The Lighthorse Mysteries

The Lighthorse Mysteries: 2026 Collection brings together the complete arc of investigations spanning the 2025 series along with the newest cases that follow—forming a single, continuous body of work grounded in tribal law, land, and consequence. At the center is Captain Jack “Hawk” Hawkins, a former Lighthorse officer who understands that the most important truths are rarely found in official reports. They emerge slowly—through land records, quiet conversations, and the decisions people make when they believe no one is watching.

When a young engineer dies under suspicious circumstances, OSBI Detective Jack Hollander and Agent Betty Cash are drawn into a tangled web of corporate secrecy, tribal jurisdiction, and political ambition. As they navigate the overlapping authorities of the Chickasaw Lighthorse Police, state investigators, and federal courts, they uncover a mystery that stretches from the corridors of power to the quiet banks of the Canadian River.

In the red clay heart of southern Oklahoma, where tribal sovereignty meets federal law and the past never quite stays buried, a man collapses on the lawn of the old Chickasaw Capitol. What begins as a jurisdictional puzzle soon unfolds into a haunting investigation that spans casino corridors, military secrets, and the quiet desperation of trafficked lives.

The Artesian Affair is a riveting mystery set in the heart of the Chickasaw Nation, where ancient springs rise through red earth and secrets run deeper than the water itself. When a retired Air Force colonel dies mysteriously at the historic Artesian Hotel in Sulphur, Oklahoma, Captain Jack "Hawk" Hawkins of the Chickasaw Lighthorse Police is called to investigate what appears to be a routine death. But the scent of rain and the metallic taste in the air tell him otherwise.

In the legal aftershocks of the McGirt decision, Oklahoma’s jurisdictional lines blur, and sovereignty becomes both shield and weapon. When Captain Jack “Hawk” Hawkins of the Chickasaw Lighthorse and OSBI investigator Betty Overton uncover anomalies in tribal audits, they’re drawn into a covert financial labyrinth known as Project Redwater—a scheme that launders millions through shell vendors, falsified audits, and the vast, glittering ecosystem of the WinStar World Casino.

Kickapoo Passage is a riveting cross-border mystery that plunges listeners into the shadowy corridors of tribal sovereignty, cartel finance, and forensic justice. When Captain Jack Hawkins and Officer Betty Overton of the Chickasaw Lighthorse Police uncover a trail of tribal grant money fueling narcotics trafficking through Kickapoo territory, they embark on a perilous journey from Oklahoma to the Texas borderlands.

When a forgotten legal document surfaces in Indian Territory, it threatens to unravel decades of fragile peace between tribal leaders, settlers, and federal agents. What begins as a routine investigation quickly spirals into a web of deception, betrayal, and hidden alliances that reach from courthouse steps to the shadowed trails of the frontier.

A boat explodes in a quiet Coronado marina. A tracker blinks beneath a truck on Chickasaw land. Captain Jack Hawk Hawkins understands the warning immediately: someone is siphoning money through dormant trust accounts and shell companies—and they are willing to cross state lines, tribal jurisdictions, and personal boundaries to protect it.

Beneath the surface of East Texas—beneath the land, beneath the deals, beneath the carefully constructed alliances—something far more dangerous is moving. When architect Daniel Thompson vanishes without a trace, what begins as a missing-person case quickly fractures into something deeper and far more complex. Captain Jack Hawk Hawkins, long removed from active duty, is drawn back into a world where jurisdiction blurs, loyalties shift, and the ground itself may be hiding the truth.

A man vanishes in the quiet forests of East Texas. What he was carrying may have been worth millions. When architect Daniel Thompson travels to Livingston, Texas, his assignment appears routine: evaluate land for a potential tribal resort project near the Alabama-Coushatta reservation. Within forty-eight hours, he disappears without a trace. His rental vehicle is found abandoned at a trailhead. His phone goes silent. The woods reveal nothing.

The Resort Between the Rivers – Part 2: The Search for Daniel ThompsonAudiobook DescriptionDaniel Thompson is still missing. Weeks after his disappearance along the shifting boundary between Texas and Arkansas, the case has grown colder—but far more complicated. What began as a routine search has evolved into something far more unsettling: unexplained phone activity, a backpack recovered miles from where it should have been, and a growing sense that Daniel’s story does not end where it appeared to.

The Hochatown VanishingsA Lighthorse Mysteries AudiobookIn the wooded hills of southeastern Oklahoma, people disappear. At first, the cases seem unrelated—a young Chickasaw man who never returns from a trip near Hochatown… a hiker who vanishes without a trace… an isolated camper whose story ends in silence. Local rumor fills the gaps with familiar explanations—accidents, bad luck, even whispers of something in the forest that no one can quite name. But Captain Jack “Hawk” Hawkins doesn’t believe in coincidence.

The Quiet TitleA Lighthorse Mysteries AudiobookIn the law, a quiet title action is meant to settle uncertainty—to establish ownership, to bring clarity, to close the question of who has the right to claim the land. But some titles are never meant to be quiet. When a disputed tract near the Texas–Arkansas line draws attention for its strategic location along a planned highway corridor, what begins as a routine legal matter quickly turns into something far more complicated.

The Resort Between the Rivers Collection brings together two linked Lighthorse mysteries —The Resort Between the Rivers and The Quiet Title —in a sweeping story of land, memory, family, and justice. Set against the layered history of Oklahoma, Texas, and the Choctaw world, these stories follow the consequences of old claims that never truly died. Beneath the surface of resort development, inherited property, and legal documents lies something deeper: a record of dispossession, ambition, violence, and survival.