FBI Agent Kate Walsh Books in Order
Part ofStacy M Jones Books in OrderFind the FBI Agent Kate Walsh books by Stacy M Jones in order, with summaries, series background, and where to start this globe-trotting thriller series.
Last updated: June 9, 2026
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Publication Order
11 books
Miami Ripper
by Stacy M Jones
2021
Kate Walsh and Declan James head to Miami when high-priced escorts start turning up dead in empty waterfront mansions. The case pulls them into the city's wealthy circles, where money and access make the killer hard to catch.
The Founders
by Stacy M Jones
2021
A serial killer turns Boston's Freedom Trail into a hunting ground, and FBI agent Kate Walsh finds herself personally tied to the case. She and Declan James must stop a murderer whose obsession with history is turning deadly.
Mad Jack
by Stacy M Jones
2022
Undercover inside a self-help empire with cult rumors, Kate Walsh and Declan James try to get close to Jack Harlow before more couples die. The deeper they go, the harder it is to tell performance from real danger.
The Fuse
by Stacy M Jones
2022
A serial bomber is targeting secret societies at Ivy League schools, and Kate Walsh's team has little time to figure out why. Privilege, old loyalties, and hidden agendas make every lead more dangerous.
Close Killer
by Stacy M Jones
2023
In Edinburgh, a killer is hunting solo women travelers and leaving almost nothing behind. Kate Walsh is forced into an uneasy alliance with an old foe as the case widens beyond Scotland.
Dead Senate
by Stacy M Jones
2023
Two senators are murdered after a secret meeting on Martha's Vineyard, and a storm traps the remaining players on the island. Kate Walsh and Declan James have to sort truth from political theater before the killer strikes again.
Diamond King
by Stacy M Jones
2024
While defending her career in Washington, Kate Walsh gets pulled into an art theft tied to the elusive criminal known as the Phantom. Chasing him could save her job, or expose how badly the case has compromised her judgment.
The Magician
by Stacy M Jones
2024
As Halloween approaches, a killer calling himself The Magician uses tarot and occult symbolism to choose victims among Boston's wealthy. Kate Walsh follows the trail into Salem, where old secrets may hold the key.
Helix Syndicate
by Stacy M Jones
2025
Wealthy single women are being charmed, robbed, and murdered, leaving Kate Walsh with a case that stretches far beyond one city. The trail leads across borders and into a predatory network built on stolen trust.
Midnight Lilies
by Stacy M Jones
2025
A revenge mission is cutting down powerful podcast hosts one murder at a time, and Kate Walsh is caught in the middle. To stop the killers, she has to untangle who is hunting whom, and why now.
Lady Lucy
by Stacy M Jones
2026
When a British aristocrat vanishes and her friends start dying, Kate Walsh is pulled into a brutal chase across Europe. Lucy knows secrets that could wreck the FBI, and she plans to use them.
Series background & context
The Kate Walsh books are the biggest, broadest stories in Stacy M Jones's catalog. Kate and her partner Declan James lead a covert FBI unit that gets sent after the cases regular channels cannot safely handle. They are based in Boston, but that only tells you where the files start piling up. The action moves through Miami, Martha's Vineyard, Washington, Edinburgh, London, and farther afield, because these investigations usually reach past one crime scene and into a much larger system.
Kate is the engine of the series. She is sharp, stubborn, and willing to keep pushing when a case starts getting political or personal. Declan is not just backup. He is her closest professional partner, the person who can challenge her, steady her, and jump into danger beside her. Together they chase serial killers, cult leaders, bombers, art thieves, and predators who hide behind wealth or status.
These are thrillers that move.
What keeps the series interesting is that the headline crime is rarely the whole story. The Founders starts with murders on Boston's Freedom Trail, but history and ideology matter. Mad Jack turns into an undercover fight inside a cultlike empire. Dead Senate and Diamond King lean into politics and power. Later books widen the scope even more, pulling Kate into international cases where romance scams, organized networks, and old alliances can be just as deadly as a gun or bomb.
Even with all that scale, the books stay personal. Jones keeps returning to the cost of this work, what it does to trust, careers, and the thin line between using a source and being used by one. Kate does not walk through these cases untouched. She takes hits, makes hard calls, and sometimes has to sort out whether her instincts are helping her or clouding the investigation.
These novels work as fast procedural thrillers, but they are not cold. There is a strong team dynamic, recurring relationships, and enough ongoing tension that reading in order pays off. If you want crime fiction with FBI cases, frequent setting changes, and a heroine who keeps running straight at the fire, this is the series to start with. The Founders is the best doorway in.
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