Ava Strong Books in Order

Still shaken by betrayal, Stella throws herself into law enforcement and finds that polished lives hide the ugliest secrets. Her next case tests both her instincts and her willingness to trust anyone.

Stella faces another suburban murder case where the public story does not match the private truth. The closer she gets to the answer, the more dangerous the lies become.

Newly engaged Stella Fall discovers that her fiance, his wealthy family, and their Connecticut suburb are hiding far too much. When murder enters the picture, she has to investigate to clear her name and save herself.

Ilse hunts the Alphabet Killer, a murderer who arranges bodies into letters and seems to be spelling out a message. To stop him, she has to think like both a profiler and a survivor.

FBI agent and PTSD expert Ilse Beck brings her skill with survivor trauma to a brutal serial-killer case in the United States. But every clue drags her closer to the childhood she left behind in Germany.

When victims are found stuffed like taxidermy displays, Ilse is forced into a case as grotesque as it is personal. The trail leads back toward Germany and the childhood secrets she would rather keep buried.

When victims are murdered in obscure historic settings, Remi Laurent's knowledge becomes as important as the FBI's fieldwork. She and Daniel Walker race to decode the message before the killer makes the next site part of the pattern.

Another murder and another relic pull Remi Laurent and the FBI into a hunt where scholarship and survival go hand in hand. The clues point backward through history while the killer keeps moving in the present.

Remi Laurent and Daniel Walker chase a killer whose crimes are wrapped in history, symbolism, and hidden meaning. The puzzle is clever, but the real danger is how quickly another victim could be added to it.

A father is killed in an affluent suburb, and everything about his life looks polished on the surface. Stella soon learns the case depends on what he was hiding, and who knew about it.

When a forty-year-old mother is found murdered after a wild college house party, Stella Fall suspects the obvious story is false. The deeper she digs, the messier the hidden relationships become.

A murdered couple in a perfect-looking neighborhood sends Stella into another investigation built on secrecy and appearances. The calm streets hide more menace than anyone wants to admit.

When victims start disappearing, Ilse quickly realizes this is no ordinary abduction case. To stop the killer, she has to find the logic in a pattern that refuses to behave like any she has seen before.

Bodies displayed with theatrical care point Ilse toward a killer who wants to be noticed. To get ahead of him, she has to decode the signature before the next scene is set.

A fresh case forces Ilse to challenge her first assumptions and look deeper into the damage left behind by violence. Her gift for reading trauma may be the only thing that keeps the next victim alive.

Ilse Beck is called into another unnerving serial-killer case, one that demands both her FBI training and her expertise in trauma. As the clues twist, the investigation presses against wounds she has never fully put to rest.

Lily Dawn returns to the Caribbean when a body is found at sea and a killer starts leaving victims tied to buoys. Her knowledge of the islands makes her invaluable, but the case drags her back toward old pain.

Victims left on remote islands signal that Lily Dawn is up against a killer who uses the Caribbean's geography as part of the plan. The chase becomes a deadly game of distance, timing, and nerve.

A murdered billionaire and a missing Egyptian relic pull Remi Laurent into another artifact-laced investigation. The trail promises lost history, but it may cost lives before the truth surfaces.

A murder in an Irish abbey and the theft of a priceless artifact send Remi Laurent back into the field with the FBI. Ancient legend, modern greed, and a ruthless killer collide fast.

History professor Remi Laurent joins FBI agent Daniel Walker after a murder and a stolen relic set off a chase across the Middle East and Africa. The deeper they go, the more the crime looks tied to a dangerous obsession with the sacred past.

A serial killer uses dangerous chemicals to murder with frightening precision, and Dakota has to stop the pattern before it spreads. The investigation also keeps stirring questions about her family's past.

Broken by her last case, former MMA champion and FBI agent Dakota Steele is pulled back into the hunt for a serial killer. Returning home means facing the case, her missing sister, and the past she tried to outrun.

Dakota Steele faces a killer who traps victims inside an elaborate maze, turning rescue into a deadly game. As the case tightens, her hunt for answers about her sister keeps pulling at the edges of every decision.

Bodies staged in scrap metal yards send Dakota after a killer who likes spectacle as much as death. The case is brutal, fast-moving, and personal enough to keep reopening wounds she has not healed.

A murdered archaeologist in a Mojave cave leaves behind ancient symbols and very current danger. Sofia has to read the glyphs faster than the killer can turn history into motive.

During Dia de los Muertos, FBI linguist Sofia Blake investigates a prominent local figure found dead with a cryptic note. She has only days to crack the message before the killer claims another victim.

Murders at high-end coastal resorts bring Lily into a case where beauty and violence sit side by side. She has to cut through the glamour fast, because the killer is already thinking past the next victim.

A trail of bodies in marinas sends Lily after a killer who wants to be read like a riddle. The island setting is vivid, but the threat feels close and claustrophobic.

With a hurricane bearing down, Lily faces a serial killer who strikes in the middle of chaos. Storm pressure, old wounds, and shrinking time make this one of her most dangerous cases.

