Lynn S. Hightower

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  • Bibliography:
    18 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1992
  • Latest Book:
    June 2025
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Full Series List in Order

David Silver & String

1 - Alien Blues (1992)
2 - Alien Eyes (Feb-1993)
3 - Alien Heat (Jul-1994)
4 - Alien Rites (Jul-1995)

Lena Padget & Joel Mendez

1 - Satan's Lambs (Aug-1993)
2 - High Water (Jul-2002)
3 - Fortunes of the Dead (Sep-2003)
4 - When Secrets Die (Aug-2005)

Sonora Blair

1 - Flashpoint (Sep-1995)
2 - Eyeshot (Oct-1996)
3 - No Good Deed (Apr-1998)
4 - The Debt Collector (Oct-2000)

Book List in Order: 18 titles

  • Alien Blues

    • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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    David Silver & String - 1

    A jaded homicide detective working a serial murder case is teamed up with a new partner -- a law enforcer from an alien race Big-city life in the near future is full of violence and tension for Saigo City homicide detective David Silver. His latest a...

  • Alien Eyes

    David Silver & String - 2

    The electrifying second book in Lynn Hightower’s futuristic crime series plunges big-city cop David Silver into a nasty interstellar war Saigo City police detective David Silver and his partner Mel Burnett have been called to an unusual crime scene...

  • Satan's Lambs

    Lena Padget & Joel Mendez - 1

    A fearless female private investigator in the South takes on a satanic cult that practices human sacrifice in this gripping Shamus Awardâ€"winning mystery.   Seven years ago Lena Padget’s life exploded when Jeff Hayes, her devil-worshipping br...

  • Alien Heat

    David Silver & String - 3

    Homicide cop David Silver and his Elaki partner hunt an arsonist/killer who exterminates humans and aliens alike Saigo City is caught in the grip of a savage murder spree by a perp who kills without compunction, then eliminates the evidence by torchi...

  • Alien Rites

    David Silver & String - 4

    Homicide cop David Silver and his Elaki partner hunt an arsonist/killer who exterminates humans and aliens alike Saigo City is caught in the grip of a savage murder spree by a perp who kills without compunction, then eliminates the evidence by torchi...

  • Flashpoint

    Sonora Blair - 1

    Handcuffed to the wheel of his car, he was doused with gasoline and set on fire. Then the killer walked ... high-heeled shoe prints her calling card. Police Specialist Sonora Blair of the Cincinnati Homicide Division is awakened in the middle of t...

  • Eyeshot

    Sonora Blair - 2

    Some days, Cincinnati police detective Sonora Blair doesn't want to be a cop. Not when she has to tell the father of two young children that the body parts turning up along Interstate 75 belong to his missing wife, Julia. Julia witnessed a murder ...

  • No Good Deed

    Sonora Blair - 3

    IT HAPPENED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.. The pretty fifteen-year-old had saddled up for an afternoon ride and never came back. She was gone. So was her horse. Left behind was a splintered fence. The tracks of a pickup truck. A discarded riding boot. And...

  • The Debt Collector

    Sonora Blair - 4

    Cincinnati homicide detective and single mother Sonora Blair puts everything on the line as she battles to find justice after a multiple-murder home invasion At a house at the end of a cul-de-sac in the Cincinnati suburbs, widowed Police Specialist S...



  • High Water

    Lena Padget & Joel Mendez - 2

    A mother's death. A daughter's intuition. A father's terrifying secret. Beaufort, South Carolina: When the matriarch of the Smallwood family dies of mysterious causes, everybody in town has their eyes on the widower. An ex-marine involved in a l...

  • Fortunes of the Dead

    Lena Padget & Joel Mendez - 3

    Private investigator Lena Padget has seen far too many women and children fall through the cracks of the legal system, and she has made it her life's work to redeem as many of them as she can. She and her lover, homicide detective Joel Mendez, have j...

  • When Secrets Die

    Lena Padget & Joel Mendez - 4

    They have kept the heart of her child... They have accused her of murder... Angels of mercy...or the devil in disguise? Who owns your body, anyway? Lynn Hightower's novels have tackled such diverse subjects as female serial killers and lethal debt c...

  • The Piper

    In this bone-chilling tale of terror from Shamus Award-winning thriller writer Lynn Hightower, a devoted mother must confront the paranormal forces that have cursed her family. When Olivia James receives a phone call just after midnight, she recog...

  • Even in Darkness

    Joy Miller, once a famed TV evangelist, retired years before when two tragedies struck her family: the first leading her husband to suicide; the second leaving her son dead and his wife and daughter estranged from her. She now lives a lonely, recl...

  • The Enlightenment Project

    Cutting-edge science meets demonic possession: the long-awaited new supernatural thriller from award-winning author Lynn Hightower. "Sensitive characterizations match the imaginative plot. Readers will compulsively turn the pages to see how it a...

  • The Beautiful Risk

    Her husband died in a plane crash on Mount Blanc. It was a tragic accident. These are the simple facts. Except someone’s not telling the truth . . . After nine months of sorrow and grief, Junie Lagarde â€" a brilliant forensic accountant and passio...

  • The Hunting Dark

    The gripping sequel to The Enlightenment Project from bestselling author Lynn Hightower: a chilling modern haunted house tale that will keep you turning the pages late into the night! In the Amish countryside of Kentucky, there is a house. Everyone ...

  • Spies in Plain Sight

    Welcome to VIE. A spy organization of the people, by the people, and for the people. We are spies in plain sight. We make billionaires afraid.A gripping, tense thriller with a hearing impaired main character from bestselling author Lynn Hightower.Jun...

Award-Winning Books by Lynn S. Hightower

Satan's Lambs
1993 Shamus Award -- First P.I. Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Lynn S. Hightower has published 18 books.

The next book by Lynn S. Hightower, Spies in Plain Sight, will be published in June 2025.

The first book by Lynn S. Hightower, Alien Blues, was published in January 1992.

Yes. Lynn S. Hightower has 3 series.
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