Estelle Ryan Books in Order
Explore Estelle Ryan books in order, with quick summaries, series background for Genevieve Lenard and Duchess Report, and help choosing where to start.
Last updated: June 10, 2026
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Publication Order
34 books
The Gauguin Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2012
Insurance investigator and nonverbal expert Genevieve Lenard is asked to help on a young artist's death. The case opens onto forged art, stolen weapons, and EU corruption, and pulls her into a dangerous hunt for a killer targeting artists.
The Braque Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2013
Kidnapped and disoriented, Genevieve finds herself facing forged paintings, mysterious murders, and taunting messages from Tomasz Kubanov. To save her friends, she must understand a violent mind that refuses to behave in any predictable way.
The Dante Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2013
After a brutal betrayal, Genevieve has shut herself away when wounded hacker Francine turns up asking for help. Stolen art, coded messages, and a high-level threat force her back to the team before more lives are lost.
The Courbet Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2014
When an autistic teenager reports forged masterpieces being sold on the dark web, Genevieve starts digging. Missing students, murder, and an old enemy quickly turn the case into a race against a much larger and darker scheme.
The Flinck Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2014
A cryptic online message leads Genevieve to a murdered politician and a trail that touches the Gardner heist, corruption, and an international conspiracy. With enemies closing in, she has to protect her team and find the truth fast.
The Leger Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2015
Francine takes the lead when a call from her father points to stolen art and a possible murder in Brazil. Rogue police, a kidnapping, and drone tech raise the stakes as danger edges closer to the people she loves.
The Morisot Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2015
The murder of an opera house director pushes Genevieve into a case where even notorious criminals may need protection. Opera, forged art, and encrypted clues lead her toward a grand finale with very high body counts.
The Pucelle Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2015
An antique book lands with Genevieve's team, and similar copies are linked to people who are now dead. As the bodies mount, she must connect murdered priests, bioweapon fears, and a deeply personal threat before more lives are destroyed.
The Vecellio Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2016
Tracking ruthless tycoon Marcus Gallo, Genevieve and her team are pulled into hacked cars, smuggled art, and a looming international disaster. With only days to work, she must uncover his real objective before it is too late.
The Netscher Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2017
What starts as a missing-person case in Hungary turns into a brutal hunt through Nazi-looted art, suspicious deaths, and cyberstalking. On unfamiliar ground and under pressure, Genevieve must stop a killer before someone on her own team becomes the next victim.
The Uccello Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2017
After a failed attempt on world leaders, Genevieve is still hunting Ivan Fradkov when assassination and kidnapping hit close to home. Coded paintings and dirty-bomb stakes force her into an impossible choice between duty and the people she loves.
The Roubaud Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2018
A young acquaintance asks Genevieve to look into a disappearance, and soon tortured bodies begin turning up around Strasbourg. Forged art, an ancient treasure, and hints of a rogue state make this one of her grimmest investigations.
The Sirani Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2019
An art theft and a mysterious email send Genevieve to Prague, where a sadistic killer is already waiting. Narcotics, artificial intelligence, and a weapon in development turn the case into a race to protect both strangers and loved ones.
The Becić Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2020
When someone close to Genevieve is kidnapped and forced to steal a masterpiece, the team heads to Croatia on a rescue mission. There they face a sinister collector whose plan could turn a seaside city into a disaster zone.
The Malhoa Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2021
A criminal takes one of Genevieve's friends hostage, then demands help stopping the Collector. In Lisbon, old revenge, stolen art, and a carefully planned attack collide as Genevieve tries to prevent a catastrophe with global consequences.
Samaritan
by Estelle Ryan
2022
Investigative journalist Bree Reuben has rebuilt her life in Düsseldorf until the woman who publicly outed her as transgender shows up begging for help. What follows is a dangerous investigation into respectable companies, hidden crimes, and powerful men.
Sentinel
by Estelle Ryan
2022
Bree Reuben is still trying to identify Duchess when she joins forces with the enigmatic David Svensson. Their search takes them into Serbia, where a looming plot and a serial-killer investigation begin to collide.
The Namatjira Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2023
A family weekend in Naples is shattered when a cousin is arrested for murder, and Genevieve immediately suspects a setup. Looted art, the Camorra, and deepfake deception pull the whole team into a frighteningly large plot.
The Gentileschi Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2024
In the Austrian Alps, Genevieve is asked to help find an assassin who narrowly missed a powerful tech mogul. The search opens into conspiracies, influential targets, and a brutal attack that pushes her far past her comfort zone.
The Lytras Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2024
Evidence from a politician's murder drags Genevieve back into a case she thought was over. An extraordinary art collection, buried lies, and dangerous genomics research force her to untangle treason before the fallout changes everything.
The Matejko Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2024
After months of dead ends, Genevieve finally traces crime boss Mondi to Central Europe. Cyberattacks hit the team the moment they get close, and she realizes his long-planned revenge could be even worse than they feared.
The Moreau Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2024
A beaten stranger collapses on Genevieve's doorstep clutching a bloody clue, then slips into unconsciousness. Following his trail leads her team into forgeries, espionage, and secrets high inside the French government, with thousands of lives at risk.
Maecenas
by Estelle Ryan
2025
When Bree's brother vanishes, her search leads deep into the power structure behind Duchess. To protect the people she loves and keep reporting honestly, she must face a conspiracy that can erase anyone who gets too close.
