DK Hood Books in Order
Browse DK Hood books in order, with Detective Kane and Alton reading guidance, short summaries, series notes, and easy advice on where to start.
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DK Hood books in publication order
41 books
Don't Tell a Soul
by DK Hood
2017
A body stuffed in a barrel pulls Sheriff Jenna Alton and new deputy David Kane into Black Rock Falls' darkest secret. Two outsiders have vanished, locals are hiding something, and Jenna may be next.
Bring Me Flowers
by DK Hood
2018
When schoolgirl Felicity Parker is found posed in the forest with flowers beside her, Jenna and Kane hunt a killer targeting local girls. Fear grips Black Rock Falls as the murders edge closer to home.
Follow Me Home
by DK Hood
2018
An apparently motiveless murder in an empty house leads Jenna and Kane to an old trail of missing girls. When the killer starts sending messages to David Kane, the case turns personal and more dangerous.
The Crying Season
by DK Hood
2018
A skull on a hiking trail is only the start. As more bodies surface in the woods around Black Rock Falls, Jenna and Kane have to track a ruthless killer deep into the forest.
Break the Silence
by DK Hood
2019
College student Chrissie Lowe is found dead after a party, and the evidence points to assault, silence, and powerful people on campus. Jenna digs into the students' last hours before another death blows the case open.
Where Angels Fear
by DK Hood
2019
Bloodied survivor Ella Tate stumbles into town after fleeing an attacker on the highway, but her friend Sky is still missing. Jenna uncovers a string of vanished young travelers and a killer tied to the road into Black Rock Falls.
Whisper in the Night
by DK Hood
2019
Fifteen-year-old Lindy Rosen vanishes from her bedroom after weeks of terrifying nightmares. When the kidnapper sends Jenna a video and a 24-hour deadline, the hunt becomes a brutal race against time.
Her Broken Wings
by DK Hood
2020
A home invasion leaves Lucas Robinson dead in his bed and his shaken wife as the only witness. As more bodies pile up and Halloween crowds fill town, Jenna realizes she is facing a far deadlier killer than she first thought.
Her Shallow Grave
by DK Hood
2020
In winter-bound Black Rock Falls, a young woman's frozen body is found hanging from a tree. Jenna and Kane uncover more burial sites nearby and begin hunting a killer who may be far closer than anyone suspects.
Promises in the Dark
by DK Hood
2020
After a family home explodes, Jenna focuses on the missing teenage daughter taken from the scene. The murders soon connect to David Kane's past, pulling the team into caves, bombs, and a killer bent on revenge.
Be Mine Forever
by DK Hood
2021
Cheerleader Laurie Turner disappears after practice, and her abandoned truck suggests she knew whoever picked her up. As another girl goes missing, Jenna starts to suspect the killer is close to the school and hiding in plain sight.
Cross My Heart
by DK Hood
2021
A murder in the woods echoes one of Jenna's most haunting old cases, even though the original killer is behind bars. When more bodies turn up during the Halloween festival, she faces a copycat with her squarely in the crosshairs.
Fallen Angel
by DK Hood
2021
Snow traps Jenna and Kane at a hotel where a missing guest turns up dead beneath a frozen lake. With pearl earrings as the only clue and a blizzard closing in, the killer may be trapped inside with them.
Lose Your Breath
by DK Hood
2021
This short read steps back into David Kane's past, when he was a special forces soldier sent to rescue kidnapped secretary Annie Parkes. Saving her is only the beginning of a case that becomes personal fast.
Chase Her Shadow
by DK Hood
2022
Military widows are found dead with purple medals on their bodies, drawing Jenna Alton and David Kane into a serial-killer investigation. The victims' husbands served in the same missing platoon, making its fate central to the murders.
Don't Look Back
by DK Hood
2022
This short read goes back to Jenna Alton's life before Black Rock Falls, when she was an FBI agent undercover inside her abusive husband's world. One deadly night forces her to choose between the case and an innocent victim.
Her Bleeding Heart
by DK Hood
2022
Weeks of rain wash a murdered young woman onto a riverbank with a jack of hearts hidden in her clothing. Cut off by landslides, Jenna and Kane hunt a killer whose calling card links him to an older FBI case.
Kiss Her Goodnight
by DK Hood
2022
A young woman's body left at the fairground, marked by puncture wounds along her spine, points to a sadistic serial killer. As more victims appear, Jenna follows the trail toward a dangerous cave network beneath Black Rock Falls.
