THE COMPLETE DETECTIVE SARAH BURKE books: seven addictive crime thrillers full of twists

This box set contains all seven crime thrillers in Elizabeth Gunn's Detective Sarah Burke series, totaling over 1600 pages. The collection follows homicide detective Sarah Burke, a thirteen-year veteran of the force working in Tucson, Arizona. Unyielding and calm under pressure, Burke navigates a demanding caseload while managing personal complications: a boss with a grudge, financial strain from an ex-husband, and a troubled teenage niece living with her. Set in Tucson, where desert landscape intersects with border tensions, drug violence, and political corruption, these procedurals feature tightly plotted investigations, dry wit, and pitch-perfect dialogue. Burke carries herself with quiet authority and relies on her relentless instincts in the male-dominated world of homicide. The seven books included are: Close to Heat, At Close Range, Too Close to Kill, Close to Death, Closing Ranks, Close to Home, and Close to the Edge. Publishers Weekly notes that Gunn puts an inventive spin on murders leading to surprising conclusions, while Kirkus Reviews describes the work as an ever-so-carefully plotted procedural.