Gregg Olsen Reading Order

1 book (2023–2023)

6 books (2019–2025)

Start with Snow Creek, the first of 6 books in the Detective Megan Carpenter series.

#	Title
1	Snow Creek 2019Buy 🇺🇸
2	Silent Ridge / Dark Falls 2020Buy 🇺🇸
3	Water's Edge 2020Buy 🇺🇸
4	Vanishing Point / Stillwater Island 2021Buy 🇺🇸
5	Cougar Point 2024Buy 🇺🇸
6	Final Victim 2025Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2007–2009)

Start with A Cold Dark Place and read in order.

#	Title
1	A Cold Dark Place 2007Buy 🇺🇸
2	Heart of Ice 2009Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2016–2018)

Start with The Sound of Rain and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Sound of Rain 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Weight of Silence 2018Buy 🇺🇸

20 books (1990–2026)

Start with Abandoned Prayers, the first of 20 books in the Non-Fiction series.

#	Title
1	Abandoned Prayers 1990Buy 🇺🇸
2	Bitter Almonds 1993Buy 🇺🇸
3	Cruel Deception / Mockingbird 1995Buy 🇺🇸
4	Starvation Heights 1997Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Confessions of an American Black Widow / Bitch on Wheels 1998Buy 🇺🇸
6	If Loving You Is Wrong 1999Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Deep Dark 2005Buy 🇺🇸
8	A Twisted Faith 2010Buy 🇺🇸
9	Bloody Sequins 2014Buy 🇺🇸
10	If I Can't Have You: Obsession, Murder and a Mother's Strange Disappearance 2014Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Amish Schoolhouse Murders 2014Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Unforgettable Fire 2014Buy 🇺🇸
13	Unnatural Causes 2014Buy 🇺🇸
14	A Killing in Amish Country 2016Buy 🇺🇸
15	If You Tell 2019Buy 🇺🇸
16	American Mother 2022Buy 🇺🇸
17	American Black Widow 2023Buy 🇺🇸
18	The Amish Wife 2024Buy 🇺🇸
19	Out of the Woods 2025Buy 🇺🇸
20	By the River's Edge 2026Buy 🇺🇸

22 books (2014–2018)

Start with Darkest Waters(With: Katherine Ramsland), the first of 22 books in the Notorious USA Series series.

#	Title
1	Darkest Waters(With: Katherine Ramsland) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
2	Death of a Cheerleader 2014Buy 🇺🇸
3	Evil at the Front Door(By: Ron Franscell) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
4	Fundamental Love 2014Buy 🇺🇸
5	Her Lover's Wife 2014Buy 🇺🇸
6	Many Secrets, Many Graves(By: Katherine Ramsland) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
7	Overkill 2014Buy 🇺🇸
8	Strangers in the Night(By: Katherine Ramsland) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Murder Game(By: Katherine Ramsland) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
10	Under the Light of the Moon(By: Katherine Ramsland) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
11	A Complicated Woman(By: Caitlin Rother) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
12	Crimes of the Century(By: Katherine Ramsland) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
13	Garden State Thrill Killers(By: Katherine Ramsland) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
14	Nightmare at Noon(By: Ron Franscell) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
15	Shadows of Death(By: Katherine Ramsland) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Corridor Killer(By: Katherine Ramsland) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
17	Dead on Delivery(By: Caitlin Rother) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
18	Kill Him Some More(By: Caitlin Rother) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
19	Love Gone Wrong(By: Caitlin Rother) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
20	Dangerous Dozen(By: Katherine Ramsland) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
21	Murder Alley(By: Katherine Ramsland) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
22	Heartless(By: Katherine Ramsland) 2018Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2013–2013)

Start with The Boy Who Fired The First Shot and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Boy Who Fired The First Shot 2013Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Girl and the Horrors of Howard Avenue 2013Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Stranger and the World's Bravest Little Girl 2013Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2011–2012)

Start with Beneath Her Skin / Envy and read in order.

62 books (1990–2015)

Start with Abandoned Prayers, the first of 62 books in the St. Martin's True Crime Library series.

