Adam Kaminski Mystery Series

Blood ties have an American police detective in Poland investigating a suicide that may have been murder. "An astutely crafted, action-packed read." - Kirkus Reviews In this darkly atmospheric suspense, a Philadelphia police detective visiting Poland gets involved when murder is suspected and the local police turn away. Adam Kaminski, with a delegation to Philadelphia's sister city, is meant to be a polite observer only. But a good man doesn't walk away when he sees wrong being done, and he's not about to start now. Visiting his family's homeland, Adam's been warned by his superiors to be on his best behavior. In a country that has known centuries of wars and occupation, politics are complex and layered with old prejudices and loyalties impossible for foreigners to understand. But when Adam meets a Polish cousin in Warsaw who believes his daughter was murdered, Adam is troubled by the indifference of the police… and by the strange behavior of the delegation's Polish liaison. Adam begins uncovering clues that point to the killer, clues that lead him inexorably into an investigation of the intricate web of Polish politics and the legacy of the Secret Police. But the past isn't always black and white, as Adam is forced to accept as he learns more about the killer and about his own family legacy. Will looking into the murder only beget more murder?

A grieving mother's plea drives a Philadelphia detective to expose a murderer hiding among Washington, D.C.'s rich and powerful.  On detail to the Philadelphia Police Department's Dignitary Protection Unit, Detective Adam Kaminski's latest assignment is to babysit the senior senator from Pennsylvania as she visits Philadelphia with the French Ambassador to the United States. When the senator's aide is shot as the group prepares to leave DC, the FBI assumes the senator was the target. The aide's parents aren't so sure.   Sent to DC to find out what really happened, Adam finds himself facing down a powerful senator, a desperate architectural historian and a silver-tongued ambassador, all with an ambitious DCPD Officer who's willing to do whatever it takes to get her man. Adam has to sift through the muck that is the dark side of DC politics to find the truth before the murderer slips safely back into the protective shelter of wealth and power.

To solve the murder of a Galway professor involved in investigations into ancient Irish history, a Philadelphia police detective in Ireland must first confront his own truths. Visiting Galway in an effort to strengthen his struggling romance and explore his family legacy, Philadelphia police detective Adam Kaminski stumbles onto a murder scene. Quite literally. Now he must solve the grisly murder of a university professor before he becomes a convenient scapegoat – or convenient target. Adam and Detective Superintendent Isabel Sayers delve into local power struggles, ancient legends and archaeological discoveries in their search for a murderer. But the only way to find the truth is to face their own fears.

A murder on hallowed ground forces a Philadelphia police detective to break all the rules to prove his sister's innocence. Back on regular duty in the Philadelphia Police Department's Sixth District, Detective Adam Kaminski expects to deal with murder. But not when his sister is one of the suspects. Taken off the case, Adam must rely on his partner Pete to keep him in the loop as Pete and Park Ranger Matt Thompson investigate the murder of a federal judge whose beaten body was found in Washington Square.  Sitting the case out isn't an option Adam can live with. He's willing to risk his career to prove his sister's innocence and find the truth. But he isn't prepared for the depth of evil he uncovers beneath the web of lies that hides the murderer.

Hurt by betrayal and reeling with doubts about his own judgment, Detective Adam Kaminski seeks a safe harbor on a pleasure cruise to Bermuda. But Adam's not the only passenger using the crew to escape from his past. The calm of his vacation is shattered when crew discover the brutally murdered body of a wealthy passenger. Adam and his partner are convinced by the ship's captain to help with the investigation, leaving Adam's sister Julia to focus on further developing her skills in photography. The victim was a powerful patriarch on a family vacation, but Adam soon learns he had more enemies than friends.  While every move the detectives make unearths more motives and more suspects, Julia knows the truth is often revealed in candid shots and captured glances. Exposing the bonds that connect the victim and his family to his homeland of Russia reveals darker connections and shadier activities—activities that challenge Adam's sense of justice and place his sister squarely in the killer's frame.  Now Adam must catch the killer before the boat docks, without compromising himself or becoming a pale reflection of the man he thought he was. 

Philadelphia Detective Adam Kaminski travels to France to find the truth about his great-grandfather's life — and unearths more than he bargained for. Just as Adam arrives in the village of St. Honoré, a local lavender farmer is brutally killed. The war that Adam's great-grandfather fought may be the reason he is dead.  The legacy of Nazi-era collaboration and resistance is alive and kicking among the locals. While some villagers want to drag St. Honoré into the modern world, others want to hold on to the past, the old way of life and old memories. But old memories, like old wine, can turn bitter. When Adam's new friends, American ex-pats living in St. Honoré, get caught up in the conflict, Adam has to step in to find the real killer. As he peels back the layers of lies around the murder, he also realizes the truth about his great-grandfather might be more complicated than he ever imagined. Now Adam has to choose between letting old ghosts lie or digging into the past to uncover the bitter truth about a killer, no matter how painful for St. Honoré — and his own family pride.

Philadelphia Detective Adam Kaminski doesn't want to be a hero. He doesn't want to solve murders far from home. But a good man doesn't stand by when he sees wrong being done, and he's not going to start now. In A Blind Eye, Blood ties have an American police detective in Poland investigating a suicide that may have been murder. “An astutely crafted, action-packed read.” - Kirkus Reviews In A Thin Veil, a grieving mother’s plea drives this Philadelphia detective to expose a murderer hiding among Washington, D.C.’s rich and powerful.  Back in Philadelphia in All That Glitters, a murder on hallowed ground forces Adam to break all the rules to prove his sister’s innocence.