CE Murphy Books in Order
Explore Faith Hunter's C.E. Murphy crossover links, with reading notes, related books, and background on where these urban fantasy worlds meet.
Last updated: July 2, 2026
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Publication Order
36 books
The Cardinal Rule
by CE Murphy
2005
When CIA agent Alisha MacAleer's cover is blown, she is thrown into a deadly contest over a powerful new artificial intelligence. Secret societies, old lovers, and government agencies all want control, and none of them plan to play fair.
Urban Shaman
by CE Murphy
2005
Seattle cop Joanne Walker wants nothing to do with magic, but the Wild Hunt and an ancient god make that impossible. Accepting her unexpected heritage may be the only way to stay alive.
The Firebird Deception
by CE Murphy
2006
Alisha MacAleer is pulled deeper into a covert war where secret orders, dangerous technology, and bad loyalties keep colliding. The faster the mission moves, the less clear it becomes who is using whom.
The Phoenix Law
by CE Murphy
2006
Alisha MacAleer thought she had left espionage behind, until Brandon Parker shows up with an AI project spiraling toward self-awareness. Suddenly every agency on the planet wants a piece of it, and Alisha's family is in the blast zone.
Thunderbird Falls
by CE Murphy
2006
Joanne Walker would rather ignore her new shamanic gifts, but Seattle's dangers are not giving her that option. As her healing power deepens, so do the expectations, and so does the threat closing in around her.
Coyote Dreams
by CE Murphy
2007
Joanne Walker has accepted being a shaman, but losing Coyote leaves her badly off balance. When a magical illness starts tearing through the Seattle police force, she is left fighting to hold the line almost alone.
Heart of Stone
by CE Murphy
2007
Defense attorney Margrit Knight stumbles into New York's hidden supernatural world after meeting Alban, a gargoyle accused of murder. Clearing his name drags her into ancient politics, dangerous bargains, and a pull she cannot ignore.
Hands Of Flame
by CE Murphy
2008
Margrit Knight has become a crucial bridge between humans and the Old Races, just as war breaks out among them. With Alban in chains and every faction pulling against her, she has to negotiate peace before everything burns.
House of Cards
by CE Murphy
2008
Margrit Knight cannot walk away from the Old Races, or from Alban, the gargoyle who tried to leave her behind for her own safety. As ancient factions close in, peace may depend on Margrit stepping into their politics for good.
Redeemer
by CE Murphy
2008
In 1945 Detroit, Rosie wants to keep her job and mind her business, until demon-slaying power wakes inside her on the factory floor. Teaming up with damaged monster hunter Hank means chasing a hidden threat through a city still reeling from war.
The Queen's Bastard
by CE Murphy
2008
Belinda Primrose is the hidden daughter of a queen, raised as spy, assassin, and political weapon. A dangerous new magic and a prince with claims of his own threaten both her mission and her carefully guarded loyalties.
The Pretender's Crown
by CE Murphy
2009
Belinda Primrose has lied, killed, and seduced for her queen mother's cause, but war and betrayal leave her with nothing solid to trust. As her witchpower grows, she begins shaping a future of her own.
Walking Dead
by CE Murphy
2009
Joanne Walker's life as a Seattle shaman gets even messier when death refuses to stay put. Faced with rising supernatural trouble and the growing cost of her own power, she has to keep fighting through the chaos.
Demon Hunts
by CE Murphy
2010
Drawn into the winter woods of the Pacific Northwest, Joanne Walker has to confront old wounds while hunting a cannibalistic killer linked to the Lower World. Personal turmoil and supernatural danger hit her at the same time.
Truthseeker
by CE Murphy
2010
Lara Jansen can always tell when someone is lying, which becomes a problem when a faerie prince tells her the impossible truth. Following him into the Barrow-lands means murder, court intrigue, and secrets even her gift cannot untangle.