A case tied to the world of medieval reenactment pushes Dakota into a closed circle of obsession, performance, and violence. She has to read the culture fast before the killer turns the next ritual into murder.

When victims are found bald, Dakota Steele is called into one more deeply strange serial-killer case. The signature is baffling, the stakes rise fast, and her physical grit is only part of what she needs.

A body displayed on a drawbridge signals a killer with a taste for grim theater. Megan has to stop the murders while keeping her daughter safe from the violent man already circling her life.

A woman's hazy memory of her deranged uncle reopens a cold case Megan's town would rather forget. When fresh bodies surface, the past becomes deadly all over again.

Another murder pulls Megan into a tense small-town investigation just as the threat from her ex refuses to stay in the past. She has to keep the case moving without letting her home life collapse.

Small-town officer and single mom Megan York is trying to protect her daughter and outrun a violent past when local women begin turning up dead. The murders force her back into danger on every front.

High-society killings shatter Vermont's polished winter surface, and Lexi has to decipher the link between money, status, and murder. Her linguistic skill may be the only thing keeping the clues from freezing over.

In snowy Vermont, linguistics expert Lexi Cole investigates murders staged with shattered mirrors. The clues echo the unsolved death of her twin, making this first case personal from the start.

As winter breaks, grotesque crop circles turn farmland into a message board for a killer. Lexi must decode the strange agricultural pattern before the next body appears.

A brutal snowstorm traps Lexi in a ski-resort case where victims are left buried in drifts. To find the killer, she has to read the trail before the weather erases it.

New murders begin to mirror the cold case of Lexi's twin sister, and the messages feel hauntingly familiar. This time, solving the case may finally mean facing what happened before.

Former actress Layla Caine brings her eye for performance and deception to the LAPD as a profiler. Her first major case pulls her into a Los Angeles murder investigation where appearances matter almost as much as evidence.

Layla tackles another high-pressure case in Los Angeles, using her instinct for reading people to cut through polished lies. The deeper she looks, the more staged the truth begins to feel.

FBI codebreaker Elle Keen faces a killer who leaves a haunting music box beside each victim. She has to decipher the melodies and the mind behind them before the next death is composed.

A killer starts recreating historical assassinations, turning murder scenes into coded lessons from the past. Elle has to decode the references before history repeats itself again.

Geometric patterns sit at the heart of Elle Keen's next case, giving each murder the feel of a cold calculation. She has to crack the design before the killer completes it.

Another riddle-heavy murder spree pushes Elle Keen into a race against a killer who hides intention inside patterns and symbols. Logic is her greatest tool, but the margin for error keeps shrinking.

Murders begin echoing famous death scenes from literature, and Elle Keen is the agent best equipped to read the pattern. Each clue feels like part of a story, and the ending could be fatal.

When a famous poet is murdered in San Francisco, the only clue is a torn sonnet found with the body. Sofia Blake must reconstruct the missing lines before the poem becomes a map to another killing.

A dead software engineer and a crime scene covered in baffling code pull Sofia into Silicon Valley. To solve the case, she has to see the pattern everyone else keeps missing.

Bodies appear along the California coast, each accompanied by a note in a different language. Sofia faces a killer who treats language as a weapon, and time is running out.

When women are found hanged in dense forests, Amy has to navigate brutal terrain and a killer who plans carefully. Every step deeper into the woods brings her closer to becoming prey herself.

Mysterious drownings on remote lakes put Amy Rush on the trail of a killer who knows how to use the water as a weapon. She has to read the pattern fast before another body surfaces.

Victims are killed in staged encounters with nature's fiercest predators, and Amy realizes someone is using the wild as camouflage. To stop the murders, she has to out-hunt a killer who knows how fear works.

A string of eerily preserved victims turns Amy's latest investigation into something especially unsettling. The case asks her to read the wilderness like a crime scene, and the answers do not come easy.

A rare toxin turns Amy Rush's new case into a deadly race against time. To catch the killer, she has to combine fieldcraft, instinct, and a strong stomach for what the evidence reveals.

Fish and Wildlife Agent Amy Rush tracks a crossbow killer who hunts people in the remote wilderness. Her survival skills give her an edge, but the terrain can kill her almost as fast as the murderer can.

Victims start turning up in remote places with a pattern that feels deliberate, taunting, and hard to read. Amy races to understand why they were chosen before the killer chooses again.

A woman is found murdered beside a local lake, and Megan quickly realizes the victim knew her killer. As the trail cools, her ex-con husband closes in, raising the stakes far beyond the case.

Layla is handed another murder puzzle built on misdirection, public faces, and private motives. To solve it, she has to trust the profiler she has become more than the actress she used to be.

When models start dying in staged runway accidents, Layla Caine enters a case full of vanity, spectacle, and revenge. She has to read the performance beneath the glamour before she becomes the next target.

A new investigation pushes Layla deeper into the worlds of image, ego, and performance that she knows too well. Her Hollywood instincts give her an edge, but they also make the case uncomfortably personal.