Chris Sinclair Books in Order

The Chris Sinclair series follows a San Antonio district attorney whose job keeps bringing public duty into collision with private life. Chris is a lawyer who believes in justice, but Jay Brandon does not make his cases neat or easy. Each book puts Chris up against crime, political pressure, old loyalties, and facts that refuse to stay buried.

San Antonio gives the series its texture. Courtrooms, neighborhoods, local power, family ties, and Texas politics all feed into the cases. Chris’s work is demanding on its own, yet the books also keep track of the people closest to him, especially psychologist Anne Greenwald and his daughter, Clarissa. Their relationships give the series an ongoing emotional thread.

It starts with Angel of Death. Chris pursues Malachi Reese, a respected community figure whom he believes is a violent killer. Even after Reese is convicted, the danger does not simply disappear, and Chris learns that a legal victory can leave plenty of unfinished business.

The past keeps showing up.

In Afterimage, a body discovered outside San Antonio appears connected to Jean, Chris’s first serious love from college. The case sends him back toward memories he has never fully put aside. Sliver Moon shifts attention to Anne’s estranged father and a murder case tangled with old Texas political connections. Chris must sort through family distrust as well as official interference.

Grudge Match raises the stakes when new DNA evidence clears Steve Greerdon, a man Chris once sent to prison for armed robbery. Soon afterward, two police officers are killed, and Greerdon is again at the center of suspicion. The case forces Chris to question both an old conviction and the motives of people around him.

In Running with the Dead, an earlier case returns with painful consequences. A teacher Chris once defended is found murdered, while a separate threat brings the danger close to Chris’s own family. The novel draws on developments from the earlier books, so it works best after the first four.

These are legal thrillers, but their real engine is Chris’s persistence. He has courtroom skill, yet he also has blind spots, personal attachments, and a deep dislike of easy answers. The tone is tense and grounded, with investigations that move between legal strategy and the daily reality of a city under pressure.

Start with Angel of Death and read straight through to Running with the Dead. Each novel has its own central case, but the continuing consequences of Chris’s earlier choices are a big part of what makes the series work.