DS Jamie Johansson Books in Order
Part ofMorgan Greene Books in OrderFollow the DS Jamie Johansson books by Morgan Greene in order, with summaries, background, reading order, and where to start.
Last updated: June 7, 2026
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Publication Order
13 books
Angel Maker
by Morgan Greene
2021
A teenage girl is found posed like an angel in the woods outside Stockholm. Jamie returns to her home city to face a case linked to her father's past and a killer everyone thought was gone.
Death Chorus
by Morgan Greene
2021
Jamie looks for a fresh start in Kurrajakk, but a teenager's ritualized death revives whispers of the King of Crows. The case pulls local fear, folklore and murder into one dark knot.
Old Blood
by Morgan Greene
2021
Jamie follows the case that haunted her father and uncovers corruption spreading through Stockholm. With her badge under threat and powerful enemies watching, she has to decide how much she is willing to lose.
Rising Tide
by Morgan Greene
2021
Jamie and Anders Wilk are sent to a locked-down oil platform in the Norwegian Sea after a crewman is killed. With a crew change looming, the suspects are trapped, scared and turning on one another.
Ice Queen
by Morgan Greene
2022
A trail of mutilations and beheadings near the Finnish border draws Jamie to Leppasalmi, a town facing months of darkness. The locals fear the Ice Queen, but Jamie refuses to obey her rules.
Quiet Wolf
by Morgan Greene
2022
A missing family sends Jamie and Thorsen to the border town of Etterange. With unreported disappearances, a remote community and winter closing in, a simple favor becomes a fight to get out alive.
Black Heart
by Morgan Greene
2023
On Gotland, a string of teen suicides and disappearances hides a darker pattern: each body bears a black heart. Jamie and Thorsen come out of exile to find who is driving the deaths.
The Last Light Of Day
by Morgan Greene
2023
A call from Jamie's mother pulls her from Stockholm back to South Wales. In the Brecon Beacons, she confronts a brutal trafficking ring and a case that brings the past close again.
The Mark Of The Dead
by Morgan Greene
2023
After Jamie disrupts Aram Petrosyan's trafficking network, she and Alina become targets. With the unseen killer called the Nhang coming for them, Jamie must protect her ward and strike back.
The Devil In The Dark
by Morgan Greene
2024
A killer starts recreating Jamie's old cases, leaving victims who look uncomfortably familiar. To stop the pattern, Jamie has to retrace her own career and face the enemies she left behind.
The Hiss Of The Snake
by Morgan Greene
2024
Key witnesses against the Petrosyan operation are dying in staged accidents, and Jamie knows the case is being dismantled. Protecting Alina means hunting the new power behind the syndicate before it reaches them.
The First Snow Of Winter
by Morgan Greene
2025
As winter tightens around Wales, Jamie's team is split between dangerous threats and a killer who enjoys the chase. Old allies and enemies return as the case pushes her toward breaking point.
The Deepest Grave Of All
by Morgan Greene
2026
Julian Voss has pushed Jamie's career, family and sanity to the edge. In the worst winter in decades, she gathers her team for one final hunt, and this time she sets the rules.
Series background & context
The main Jamie Johansson series follows a detective who never seems to stay in one country, one department or one emotional state for long. Jamie begins as a London Met detective with deep ties to Stockholm, then gets pulled back to Sweden by the kind of case most people would spend a lifetime trying to forget. From there, the books widen into a mix of Scandi-noir police work, personal vendettas and fast, violent thriller plotting.
Angel Maker is the key starting point. A teenage girl is found posed like an angel, and the killing appears connected to a serial murderer Jamie’s father once caught. That case brings Jamie home to Stockholm and forces her to deal with family history, missing files and the fear that an old evil may not have been buried after all.
The early books keep Jamie in harsh northern settings. Rising Tide sends her and Anders Wilk to an oil platform in the Norwegian Sea, where isolation turns every crew member into a suspect. Old Blood digs into corruption and the unfinished work of Jamie’s father. Death Chorus, Quiet Wolf and Ice Queen lean into remote towns, local legends, missing people and communities that have learned to live with fear.
The weather is usually bad. Jamie’s mood is not much better.
That bluntness is part of the appeal. Jamie is brilliant and often reckless. She forms bonds with partners such as Wilk, Thorsen and later allies, but she is never simple company. Greene uses her cases to test trust: trust in police work, trust in family, trust in institutions and trust in the people standing beside her when the rules stop helping.
As the series moves on, the focus shifts from Sweden back toward the UK and Wales. The Last Light Of Day opens a later run involving trafficking, organized crime, Alina, Interpol work and enemies who understand Jamie well enough to hurt her. Books like The Mark Of The Dead, The Hiss Of The Snake and The Devil In The Dark are best read in order, because the danger becomes personal and the consequences carry forward.
Expect dark crimes, cold places, recurring trauma and a lead character who wins by refusing to quit. The series can be brutal, but it is also very much about protection, especially the fierce, messy kind Jamie offers to people who have already been failed.
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