Matt Coyle is the best-selling author of the Rick Cahill PI Crime Series. He was named the 2021 San Diego Writer's Festival Mystery Writer of the Year, and his novels have won the Anthony Award, the Shamus Award, the Lefty Award, the San Diego Book Award, among others. He has also received nominations for numerous Anthony, Macavity, Shamus, and Lefty Awards. Doomed Legacy is the ninth in this award-winning series.
Matt hosts the podcast Crime Corner with Matt Coyle. He is a graduate of UC Santa Barbara and lives in San Diego with his yellow Lab, Angus.
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A sinister private detective agency, a shady shell corporation, and a dead friend—Rick Cahill is on his most dangerous mission yet
Private investigator Rick Cahill has been running from his past and chasing the truth his whole life. But his past is relentless—and so is his CTE, a disease caused by repeated head traumas that has attacked his body and his mind.
San Diego Writer’s Festival Mystery Writer of the Year for 2021
Anthony, Shamus, and Lefty Award-winning Author
Will Rick Cahill survive an insidious disease long enough to see his first-born child—or will sadistic killers murder him first?
Rick Cahill is finally living a settled, happy life.
San Diego Writer’s Festival Mystery Writer of the Year for 2021
Winner of the Shamus Award and nominated for Macavity, Barry, and Lefty Awards
A friend arrested for murder. A vicious killer lurking in the shadows. A world of darkness.
Winner of the Shamus Award and Lefty Award
Would you risk your own soul to avenge the death of a loved one?
A phone call thrusts Rick Cahill’s past and all its tragic consequences into his present. Krista Landingham, his former partner on the Santa Barbara Police Department, is dead.
Shamus Award, Lefty Award, and San Diego Book Award finalist
Perfect for hard-boiled PI and Noir fans who like a tainted hero living by his own code
Naomi Hendrix’s sexy voice hovering over the radio waves isn’t the only thing haunting the Southern California nights.
Lefty Award finalist and a top pick by Bookreporter for Best Mysteries of 2017
Rick Cahill can’t escape his past—or his father’s
Rick Cahill has long feared the truth about his own blood—the blood of his father coursing through his veins.
When a long-hidden safe unlocks clues about why his father was kicked off the pol
Finalist for the Macavity and Lefty Award
When bill collectors come calling, Rick Cahill desperately needs work
Private Investigator Rick Cahill fears the next knock on his door will be a cop holding a warrant for his arrest. For murder. La Jolla Chief of Police Tony Moretti is convinced Rick killed a missing person.
Anthony, Shamus, and Lefty Award Finalist
Powerful forces on each side of the law have Rick Cahill in the crosshairs
Nightmares of the man he killed two years ago still chase Rick Cahill through his sleep. The memory of his murdered wife haunts him during waking hours.
Winner of the Anthony Award for Best First Novel
A dishonored ex-cop’s desperate chance for redemption
While never convicted of his wife’s murder, Rick was never exonerated either. Not by the police. Not by the media. Not even by himself.