Retrieval Artist Series by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Dean Wesley Smith

3.97 · 147 ratings
  • The Retrieval Artist (Retrieval Artist #0.1)
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    The Retrieval Artist (Retrieval Artist #0.1)

    Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2010

    In a future where humans engage in galactic commerce with a multitude of unscrupulous aliens, Earth's mega-corporations are held to strict alien laws, and relatives of corporate executives are often abducted as cruel alien revenge for the slightest business infraction. The only chance for a target to hide … is to Disappear--erasure of all personal records, genetic alteration, and a new life with a new name in a new place... more

  • The Disappeared (Retrieval Artist #1)
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    The Disappeared (Retrieval Artist #1)

    Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2002

    In a universe where humans and aliens co-exist and have formed a loose government called the Earth Alliance, treaties guarantee that humans are subject to alien laws when on alien soil. But alien laws often make no sense, where murder is sanctioned, and where no one can find safe haven, and the punishments vary from loss of life to loss of a first-born child. One group of private detectives is willing to help the "Disappeared"... more

  • Extremes (Retrieval Artist #2)
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    Extremes (Retrieval Artist #2)

    Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2003

    Miles Flint, a former detective, has taken over Paloma's business, living the solitary life of a Retrieval Artist. Working for families and insurance companies, Flint searches for those on the run from the legal system but does not reveal identities or give information to anyone other than his clients on a "disappeared's" whereabouts... more

  • Consequences (Retrieval Artist #3)
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    Consequences (Retrieval Artist #3)

    Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2004

    A woman dies in the domed city of Armstrong on the Moon. Detective Noelle DeRicci discovers that the victim is a Disappeared, an outlaw in hiding wanted for crimes against an alien civilization. Only DeRicci's old partner, Retrieval Artist Miles Flint brought the Disappeared home, something he would have only done if he believed the alien government would exonerate her for her crimes. But Flint and DeRicci are no longer partners; in fact, they're on opposite sides of the law... more

  • Buried Deep (Retrieval Artist #4)
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    Buried Deep (Retrieval Artist #4)

    Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2005

    Forensic anthropologist Aisha Costard has been summoned to Mars to examine skeletal remains recently discovered beneath a building erected by the Disty aliens. The bones belong to a human who vanished thirty years ago with her children. She is believed to have been one of the Disappeared, outlaws wanted for crimes against alien civilizations.To investigate the mystery of the skeleton, Aisha turns to Retrieval Artist Miles Flint... more

  • Paloma (Retrieval Artist #5)
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    Paloma (Retrieval Artist #5)

    Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2006

    As a Retrieval Artist, Miles Flint helps the Disappeared, saving the lives of those oppressed under the Earth Alliance regime. He owes his livelihood, and his very sense of honor, to a woman known as Paloma. It was she who was responsible for setting him on this path—and now she has been murdered.Summoned by Paloma’s desperate call, Miles reaches her apartment too late. She is already dead, and a seemingly indifferent police force wants no part of Miles’s offer of assistance... more

  • Recovery Man (Retrieval Artist #6)
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    Recovery Man (Retrieval Artist #6)

    Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2007

    On Jupiter’s moon Callisto, a mysterious Recovery Man kidnaps Rhonda Shindo after he terrorizes and then abandons her brilliant thirteen-year-old daughter, Talia. While authorities on Callisto search for Rhonda, her employers at the Aleyd Corporation try to gain custody of Talia. Somehow, Callisto authorities realize, she’s part of the crime—even though she was left behind.Meanwhile, Miles Flint is having a crisis of his own... more

  • The Recovery Man's Bargain (Retrieval Artist #6.5)
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    The Recovery Man's Bargain (Retrieval Artist #6.5)

    Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 4 ratings · published 2010

    Hadad Yu “recovers” things for a living. Things, not people, not animals. Things. Until he gets in trouble and must work for the alien Gyonnese. They want a person to answer for her crimes, and they want to use Yu to get her. He reluctantly agrees, and sets off events that will change his life and the lives around him forever. A companion piece to Recovery Man, The Recovery Man’s Bargain explores the motivations of one of the stranger characters in the Retrieval Artist universe.

  • Duplicate Effort (Retrieval Artist #7)
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    Duplicate Effort (Retrieval Artist #7)

    Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2009

    Retrieval Artist Miles Flint is on a personal mission—to bring down the corrupt law firm of Wagner, Stuart, and Xendor. Then a journalist working with him is found dead—murdered, along with the bodyguard she had hired to protect her. And Miles may be next.But before he can begin to investigate the death, he has a more personal crisis to deal with—his daughter Talia is missing... more

  • The Possession of Paavo Deshin (Retrieval Artist #7.5)
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    The Possession of Paavo Deshin (Retrieval Artist #7.5)

    Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 4 ratings · published 2010

    All of his short life, Paavo Deshin has seen ghosts. The same two ghosts who have now approached him on the school playground, ghosts who look older and actually smell bad. Paavo's cry for help brings the authorities, a few lawyers, and Retrieval Artist Miles Flint, who learns some secrets about the ghosts--and about Paavo's parents. This short stand-alone science fiction novel in the Retrieval Artist series received a Special Mention from the prestigious international UPC contest... more

