Alexi Venice Books in Order
Explore Alexi Venice books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and suggestions on where to start with her legal, crime, and spy thrillers.
Last updated: July 7, 2026
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Alexi Venice books in publication order
18 books
Ebola Vaccine Wars
by Alexi Venice
2015
Pepper McCallan is swept into a global conspiracy when attacks hit her family and a pharmaceutical company racing for an Ebola vaccine. Alongside agent Brent Cahill, she chases a terror plot tangled up with greed, grief, and human testing.
Svea's Sins
by Alexi Venice
2015
What starts as a Caribbean break pulls Pepper McCallan back into action when Brent Cahill uncovers a plot using drones and nerve gas against the United States. At the same time, a Swedish diplomat is being manipulated from the inside.
Victus
by Alexi Venice
2015
Pepper McCallan and Brent Cahill take on a bioterror group attacking America's food supply with insects, disease, and blackmail. The investigation sprawls from government panic to personal danger as the war comes home.
Australia's Starr
by Alexi Venice
2016
In Western Australia, Starr grows up at a winery under the shadow of prophecy while a sinister U.S. presidential candidate rises to power. This standalone shifts from thriller into fantasy as Starr's unusual gifts push her toward a larger fight.
Margaret River Winery
by Alexi Venice
2016
After the Victus attacks, Pepper McCallan joins the upper ranks of U.S. counterterrorism to hunt the elusive Lilly Wang. The trail leads to Western Australia, where grief, romance, and a new insect-drone threat collide.
Amanda's Dragonfly
by Alexi Venice
2017
As Amanda Hawthorne prepares for a major murder trial, witness attacks and mob pressure turn the case into open war. Jen Dawson and Tommy Vietti are pulled back into Amanda's orbit, where love and loyalty become just as dangerous as the courtroom battle.
Bourbon Chase
by Alexi Venice
2017
ER doctor Jen Dawson is drawn into a murder case when a hospital colleague becomes the prime suspect. Caught between detective Tommy Vietti and magnetic DA Amanda Hawthorne, Jen has to decide whom to trust while a killer stays loose.
Sativa Strain
by Alexi Venice
2018
When a tech executive is murdered after accusing a presidential candidate of sexual assault, Amanda Hawthorne and Tommy Vietti dive into a case of blackmail, surveillance, and Silicon Valley power. The deeper they dig, the more vulnerable Amanda becomes.
Stabscotch
by Alexi Venice
2018
A beach murder linked to global finance pairs Tommy Vietti and Amanda Hawthorne with sharp, secretive investigator Roxy MacNeil. As the case widens into banking, intelligence, and organized crime, Amanda's personal life begins to crack.
Tinted Chapstick
by Alexi Venice
2018
Fresh from treatment, Amanda Hawthorne steps into a brutal re-election fight just as confidential therapy records are leaked online. Jen Dawson is pulled back into the fallout, where political revenge turns frighteningly personal.
#SandyBottom
by Alexi Venice
2019
An intimate photo scandal blows up Amanda Hawthorne's career and tears apart her life with Jen Dawson. While Jen retreats to Wisconsin with their daughter, Amanda has to face addiction, regret, and the hard work of earning trust back.
Conscious Bias
by Alexi Venice
2019
A deadly bar fight pushes hospital attorney Monica Spade into a murder trial shaped by prejudice, local power, and threats from a wealthy family. As she falls for art teacher Shelby St. Claire, telling the truth starts to feel dangerous.
Standby Counsel
by Alexi Venice
2020
When a judge appoints Monica Spade to defend a woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend, she expects courtroom strain, not CIA interest and international danger. Monica has to fight for her client while protecting the woman she loves.
Graffiti Red Murder
by Alexi Venice
2021
Back in Apple Grove, attorney Monica Spade must defend a plastic surgeon after his patients start turning up murdered and marked with red graffiti. The case gets even messier as jealousy and old flames complicate her engagement.
Lady Hawthorne
by Alexi Venice
2022
A bioterror attack pulls Amanda Hawthorne, Tommy Vietti, and Jen Dawson back into crisis mode from three different angles. As the search for answers turns international, distance and old wounds threaten the trust holding them together.
Wedding Balloon
by Alexi Venice
2024
Amanda Hawthorne and Jen Dawson finally reach their wedding weekend, only for dread and fresh danger to shadow the celebration. With Tommy Vietti facing life-changing news, the trio has to protect their hard-won family one more time.
Baking Ice Cubes
by Alexi Venice
2025
Chicago lawyer Hank Hart arrives in Apple Grove to salvage a medical malpractice trial and quickly finds sabotage, hidden relationships, and a dangerous attraction. To win in court, she may have to expose secrets that could put her life at risk.
Grilling Martinis
by Alexi Venice
2025
After surviving an assassination attempt at her family's lake cabin, Hank Hart is drawn into secret training and covert work. The mission stretches from the French Alps to a hijacked space shuttle, testing her nerve and her future.
Where to start with Alexi Venice
If you want a courtroom-first legal thriller: Conscious Bias → Standby Counsel → Graffiti Red Murder
If you want a longer, relationship-driven crime saga: Bourbon Chase → Amanda's Dragonfly → Stabscotch → Tinted Chapstick
If you want global bioterror and techno-thriller stakes: Ebola Vaccine Wars → Svea's Sins → Victus → Margaret River Winery
If you want a fresh series that starts in court and turns to espionage: Baking Ice Cubes → Grilling Martinis
If you want Venice's most offbeat fantasy detour: Australia's Starr
Alexi Venice sub-series and character series
Monica Spade books in order
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Explore this seriesThe San Francisco Mystery books in order
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Amanda's Dragonfly
by Alexi Venice
2017The San Francisco Mystery, Book 2
Bourbon Chase
by Alexi Venice
2017The San Francisco Mystery, Book 1
Sativa Strain
by Alexi Venice
2018The San Francisco Mystery, Book 5
Stabscotch
by Alexi Venice
2018The San Francisco Mystery, Book 3
Tinted Chapstick
by Alexi Venice
2018The San Francisco Mystery, Book 4
#SandyBottom
by Alexi Venice
2019The San Francisco Mystery, Book 6
Lady Hawthorne
by Alexi Venice
2022The San Francisco Mystery, Book 7
Wedding Balloon
by Alexi Venice
2024The San Francisco Mystery, Book 8
The San Francisco Mystery books in chronological order

Bourbon Chase
by Alexi Venice
2017The San Francisco Mystery, Book 1
Amanda's Dragonfly
by Alexi Venice
2017The San Francisco Mystery, Book 2
Stabscotch
by Alexi Venice
2018The San Francisco Mystery, Book 3
Tinted Chapstick
by Alexi Venice
2018The San Francisco Mystery, Book 4
Sativa Strain
by Alexi Venice
2018The San Francisco Mystery, Book 5
#SandyBottom
by Alexi Venice
2019The San Francisco Mystery, Book 6
Lady Hawthorne
by Alexi Venice
2022The San Francisco Mystery, Book 7
Wedding Balloon
by Alexi Venice
2024The San Francisco Mystery, Book 8
Alexi Venice collections, short stories, and related book types
Standalone Alexi Venice books
Author bio
Alexi Venice writes legal, medical, crime, and spy thrillers where smart women are usually in motion, in court, in danger, or all three at once. Her books mix murder investigations, courtroom pressure, and romance, which gives them a pace that feels sharp but still personal.
Before fiction, Venice spent more than three decades practicing law. That long career shows up everywhere in her work, in witness prep, in the way lawyers circle a problem, in the hospital politics behind a case, and in the strange theater that comes with trial work. She has also worked as legal counsel in a healthcare system, which helps explain why her medical and legal details feel lived-in instead of borrowed.
She knows the machinery from the inside.
Venice has said that after years in law, the novels in her head wanted out. Her early books were the Pepper McCallan thrillers, including Ebola Vaccine Wars, Svea's Sins, Victus, and Margaret River Winery. Those novels move through bioterror plots, global travel, and political games, but they already show the mix she keeps returning to: high stakes, capable women, science or legal detail, and romance that matters to the story instead of sitting off to the side.
That blend is especially clear in the San Francisco books. Bourbon Chase, Amanda's Dragonfly, and Stabscotch pull together ER doctor Jen Dawson, District Attorney Amanda Hawthorne, and detective Tommy Vietti in a long-running knot of loyalty, attraction, and danger. Readers who click with this series usually like that it gives them both a crime plot and an ongoing emotional mess to invest in. The city matters too. San Francisco is not just a backdrop in these books, it is part of the pressure.
Her Monica Spade novels lean even harder into courtroom tension. In Conscious Bias, Standby Counsel, and Graffiti Red Murder, Venice follows a hospital attorney who keeps getting dragged from legal work into murder cases and personal upheaval. Standby Counsel won a Lesfic Bard Award in Mystery and was later named Best Legal Thriller of 2021. Those books are a good example of what Venice does well: one legal problem, one personal problem, and then a third problem that makes both of the first two worse.
She does not write people who get tidy weekends.
More recently, Venice opened a new lane with Hank Hart. Baking Ice Cubes begins as a small-town medical malpractice thriller and then grows into sabotage, attraction, and courtroom combat. Grilling Martinis pushes the same heroine into covert operations and a bigger spy canvas. That jump says a lot about Venice as a storyteller. She likes women who can learn fast, take a hit, and keep moving.
Her research habits fit that energy. Earlier profiles note that she has traveled to places she writes about and even tried some of the activities that show up in her fiction, including wake boarding and boxing. She has also said that her courtroom scenes draw directly on years of practice and on the kinds of behind-the-scenes moments most readers never get to see. Just as important, she is open about wanting romance in these stories. In her view, solving a case does not cancel out a rich personal life.
Venice lives in Wisconsin, is married, and recent bios place her on or near the lake whenever she can get there. They also mention family life, including grandsons, which feels like a nice counterweight to the pace of her books. On the page, she writes danger, desire, and hard choices. Off the page, she sounds like someone who still enjoys getting outside when the work is done.
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