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FBI Profiler Books in Order

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Track Pierce Quincy and Rainie Conner through Lisa Gardner’s FBI Profiler series, with titles in order, case summaries, crossover details, and advice on the best reading path.

Last updated: January 13, 2026

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19 books

1

When You See Me

by Lisa Gardner

2020

A new clue in serial killer Jacob Ness’s crimes sends D.D. Warren, FBI agent Kimberly Quincy, and survivor Flora Dane to a small Georgia town with too many unmarked graves. As they uncover fresh horrors and hidden victims, Flora is forced to confront the full truth of what happened to her years ago.

2

When You See Me

by Lisa Gardner

2020

3

Never Tell

by Lisa Gardner

2019

Evie Carter stands over her husband’s body with a smoking gun and a history that includes another fatal shooting years before. As D.D. Warren reopens the old case and Flora Dane recognizes the dead man from her captivity, the two women pull on a tangle of family secrets someone will kill to protect.

4

Right Behind You

by Lisa Gardner

2017

Eight years ago, Sharlah Nash’s older brother killed their abusive father to save them both. Now thirteen and about to be adopted by profilers Pierce Quincy and Rainie Conner, Sharlah learns her brother may be on a new killing spree and heading straight for her.

5

Right Behind You

by Lisa Gardner

2017

6

The 4th Man

by Lisa Gardner

2016

Five years after a young woman is strangled in a college library stairwell, only her missing sneakers and three possible suspects remain. Pierce Quincy and Rainie Conner reexamine the cold case for Boston police, determined to identify the unseen fourth man whose obsession turned deadly.

7

The 4th Man

by Lisa Gardner

2016

8

Say Goodbye

by Lisa Gardner

2008

Pregnant FBI agent Kimberly Quincy is drawn into the case of missing runaways and sex workers when a terrified young prostitute hints at a sadist who uses spiders as his calling card. With no bodies and only whispers, Kimberly must decide whether the monster she hunts even exists until it is almost too late.

9

Say Goodbye

by Lisa Gardner

2008

10

Gone

by Lisa Gardner

2006

Ex FBI profiler Pierce Quincy returns home to find his wife Rainie’s car abandoned on an Oregon highway, engine running and purse on the seat. With few clues and the media circling, Quincy must confront Rainie’s past and his own failures to bring her home alive.

11

Gone

by Lisa Gardner

2006

12

The Killing Hour

by Lisa Gardner

2003

A calculating predator always takes two victims, leaving one body behind packed with clues to the second captive’s location. Rookie FBI agent Kimberly Quincy joins her father Pierce Quincy and Rainie Conner in a race against a brutal timetable as a deadly heatwave descends.

13

The Killing Hour

by Lisa Gardner

2003

14

The Third Victim

by Lisa Gardner

2001

A devastating school shooting shatters the small town of Bakersville, Oregon, and a frightened boy quickly confesses. Officer Rainie Conner calls in FBI profiler Pierce Quincy, and together they uncover a hidden predator who has only just begun playing a very personal game.

15

The Third Victim

by Lisa Gardner

2001

16

The Next Accident

by Lisa Gardner

2001

When his daughter dies in what appears to be a drunk driving crash, FBI profiler Pierce Quincy suspects murder. Teaming up with ex cop Rainie Conner, he hunts a mastermind who is targeting everyone he loves and using their deepest vulnerabilities as weapons.

17

The Next Accident

by Lisa Gardner

2001

18

The Perfect Husband

by Lisa Gardner

1997

Tess Beckett thought she married the perfect cop until she helped send him to prison for murdering multiple women. When he escapes and vows revenge, Tess teams up with a burned out ex marine to protect her daughter and end the nightmare on her own terms.

19

The Perfect Husband

by Lisa Gardner

1997

Series background & context

The FBI Profiler novels, often called the Quincy and Rainie books, follow former FBI profiler Pierce Quincy, his partner and wife Rainie Conner, and later his daughter Kimberly Quincy. Together they form the spine of Gardner’s early thriller universe, confronting predators who specialize in psychological warfare.

The series begins with The Perfect Husband, where reader sympathy is firmly with Tess Beckett as she runs from the charming cop she helped imprison for serial murder. Quincy appears as a consulting profiler, and the book sets the tone: high stakes, relentless pacing, and villains who know exactly how to manipulate fear.

In The Third Victim, Quincy travels to Bakersville, Oregon, to assist local officer Rainie Conner after a school shooting that may not be what it seems. Their professional partnership and personal connection deepen through The Next Accident, in which Quincy suspects his daughter’s apparent drunk driving death was orchestrated, and through The Killing Hour, where rookie FBI agent Kimberly Quincy joins them to hunt a killer who always leaves a second victim hidden and running out of time.

Later entries push the characters into even more personal territory. Gone opens with Rainie’s car abandoned on an Oregon road and no sign of her. Say Goodbye centers on Kimberly’s investigation into vanishing runaways and sex workers, with an antagonist whose obsession with spiders gives the book a particularly unsettling texture. Right Behind You brings Quincy and Rainie back as adoptive parents whose new daughter may be targeted by the brother who once saved her life by killing their abusive father.

Throughout the series, Gardner leans into the profiler’s mindset. Quincy and Kimberly are constantly building and revising mental models of their quarry, trying to understand patterns in order to stop the next attack. At the same time, Rainie embodies the toll this kind of work takes, wrestling with addiction, trauma, and the pull of self destruction even as she keeps showing up for the next case.

Several books cross over with D.D. Warren’s world. The short story The 4th Man teams Quincy and Rainie with D.D. on a cold case, and When You See Me reunites Kimberly with D.D. and Flora Dane on a sprawling investigation in rural Georgia. Reading the series in order lets you watch these relationships evolve, but each novel still offers a self contained story with a clear beginning and end.

If you want serial killer hunts that balance forensic detail with emotional fallout, the FBI Profiler books are a strong place to start.

Edited by

Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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