The first 5 books in the Clint Faraday mysteries. Two are collections of shorts and the others are full length murder mysteries. Clint is a retired PI from Florida who moves to Panamá and works with the police on murders. He finds that things are done a bit differently here.
8 Books from the Flight of the Maita series. Various adventures from an insane military machine to discovery of the Kropfth to other adventures in the Maitan Galactic Empire. Kurk is found on Tlorg and joins the crew.
5 books, 16 - 20, of the Clint Faraday mysteries series. From the time an argument with a neighbor was reported by a man - after he was dead to a fake accident to people dying from the venom of a snake found only in Australian coastal waters to Indios shooting down planes to a body in a burned house.
5 books in the Clint Faraday Mysteries series. 11 - 15. Clint becomes more adept and more pragmatic in his cases and moves more about Panamá, consolidating his friendships and building his reputation for not caring for money or titles, but for real friends and real needs.