clearwater - 44

    A young woman has been kidnapped while driving to work; Joe is identified by the kidnappers as the bag man for the exchange of 2.5 M ransom demand; Is he being set up? Billy Ray is in trouble with the court; Joe is asked to sort out a jilted suitor w...

  • Clearwater Seduction

    Clearwater - 45

    A person from Doc's past needs help; Mrs. F gets some good news; Bob Morse might be looking at a divorce; June Franklin needs Joe's help with stopping a foster son from stalking his former foster mom: Robb Pogue asks Joe to review a file to determine...



  • Clearwater Rescue

    Clearwater - 46

    A girl has been assaulted; she asks Joe for help finding her attacker; Frank and Donna are separating; Doc gets to negotiate a deal; Billy Ray is off delivering gold to Mexico; A single mom and her kids are about to be evicted; they ask Joe for help:...

  • Clearwater Blackmail

    Clearwater - 47

    A televangelist is being blackmailed and Joe is hired to find the blackmailer; Luke learns that he has an ISIS price on his head; a local minister has scooped his church's building fund and CHIPs is hired to catch him; an old couple are the victim of...

  • Clearwater Princess

    Clearwater - 48

    Chips has been hired to protect a NYC billionaire's 'Princess' while she attends the U; A wealthy couple want Joe to find their son who might just be on the verge of becoming a 'psycho'; Jimmy needs money again; Jeremy suspects that Lisa is cheating ...

  • Clearwater Hope

    Clearwater - 49

    Three vets come to Joe with a proposal; a bereft mother asks Joe to find her daughter; the executors of the estate of a wealthy man are looking for a missing heir; a Bubba who has been scammed wants his money back and asks Joe to find the scammer; Bo...

  • Clearwater Birthday

    Clearwater - 50

    The mother of a veteran who committed suicide asks Joe to investigate her son's death; CHIPs is recruited by the CPD to help find a small terrorist cell; June Franklin has a missing foster father and his 17 year old foster daughter ... heads are goin...

  • Clearwater Mona Lisa

    Clearwater - 51

    Robb suspects a serial killer might be at work; he asks Joe to help; Vicky Bleak can't find her dependent sister; CHIPs is asked to remedy a possible art scam; Joe asks Samantha to be his wife for a day; Simon and Linda are still kicking around; Penn...

  • Clearwater Trickery

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    Joe has been hired to foil a scam directed at the man who might be next governor of Florida: Billy Ray wants to set up his own business: Robb Pogue passes along a request from the Chief of Police: Harley asks for his old job back: Joe is asked to neg...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Al Rennie has published 56 books.

Al Rennie does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Clearwater Mona Lisa, was published in October 2020.

The first book by Al Rennie, Blessed are the Children, was published in November 2011.

Yes. Al Rennie has 2 series.
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