Carolyn Arnold Books in Order

On Christmas Eve, wealthy Claire Reeves is murdered in her kitchen, and the scene feels carefully arranged to mislead. Madison Knight must cut through lies and hidden loyalties before the killer strikes again.

When a woman is strangled with a necktie, Detective Madison Knight spots signs the scene was staged. As a second victim turns up, she realizes she is hunting a careful serial killer.

This short standalone centers on a decision that could change Hart's future, testing love, loyalty, and the cost of following instinct. Arnold keeps the focus on emotion, consequence, and the weight of one choice.

Told through the eyes of an oak tree, this short story follows Jake and Cassidy across generations of joy and heartbreak. It is a reflective look at family, time, and the seasons of a life.

A young man's body is found by the river, and the case leads Madison Knight to a powerful family with money and influence. The closer she gets to the truth, the more resistance she faces.

Raymond Hunter thought he had left his old life behind, until the mafia orders him to kill a governor. When the hit fails and his family is taken, he has one day to fix everything.

A pregnant woman found in a shallow grave looks at first like a suicide, but Madison Knight knows better. The case links to another suspicious death and puts both her career and life at risk.

Defense attorney Bryan Lexan angers a Russian mafia boss and puts a target on his back. At the same time, Jessica Pratt is torn between two men as danger closes in from every side.

Holiday plans do not last long when murder intrudes on the season. Sean and Sara must sort through festive distractions, tense relationships, and a case that refuses to stay merry.

Sean and Sara uncover the kind of case where family bonds matter as much as clues. Old loyalties, fresh secrets, and a killer close to home make this a tense cozy outing.

When a prominent defense attorney is murdered, Madison Knight sees echoes of an old cold case she never forgot. Reopening it leads her toward the Russian mafia and trouble inside her own department.

Money, motive, and murder collide as Sean and Sara take on a case where wealth only hides deeper trouble. This quick McKinley mystery keeps the tone light while the danger quietly builds.

A case brushed by ambition and public image pulls Sean and Sara into a knot of pressure, secrets, and suspect loyalties. It is another short, cozy mystery where appearances cannot be trusted.

What should have been an ordinary outing becomes another sharp, fast-moving case for Sean and Sara. Beneath the light tone, the mystery turns on suspects, secrets, and a killer hiding in plain sight.

A decomposing body in a field leads Brandon Fisher and the BAU to a far bigger pattern of missing women along I-95. They are not chasing one murder, but a serial killer with a trap waiting.

When Sara steps out to clear her head, she stumbles into a real murder instead of a break from writing. What begins with a dead local man turns into a brisk, cozy case for Sara and Sean.

A brutal killing in Denver reveals a vigilante murderer targeting men with violent pasts. Brandon Fisher and his team race to stop the pattern before the body count rises again.

Sean and Sara should be enjoying their Cancun honeymoon, but a new friend's husband is kidnapped for ransom. Their relaxing trip quickly turns into a dangerous investigation.

A bride posed in a bathtub, ring finger removed, looks like the start of a terrifying ritual. When the same killing happens again, Brandon Fisher hunts a murderer whose obsession is spinning out of control.

An old enemy forces archaeologist Matthew Connor back into the field by kidnapping a friend. To save her, Matthew and his team must find the lost city of Paititi in just seven days.

A woman believes her mother was poisoned through a coffee club, and Sean, Sara, and Jimmy take the case seriously. Going undercover at a coffee company, they race to expose the killer before anyone else dies.

A woman's death outside a hospital looks accidental until Madison Knight spots the pattern. More bodies follow, and the investigation digs up old grudges and secrets that hit uncomfortably close to home.

Jimmy takes a vacation and hopes for romance in Jamaica, then vanishes without explanation. Sean and Sara follow the trail from a single gold coin into a kidnapping with higher stakes than expected.

On Brandon Fisher's first BAU case, ten bodies and one empty grave are found beneath a house in Kentucky. He becomes convinced an apprentice killer is still out there, and that he may be next.

The killing of Officer Barry Weir hits the Stiles Police Department hard and makes Madison's next case painfully personal. What looks like a drive-by soon points to something far more targeted.

A winter getaway gives Sean and Sara another chance to match wits with a killer. Snow, suspicion, and close quarters keep this cozy mystery moving at a brisk clip.

A brutal motel-room murder seems personal when the victim is tied to Brandon's teammate Paige Dawson. But as the BAU digs deeper, they realize a serial killer is using the case as cover.

Masks and misdirection fit this Halloween mystery a little too well. Sean and Sara have to cut through tricks, nerves, and shifting suspects before the killer gets away.

A polished surface hides greed and betrayal in this short mystery. What looks elegant and harmless at first soon gives way to danger, lies, and a harder truth underneath.

A murder victim from Madison's past pulls her into a reckoning with the Russian mafia and an old enemy. When her sister disappears, the case becomes a countdown.

Dismembered remains in the Little Ogeechee River point to three victims and no easy answers. Brandon Fisher must build a case without names while the killer keeps adding to the horror.

A missing woman in Miami resembles two earlier victims, and Brandon Fisher fears the same predator is back. The BAU must outthink a serial killer who is escalating fast.

Matthew Connor joins a dig in Egypt after a map promises a lost pharaoh's tomb and the legendary Emerald Tablets. Soon the search becomes a race against rivals who could turn myth into global disaster.