#	Title
1	Abandoned Prayers 1990Buy 🇺🇸
2	Cruel Deception / Mockingbird 1995Buy 🇺🇸
3	Blood Will Tell(By: Carlton Smith) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
4	Death Cruise(By: Don Davis) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
5	Hot Blood(By: Ken Englade) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
6	Hush Little Babies(By: Don Davis) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
7	Seeds of Evil(By: Carlton Smith) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
8	Sleep My Little Dead(By: Kieran Crowley) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Vampire Killers(By: Clifford L. Linedecker) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
10	Burned Alive(By: Kieran Crowley) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
11	Death in Texas(By: Carlton Smith) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
12	Blood in the Sand(By: Clifford L. Linedecker) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
13	A Deadly Affair(By: Tom Henderson) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
14	An Early Grave(By: Gary C. King) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
15	Murder In Hollywood(By: Gary C. King) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Surgeon's Wife(By: Kieran Crowley) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
17	Broken Vows(By: Eric Francis) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
18	Cries in the Desert(By: John Glatt) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
19	Death of a Doctor(By: Carlton Smith) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
20	Angels of Death(By: Gary C. King) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
21	Laci(By: Michael Fleeman) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
22	Love, Daddy(By: Carlton Smith) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
23	The Stranger In My Bed(By: Michael Fleeman) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
24	Through the Window(By: Diane Fanning) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
25	Twisted(By: John Glatt) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
26	Into the Water(By: Diane Fanning) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
27	Out of Control(By: Steven Long) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
28	Over the Edge(By: Michael Fleeman) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
29	Deadly Mistress(By: Michael Fleeman) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
30	One Deadly Night(By: John Glatt) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
31	Written in Blood(By: Diane Fanning) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
32	Darker Than Night(By: Jonathan Davis,Tom Henderson) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
33	The Officer's Wife(By: Michael Fleeman) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
34	A Family Cursed(By: Kevin F. McMurray) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
35	Deadly American Beauty(By: John Glatt) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
36	If I Die...(By: Michael Fleeman) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
37	Beauty Sleep(By: Michaele G. Ballard) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
38	Bones in the Desert(By: Jana Bommersbach) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
39	House of Evil(By: John Dean) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
40	Never Seen Again(By: Jeanne King) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
41	Perfect Beauty(By: Keith Elliot Greenberg,Vincent Felber) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
42	The Pastor's Wife(By: Diane Fanning) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
43	A Poisoned Passion(By: Diane Fanning) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
44	Behind the Mask(By: Stella Sands) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
45	Desire Turned Deadly(By: Kevin F. McMurray) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
46	In the Middle of the Night(By: Brian McDonald) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
47	Signed in Blood(By: Jeanne King) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
48	The Prom Night Murders(By: Carlton Smith) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
49	Cold as Ice(By: Carlton Smith) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
50	Dead But Not Forgotten(By: Amber Hunt) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
51	In the Arms of Evil(By: Carlton Smith) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
52	Love Hurts(By: Keith Elliot Greenberg) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
53	Murder at Yale(By: Stella Sands) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
54	One Dark Night(By: Kevin F. McMurray) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
55	Playing With Fire(By: John Glatt) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
56	Blood in the Snow(By: Tom Henderson) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
57	Dying for Love(By: Carlton Smith) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
58	The Dating Game Killer(By: Stella Sands) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
59	Her Deadly Web(By: Diane Fanning) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
60	The Prince of Paradise(By: John Glatt) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
61	See How Much You Love Me(By: Amber Hunt) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
62	Crazy for You(By: Michael Fleeman) 2015Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (1995–2022)

Start with A Wicked Snow, the first of 7 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	A Wicked Snow 1995Buy 🇺🇸
2	Fear Collector 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	Shocking True Story 2013Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Last Thing She Ever Did 2018Buy 🇺🇸
5	Lying Next to Me 2019Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Hive 2021Buy 🇺🇸
7	I Know Where You Live 2022Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2014–2017)

Start with Girls on Film and read in order.

#	Title
1	Girls on Film 2014Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Girl on the Run / Run 2014Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Boy She Left Behind 2017Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (2010–2016)

Start with Victim Six, the first of 6 books in the Waterman and Stark series.

#	Title
1	Victim Six 2010Buy 🇺🇸
2	Closer than Blood 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Bone Box 2012Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Girl in the Woods 2014Buy 🇺🇸
5	Now That She's Gone 2015Buy 🇺🇸
6	Just Try To Stop Me 2016Buy 🇺🇸