Emma Last FBI Mystery Books in Order
Part ofMary Stone Books in OrderBrowse all Emma Last FBI Mystery books by Mary Stone in order, with short summaries, series background, and tips on following this ghost-seeing agent’s toughest cases.
Last updated: December 21, 2025
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Publication Order
15 books
Last Stand
by Mary Stone
2025
As a ruthless half‑sister wages war on the FBI, Emma Last confronts a final, explosive showdown that will determine not only who survives, but what kind of future she’ll have when the last stand is over.
Last Spell
by Mary Stone
2025
As a killer uses symbolism and ritual to make their crimes look like dark magic, Emma Last must untangle illusion from reality while skeptics scoff at any mention of things they can’t explain.
Last Sign
by Mary Stone
2025
Gang members begin turning up dead with tattoos removed and cockroaches tucked into their clothes, and Emma Last faces a vigilante whose cryptic “sign” may be a warning that she’s next.
Last Shield
by Mary Stone
2025
Someone is targeting the people sworn to protect others, and Emma Last becomes the last shield between a relentless attacker and the colleagues she refuses to lose.
Last Vote
by Mary Stone
2024
Political ambitions turn deadly when campaign staffers start dying, and Emma Last is pulled into a case where every clue suggests someone is willing to kill to control the last vote.
Last Trace
by Mary Stone
2024
A shooter who leaves almost no forensic evidence pushes Emma Last and her team to follow the faintest traces, knowing that one missed detail could mean another body.
Last Resort
by Mary Stone
2024
A remote resort meant to offer escape becomes a killing ground, and Emma Last must navigate isolation, secrets, and ghostly warnings to find a murderer with nowhere left to run.
Last Hour
by Mary Stone
2024
A sadist who counts down each victim’s final sixty minutes sends taunting messages to Emma Last, turning every hour into a race she can’t afford to lose.
Last Vendetta
by Mary Stone
2023
A vendetta decades in the making erupts into fresh violence, and Emma Last must untangle old betrayals and new bodies before the person orchestrating it all wipes out everyone on their list.
Last Three
by Mary Stone
2023
A taunting message that there will be “three more” puts Emma Last on edge, as every new clue suggests the killer is counting down to an endgame only they understand.
Last Sinner
by Mary Stone
2023
A self‑styled avenger begins targeting people they deem sinners, and Emma Last must stop the killings before the line between justice and fanaticism disappears completely.
Last Mercy
by Mary Stone
2023
When a killer claims they’re putting victims out of their misery, Emma Last has to confront what mercy really means—and how far she’s willing to go to show none to a monster.
Last Heist
by Mary Stone
2023
A masked robber turns a daytime bank job into a slaughter, stealing little more than a box of notebooks, and Emma Last chases a phantom who seems to vanish into thin air while the dead whisper clues in her ear.
Last Chance
by Mary Stone
2023
With a victim’s life hanging by a thread, Emma Last is given one final chance to stop a ruthless predator, knowing that failure will haunt her—literally and figuratively—forever.
Last Breath
by Mary Stone
2023
An enemy who delights in taking victims to the edge of death before pulling them back forces Emma Last to use her unsettling connection to the dead to catch a killer who treats each last breath as entertainment.
Series background & context
The Emma Last series adds a lightly paranormal thread to Mary Stone’s world of federal crime fighters. Emma is a Special Agent working major cases, but she carries a secret that would get most agents laughed out of the room: she can see and speak with ghosts. The dead don’t line up to chat on command, and her ability doesn’t hand her easy answers, but it gives her unsettling glimpses and clues that standard investigative work can’t.
In early books like Last Heist, those visions collide with grim reality. A masked robber turns a bank job into a bloodbath, trapping hostages in a vault, murdering a young mother, and stealing what appears to be nothing more than a box of notebooks. Emma and her partner Leo Ambrose chase a suspect who keeps vanishing into thin air, while the dead woman’s presence lingers at the edge of Emma’s perception. The physical evidence points one way; the echoes she hears suggest something far stranger.
As the series continues, Emma’s world grows more complex. Colleagues react in very different ways when they learn about her ability—some with open minds, others with ridicule and hostility. Cases involve staged suicides, gang wars, and killers who leave bizarre signatures, like cockroaches tucked into victims’ pockets or mutilated bodies scattered like shrapnel. In Last Sign, a vigilante seems to be targeting gang members and leaving dead insects and missing tattoos behind, drawing Emma into a case where she herself becomes a target.
Family is a double‑edged sword for Emma. Threads about her father, long‑buried secrets, and a newly discovered half‑sister weave through stand‑alone investigations, culminating in high‑stakes confrontations in later books like Last Stand. Her personal history is tangled up with the violence she’s trying to stop, and she has to decide how much of herself she’s willing to sacrifice to end that cycle.
Despite the ghosts, these stories stay grounded in procedure and human motive. Emma still has to work crime scenes, interview witnesses, and build cases that will hold up in court. The supernatural element serves more as a curse than a shortcut, forcing her to carry the weight of the dead in a way her peers don’t.
If you’re drawn to FBI thrillers but like a hint of the uncanny—and a heroine who refuses to let anyone else define what’s “normal”—the Emma Last series offers a tense, emotional ride.
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