Dan Padavona Reading Order

1 book (2025–2025)

1 book (2020–2020)

1 book (2014–2014)

#	Title
1	The Island 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2015–2015)

The Dark Vanishings series by Dan Padavona consists of four completed mystery and horror thrillers published in 2015. These books should be read in publication order, beginning with Dark Vanishings and continuing through the sequels to Dark Vanishings 4. The series combines elements of mystery and suspense with horror themes throughout its four-book arc.

Start with Dark Vanishings, the first of 4 books in the Dark Vanishings series.

#	Title
1	Dark Vanishings 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Dark Vanishings 2 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Dark Vanishings 3 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Dark Vanishings 4 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

12 books (2019–2026)

The Darkwater Cove series is an ongoing mystery and horror collection spanning twelve books from 2019 to 2026. Dan Padavona's interconnected novels should be read in publication order, beginning with Dead and Buried and continuing through Dark Water Pines. The series combines dark thriller elements with suspenseful mystery plotting across its expanding cast of cases and interconnected storylines.

Start with Dead and Buried, the first of 12 books in the Darkwater Cove series.

#	Title
1	Dead and Buried 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Bury Her Bones 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Darkwater Cove 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Don't Breathe 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Find Her Before Dark 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Vanishing Girl 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Whispers in the Dark 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Killwater Cove 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Shadow's Prey 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Collector 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Bury Her Secrets 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Dark Water Pines 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

16 books (2021–2026)

The Logan and Scarlett series by Dan Padavona is an ongoing mystery and thriller collection comprising 16 books published between 2021 and 2026. Beginning with Dusk Corners, the series should be read in publication order to follow the investigations and character development across the installments. The series includes titles such as The Killer Inside, The Lost Souls, Born in Blood, Silent Dolls, and The Doll Collector, blending mystery, thriller, and horror elements throughout its narrative arc.

Start with Dusk Corners, the first of 16 books in the Logan and Scarlett series.

4 books (2024–2025)

The P.I. Nia Carter Thriller series by Dan Padavona consists of four books published between 2024 and 2025, with the series still ongoing. These mystery thrillers should be read in publication order, beginning with Secrets Never Sleep, followed by The Crimson Storm, The Hidden Season, and The Fallen. The series blends mystery and thriller elements with horror undertones as it follows private investigator Nia Carter through her cases.

Start with Secrets Never Sleep, the first of 4 books in the P.I. Nia Carter Thriller series.

10 books (2018–2019)

The Scarlett Bell series is a complete mystery and thriller collection consisting of ten books published between 2018 and 2019. This series should be read in publication order, beginning with Blood Storm and concluding with The Redeemer. Dan Padavona's dark crime narratives follow a continuous storyline across the span of the series.

Start with Blood Storm, the first of 10 books in the Scarlett Bell series.

#	Title
1	Blood Storm 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Kill Shot 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Mind of a Killer 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Chasing the Devil 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Crown of Thorns 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Dead Ringers 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Dead Waters 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Bone Whisperer 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Devil's Hour 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Redeemer 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (2024–2025)

The Scout Mourning Amateur Sleuth Mystery series by Dan Padavona comprises six books published between 2024 and 2025, with the series still ongoing. These mystery and thriller novels should be read in publication order, beginning with Hit and Run and continuing through The Deadly Game, The Silent Hunter, Don't Scream, I'm Still Watching You, and Zero Hour Academy. The series follows an amateur sleuth protagonist solving crimes across interconnected cases.

Start with Hit and Run, the first of 6 books in the Scout Mourning Amateur Sleuth Mystery series.

3 books (2015–2018)

Dan Padavona's completed collection of three mystery and horror novellas should be read in publication order beginning with Treman Mills. Released between 2015 and 2018, the series comprises Treman Mills, One Autumn in Kane Grove, and Quilt. Each installment stands as an independent story while contributing to the overall arc of Padavona's darker fiction.

Start with Treman Mills and read in order.

#	Title
1	Treman Mills 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	One Autumn in Kane Grove 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Quilt 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

8 books (2014–2019)

Dan Padavona's Standalone Novels series comprises eight mystery and horror thrillers published between 2014 and 2019. Each book in the series—Storberry, Crawlspace, Full Moon Nightmares, Shadow Witch (co-written with J. Thorn), The Face of Midnight, Severity, Camp Slasher, and Her Shallow Grave—stands alone as a complete story and can be enjoyed independently. The series is now complete, and readers should follow publication order to experience the books as the author intended. This collection offers a range of suspenseful and horror-driven narratives across the eight-book span.

Start with Storberry, the first of 8 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Storberry 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Crawlspace 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Full Moon Nightmares 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Shadow Witch(With: J. Thorn) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Face of Midnight 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Severity 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Camp Slasher 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Her Shallow Grave 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

25 books (2020–2026)

The Wolf Lake series by Dan Padavona is an ongoing mystery and thriller collection spanning 25 books published between 2020 and 2026. This series should be read in publication order, beginning with Her Last Breath and continuing through titles like Fatal Mercy, I Know Your Name, and River of Bones. With ten additional entries beyond the fifteen currently listed, the series remains actively growing as Padavona expands this dark fictional universe.

Start with Her Last Breath, the first of 25 books in the Wolf Lake series.