Murder in Mexico Series in Order: 19 books


  • Book - 1

    Twenty Centavos, A Mystery Set in San Miguel de Allende.

    TWENTY CENTAVOS

    A new book by John Scherber

    Does an artist really see things differently?

    Painter Paul Zacher, preparing for a gallery show in the Yucatan, is unwil...



  • Book - 2

    About John Scherber

    John Scherber, a Minnesota native, has been a theater critic, film critic, cabinet maker, portrait painter, landscape painter, stock broker, editor, stock market trader and house restorer. He is, by some accounts, a renaiss...



  • Book - 3

    BRUSHWORK What looks like a routine portrait commission for a flamboyant former vice president of the United States quickly turns to disaster when he is murdered after only one session. The artist turned detective, Paul Zacher, becomes intrigued by t...



  • Book - 4

    A woman from Paul Zacher's past is found murdered

    When a young former madame is murdered and her body left in a sexually posed position, the San Miguel police quickly discover a connection to Paul Zacher. While he’s not eager to talk abo...



  • Book - 5

    STRIKE ZONEWhen the Federales discover that wealthy San Miguel resident Barbara Watt has the legendary fifth Mayan codex, they offer her a deal. Give it up, or we’ll hound you through the courts for the rest of your life. When she comes up with an ...



  • Book - 6

    In VANISHING ACT the Zacher Agency is pulled out of Mexico to investigate the disappearance of Cody’s nephew, Peter Welsh, a year after the mysterious death of his wife. When they arrive, they find his house burned to the ground. They follow his tr...



  • Book - 7

    JACK AND JILLIt’s all uphill and getting steeper in Jack and Jill’s marriage, until Jack discovers an easy way out. He’ll simply have her eliminated while he’s gone on a business trip. It’s not that he’s a bad guy; anyone can have a singl...



  • Book - 8

    IDENTITY CRISISIt’s a backwards kind of case for the Paul Zacher Agency. Naming the culprit is easy, but what is the crime? And why is Paul’s old nemesis, Antonio Trujillo (Brushwork) on the streets again? Life was so much simpler without him.Whe...



  • Book - 9

    THE THEFT OF THE VIRGIN When Paul Zacher finds a genuine old master's painting hanging in an exhibit of great fakes, it can only mean one thing: the fake must be hanging in place of the real one he's seeing. Is this a new way of transporting stolen m...






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  • Book - 11

    THE PREDATORThe Zacher Agency is summoned to the Yucatán to find and explore the mysterious Mound 31. Is it really a Mayan pyramid? What they find was not only a burial deep in the jungle, but the tomb itself held an object that could throw the hist...



  • Book - 12

    THE GIRL FROM VERACRUZWhen the San Miguel Police are paralyzed by the grip of powerful pressure from behind the scenes, the Paul Zacher Agency is launched on a trail of human trafficking that reaches into one of the city’s most posh neighborhoods. ...



  • Book - 13

    Caught between the Vatican and Big Money

    Religion comes calling at the Paul Zacher Agency when long-dead teen movie star Claudia Arango makes an unexpected comeback as México’s newest saint. To avoid becoming a laughingstock, the City o...



  • Book - 14

    UNEASY RIDERRunning neck and neck with spirited horses, passionate women, grandiose ranches and outsize egos, the Paul Zacher Agency takes on a killer in the San Miguel equestrian community. Nothing is quite the way it seems as they race for a soluti...



  • Book - 15

    LOST IN CHIAPAS A young Minnesota woman travels to the extremes of southern México in search of a cult to join. High in the cloud forest of the rebellious state of Chiapas, she is surrounded by the Zapatistas in their autonomous zones, an area aband...



  • Book - 16

    THE JERICHO JOURNALS The eccentric San Miguel painter, Edward Jericho, is known for his unannounced absences, but usually he cleans his brushes before he leaves. It would be so like him to be off in search of one of the great lost artifacts of wester...



  • Book - 17

    When a prominent Northern California winery family comes to San Miguel to check out additional properties, a disturbing conflict is already running deep beneath the surface.  As they rent an upscale mansion for a month’s stay, the head of the f...



  • Book - 18

    A call for help on a missing person case brings the Paul Zacher Agency down to the untamed jungles of Guatemala. Is it a kidnapping? And what is the true story behind a missing jade burial mask? Because even among the pyramids of the ancient tropi...



  • Book - 19

    DEATH IN THE THIRD ACT

    A young actress is murdered onstage on opening night of a new play. There’s no need to call the Paul Zacher Agency�"�"they’re all sitting in the front row. But is witnessing the shooting going to be any help in s...





Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

There are 19 books in the Murder in Mexico series.

The Murder in Mexico series does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Death in the Third Act (Book 19), was published in October 2017.

The first book in the Murder in Mexico series, Twenty Centavos, was published in July 2010.

The Murder in Mexico series primarily falls into the General Fiction genre.