Florida Girl FBI Mystery Books in Order
Part ofElle Gray Books in OrderDiscover the Florida Girl FBI Mystery series by Elle Gray and James Holt, with books in order, case summaries, series background, and tips on where to begin Alexa Landers’s high-stakes Florida cases.
Last updated: December 22, 2025
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Publication Order
5 books
The Unknown Woman
by Elle Gray
2024
An unidentified woman connected to Alexa Landers’s latest case turns up with no past anyone can verify. Tracing the stranger’s footsteps through Miami’s most exclusive enclaves, Alexa finds that some people are willing to erase entire lives to stay invisible.
The Runaway
by Elle Gray
2023
Rumors swirl about a notorious Florida program for troubled teens and the ones who never came back. Investigating a supposed runaway, Alexa Landers uncovers a web of exploitation and payoffs that powerful people will do anything to protect.
The Ransom
by Elle Gray
2023
Bodies begin dropping across the city, each death accompanied by a cryptic demand. As Alexa Landers follows the trail, she realizes she isn’t chasing a typical kidnapper but someone using ransom as a cover for a far deadlier agenda.
The Florida Girl
by Elle Gray
2023
Fresh out of Quantico, FBI agent Alexa Landers is sent to Miami to solve the "impossible" murder of a Russian billionaire on a private island. The deeper she digs, the more she finds conspiracies, shifting alliances, and a killer who treats paradise like a hunting ground.
Resort to Kill
by Elle Gray
2023
A luxury island resort erupts into chaos when a bomb destroys a helicopter carrying a top Cuban diplomat. Stranded with panicked guests and rising bodies, Alexa Landers must untangle political motives from personal vendettas before the killer strikes again.
Series background & context
The Florida Girl FBI Mystery books follow Special Agent Alexa Landers, a newly minted FBI agent whose first posting throws her straight into the deep end. Instead of a gentle introduction, she’s sent to Miami and handed a case that seems impossible on paper.
In The Florida Girl, Alexa is tasked with solving the assassination of a Russian oligarch in one of the most secure, exclusive communities in the country. The victim is found dead in his pool on a man-made island where security is airtight and every resident has something to lose. Trying to work out how a killer got in—or whether they ever really left—pushes Alexa into a maze of power, money, and international tension.
The rest of the series keeps that mix of tropical luxury and lurking danger. Resort to Kill strands Alexa on a private island resort after a bombing wipes out a helicopter carrying a top Cuban diplomat, turning a supposed getaway into a locked-island investigation. Later books send her after runaways and ransom schemes, bodies dropping across the city, and a mysterious woman whose very identity raises bigger questions.
Alexa herself is smart, ambitious, and still finding her feet. She’s balancing the pressure of proving herself at the Bureau with the shock of adapting to Florida—a place where the weather, the wildlife, and the criminals all seem determined to kill you. The series doesn’t shy away from showing the toll the job takes, but it also lets her grow more confident and battle-hardened with each case.
Co-written with James Holt, these books lean into high-concept plots: political assassinations, conspiracies that tangle multiple agencies, and crimes that play out against beaches, gated communities, and sweltering streets. They’re tightly connected to Elle Gray’s wider FBI universe, with nods to Blake Wilder and others.
If you like locked-island mysteries, sun-soaked settings hiding dark undercurrents, and a rookie agent trying to survive her trial by fire, start with The Florida Girl and follow Alexa from there.
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