Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dark Goddess | 1975 | Marvin H. Albert | Buy |
| 2 | Stone Angel | 1986 | Marvin H. Albert | Buy |
| 3 | Back in the Real World | 1986 | Marvin H. Albert | Buy |
| 4 | Get Off at Babylon | 1987 | Marvin H. Albert | Buy |
| 5 | Long Teeth | 1987 | Marvin H. Albert | Buy |
| 6 | The Last Smile | 1988 | Marvin H. Albert | Buy |
| 7 | Midnight Sister | 1989 | Marvin H. Albert | Buy |
| 8 | Bimbo Heaven | 1990 | Marvin H. Albert | Buy |
| 9 | The Zig-Zag Man | 1991 | Marvin H. Albert | Buy |
| 10 | The Riviera Contract | 1992 | Marvin H. Albert | Buy |
The Pete Sawyer series features Pierre-Ange “Pete” Sawyer, a half-American, half-French private investigator who operates along the French Riviera. Albert drew on his own experiences living in France to bring authentic settings and atmosphere to these detective novels.
The series ran from 1975 to 1992 and is widely considered Albert’s strongest body of work. Sawyer’s cases take him through the coastal towns and cities of southern France, mixing classic private eye storytelling with a European backdrop that sets these books apart from typical American detective fiction.