The Anquetin Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2025
Obsessed with catching the crime boss behind a recent kidnapping, Genevieve seizes on a rare emotional mistake. Looted heirlooms and crypto laundering point toward a final act that could unleash chaos on a massive scale.
The Bonheur Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2025
At the opening of a major exhibition, Genevieve spots something wrong with a newly rediscovered masterpiece. The puzzle grows into a battle over wealth, authenticity, and manipulated blockchain as a skilled hacker threatens global economic chaos.
The Csontváry Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2025
A brutal attack strands Genevieve in a foreign country and leaves behind clues meant specifically for her. Convinced the crime is really a plea for help, she follows cryptic paintings and old trauma toward a looming catastrophe.
The Fuseli Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2025
Three valuable paintings suddenly ignite inside a major museum, and Genevieve's team is pulled into a frightening pattern. Threats against cultural institutions, AI, and a hidden arsonist turn the case into a race to save both art and lives.
The Hokusai Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2025
A billionaire's daughter is accused of stealing three paintings, but Genevieve sees gaps in the story. What looks simple soon exposes the dark machinery behind online influence, reputation control, and abuse at the top of the internet.
The Valadon Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2025
The First Lady of a European nation asks Genevieve to find her missing sister and trust almost no one. Counterfeit goods, extortion, and corporate intrigue make the search increasingly political, and increasingly dangerous.
The Winge Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2025
A bloodstained note leads Genevieve to a string of expert forgeries and a case that keeps getting bigger. As revenge and hidden history surface, she must break through a maze of clues before innocent people pay the price.
The Bellotto Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2026
When a diplomat is murdered and seven paintings vanish on an Austrian highway, Genevieve uncovers more than a theft. The missing art is a key to a larger conspiracy that mixes old masters with modern cyberwarfare.
The Hodler Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2026
An unmarked package pulls Genevieve into an art theft that connects to a past case and a far bigger scheme. Facing an opponent as clever as she is, she must act before his paranoia turns deadly for countless people.
The Redon Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2026
A dying man's warning sends Genevieve toward valuable artworks hiding deadly data. As criminal empires close in and loyalties start to crack, she must decode the paintings and the people chasing them before a power struggle erupts.
The Vernet Connection
by Estelle Ryan
2026
A celebrated art expert suffers a very public breakdown during a high-profile authentication, and Genevieve knows it is no breakdown at all. The case draws her into European cultural politics and a hidden threat spreading across the continent.
Where should I start?
If you want the full Genevieve experience: The Gauguin Connection → The Dante Connection → The Braque Connection
If you like art crime that grows into bigger conspiracies: The Flinck Connection → The Courbet Connection → The Sirani Connection
If you want a shorter, journalist-led thriller arc: Samaritan → Sentinel → Maecenas
Author bio
Estelle Ryan was born in South Africa, and a lot of what shaped her seems to start there. She has written about growing up surrounded by African beauty, wildlife, and a wide mix of cultures. When she first traveled to Europe at 16, the trip widened her sense of what the world could be. It gave her a bigger map, and you can feel that restless curiosity all through her fiction.
Travel did not become a brief teenage memory. It became part of the way she lived. Ryan has said that she spent much of her adult life moving around the world, living on more than one continent and paying close attention to the places and people around her. That habit of noticing details, how people behave, how cities feel, how history sits inside everyday life, feeds directly into her books.
Before she became known for crime fiction, she worked in and around publishing and magazines. She wrote for international magazines, edited a European lifestyle magazine, and also published seven romance novels under a pseudonym. That mix matters. It helps explain why her thrillers can move quickly while still making room for character, atmosphere, and the odd everyday detail that makes a scene feel lived in.
Then she started combining her favorite subjects.
Ryan has described those interests as a mix of art, international politics, crime, behavioural psychology, criminal psychology, and music. Put them together and you get the world of The Gauguin Connection, the 2012 novel that introduced Dr Genevieve Lenard. From there the Genevieve books kept growing through titles like The Dante Connection, The Braque Connection, The Sirani Connection, and The Hokusai Connection. The books are crime thrillers, but they are also full of paintings, codes, technology, and cross-border conspiracies.
A lot of readers come to Ryan for Genevieve herself. She is an autistic expert in nonverbal communication, and Ryan builds the series around the way Genevieve thinks, notices, and pushes through overload when the stakes are high. Around her is a strong ensemble of investigators, hackers, art experts, and loyal friends. That gives the books two engines at once: the puzzle of the case, and the pull of a found family learning how to work together under pressure.
She likes smart people in difficult situations.
Ryan later opened up the same wider world from a different angle with Samaritan, followed by Sentinel and Maecenas, the Duchess Report trilogy led by investigative journalist Bree Reuben. Those books lean harder into journalism, corruption, and power, but they carry the same interest in human behaviour and the damage done by people who think they will never be called to account. Across both series, her fiction keeps circling back to the same question in different forms: who is really telling the truth, and who pays when a lie is allowed to spread?
Her official author profile still paints a clear picture of how she works. She calls herself a coffeeshopaholic, and says the right mix of coffee, music, weather, and atmosphere can turn an ordinary cafe into an office. She has also said that all of her books were written in coffee shops in different parts of the world. She is presented publicly as a USA Today bestselling author, but the more telling detail may be simpler: she is still writing books built from curiosity, movement, and a very sharp eye for what people reveal without meaning to.
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