Nick Heller: The Beginning, Books 1 & 2: Vanished and Buried Secrets

by Joseph Finder

New York Times bestselling author Joseph Finder brought private investigator and ex-Special Forces Nick Heller to life in a critically acclaimed series. Here is Nick Heller’s beginning, in a down-priced bundle of the first two thrillers.

Vanished
Lauren Heller and her husband are attacked in Georgetown, but when he disappears completely, she calls her brother-in-law—Nick Heller—to investigate. Thrown into a desperate chase, Nick digs up secrets about his estranged brother and finds himself pitted against Washington’s most influential forces to protect his family.

Buried Secrets
Approached by an old friend whose daughter has been abducted, Nick lands in the middle of a life-or-death situation that’s both high-profile and intensely personal—and uncovering a conspiracy that reaches up to the highest levels of government.

792 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 3, 2017

About the author

Joseph Finder is the New York Times bestselling author of 17 suspense novels, most recently The Oligarch's Daughter (2025). His Nick Heller series "Vanished, Buried Secrets, Guilty Minds, and House on Fire" follows a "private spy" who navigates the shadowy intersection of corporate and government power. Two of his novels have been adapted into major motion pictures: High Crimes (2002, starring Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman) and Paranoia (2013, starring Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman). A founding member of the International Thriller Writers, he lives in Boston.