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DD Warren Books in Order

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See all the D.D. Warren thrillers by Lisa Gardner in order, with case summaries, crossover notes, and guidance on the best place to start this gritty Boston homicide series.

Last updated: January 13, 2026

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15 books

1

When You See Me

by Lisa Gardner

2020

A new clue in serial killer Jacob Ness’s crimes sends D.D. Warren, FBI agent Kimberly Quincy, and survivor Flora Dane to a small Georgia town with too many unmarked graves. As they uncover fresh horrors and hidden victims, Flora is forced to confront the full truth of what happened to her years ago.

2

The Guy Who Died Twice

by Lisa Gardner

2019

A panicked man walks into Boston homicide convinced he is already dead, only to be sent home very much alive. Hours later his body turns up for real, and D.D. Warren must untangle fraud, mistaken identity, and murder to explain how someone managed to die twice.

3

Never Tell

by Lisa Gardner

2019

Evie Carter stands over her husband’s body with a smoking gun and a history that includes another fatal shooting years before. As D.D. Warren reopens the old case and Flora Dane recognizes the dead man from her captivity, the two women pull on a tangle of family secrets someone will kill to protect.

4

Look For Me

by Lisa Gardner

2018

Four members of a blended family are gunned down in their Boston home and sixteen year old Roxanna is missing. Partnering with vigilante Flora Dane, D.D. Warren follows a trail through foster files, teenage friendships, and old resentments to find the girl before someone else does.

5

Find Her

by Lisa Gardner

2016

Seven years after being kidnapped on spring break and held for 472 days, Flora Dane has rebuilt herself into a survivor who hunts predators. After she kills a man in self defense, D.D. Warren must sort out whether Flora is a victim, a vigilante, or bait in a larger game involving a missing college student.

6

3 Truths and a Lie

by Lisa Gardner

2016

Asked to teach a roomful of thriller writers how homicide really works, D.D. Warren presents one of her strangest cases: a seedy motel room, drugs, prostitution, and a severed leg. She dares the class to spot which part of her story is the lie.

7

The Laughing Buddha: Malachai Samuels vs. D.D. Warren

by Lisa Gardner

2015

In this crossover short story, Boston detective D.D. Warren investigates the murder of a psychologist and a missing jade Buddha statue. Her search leads her to past life researcher Malachai Samuels, and the unlikely pair must combine skeptic and believer to unmask a killer with a mystical obsession.

8

Fear Nothing

by Lisa Gardner

2014

Recovering from a brutal on the job attack, D.D. Warren turns to pain specialist Dr. Adeline Glen, a woman born without the ability to feel pain. When a new killer echoes the crimes of Adeline’s infamous father and imprisoned sister, both women are dragged into a family nightmare that refuses to stay buried.

9

The 7th Month

by Lisa Gardner

2012

Seven months pregnant, D.D. Warren takes a side job advising on a serial killer movie shooting in a Boston graveyard. When the film’s former police consultant is found beaten to death, she suddenly finds herself chasing a real murderer among a cast and crew full of suspects.

10

Catch Me

by Lisa Gardner

2012

For two years running, one of Charlie Grant’s childhood friends has been murdered on January 21. Convinced her turn is next, Charlie asks D.D. Warren to investigate her future death. As D.D. digs into Charlie’s past, she wonders whether her terrified client is truly a target or something more dangerous.

11

Love You More

by Lisa Gardner

2011

State police trooper Tessa Leoni admits she shot her abusive husband, but refuses to explain her injuries or her missing six year old daughter. Working the case, D.D. Warren must decide whether Tessa is a desperate mother, a calculating killer, or both before the little girl’s time runs out.

12

Live to Tell

by Lisa Gardner

2010

Four members of a family are massacred in their Boston home and the surviving father clings to life. D.D. Warren’s search for answers leads her to a locked pediatric psych ward and a desperate mother, where buried trauma links past and present in dangerous ways.

13

The Neighbor

by Lisa Gardner

2009

A young mother disappears from her South Boston home, leaving behind a four year old daughter and a husband who will not cooperate with police. As media frenzy grows, D.D. Warren has to decide whether she is dealing with a grieving spouse, a predator, or a victim of something stranger.

14

Hide

by Lisa Gardner

2007

When the mummified bodies of six girls are discovered on the grounds of an abandoned mental hospital, Detective D.D. Warren fears a notorious killer has returned. A woman with a disturbingly similar childhood steps forward, and D.D. must untangle decades of secrets before someone else vanishes.

15

Alone

by Lisa Gardner

2004

Police sniper Bobby Dodge makes a split second decision during a Boston hostage standoff and kills a well connected husband. As questions mount about what really happened, Detective D.D. Warren and Bobby uncover buried secrets and a far older evil.

Series background & context

Detective D.D. Warren anchors Lisa Gardner’s longest running crime series, a set of Boston based novels that mix police procedure with psychological suspense. She arrives on the page as a driven homicide sergeant who has seen almost everything, then keeps discovering she was wrong about that.

The books open with Alone, where D.D. is called to investigate a controversial police shooting involving state trooper Bobby Dodge and a wealthy Back Bay family. From the start, her cases are never just about a single crime scene. Each investigation peels back layers of domestic secrecy, media pressure, and institutional politics that make solving the murder only half the battle.

Over time we see D.D. circling some of Boston’s darkest crimes. In Hide she confronts a graveyard of mummified girls beneath an abandoned psychiatric hospital. Live to Tell and Love You More drag her into family annihilation cases and the blurred line between victim and suspect. Later books like Catch Me and Fear Nothing push her toward serial predators whose methods are as disturbing as their motives.

The series is as much about D.D. herself as it is about the killers she chases. She is blunt, impatient with nonsense, and fiercely loyal in ways she would rather not discuss. We watch her fall in love, face serious injury on the job, and juggle motherhood with a career that regularly keeps her out all night. Short pieces such as The 7th Month and The Guy Who Died Twice drop into those in between moments, showing how she copes when work follows her everywhere.

Gardner gradually folds in recurring characters who expand D.D.’s world. FBI agent Kimberly Quincy crosses over from the Profiler novels, while kidnapping survivor Flora Dane becomes a volatile ally in Find Her, Look For Me, Never Tell, and When You See Me. Their uneasy partnership lets the series explore long term trauma, vigilantism, and what justice looks like for people who have already lost too much.

Across the books you can expect tightly plotted investigations, strong sense of place, and cases that often echo real world fears, from family violence to online secrets. Each novel stands on its own, but reading in order rewards you with a clearer picture of how D.D. grows, what she is willing to sacrifice, and why Boston keeps needing her particular brand of stubborn persistence.

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