Pray for Mercy
by DK Hood
2022
A bloody message on Jenna's office door leads to the murder of an elderly local woman and then another victim on a mountain road. When one of Jenna's own deputies is found unconscious and covered in blood, trust starts to crack.
Now You See Me
by DK Hood
2023
An abandoned car and a missing teaching assistant lead Jenna Alton and David Kane to disappearances along an icy road. Someone is stranding victims deliberately, and the detectives must find the killer before more residents vanish during the Christmas season.
Shadow Angels
by DK Hood
2023
A missing woman is found posed in a remote cabin with makeup applied after death. Beth Katz and Dax Styles trace another disappearance to a late-night venue, where Beth goes undercover to catch the killer before another woman dies.
Their Wicked Games
by DK Hood
2023
Three teenagers are found murdered with the signature of a notorious killer who has been imprisoned for years. Jenna Alton and David Kane investigate a possible copycat, confronting an uncooperative convict while further deaths threaten their community and team.
Where Hidden Souls Lie
by DK Hood
2023
A shallow grave leads Jenna Alton to a teenager who escaped being buried alive after abduction from a foster home. When another girl disappears, Jenna and David Kane search for a remote killer while the case turns dangerously personal.
Wildflower Girls
by DK Hood
2023
FBI agent Beth Katz investigates a murdered schoolgirl and her missing friend, recognizing a pattern from an older case. Haunted by her serial-killer father’s legacy, she risks herself as bait while struggling to keep her vigilante impulses hidden from her partner.
A Song for the Dead
by DK Hood
2024
A woman disappears from her home at Halloween, and three buried victims resemble her. Jenna Alton and David Kane link the deaths to an unsolved series of murders, racing to identify the killer before another group of women is targeted.
Dark Hearts
by DK Hood
2024
A robber murders witnesses and abducts teenage girls, drawing Beth Katz and Dax Styles into a desperate search. A name written in blood offers a lead, but Beth’s urge to administer her own justice threatens the investigation.
Eyes Tight Shut
by DK Hood
2024
Two women living alone are found electrocuted in their homes, leaving Jenna Alton and David Kane searching for a common connection. Security footage points toward someone Jenna knows, complicating her effort to stop the killer before another death.
Forgotten Girls
by DK Hood
2024
Searching for Dax Styles’s missing sister leads Beth Katz to an isolated cabin and evidence of further abducted girls. The investigation points toward someone posing as a police officer, testing both agents’ resolve as they pursue the captor.
Tears on Her Grave
by DK Hood
2024
A storm uncovers the bodies of a couple missing for twelve years, reopening a mystery from a school party. Identical witness accounts arouse Jenna Alton’s suspicions, and another death puts her investigation and team in immediate danger.
Their Frozen Bones
by DK Hood
2024
A plane crash sends Jenna Alton and David Kane into a blizzard searching for a friend’s teenage daughter. Her disappearance from the wreckage and the discovery of frozen women’s bodies suggest a killer reached the site before the rescuers.
Fear for Her Life
by DK Hood
2025
A prison bus is found with its driver dead, four killers escaped and a warden missing. Jenna Alton and David Kane follow violence through the forest, racing to find two abducted women before the fugitives reach Black Rock Falls.
Good Girls Don't Cry
by DK Hood
2025
A limousine carrying ten teenagers disappears on prom night, and the boys are later found dead. Jenna Alton and David Kane search for the missing girls as staged bodies recall an earlier case and suggest a killer intent on further victims.
The Liar I Married
by DK Hood
2025
Recovering from a car crash, Jessie cannot persuade her husband to explain what happened. An anonymous warning deepens her mistrust, while John struggles to conceal a terrible secret about the night that threatens their marriage and safety.
Their Haunted Hearts
by DK Hood
2025
Women with bite marks on their necks are found displayed at Halloween attractions in Black Rock Falls. Jenna Alton and David Kane connect the murders to a cold case, while a violent storm isolates the town and gives the killer cover.
Watch Over Me
by DK Hood
2025
An injured teacher reports escaping a kidnapper, but missing security footage complicates her account. When a social worker is murdered and threats continue, Jenna Alton and David Kane seek the link between the women as snow cuts off their town.
His Next Wife
by DK Hood
2026
A newlywed moves into an isolated beachfront home haunted by traces of her husband’s deceased first wife. Discovering the woman’s diary contradicts his account of an accident, leaving her to question whether her own marriage puts her in danger.
