Fatal Books in Order

Detective Sam Holland hopes a senator's murder investigation will restore her damaged career. Working with his chief of staff, Nick Cappuano, revives an earlier attraction, but becoming involved with a material witness could jeopardize the case.

Two cleaning workers are murdered, and one victim's affair with a senator draws Sam Holland into a dangerous Washington investigation. As she uncovers secrets threatening powerful officials, Sam and Nick also struggle to organize their wedding.

During the week of their wedding, Sam Holland and Nick Cappuano struggle to reconnect after a tragic loss. A new clue in an old case pulls Sam into danger, while someone from her past threatens their plans.

Sam Holland investigates the murder of a Supreme Court nominee she recently saw alive. Media scrutiny of her relationship with Senator Nick Cappuano intensifies, while a lead in her father's unsolved shooting and buried secrets create fresh danger.

The wife of a White House official is murdered and their infant daughter vanishes. Sam Holland must coordinate a difficult investigation with federal agents and other detectives while a revived case involving her father brings distracting pain.

Returning from their honeymoon, Sam Holland and Senator Nick Cappuano discover threatening messages in their wedding cards. A string of seemingly unconnected murders leaves Sam searching for a motive and wondering whether the killer is ultimately targeting her.

This omnibus pairs Linda Howard's Come Lie with Me with Marie Force's Fatal Justice. A therapist helps an injured man recover while guarding her own painful history, and Sam Holland investigates a Supreme Court nominee's murder amid political scrutiny.

After a baseball player's costly mistake ends Washington's championship hopes, his murder draws Sam Holland into a volatile investigation. Meanwhile, Nick Cappuano's reelection campaign faces financial questions, and their adopted son struggles with the death of his sporting hero.

This collection pairs Linda Howard's Against the Rules with Marie Force's Fatal Affair. Cathryn returns to confront a former attraction, while detective Sam Holland investigates a senator's murder alongside a man whose connection to her threatens professional boundaries.

Sam Holland's Thanksgiving plans collapse when her teenage niece appears injured and covered in blood. Investigating what happened blurs family loyalty and professional duty, especially as social media evidence raises doubts and Nick questions her methods.

Recovering from a traumatic attack, Sam Holland struggles with medical leave as Nick prepares for inauguration as vice president. A series of knife assaults draws her back into police work, testing her strength and adding pressure to their marriage.

Sam Holland must defend colleagues implicated in a mishandled homicide investigation while her husband adjusts to the vice presidency. Conflicting evidence and personal connections threaten her team's credibility, complicating the couple's efforts to complete their son's adoption.

Six years before their reunion in Fatal Affair, Sam Holland and Nick Cappuano spend a night together that neither forgets. This prequel follows their first encounter, establishing the attraction that will later draw the detective and political aide together again.

Josh Hamilton tells Sam Holland that his parents stole him as a baby, drawing her toward a possible kidnapping conspiracy involving powerful people. As she investigates, her husband's political responsibilities and their son's illness put further pressure on family life.

Sam Holland investigates a body recovered from the Anacostia River before the Secret Service abruptly removes her family from danger. With their location concealed and past secrets surfacing, she must confront a threat that entwines murder with her husband's political life.

Sam Holland returns from vacation to escalating drive-by shootings that threaten the city's teenagers. While her team searches for those responsible, a political scandal confronting her husband raises new questions about whether her police career can survive their changing circumstances.

A presidential affair allegation sends shock waves through Nick Cappuano's political world while Sam Holland investigates a connected murder. With her police department also engulfed in scandal, closing the case becomes urgent before events push their family toward the White House.

A deadly home invasion leaves young twins as the only witnesses to their parents' murders. Sam Holland becomes personally invested in protecting them, while tensions within her team and a colleague's unresolved grief complicate the investigation and her professional judgment.

Her father's death transforms the unsolved shooting that disabled him into a homicide investigation for Sam Holland. An anonymous tip raises disturbing questions, sending her after the truth while Nick supports her through grief and the dangers of a deeply personal case.

Sam Holland investigates the murder of a prominent Washington woman whose relationships deteriorated before her death. Departmental scandal, her family's first holiday without her father, and mounting pressure for Nick to seek the presidency complicate an already difficult case.

This companion to the Fatal novels organizes the series’ plots, chronology, and extensive cast of characters. Readers can revisit sixteen novels and two novellas through a reference covering the interconnected lives and cases surrounding Sam Holland.