Luanne Rice Reading Order

121 books (2002–2025)

The Akashic Noir series is an ongoing collection of mystery and thriller anthologies, each focused on a different city or region, that began in 2002 and continues through 2025 with 121 published volumes. Readers should start with San Francisco Noir and follow the publication order, which takes them through noir stories set in locations ranging from major American cities like New York and Chicago to international destinations including Dublin and London. This expansive series showcases crime fiction from various authors, with each book exploring the darker side of its featured locale through interconnected short stories and novellas.

Start with San Francisco Noir, the first of 121 books in the Akashic Noir series.

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1	San Francisco Noir 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Bronx Noir 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Seattle Noir 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Brooklyn Noir 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Hasidic Noir 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Brooklyn Noir 2 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Chicago Noir 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Dublin Noir 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Baltimore Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	D.C. Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	London Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Manhattan Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Miami Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Twin Cities Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Detroit Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Havana Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Los Angeles Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	New Orleans Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Wall Street Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	D.C. Noir 2 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Istanbul Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Las Vegas Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Manhattan Noir 2 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Paris Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Queens Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Toronto Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Trinidad Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Boston Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Delhi Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Phoenix Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Portland Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Rome Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	San Francisco Noir 2 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Copenhagen Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Haiti Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Indian Country Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	Lone Star Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	Los Angeles Noir 2 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	Mexico City Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	Moscow Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	Orange County Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
43	Philadelphia Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
44	Richmond Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
45	Barcelona Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
46	Cape Cod Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
47	New Jersey Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
48	Pittsburgh Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
49	San Diego Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
50	Boston Noir 2 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
51	Kansas City Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
52	Kingston Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
53	Long Island Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
54	Mumbai Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
55	St. Petersburg Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
56	Staten Island Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
57	Venice Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
58	Buffalo Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
59	Dallas Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
60	Haiti Noir 2 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
61	Manila Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
62	USA Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
63	Belfast Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
64	Helsinki Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
65	Prison Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
66	Rio Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
67	Singapore Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
68	Tehran Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
69	Tel Aviv Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
70	Beirut Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
71	Chicago Noir: The Classics 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
72	Marseille Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
73	Memphis Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
74	Providence Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
75	Zagreb Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
76	Brussels Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
77	Mississippi Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
78	New Orleans Noir: The Classics 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
79	Prague Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
80	San Juan Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
81	St. Louis Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
82	Stockholm Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
83	Atlanta Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
84	Buenos Aires Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
85	Montana Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
86	Montreal Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
87	New Haven Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
88	Oakland Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
89	Trinidad Noir: The Classics 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
90	Baghdad Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
91	Berlin Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
92	Hong Kong Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
93	Lagos Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
94	Marrakech Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
95	Santa Cruz Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
96	Sydney Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
97	São Paulo Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
98	Vancouver Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
99	Amsterdam Noir 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
100	Houston Noir 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
101	Milwaukee Noir 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
102	Accra Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
103	Addis Ababa Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
104	Alabama Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
105	Belgrade Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
106	Berkeley Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
107	Columbus Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
108	Miami Noir: The Classics 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
109	Nairobi Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
110	Santa Fe Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
111	Tampa Bay Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
112	Palm Springs Noir 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
113	Denver Noir 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
114	Paris Noir: The Suburbs 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
115	South Central Noir 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
116	Cleveland Noir 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
117	East Jerusalem Noir 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
118	West Jerusalem Noir 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
119	Honolulu Noir 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
120	Hamburg Noir 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
121	Sacramento Noir 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1985–2013)

Luanne Rice has two anthology contributions spanning from 1985 to 2013. These works should be read in publication order, beginning with her 1985 appearance in Twilight Zone Magazine and concluding with What My Mother Gave Me. The series is complete.

Start with Twilight Zone Magazine, December 1985 and read in order.

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1	Twilight Zone Magazine, December 1985 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	What My Mother Gave Me 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2020–2024)

Luanne Rice's Detective Conor Reid mystery series follows the investigations of its titular detective across three books published between 2020 and 2024. The series is ongoing and should be read in publication order beginning with Last Day, followed by The Shadow Box and Last Night. Each installment builds on the detective's cases and character development, making sequential reading essential to following the narrative arc.

Start with Last Day and read in order.

6 books (2022–2022)

The Getaway series comprises six mystery and thriller novels published in 2022, with Belle Mer serving as the first entry. Each book in this complete series stands as an independent story, though they share the Getaway collection as their thematic umbrella. Read the books in publication order beginning with Belle Mer by Luanne Rice, followed by works from Jess Lourey, Zakiya Dalila Harris, Rumaan Alam, Catherine Steadman, and Sally Hepworth.

Start with Belle Mer, the first of 6 books in the Getaway series.

7 books (2001–2014)

Luanne Rice's Hubbard's Point/Black Hall series comprises seven interconnected mystery and thriller novels published between 2001 and 2014. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Firefly Beach and continuing through Safe Harbor, True Blue, The Perfect Summer, Beach Girls, Last Kiss, and concluding with The Night Before. These standalone-yet-connected stories are set in the coastal Connecticut communities that give the series its name, with characters and storylines weaving throughout the books.

Start with Firefly Beach, the first of 7 books in the Hubbard's Point/Black Hall series.

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1	Firefly Beach 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Safe Harbor 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	True Blue 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Perfect Summer 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Beach Girls 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Last Kiss 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Night Before 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2009–2009)

Luanne Rice's Newport, Rhode Island series consists of two mystery and thriller novels set in the picturesque coastal town. Published in 2009, the complete duology should be read in publication order, beginning with The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners followed by The Geometry of Sisters.

Start with The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners and read in order.

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1	The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Geometry of Sisters 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2012–2012)

24 books (1985–2026)

Luanne Rice has written 23 standalone novels since 1985, with the most recent published in 2024, and the series remains ongoing. Each book functions independently, so readers can begin anywhere, though following publication order starting with Angels All Over Town provides the fullest experience of the author's evolving work. These mystery and thriller novels span four decades of Rice's career, offering distinct stories that explore themes of connection, secrets, and human relationships across various settings and time periods.

Start with Angels All Over Town, the first of 23 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	Angels All Over Town 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Crazy in Love 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Stone Heart 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Secrets of Paris 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Blue Moon 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Home Fires 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Cloud Nine 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Follow the Stars Home 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Dream Country 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Summer Light 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Secret Hour 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Dance with Me 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Silver Bells 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Silver Boat 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Light of the Moon 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Edge of Winter 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	The Letters(With: Joseph Monninger) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Little Night 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Lemon Orchard 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Secret Language of Sisters 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	The Beautiful Lost 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Pretend She's Here 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	If Anything Happens To Me 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Until Midnight 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2006–2007)

Luanne Rice's Star of the Sea Academy is a two-book mystery and thriller series set at a prestigious coastal boarding school. The complete series consists of Sandcastles (2006) and What Matters Most (2007), which should be read in publication order. This finished series follows interconnected stories of mystery and drama unfolding among the school's community.

Start with Sandcastles and read in order.

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1	Sandcastles 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	What Matters Most 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2005–2005)

Luanne Rice's two-book Summer's Child series consists of Summer of Roses and Summer's Child, both published in 2005. This complete mystery and thriller series should be read in publication order, beginning with Summer of Roses followed by Summer's Child.

Start with Summer of Roses and read in order.

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1	Summer of Roses 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Summer's Child 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible