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Autumn Trent Books in Order

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Explore the Autumn Trent series by Mary Stone in order, with case-by-case summaries, series background, crossover notes with Winter Black, and where-to-start guidance.

Last updated: December 21, 2025

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15 books

1

Autumn's Legacy

by Mary Stone

2025

As old enemies and unresolved cases resurface, Autumn Trent confronts what kind of legacy her work will leave—for herself, for the people she’s saved, and for the ones she couldn’t.

2

Autumn's Riddle

by Mary Stone

2024

A killer who delights in puzzles leaves a trail of cryptic clues, and Autumn Trent must solve a deadly riddle where every wrong answer costs another life.

3

Autumn's Fall

by Mary Stone

2024

When a case knocks out the supports Autumn Trent has built in her personal life, she has to keep working while bracing for a fall that might take everything she cares about with it.

4

Autumn's Chase

by Mary Stone

2024

As Autumn Trent pursues a suspect who always seems one step ahead, the chase becomes a test of wills that forces her to balance calculated profiling with the raw instincts that have saved her before.

5

Autumn's Warning

by Mary Stone

2023

A chilling case delivers Autumn Trent a series of warnings—some from a killer, some from her own intuition—and she must decide which ones to heed before the next victim falls.

6

Autumn's Deceit

by Mary Stone

2023

A case built on half‑truths and careful performances forces Autumn Trent to decide who she can believe, as a maze of deceit threatens both her investigation and the fragile trust within her team.

7

Autumn's Trap

by Mary Stone

2022

Autumn Trent races to Florida after learning her long‑lost sister is a suspect in a string of murders, only to realize Sarah may be bait in a deadly trap meant for Autumn herself.

8

Autumn's Strike

by Mary Stone

2021

Sent to Washington, DC to profile a string of home invasions ending in slaughtered couples, Autumn Trent must strike first against a killer who seems to know exactly how to weaponize family bonds.

9

Autumn's Risk

by Mary Stone

2021

Fresh from Quantico and finally an official BAU agent, Autumn Trent investigates a wave of apparent suicides tied to a manipulative cult, going undercover even though the greatest risk may be to her own mind.

10

Autumn's Rage

by Mary Stone

2021

Back in Virginia, Autumn Trent heads into a state hospital to evaluate Justin Black but is soon pulled into a string of murders on the ward, suspecting the easy answer is a trap and that someone is counting on her rage to cloud her judgment.

11

Autumn's Prize

by Mary Stone

2021

As a murderer turns victims into twisted “prizes” for a cruel game, Autumn Trent and her team race to decode the rules before yet another life is claimed in the name of revenge.

12

Autumn's Chaos

by Mary Stone

2021

Reeling from near‑death, Autumn Trent refuses to rest when Winter Black disappears and Justin Black vanishes with her, racing against time and her own guilt to find her best friend before forgiveness becomes fatal.

13

Autumn's Game

by Mary Stone

2020

Forensic psychologist Autumn Trent is called to Oregon to help with a brutal double homicide and a missing daughter, only to realize the killer is punishing unfaithful spouses—and that stopping him may cost Autumn her career and her life.

14

Autumn's Fear

by Mary Stone

2020

Back in Virginia, Autumn Trent investigates a string of deaths inside a mental institution where everyone insists the obvious suspect is guilty, even as her instincts—and her dangerous empathy—say the truth is far more complicated.

15

Autumn's Break

by Mary Stone

2020

Autumn Trent joins the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit to hunt a team of black‑widow killers preying on wealthy widowers, but undercover work in their deadly web soon puts one of her own colleagues in the crosshairs.

Series background & context

Dr. Autumn Trent steps into Mary Stone’s universe as both a bridge and a counterpoint to Winter Black. Where Winter leads with gut instinct and a chip on her shoulder, Autumn is a forensic and criminal psychologist who has spent her life trying to understand why people do terrible things. A childhood injury left her with a strange, touch‑driven intuition that sometimes lets her glimpse what others feel, turning every crime scene into both an investigation and an emotional minefield.

The series opens with Autumn consulting on difficult cases, then gradually following her as she trains at Quantico and joins the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit. Her gift is both asset and curse. When she walks into a room tied to a kidnapping, cult, or serial murder, she doesn’t just see patterns—she feels them, often at great personal cost. Stone uses that to push Autumn into situations where she’s constantly weighing compassion against self‑preservation.

Autumn’s world is full of connections. She and Winter Black are best friends whose histories have become intertwined through Justin Black, the prodigy of The Preacher. Cases that begin as straightforward murders or apparent suicides often reveal deeper links to past villains, corrupt institutions, or Autumn’s own foster‑care scars. The books move from small Oregon towns to Florida swamps, Virginia mental hospitals, and quiet communities hiding very loud secrets.

Alongside the procedural puzzles, Autumn is searching for her long‑lost sister, Sarah, and trying to build something stable with Special Agent Aiden Parrish. Those ongoing threads give the series a strong emotional spine. Every time she throws herself into a case—going undercover in a manipulative cult, walking into a mental institution where killers are supposed to be contained, or chasing a spider‑like predator who feeds on wealthy widowers—she risks not just her life but the fragile progress she’s made.

The tone leans psychological and intense. Readers spend as much time inside Autumn’s head as they do in interrogation rooms. Her empathy makes her brilliant at reading suspects, but it also makes forgiveness and guilt dangerous weapons in the wrong hands. When she misjudges someone, the fallout can be catastrophic for both the people she’s trying to protect and the friends she loves.

As a spin‑off, the Autumn Trent books deepen and widen the Winter Black storyline, but they stand on their own as a series about recovery, found family, and the cost of using your deepest wounds as tools. If you’re drawn to profiling, cults, and cases where the mind is both the battlefield and the prize, this is where Mary Stone digs in the deepest.

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Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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