In the Dead of Winter
by DK Hood
2026
Women killed after being trapped in the forest are delivered to Black Rock Falls in suitcases. Jenna Alton and David Kane pursue a hunter whose clues vanish beneath fresh snow, while a desperate rescue call draws Jenna into a blizzard.
Look Behind You
by DK Hood
2026
Two women from the same self-defense group are murdered after one feared she was being followed. Jenna Alton and David Kane investigate a killer apparently known to the victims, but the trail threatens trust within their own team.
Nothing Stays Buried
by DK Hood
2026
A farm worker’s shallow grave leads Jenna Alton and David Kane into hostility at an isolated ranch. Another woman’s disappearance and links to an unsolved cabin fire suggest years of concealed killings, forcing them to search before another victim dies.
The Second Girl
by DK Hood
2026
A writer hired to produce an actress’s memoir encounters conflicting accounts behind the star’s carefully managed image. Learning that a previous writer vanished turns her search for the truth into a question of whether she can leave the house safely.
Whisper Through the Pines
by DK Hood
2026
Two teenagers are found murdered beside their woodland campsite during Halloween. Jenna Alton and David Kane follow scant clues until a fleeing girl in a nightgown draws Jenna deeper into the forest, where the rescue may conceal a trap.
Where to start with DK Hood
If you want the full story from the beginning: Don't Tell a Soul → Bring Me Flowers → Follow Me Home
If you want the classic Black Rock Falls cases: Where Angels Fear → Whisper in the Night → Break the Silence → Her Broken Wings
If you want the deeper Jenna and Dave backstory: Cross My Heart → Lose Your Breath → Fallen Angel → Don't Look Back
If you want later, bigger-stakes cases: Promises in the Dark → Be Mine Forever → Pray for Mercy → Her Bleeding Heart
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Author bio
D.K. Hood was born in London, travelled widely, and later settled in Australia. Her career as a novelist did not begin early or in a neat, preplanned way. She has written openly about living for years with severe pain, and about how the long search for answers around fibromyalgia changed the course of her life.
Writing began as a way to cope.
After a back operation, while lying in hospital and trying to keep her mind off the pain, she started making up stories and asked her husband to bring her a notepad and pens. Those first stories were fantasy, the kind filled with dragons, witches, and the sense of escape she had loved as a child. She found that when she disappeared into a story world, the pain backed off for a while. That was enough to keep going.
From there, the path bent toward crime. Hood has said her background is in science, and that she has long been fascinated by forensic science, the criminal mind, true crime, trials, autopsy reports, and the way new technology changes investigations. She has also said she was not a classic crime-only reader. Her listening jumped from Harry Potter, Eragon, and Outlander to non-fiction and case material, which helps explain why her books mix procedural detail with a strong sense of momentum.
Then David Kane showed up.
Hood has described David Kane arriving in her imagination first, damaged, stubborn, and carrying a tragic past that would not leave her alone. Jenna Alton followed, a former undercover agent with deep scars of her own. Once those two characters clicked together, the books seemed to come fast. Their partnership became the engine of Don't Tell a Soul, the novel that launched the Black Rock Falls stories and began her long-running Kane and Alton series.
Sending that manuscript out was a leap. Crime thrillers felt outside what she had expected to write, but she submitted Don't Tell a Soul anyway and received an offer from commissioning editor Helen Jenner at Bookouture. That break mattered. It gave Hood the space to keep building the world of Black Rock Falls, a fictional Montana setting where isolated roads, forests, storms, and tight-lipped locals make almost every case feel trapped and urgent.
Readers who pick up Don't Tell a Soul, Bring Me Flowers, Whisper in the Night, or Her Shallow Grave will quickly see what she likes to do. She throws Jenna and Dave into missing-person cases, serial killer hunts, and dangerous small-town secrets, then pushes the pace hard. The books are visual, blunt, and built to move. Hood has said she writes action so the reader feels inside the scene, almost like watching it unfold rather than hearing about it after the fact.
She did not stop with one lane.
Alongside Kane and Alton, Hood has written the Beth Katz books and psychological thrillers including The Liar I Married and His Next Wife. By 2026, her publisher said her books had passed 2 million copies sold. That kind of reach says a lot without needing extra fuss. Readers know what they are coming for, fast chapters, dark cases, and lead characters who feel bruised enough to be real.
These days Hood lives quietly in Australia with her husband. She has mentioned a small garden filled with birds and water dragons, which feels like a gentle counterweight to the violence on the page. She is also a member of International Thriller Writers. For someone who came to fiction later in life, and through pain rather than plan, she has built a remarkably large body of work, one crime at a time.
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