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  • Bibliography:
    10 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 2001
  • Latest Book:
    September 2014
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Full Series List in Order

A Max Cantu Novel

The Granny File (Apr-2008)
The Laguna File (Jan-2009)
The Back Bay File (Aug-2012)

Book List in Order: 10 titles



  • This fast-paced Naval aviation adventure with Lt. Dan Fancy and the new F/A-18E transports the reader from California to Africa with the Nimitz Battle Group. The XO continues the career of Lt. Dan Fancy as it takes a new turn when he transitions from...



  • Fancy's Way follows Lt. Dan "Gator" Fancy from the time he transfers to Miramar Naval Air Station. He is being given a second chance after too much drinking, the death of his infant daughter and subsequent divorce threatened to derail his career. Ass...



  • Charley Carr is a relatively new Air Force pilot flying the F-105 "Thud" during the Vietnam War. He has been assigned to the 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing in Lampang, Thailand. His immediate goals are not only to survive but also to earn the coveted 100 ...



  • The Navy's newest carrier, the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan along with several vessels of her battle group, has been sunk in an attack using atomic weapons.In order to find out who instigated the attack, the Office of Budget and Plans, a secret Navy Intellig...



  • Dan Fancy and Scott Bailey, former U.S. Naval aviators, find themselves and their wives working for Southern Air Transport in the Caribbean, on the island of St. Barts.

    Because of partially disabling injuries previously suffered, their boss at Sou...



  • The Granny File is a novel detailing the second case of a newly minted private investigator, Max Cantu. Max is hired by Grace Strang, the grandmother of a missing young woman, Cindy Glen, and charged with finding a resolution to her sudden and myster...



  • The Laguna File, details the third major case of the teacher turned private investigator, Max Cantu. After he is asked to investigate the home invasion of a once famous, but now reclusive movie star, living in Laguna Beach, Max finds there is very li...



  • The Last Cruise reunites Wes Hardin and Tully Cain, now members of VFA-143, the Ghostriders, as they take the Navys newest fighter, the F-35 Lightning, on its initial deployment, on board the nuclear aircraft carrier, Abraham Lincoln, CVN-72. The cru...



  • The Back Bay File, details the fourth major case of the teacher turned private investigator, Max Cantu. While looking into the murder of a woman at an upscale Newport Beach shopping mall, he and his partner, his wife Bryn, uncover a larger plot to ki...






  • Max Cantu is a teacher turned private detective in the beautiful city of Newport Beach, California. He and his wife, Bryn, just welcomed their newborn baby daughter home. Brooke is everything a daddy could hope for. Max would be content sitting aroun...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Walter A. Turner has published 10 books.

Walter A. Turner does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Kids' File, was published in September 2014.

The first book by Walter A. Turner, The Xo, was published in October 2001.

Yes. Walter A. Turner has 1 series.