Spirit Dances
by CE Murphy
2011
A bad day at work, an accidental date with Captain Morrison, and a murder onstage would be enough for most people. For Joanne Walker, it is only the start of a case tangled up with shapeshifting magic and dangerous feelings.
Wayfinder
by CE Murphy
2011
Lara Jansen's truth-sensing gift has carried her into a Faerie civil war, and now everything is on the line. With Dafydd missing and a dangerous enchanted staff in her hands, she must find a truth powerful enough to save a world.
Easy Pickings
by CE Murphy
2012
This crossover novella drops Jane Yellowrock into C.E. Murphy's supernatural territory. Two tough heroines, clashing magic, and one messy case make it a fun detour for fans of both worlds.
Raven Calls
by CE Murphy
2012
Trying to heal a magical wound, Joanne returns to Ireland and gets torn into ancient power, broken time, and unfinished family business. To survive, she may have to challenge monsters, history, and the gods themselves.
Mountain Echoes
by CE Murphy
2013
Joanne Walker is forced back to North Carolina when her estranged father vanishes from the timeline itself. In the Appalachian mountains, old evils stir as her son Aidan begins to come into dangerous power of his own.
Shaman Rises
by CE Murphy
2014
Memory frays after Joanne Walker's battle in Ireland, and every ally, loss, and mistake is dragged into one last fight. The finale pits her against the Master in a desperate struggle for the world, and her own soul.
Stone's Throe
by CE Murphy
2015
In a pulp-tinged Paris, Amelia Stone sets herself against the Green-Eyed Monster who holds the city in fear. Years later, a new threat tied to Josephine Baker forces her to face old love, old enemies, and old regrets.
Atlantis Fallen
by CE Murphy
2016
Lorhen, one of the oldest Timeless, has spent ages trying to live quietly. Rumors of Atlantis and the attention of dangerous immortals pull him back into ancient power struggles he thought were long buried.
Magic and Manners
by CE Murphy
2016
Elsabeth Dover and her sisters must hide their magic to survive Regency society's marriage market. Then wit, attraction, and a dangerous secret force her to face the real price of power.
Bewitching Benedict
by CE Murphy
2017
Benedict Fairburn needs a marriage to secure an inheritance, but the woman he actually likes wants nothing to do with him. A London season full of secrets, social disasters, and crossed signals does not make things easier.
Roses in Amber
by CE Murphy
2017
Amber Gryce thinks magic belongs to old stories, until her family's ruin sends her into a forest holding full of enchantment. There, her love of roses draws her into a Beauty and the Beast tale with sharper edges.
Seamaster
by CE Murphy
2017
Orphaned apprentice Rasim wins a place on the fleet's flagship and sails straight into storm, treachery, piracy, and war. He is badly outmatched, but too stubborn to stop trying to save his friends and his country.
From Coffin to Grave
by CE Murphy
2019
Saoirse O'Cathain should have died crossing the Atlantic on a famine-era coffin ship. Instead, an ancient immortal awakens the Timeless power in her, and eternity begins to look less like salvation than another perilous road.
Stonemaster
by CE Murphy
2019
Rasim's quick wits earned him training beyond the Seamasters' Guild, but new honor only brings deadlier politics. Sent north on a fragile royal mission, he must become something more if he wants to survive.
Banshee Cries
by CE Murphy
2020
Reluctant shaman Joanne Walker is thrown onto a ritual murder case tied to a killer racing the winter moon. As the magic builds, she learns the danger around her is far older and darker than a single murderer.
Coming to America
by CE Murphy
2020
Naiki survives ancient betrayal and centuries of struggle in the orbit of the Timeless hunter who shattered her life. As the modern world closes in, vengeance, loyalty, and unwanted truths finally collide.
Keys
by CE Murphy
2020
In the ruined world after the Rising, a wealthy baron offers comfort and education to the youngest sister of a large family. The bargain looks like rescue, until the Bluebeard-shaped cost starts to show.
