Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Broken Hearts Club | 1999 | Bob Reiss / Ethan Black | Buy |
| 2 | Irresistible | 2000 | Bob Reiss / Ethan Black | Buy |
| 3 | All the Dead Were Strangers | 2001 | Bob Reiss / Ethan Black | Buy |
| 4 | Dead for Life | 2003 | Bob Reiss / Ethan Black | Buy |
| 5 | At Hell’s Gate | 2004 | Bob Reiss / Ethan Black | Buy |
The Conrad Voort series by Bob Reiss / Ethan Black (writing as Ethan Black) stars a New York City detective who comes from old money. Voort is part of a family that has been in New York since the Dutch colonial era, and his inherited wealth puts him in an unusual position within the NYPD. The Broken Hearts Club (1999) introduces Voort as he investigates a series of murders connected to a secret group, and Irresistible (2000) follows with a case involving a woman whose previous lovers keep dying.
The series continued with All the Dead Were Strangers (2001), Dead for Life (2003), and At Hell’s Gate (2004). Each book is a self-contained mystery, though Voort’s personal life and relationships develop across the five novels. The series benefits from Reiss’s strong sense of New York City as a setting, with the contrast between Voort’s privileged background and the gritty realities of his job providing a distinctive angle on the police procedural formula.