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Gia Santella Books in Order

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See every Gia Santella book in order by Kristi Belcamino, with short summaries, series background, and a clear starting point for the thrillers.

Last updated: December 25, 2025

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21 books

1

Deadly Strike

by Kristi Belcamino

2025

Gia Santella goes undercover in San Francisco’s Tenderloin to investigate corruption and abuse, and finds a far more dangerous operation underneath. To stop it, she has to keep her cover intact while the people she’s chasing close in.

2

Deadly Lies

by Kristi Belcamino

2022

Back in San Francisco, Gia Santella thinks life is finally steady until a killer’s mark lands close to home. She follows the trail into the city’s shadows, determined to strike back before the next target is taken.

3

Deadly Justice

by Kristi Belcamino

2021

A murder investigation pulls Gia Santella to Washington, D.C., where witnesses start disappearing and the case grows teeth. The deeper she digs, the clearer it becomes she has stumbled into a national conspiracy protected by powerful people.

4

Dark Justice

by Kristi Belcamino

2021

Gia Santella is framed for murder just as a ruthless killer begins a fresh rampage in San Francisco. To clear her name and stop more deaths, she has to investigate while every cop in the city is looking at her.

5

Dark Vengeance

by Kristi Belcamino

2020

Gia Santella’s hunt for justice turns personal when a new enemy targets her and the people she protects. She has to outthink a ruthless opponent who treats revenge like a game, and never plays fair.

6

Dark Shadows

by Kristi Belcamino

2020

A case with long reach drags Gia Santella back into the line of fire. As she searches for answers, she realizes someone is using fear and secrecy as a weapon, and the danger is closer than it looks.

7

Cold Blooded

by Kristi Belcamino

2020

When a fresh wave of brutality hits Gia Santella’s world, she follows the evidence into places most people avoid. The more she learns, the clearer it becomes the person she’s chasing has no remorse, and no reason to stop.

8

Cold as Death

by Kristi Belcamino

2020

Gia Santella is pulled into another violent mystery when a new threat emerges in and around San Francisco. With pressure coming from both the case and her own dangerous history, she has to move fast before the killer disappears for good.

9

Vigilante

by Kristi Belcamino

2019

A hate group moves into Gia Santella’s San Francisco neighborhood, and a student journalist covering them disappears. Gia’s search uncovers dark secrets that threaten the community, and she’s caught in a race against time to bring the missing girl home.

10

Stone Cold

by Kristi Belcamino

2019

When eight-year-old Rosalie needs protection from the cartel father who wants her back, Gia Santella steps in. Keeping the girl and her mother safe means facing violent criminals and making choices that could get Gia killed.

11

Night Fall

by Kristi Belcamino

2019

Gia Santella crosses paths with people fighting back from the shadows, including a group that uses hacking to target the powerful. As the stakes rise, she has to decide who to trust, and how far she’ll go to protect those caught in the fallout.

12

Gia

by Kristi Belcamino

2019

On a Mediterranean cruise, heiress Gia Santella expects distraction and luxury, not danger. A new friendship and a deadly game of revenge pull her into trouble, and she learns fast that money can’t protect you when someone wants you hurt.

13

Border Line

by Kristi Belcamino

2019

Gia Santella follows a new lead that forces her to walk the thin line between justice and vengeance. With enemies watching her moves, one wrong choice could turn her from hunter to prey in a heartbeat.

14

Taste of Vengeance

by Kristi Belcamino

2018

Gia Santella follows a new thread that looks small at first, until it exposes a wider, uglier scheme. With time running out and trust in short supply, she has to act before her enemies can bury the evidence, and the victims.

15

Gia and the Lone Raven

by Kristi Belcamino

2018

Gia Santella takes on a shorter, high-stakes mission that deepens her war with the people behind her family tragedy. A mysterious figure known as the Lone Raven pulls her toward a new clue, and a new danger.

16

Gia and the Black Widow

by Kristi Belcamino

2018

Gia Santella hunts a predator with a lethal reputation and a long reach. The closer she gets, the more the case threatens her friends and her own life, forcing Gia to choose between safety and finishing what she started.

17

First Vengeance

by Kristi Belcamino

2018

Gia Santella’s search for answers turns into a first, brutal act of payback. As she follows a lead into the criminal underworld, she learns that revenge attracts attention, and the people watching her are willing to kill.

18

Day of the Dead

by Kristi Belcamino

2018

A case with fresh bodies and old motives pulls Gia Santella into a fight she can’t ignore. As she chases the truth, the line between justice and vengeance blurs, and Gia risks becoming the next name on the list.

19

Gia in the City of the Dead / Vendetta

by Kristi Belcamino

2017

Grieving heiress Gia Santella escapes to San Francisco after her parents’ deaths, trying to drown pain with money and speed. A letter claims they were murdered, and the killer is watching, so Gia decides to hunt the truth, and survive it.

20

Gia and the Forgotten Island

by Kristi Belcamino

2017

A violent clash in San Francisco’s Tenderloin leaves protestors shaken and a young journalist missing. Gia Santella searches for Sasha Kennedy, and uncovers secrets powerful people would kill to keep hidden, forcing Gia into a deadly race to rescue her.

21

Gia and the Dark Night of the Soul

by Kristi Belcamino

2017

Gia Santella hits a breaking point as a new case forces her to face both external threats and the damage she’s been carrying. With danger closing in, she has to decide what she’s willing to risk to keep moving forward.

Series background & context

The Gia Santella books follow Gia Valentina Santella, a wealthy young woman who should be insulated from consequences, except she isn’t. She’s smart, reckless in a way that reads like grief, and trained to fight. When she decides something is wrong, she pushes until the truth gives way, even if it punches back.

Gia leaves her hometown of Monterey after her parents die and tries to restart in San Francisco. She has money, a stunning view, and a social life built to keep the pain at arm’s length. Then a message lands that changes everything: her parents weren’t lost to an accident at all. They were murdered, and whoever did it isn’t finished with the Santellas.

Someone is always watching Gia.

From there, the series becomes a mix of personal vendetta and street-level justice. Gia keeps pulling on new threads, missing people, predators hiding in plain sight, organized crime, political rot, because she can’t stand the idea that the powerless have to take the hit. One case pulls her into the fallout of a hate group operating in her neighborhood after a student journalist vanishes. Another sends her undercover when corruption and abuse are hiding behind respectable doors.

Gia has resources, but she earns every inch of safety.

The books also lean hard into place. San Francisco is not a postcard here. It’s a city of sharp edges and bright lights, of high-rise luxury and neighborhoods where people disappear without anyone noticing. When the story needs more room, Gia’s hunt takes her beyond the Bay Area, into trips and family connections that pull in Sicily, Baja, and Mexico. That travel is never just scenery, it’s another way the series explores power, money, and who gets to feel safe.

A small circle of allies shows up around Gia, including friends tied to journalism and the city’s undercurrents. Relationships are complicated, because Gia’s life keeps attracting danger. The ongoing questions, who killed her parents, what the Santella name really means, and how far she’s willing to go, give the series a spine that carries from book to book.

Start with Gia in the City of the Dead / Vendetta to see the event that turns Gia into a vigilante. After that, you can read straight through for the full character arc, or dip into later installments when you want a fast case, a hard choice, and a heroine who refuses to back down.

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