Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Season’s Revenge | 2003 | Henry Kisor | Buy |
| 2 | A Venture into Murder | 2005 | Henry Kisor | Buy |
| 3 | Cache of Corpses | 2007 | Henry Kisor | Buy |
| 4 | Hang Fire | 2013 | Henry Kisor | Buy |
| 5 | Tracking the Beast | 2015 | Henry Kisor | Buy |
| 6 | The Riddle of Billy Gibbs | 2016 | Henry Kisor | Buy |
The Steve Martinez series puts a deaf sheriff’s deputy in one of America’s most remote regions. Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, with its vast forests, harsh winters, and scattered communities, provides both the setting and much of the atmosphere for six mysteries published between 2003 and 2016.
Martinez’s deafness shapes how he investigates, relying on visual observation and lipreading rather than eavesdropping or phone taps. Season’s Revenge introduces him and the landscape, and the series continues through cases that draw on the specific character of Upper Peninsula life, from A Venture into Murder through The Riddle of Billy Gibbs.