Fitness culture provides the backdrop for another quick McKinley mystery, where routine, discipline, and image hide a deadly secret. Sean and Sara have to sort the gimmicks from the real clue.

A double homicide inside a powerful businessman's home pits Madison against orders to stay quiet. The deeper she digs, the clearer it becomes that the cover-up reaches inside her own department.

A sniper killing near Washington, D.C., sends Brandon Fisher's team after a methodical shooter tied to similar crimes across the country. As the profile sharpens, the threat turns personal.

At a Smithsonian exhibit opening, Matthew Connor is lured into a hunt for the treasure of the pirate Gasparilla. What sounds like legend soon turns into a dangerous race for something world-changing.

While house hunting, Madison Knight is pulled to a scene where an unidentified woman has been stabbed and moved. Two letters written in blood are the only clue to a secret worth killing for.

Erin Stone's vivid dream of a crime turns out to be real, throwing her into a life she cannot explain away. This paranormal mystery mixes midlife upheaval with suspense and a gift she never asked for.

A couple is found murdered in rural Arkansas, their bodies marked with a predator's signature. Brandon Fisher and the BAU must stop a serial killer who lets victims run before hunting them down.

A burned body leads Amanda Steele to the long-ago disappearance of a thirteen-year-old girl, but the identification does not hold. When more girls are found, the case circles back to Amanda's own past.

Amanda Steele cannot look away when the drunk driver who killed her family turns up murdered. Digging into his past exposes a link to another young victim and a killer still at work.

A murdered family leaves one survivor, six-year-old Zoe, hidden and too traumatized to speak. Amanda must protect the child and uncover what the killers were so desperate to find.

A young woman's body is found by the Potomac with a black orchid laid on her chest. Amanda Steele digs into cold cases and finds unsettling echoes of a killing from twenty years earlier.

A shooting at a train station leaves two women dead and a third one missing. Madison Knight chases the fleeing witness into a case involving drug trafficking and the Russian mafia.

Amanda Steele investigates the death of Alicia Gordon in a remote cabin and is rattled to realize she knows the husband. The closer she looks, the less her old friend seems above suspicion.

Amanda reconnects with an old boyfriend and finds his estranged wife's body in his bed. As she retraces the victim's final days, another suspicious death suggests the danger is not over.

Trying to clear her head, Sara Cain follows a beagle home and finds the dog's owner dead on the floor. The case mixes coffee, chemistry, and a cozy murder with bowling at its center.

A suitcase in a roadside ditch leads Madison Knight to the body of a young woman and a chilling pattern of lookalike victims. Soon it becomes clear the killer may have added Madison to the list.

The bodies of a missing mother and daughter devastate Amanda Steele and seem to point to domestic violence. Then another grave is found, and the case becomes far larger and darker.

Author Felicity Kelley is murdered just after calling Amanda Steele, leaving the detective with guilt and a fierce need for answers. A playing card at the scene hints that someone is bringing the writer's fiction to life.

Amanda looks into a missing teenager for her niece, only for the girl to be found murdered at a prom venue. When a witness is killed too, she realizes the killer is silencing everyone nearby.

Sara and Sean's wedding stops cold when the baker collapses with a knife in her back. Then the cake is found poisoned, and the couple has to solve a murder before they can say their vows.

A hometown skating star is found dead among flowers after a special return performance. Amanda soon learns the black ribbon on a bouquet was treated with the substance Michaela feared most.

A gas station clerk is murdered before dawn, and security footage shows another victim being abducted. Amanda Steele is horrified to recognize the woman taken and races against time to bring her back.

On the day she is meant to marry Troy Matthews, Madison Knight watches him get arrested for murder. To clear him, she must reopen an old crime and stop a killer targeting everyone who was there.

Burned human remains behind a dumpster send Amanda Steele into a case that hits her partner Trent personally. With little left but a wedding ring, the investigation starts in ash and grief.

When gunmen seize a hospital, Sandra Vos has to negotiate while lives drain away behind locked doors. The crisis grows even more urgent when a little girl inside needs life-saving surgery that cannot wait.

A therapist who specialized in past-life regression is found murdered in her remote home. Madison Knight suspects the answer lies not in the supernatural, but in secrets someone desperately wants buried.

Human remains hidden inside a church wall bring Amanda Steele and FBI negotiator Sandra Vos together on a cold case. The victim has been gone for more than thirty years, but her killer may still be within reach.

FBI negotiator Sandra Vos is already handling a hostage crisis when she learns her own daughter has been kidnapped. Personal and professional pressure collide in a case built on impossible demands.

A young ballerina is found murdered on a carousel, echoing a crime from twelve years earlier. Amanda and Trent reopen old wounds to find out whether the same killer has returned.

A family vanishes, leaving only an abandoned car in a mall parking lot. Amanda and Trent uncover an abduction, charred remains, and a case tied to an older disappearance and someone close to the department.

A late-night house showing ends with realtor Christine Lane dead in an upscale Woodbridge home. Amanda Steele investigates while her half-brother, the victim's boyfriend, becomes the obvious suspect.

A gunman takes a wealthy family hostage and demands a decades-old fatal crash be reopened. Sandra Vos must negotiate for their lives while the truth leads straight toward police corruption.