Paul Kemprecos is an American writer of mysteries and adventure stories. He is a Shamus Award

Shamus Award

The Shamus Award is awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America for the best detective fiction genre novels and short stories of the year....

-winning author of six underwater detective thrillers, and has been co-writing with Clive Cussler

Clive Cussler

Clive Eric Cussler is an American adventure novelist and marine archaeologist. His thriller novels, many featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have reached The New York Times fiction best-seller list more than seventeen times...

 the "NUMA Files" novels, which focus on Kurt Austin, head of NUMA's Special Assignments Team and his adventures.

Aristotle Socarides

1. Cool Blue Tomb (1991)
2. Neptune's Eye (1991)
3. Death in Deep Water (1992)
4. Feeding Frenzy (1993)
5. Mayflower Murder (1996)
6. Bluefin Blues (1997)

NUMA Files

(co-written with Clive Cussler)

• Serpent
  Serpent (novel)
  Serpent is the first book in the NUMA Files series of books co-written by best-selling author Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos, and was published in 1999...
  
  (1999)
• Blue Gold
  Blue Gold
  Blue Gold is the second book in the NUMA Files series of books co-written by author Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos, and was published in 2000. The main character of this series is Kurt Austin. Blue Gold is about attempting to control the world's water at any cost, including mass murder...
  
  (2000)
• Fire Ice
  Fire Ice
  Fire Ice is the third book in the NUMA Files series of books co-written by best-selling author Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos, and was published in 2002...
  
  (2002)
• White Death
  White Death (Novel)
  White Death is the fourth book in the NUMA Files series of books co-written by best-selling author Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos, and was published in 2003. The main character of this series is Kurt Austin.-Summary:...
  
  (2003)
• Lost City
  Lost City
  Lost City is a 2004 novel by Clive Cussler. It was printed by Penguin publishers ISBN 0 7181 4735 9.It tells of Kurt Austin's dealings with the Fauchard family, which has dominated the weapons industry for several thousand years, their secret past, the monsters they have created, and the plague...
  
  (2004)
• Polar Shift
  Polar Shift (novel)
  Polar Shift is the sixth book in the NUMA Files series of books co-written by best-selling author Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos, and was published in 2005. The main character of this series is Kurt Austin....
  
  (2005)
• The Navigator
  The Navigator (novel)
  The Navigator is the seventh book in the NUMA Files series of books co-written by best-selling author Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos, and was published in June 2007. The main character of this series is Kurt Austin....
  
  (2007)