Phil Bennett is an aspiring writer, and best friend of Detective Gary Celdom. At the urging of his girlfriend, he obtains a part-time job only to stumble into a string of petty thefts within the company. With the guidance of his colleagues, and the spirit of a former love, Phil struggles to cope with his new employment, a bossy roommate, and his budding long-distance relationship.

The Canadian Football Championship has come to Toronto, but along with it is a homicidal killer who is wreaking havoc on the festivities.It is up to Detective Gary Celdom, and his partner, Detective Jessica Amerson, to help crack the case, and put an end to the bloodshed. However, Detective Celdom is confronted with a moral dilemma when his best friend is considered a suspect.In Rouge Numbered Week, Detective Celdom must not only save the celebration, but clear his friend's name.

Budding Author Phil Bennett is attending his first-ever author signing event, much to the chagrin of his two spiritual guises. However, when shenanigans befall him at the event, it throws him for a loop. It is up to him to find out who is behind the pranks, and attempt to have a successful signing debut.

It's the holiday season, and Detectives Gary Celdom and Jessica Amerson are all set to spend it away at Gary's cottage with their friend, Phil Bennett. However, when a crime spree falls upon Cottage Country, it's up to the trio to find the person responsible for the Grinch who's stealing Christmas from everyone.

Since 2011, Douglas J. McLeod has written his hallmark 'Gary Celdom Case Journals' detective series. His stories detail the relationships between the aging Toronto P.D. detective, his partner-cum-girlfriend, Jessica Amerson, his best friend and aspiring writer, Phil Bennett, and the ghost of Gary's fiance, Karen Prairie. This anthology is comprised of the first four books of the series where we see Gary in the middle of a hostage siege gone wrong, flashback to a case in Barbados, battle a mass-murderer during a celebration of Canadian football, and get to the bottom of a holiday crime spree in Ontario's Cottage Country.