Frank Renzi Books in Order
Part ofSusan Fleet Books in OrderSee the Frank Renzi books in order by Susan Fleet, with quick summaries, character notes, and easy guidance on where to start this gritty crime series.
Last updated: July 13, 2026
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Frank Renzi books in publication order
11 books
Absolution
by Susan Fleet
2008
A serial killer is preying on young women in New Orleans, and Frank Renzi's investigation stirs fear and tension across the city. When the killer draws a teenager into his orbit, the case turns even more urgent.
Diva
by Susan Fleet
2011
In post-Katrina New Orleans, talented singer Belinda Scully has a stalker who will use blackmail, kidnapping, and murder to possess her. Frank Renzi must cut through violence and obsession before Belinda disappears for good.
Natalie's Revenge
by Susan Fleet
2012
Twenty years after her mother's murder, Natalie comes back armed with rage and a plan. When a VIP is killed in a French Quarter hotel, Frank Renzi starts chasing a woman who may be both victim and killer.
Jackpot
by Susan Fleet
2013
Boston detective Frank Renzi hunts a killer who targets lottery winners just as gambler Nigel Heath finally hits it big. When Nigel hides behind the woman he loves, the prize money becomes a death sentence.
Natalie's Art
by Susan Fleet
2014
A ruthless thief forces Natalie into a new round of high-stakes art crime tied to Boston's legendary museum heist. Frank Renzi follows the trail through betrayal, murder, and a tense cat-and-mouse chase.
Missing
by Susan Fleet
2015
When a wealthy New Orleans news anchor and her two young children vanish, the case looks like kidnapping but quickly turns darker. Frank Renzi uncovers family secrets, old grudges, and lies that can still kill.
Natalie's Dilemma
by Susan Fleet
2017
Trying to outrun her past in Venice, Natalie gets trapped in a bungled diamond heist, a kidnapping, and Mafia violence. When the fugitives flee to New Orleans, Frank Renzi closes in and a child's life hangs on Natalie's choice.
Sniper
by Susan Fleet
2018
A sniper is shooting people across New Orleans, and the killings may be building toward something even bigger. As Frank Renzi hunts the shooter, a brazen shoplifter and a VIP assassination plot complicate every lead.
Payback
by Susan Fleet
2019
Fresh out of prison, mobster Brian Devlin wants Frank Renzi to suffer before he dies. With Frank's father attacked and his daughter threatened, the case turns into a personal race against revenge.
Foulshot
by Susan Fleet
2021
After a mobster, a bookie, and an NBA referee are murdered in a New Orleans club, Frank Renzi suspects the jailed shooter was only the trigger man. Untangling the sports betting racket means facing a mastermind who also wants Frank gone.
Guilty
by Susan Fleet
2022
A serial killer kidnaps unfaithful women, kills them, and sends their spouses photos marked guilty. With no bodies and panic rising in New Orleans, Frank Renzi has to move fast, especially when the next victim hits close to home.
Frank Renzi books in chronological order

Absolution
by Susan Fleet
2008Frank Renzi, Book 1
Diva
by Susan Fleet
2011Frank Renzi, Book 2
Natalie's Revenge
by Susan Fleet
2012Frank Renzi, Book 3
Jackpot
by Susan Fleet
2013Frank Renzi, Book 4
Natalie's Art
by Susan Fleet
2014Frank Renzi, Book 5
Missing
by Susan Fleet
2015Frank Renzi, Book 6
Natalie's Dilemma
by Susan Fleet
2017Frank Renzi, Book 7
Sniper
by Susan Fleet
2018Frank Renzi, Book 8
Payback
by Susan Fleet
2019Frank Renzi, Book 9
Foulshot
by Susan Fleet
2021Frank Renzi, Book 10
Guilty
by Susan Fleet
2022Frank Renzi, Book 11
Series background & context
The Frank Renzi books are crime thrillers built around an NOPD homicide detective who keeps getting dragged into cases that are messier, stranger, and more personal than they first look. Frank is the steady center, but the real engine of the series is the pressure around him, frightened families, city politics, public panic, and suspects who rarely fit the easy answer.
New Orleans matters from the start. In Absolution, Diva, and Natalie's Revenge, the city is humid, musical, bruised, and very much alive. Fleet uses the French Quarter, hotels, clubs, and rougher corners of town as more than backdrop. The setting shapes the mood, and it also shapes the crimes, whether Frank is chasing a serial killer, hunting a stalker, or trying to untangle a murder tied to a much older wound.
Frank does not get tidy cases, and Fleet rarely lets a murder stay only a murder.
Jackpot opens the door to his Boston past and works well as a prequel, showing Frank before New Orleans became home. Later books bounce between the two cities or let old connections flare up again. The crimes widen out too: kidnappings, art theft, a deadly sniper, mob revenge, and murders tied to the world of sports betting all enter the picture. Even when the plots get bigger, the focus stays on Frank and the people caught in the blast radius.
One of the strongest threads in the series is Natalie, the damaged, dangerous woman who first takes center stage in Natalie's Revenge and returns in Natalie's Art and Natalie's Dilemma. Those books add a cat-and-mouse charge to the series and push it beyond a straight police procedural. Frank is still the detective, but he is also dealing with a recurring figure whose life, choices, and survival matter almost as much as the case itself.
That mix is what defines Frank Renzi. These books are gritty, fast-moving thrillers, but they are also interested in obsession, revenge, family damage, and the way one bad act can keep echoing for years. Later titles like Payback, Foulshot, and Guilty keep raising the personal stakes without losing the police-work backbone. You can start at Absolution if you want the series in publication order, or at Jackpot if you want Frank's Boston backstory first. Either way, expect hard cases, strong settings, and a detective who keeps pushing when everyone else wants the simple answer.
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