Gregg Dunnett Books in Order
Explore Gregg Dunnett’s books and series in order, with short summaries and reading lists to help you find your next book and decide where to begin reading.
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Gregg Dunnett books in publication order
18 books
The Surfer's Handbook
by Gregg Dunnett
2009
The Wave at Hanging Rock
by Gregg Dunnett
2016
Doctor Natalie questions her husband’s apparent death at sea after a mysterious phone call. Elsewhere, schoolboy Jesse’s life is uprooted by his father’s fatal experiment, and the two stories gradually converge around secrets neither can leave behind.
The Desert Run
by Gregg Dunnett
2017
Burdened by debt and a dead-end job, recent graduate Jake considers his friend’s lucrative but criminal plan. What begins as a calculation about risk and money becomes a dangerous journey in which getting caught may no longer be his greatest fear.
Killing Kind
by Gregg Dunnett
2018
A child's discovery of a confession on a park bench draws DI Beth Jordan into unsolved murders. More letters follow, bringing further deaths and an increasingly urgent investigation.
The Girl on the Burning Boat
by Gregg Dunnett
2018
After her father dies in an apparent accident, Alice meets a young man who claims to have evidence of murder. Their search through the origins of her family fortune exposes dangerous secrets and makes them targets of someone determined to conceal the truth.
The Things you find in Rockpools
by Gregg Dunnett
2018
Eleven-year-old Billy Wheatley lives above a remote island beach. When a teenage girl disappears and the police search fails, he interrupts his projects to investigate the mystery himself.
The Glass Tower
by Gregg Dunnett
2019
Debut novelist Julia rises from obscurity through a spectacular publishing deal, but her success conceals a dangerous secret. When someone discovers what she has done, she must decide how far she will go to protect the life she has created.
The Lornea Island Detective Club
by Gregg Dunnett
2019
Fourteen-year-old Billy Wheatley opens a detective agency on isolated Lornea Island, unexpectedly gaining a client and a partner. With fearless Amber, he investigates a disappearance forty years earlier.
The Appearance of Mystery
by Gregg Dunnett
2020
Billy Wheatley joins a research ship studying great white sharks off Australia, determined to become a serious scientist. Discovering evidence of a crime aboard threatens his new ambitions.
The Cove
by Gregg Dunnett
2021
Widowed Christine Harvey moves her children to a clifftop house overlooking the sea, hoping to begin again. Their beautiful coastal refuge promises renewal, but carries disturbing uncertainty.
The Island of Dragons
by Gregg Dunnett
2021
Billy Wheatley leaves his island home for college, but a sophisticated group of students draws him into danger. When he disappears and is presumed dead, his new life becomes a mystery.
Little Ghosts
by Gregg Dunnett
2023
Two years after Layla's murder, her mother's grief is destroying the family and the police still have no killer. Then Layla's young brother says he knows who did it, because his dead sister told him.
The Trap
by Gregg Dunnett
2023
Detective Erica Sands investigates a woman's murder and discovers links to her own past. Her imprisoned serial-killer father claims to hold crucial information, forcing Erica to face him as another disappearance raises the stakes.
Falling From Grace
by Gregg Dunnett
2024
Years after a schoolboy's fatal fall, Paul revisits his memories of Eddie and their enigmatic classmate John. His unraveling certainty suggests a darker account of their shared past.
The Lake House Children
by Gregg Dunnett
2024
Kate dismisses her young son's claims of a previous life until he reveals memories he should not possess. His knowledge of events at the family lake house threatens to expose a secret that could tear the family apart.
Deep Blue Lies
by Gregg Dunnett
2025
After her plans collapse, Ava returns to a Greek island seeking answers about her mother’s past and her unknown father. Two decades-old murders and an abandoned resort lie behind the questions locals seem determined not to answer.
The Hunt
by Gregg Dunnett
2025
Detective Erica Sands hunts her escaped father, serial killer Charles Sterling. A journalist's investigation into financial fraud may reveal his hiding place, but following the connection risks drawing Erica into her father's next deadly plan.
Perfect Stranger
by Gregg Dunnett
2026
A young woman joins her boyfriend on a road trip while secretly searching for answers about her brother’s disappearance. As they travel farther south, she realizes someone is following them and may know the truth she hopes to uncover.
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