Books

This page contains a complete list of Scott William Carter’s books, listed by series or category. For more information about a particular book, or links to various retailers, click the title. For a text-only list that includes shorter works, in order of publication, please see the Bibliography page.

Garrison Gage Mysteries

A curmudgeon. An iconoclast. A loner. That’s how people describe Garrison Gage, and that’s when they’re being charitable. These provocative mysteries follow the adventures of  a sharp-witted private investigator who retires early to the Oregon coast to mourn the death of his wife only to find himself drawn back into his old ways. More info about the books is below.

“Irresistible.”
– Brandywine Books


The Gray and Guilty Sea

A Desperate Place for Dying

The Lovely Wicked Rain

A Shroud of Tattered Sails

A Lighthouse for the Lonely Heart

Bury the Dead in Driftwood

A Deep and Deadly Undertow

A Cold and Shallow Shore

A Kiss of Sand and Sorrow

Karen Pantelli Novels

Former FBI agent Karen Pantelli lives by a simple philosophy: never, ever care. Three years after a tragic mistake ends her once-stellar career, she drifts from one dead-end job to another, quickly moving on when she finds herself getting too attached. A new city. A new life. A new way of forgetting and being forgotten.

Until someone needs help. Then Karen finds that saying she doesn’t care is a lot easier than actually meaning it.


Throwaway Jane

Lethal Beauty

Dead-Eyed Drifter

Myron Vale Investigations

After narrowly surviving a near-fatal shooting, Portland detective Myron Vale wakes with a bullet still lodged in his brain, a headache to end all headaches, and a terrible side effect that radically transforms his world for the worse:  He sees ghosts.  Lots of them.


Ghost Detective

The Ghost Who Said Goodbye

The Ghost, the Girl, and the Gold

Other Books for Adults


The Dinosaur Diaries
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A Web of Black Widows
The Man Who Made No Mistakes
The Man Who Made No Mistakes

Ask Hagan

Looking for Little Red

The Goon and the Glass Swan

Young Adult Novels


The Last Great Getaway of the Water Balloon Boys

President Jock, VicePresisdent Geek

The Care and Feeding of Rubber Chickens: A Novel

Books for All Ages


Drawing a Dark Way

A Tale of Two Giants

Wooden Bones

The Castle on the Hill at the Edge of the World

The Dragon Lottery