Them Shoes
by CE Murphy
2020
As the old world dies and the Rising begins, a young woman finds a pair of discarded shoes that should have stayed buried. What follows is a bloody, eerie retelling of The Red Shoes.
Wintergate
by CE Murphy
2020
Emilia guards the last doorway between the world and faerieland, a gate that opens only on the shortest day of the year. When loss hardens into duty, she has to decide what she is willing to sacrifice to keep it closed, or open.
Practical Boots
by CE Murphy
2021
Cat Sharp survived the Waste and built a life as an artificer courier with seven league boots. When her father returns, she must choose between her own long-held dreams and an innocent's future.
What Measure Ye Mete
by CE Murphy
2021
In a battered 2053 New York, Officer Cera Cortez mostly enforces the Judges' idea of order, until a tiny robot lands on her face screaming murder. The trail points toward an unthinkable suspect, one of the Judges themselves.
Where should I start?
If you want urban fantasy first: Urban Shaman → Banshee Cries → Thunderbird Falls
If you want hidden-world paranormal intrigue: Heart of Stone → House of Cards → Hands Of Flame
If you want court politics and dark fantasy: The Queen's Bastard → The Pretender's Crown
If you want faerie adventure: Truthseeker → Wayfinder
If you want fairy-tale retellings: Roses in Amber → Wintergate → Magic and Manners
Author bio
C.E. Murphy was born and raised in Alaska, and that mix of distance, weather, and self-reliance seems to fit her books well. Her stories often throw ordinary people up against old magic, dangerous bargains, and worlds that do not care whether anyone feels ready. She later became an Irish citizen through family descent and moved to Ireland, where she has lived with her family.
She started writing very young. Around age six, she sent three poems to a school publication, and the teacher picked the one Murphy herself thought was the worst. The better part of the story is that the teacher also told her to keep writing.
She did.
Before writing became the main job, Murphy worked the kind of grab-bag résumé that shows up in a lot of writer bios, but hers has a little extra flavor. She was a public library volunteer when she was still a kid, and later worked as an archival assistant, a cannery worker, and a web designer. Those jobs matter because her fiction rarely feels sealed off from practical life. Even when the plot is full of gods, gargoyles, or faerie courts, her characters still worry about work, rent, duty, family, and whether they can get through the next day without making things worse.
Her best-known series is probably the Joanne Walker books, beginning with Urban Shaman. Joanne is a Seattle cop who wants absolutely nothing to do with mystical destiny, which is part of what makes the series so easy to like. Murphy gives her a sharp voice, a strong sense of humor, and the exhausted determination of someone who keeps saving the world while barely keeping up with her own life.
She also writes a different kind of urban fantasy in Heart of Stone, where New York defense lawyer Margrit Knight is drawn into the hidden politics of the Old Races after meeting Alban, a gargoyle. Then there is The Queen's Bastard, which moves into court intrigue, espionage, and dangerous magic on a much larger canvas. Truthseeker and Wayfinder lean toward faerie adventure, while books like Magic and Manners and Roses in Amber show how comfortably Murphy can play with Regency fiction and fairy-tale retellings.
That range is a big part of her appeal. One shelf of her work gives you modern urban fantasy with procedural edges. Another gives you epic courts, assassins, and dynastic schemes. Another gives you retold tales, historical fantasy, or romance threaded through with magic. The throughline is usually the same: capable women, messy loyalties, supernatural rules with real costs, and a lead character who has to figure things out under pressure instead of arriving fully formed.
She has also written under other names, including Catie Murphy for mysteries and Murphy Lawless and Zoe Chant for romance. Even so, the C.E. Murphy byline is where many readers first meet the side of her work that likes myth, danger, and heroines with too much on their plates.
These days, Murphy is still based in Ireland and still writing across several corners of genre fiction. If you come to her for Joanne Walker, there is plenty more to explore. If you come for the fairy-tale retellings or the political fantasy, you will still find the same steady hand underneath it all, clear storytelling, lived-in worlds, and characters who usually have to earn every scrap of magic they get.
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