Detective Finn O'Brien is on the wrong side of the thin blue line, his partner, Cori Anderson, has seen more than her share of grief, but when they're on the job the only thing that matters is justice. In these five books they work Los Angeles from the privileged hills of Hollywood to the immigrant enclaves, and both know that more often than not the City of Angels is a hellish place to be a cop. Severed Relations finds two children and their nanny slaughtered and Finn with a personal stake that threatens to blind him to the truth. Foreign Relations brings the exotic to the street of Los Angeles when a foreign woman dies and two countries want the truth buried along with the body. Secret Relations delves into the shadowy world of immigration where life is cheap - even Finn and Cori's. Intimate Relations delves into the world of art and tech and the difference between love and lust, while Distant Relations brings long lost relatives and loves to Los Angeles only to have them die before they can reunite with those who care about them.