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See the Advocate books by Teresa Burrell in order, with quick summaries, series background, recurring characters, and a helpful guide to where to start.

Last updated: June 7, 2026

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20 books

1

The Advocate

by Teresa Burrell

2009

Juvenile court attorney Sabre Orin Brown is already haunted by her brother's disappearance when she takes a custody case involving a frightened nine-year-old. What begins as child welfare work turns into a dangerous search through lies, revenge, and long-buried history.

2

The Advocate's Betrayal

by Teresa Burrell

2010

A friend of Sabre's is murdered, and his wife is accused. From San Diego to Chicago, Sabre digs through old loyalties and darker secrets to find the real killer.

3

The Advocate's Conviction

by Teresa Burrell

2011

When Sabre's juvenile clients start disappearing, she turns to JP and Bob for help. The trail leads to buried secrets, a strange society, and a conspiracy that tests her judgment and resolve.

4

The Advocate's Dilemma

by Teresa Burrell

2012

Sabre walks into her office and finds a corpse on her desk, then her best friend Bob becomes a suspect. The only clue may come from a minor client, leaving Sabre torn between loyalty and her duty to protect a child's confidence.

5

The Advocate's Ex Parte

by Teresa Burrell

2013

Judge Mitchell calls Sabre into chambers for a conversation she refuses to have alone, then he is murdered hours later. As another attack follows, Sabre and JP hunt for connections while danger circles much closer than she expects.

6

The Advocate's Felony

by Teresa Burrell

2014

A late-night call from Sabre's long-missing brother Ron blows apart years of silence and pulls her into the Pacific Northwest. With former felons dying and Ron possibly next, she and JP must decide whether he is a target, a suspect, or both.

7

The Advocate's Geocache

by Teresa Burrell

2015

A fun geocaching outing turns sinister when Sabre finds a death certificate predicting a murder ten days in the future. Each new cache adds clues and pulls her toward a deadly case connected to her own work.

8

The Advocate's Homicides

by Teresa Burrell

2016

Sabre defends abused teens tied to murders marked with the word GOOF. To save her clients, she must decide whether they are victims, vigilantes, or targets of a copycat killer.

9

The Advocate's Illusion

by Teresa Burrell

2018

Sabre juggles three troubling juvenile cases, including a child bride and a violent parent, while worrying about her mother's online romance. Then a magician's illusion goes horribly wrong, leaving Sabre fighting for justice and survival.

10

The Advocate's Justice

by Teresa Burrell

2019

Sabre defends fifteen-year-old Conner, accused of killing his grandmother's abusive boyfriend, and the case cuts into JP's own family. Old grudges and buried truths turn a murder case into a painful family reckoning.

11

The Advocate's Killer

by Teresa Burrell

2020

Sabre receives texts showing a dead social worker, then threatening packages start arriving. As she and JP dig through juvenile court cases, the investigation turns personal and a stalker closes in fast.

12

The Advocate's Labyrinth

by Teresa Burrell

2020

Sabre faces two tangled investigations at once: her aunt Goldie's cryptic final clues and the murder of a boy whose siblings still need protection. Family secrets, hoarding, and attempted murder make this one deeply personal.

13

The Advocate's Memory

by Teresa Burrell

2022

After a brutal attack leaves Sabre Brown injured and unable to remember what happened, a man turns up dead and a young client disappears. She and JP have to recover the missing hours before the killer reaches her first.

14

The Advocate's Nightmare

by Teresa Burrell

2023

Sabre represents children connected to a longtime predator, but before justice can catch up with him, someone kills the man. While JP sorts through suspects, Sabre faces a deeply personal court fight involving her own brother.

15

The Advocate's Oath

by Teresa Burrell

2024

A frightened child overhears her parents talking about murder, and Sabre also agrees to defend a teen accused of killing his stepmother. Two family crises converge as Sabre, JP, and Lana hunt for the secret tying them together.

16

The Advocate's Phantom

by Teresa Burrell

2024

Maverick insists he has witnessed the same murder twice, but there is no body and no evidence. As Sabre and JP probe a vanished woman and a powerful family, the case grows stranger and far more dangerous.

17

The Advocate's Quandary

by Teresa Burrell

2024

Sabre tries to reunite four siblings torn apart by foster care while digging into the suspicious death of the social worker from their case. When runaway teen Storm becomes a suspect, Sabre has to protect her without losing her.

18

The Advocate's Reflection

by Teresa Burrell

2025

A murdered woman is posed to resemble Sabre, and the message is impossible to miss. As more women with ties to her past die, Sabre and JP race to stop someone who seems to be studying her from the inside out.

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The Advocate's Saboteur

by Teresa Burrell

2026

A breach of sealed juvenile court records throws Sabre into a case where children could be exposed and powerful people want the truth buried. With JP and Lana, she follows the cybertrail into sabotage, corruption, and real physical danger.

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The Advocate's Trigger

by Teresa Burrell

2026

When thirteen-year-old Mateo Alvarez vanishes during transport, Sabre and JP uncover a scheme tied to drugs, control, and corruption. The deeper they go, the more the case turns into a fight to keep both the boy and themselves alive.

Series background & context

The Advocate books center on Sabre Orin Brown, a San Diego attorney who represents children in juvenile court. That job gives the series its shape. Sabre is not chasing cases for fame or money. She is usually stepping into the worst day of a child's life, then trying to figure out who is lying, who is scared, and who is still in danger. That mix makes these books feel like legal thrillers, family dramas, and mysteries at the same time.

Sabre is the anchor, but she is not alone. Her closest allies are her best friend Bob Clark and private investigator JP Torn, who becomes one of the series' most important figures. Bob brings humor and loyalty. JP brings legwork, instincts, and a calmer style that balances Sabre's tendency to push ahead. Around them, Burrell builds a wider circle of relatives, colleagues, foster families, judges, police officers, and troubled teens, so the books feel connected from one case to the next.

The cases are wide-ranging. One book may start with a custody fight, another with a murder, a missing child, a suspicious judge, a dead body in an office, or a threat tied to events years earlier. But the emotional pressure is usually the same. Sabre has to protect minors who often do not have power, full information, or safe adults in their corner. Even when the crimes get large, the series keeps coming back to what happens to children after the shouting stops.

That matters.

There is also a strong personal thread running through the series. Sabre's family history, especially the mystery around her brother Ron, adds continuity and raises the stakes beyond the courtroom. Her relationships grow, her trust gets tested, and the people around her change as the series moves forward. You can read individual books on their own, but starting with The Advocate lets you watch that larger life build piece by piece.

The tone is suspenseful without losing its compassion. Burrell knows how to set up danger, but she also pays attention to court procedure, social workers, foster placements, and the daily grind of representing kids. That practical detail is a big part of the series' appeal. The stories are often inspired by the kind of issues Burrell saw in real legal work, so even the wilder twists are grounded in recognizable fears: abuse, neglect, coercion, corruption, and secrets families work hard to keep buried.

If you want a clean entry point, start with The Advocate and move forward in publication order. If you stay, you will get a long-running legal suspense series built around one question that never really goes away: when the system fails a child, who keeps fighting?

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