  • Anniversary Day (Retrieval Artist #8)
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    Anniversary Day (Retrieval Artist #8)

    Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2011

    The long-awaited return of the Retrieval Artist series!Four years ago, a bomb destroyed part of the dome protecting Armstrong, the largest city on the Moon. Now, as the city celebrates its survival with an event it calls Anniversary Day, a larger threat looms—one that begins with the murder of the mayor, and spreads across the Moon itself.Even with every new technological device at her disposal, Moon Security Chief Noelle DeRicci can’t stay ahead of the unfolding disaster... more

  • Blowback (Retrieval Artist #9)
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    Blowback (Retrieval Artist #9)

    Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2012

    The Moon, shaken by the Anniversary Day tragedies, deals with devastation. The Earth Alliance believes another attack imminent, but no one knows where or when it will strike. Just like no one knows who ordered the attacks in the first place.The Moon’s chief security office, Noelle DeRicci, does her best to hold the United Domes government together. But Retrieval Artist Miles Flint, dissatisfied with the investigation into the Anniversary Day events, begins an investigation of his own... more

  • The Impossibles (Retrieval Artist #9.5)
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    The Impossibles (Retrieval Artist #9.5)

    Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 3 ratings · published 2012

    To pay off her law school debts, Kerrie works in the public defender’s office at the Interspecies Court. She has more clients than she can defend, most of them from cultures she does not understand. The public defender’s office loses almost all of its cases, but sometimes it gets a win. Kerrie thinks she has a winner. But does she? Or will winning the case mean she loses at everything else?

  • A Murder of Clones (Retrieval Artist #10)
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    A Murder of Clones (Retrieval Artist #10)

    Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2013

    A deadly conspiracy…The Anniversary Day bombings on the Moon sent shockwaves throughout the Earth Alliance. No one knows who created the clones responsible and turned them into ruthless killers. No one knows where or when they’ll strike next.The bombings compel Earth Alliance Frontier Marshall Judita Gomez to launch an unauthorized investigation into a case from her past involving the murder of clones. An investigation that might cost Judita not only her career but the lives of her crew... more

  • Moonscapes (Retrieval Artist #9.9 Murder of Clones SS)
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    Moonscapes (Retrieval Artist #9.9 Murder of Clones SS)

    Dean Wesley Smith, Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2014

    We all look up at the moon and wonder. And maybe dream. For centuries, the moon filled our imaginations. Eleven professional writers took those dreams and set original stories on moons scattered all over the galaxy. Yet, as the dreams of centuries, every story holds a human touch... more

  • Search and Recovery (Retrieval Artist #11)
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    Search and Recovery (Retrieval Artist #11)

    Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2014

    Book Four of the Anniversary Day SagaAmid the ruin, heroes emerge from the unlikeliest places...The Anniversary Day bombings devastated the Moon, killing thousands. While survivors search for missing loved ones and the rich and powerful set plans in motion to capitalize on the Moon’s misfortune, one ruthless man vows to uncover those responsible for the attacks on the Moon... more

  • The Peyti Crisis (Retrieval Artist #12)
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    The Peyti Crisis (Retrieval Artist #12)

    Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2015

    The Moon barely survived the devastation of Anniversary Day. The second round of attacks planned to kill millions more. With the life of every human and alien on the Moon hanging in the balance, the Moon's chief security officer, Noelle DeRicci, races to discover the identity of the masterminds behind the attacks before it's too late. Desperate to find answers, DeRicci turns to Retrieval Artist Miles Flint and Detective Bartholomew Nyquist for the kind of help only Flint and Nyquist can provide... more

  • Vigilantes (Retrieval Artist #13)
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    Vigilantes (Retrieval Artist #13)

    Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2015

    A shocking act of violence... The looming threat of another attack spurs the Moon's chief security officer, Noelle DeRicci, to uncover the identity of the masterminds behind the Anniversary Day bombings before they strike again. Armed with information uncovered by Retrieval Artist Miles Flint and Detective Bartholomew Nyquist, DeRicci lets herself hope she can put an end to the violence against the Moon. But then a brutal murder changes everything... more

  • Starbase Human (Retrieval Artist #14)
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    Starbase Human (Retrieval Artist #14)

    Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2015

    Can the fate of a forgotten starbase hold the key to the Moon’s survival? Long before the Anniversary Day bombings brought the Moon to its knees, a far-flung starbase became the testing ground for a diabolical plan: the annihilation of every human inhabitant by an army of clones. Every lead to the masterminds behind the bombings uncovered by criminal kingpin Luc Deshin dead ended in an Earth Alliance connection... more

  • Masterminds (Retrieval Artist #15)
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    Masterminds (Retrieval Artist #15)

    Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2015

    The fate of the Alliance hangs in the balance as the masterminds behind the Anniversary Day bombings trigger the final stages of a plan decades in the making. A plan that will bring about the total destruction of every dome on the Moon. As Moon Security Chief Noelle DeRicci struggles with the overwhelming scope of the investigation, Retrieval Artist Miles Flint races to save the life of a man from his daughter Talia’s past... more

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