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Robert W Walker’s Jessica Coran thrillers follow an FBI medical examiner and profiler using forensics to pursue serial killers and confront personal danger.

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Jessica Coran books in publication order

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17 books

1

Killer Instinct

by Robert W Walker

1992

FBI medical examiner Jessica Coran investigates a Wisconsin murder marked by mutilation and missing blood. Her forensic pursuit of a killer with vampiric obsessions becomes personal when he develops an interest in her and begins sending intimate messages.

2

Primal Instinct

by Robert W Walker

1994

Jessica Coran's Hawaiian vacation ends when she is ordered to assist a serial-murder investigation. Tracking a killer known as the Cane Cutter takes the FBI medical examiner into the islands' criminal underworld, where official authority offers limited protection.

3

Fatal Instinct

by Robert W Walker

1995

Publicity surrounding an earlier investigation brings FBI medical examiner Jessica Coran requests from across the country. Her next case leads to New York City, where she searches for a murderer whose brutal crimes recall those of Jack the Ripper.

4

Pure Instinct

by Robert W Walker

1995

Jessica Coran answers a New Orleans police commissioner's request for help investigating serial murders. Her work becomes doubly dangerous when a killer she previously helped imprison escapes and pursues her, turning an already difficult assignment into a personal struggle for survival.

5

Darkest Instinct

by Robert W Walker

1996

Human remains discovered inside sharks draw FBI medical examiner Jessica Coran into an unusual investigation. Evidence suggests the victims were already dead before entering the water, pointing toward a killer known as the Night Crawler who remains at large.

6

Extreme Instinct

by Robert W Walker

1998

FBI medical examiner Jessica Coran follows a killer's trail from Arizona to Montana, where victims are restrained, soaked in gasoline, and burned. The murderer's satanic fixation challenges her investigation as she attempts to prevent further ritualized deaths.

7

Blind Instinct

by Robert W Walker

2000

New Scotland Yard recruits FBI medical examiner Jessica Coran to investigate brutal murders involving crucifixion. Working in London, she draws on her experience with serial killers to interpret the crimes and pursue a psychopath skilled at evading capture.

8

Bitter Instinct

by Robert W Walker

2001

Jessica Coran investigates murders whose victims bear poetry engraved into their skin with toxic ink. The absence of resistance or fear puzzles the FBI medical examiner, who must interpret the killer's ritualized messages before his next act.

9

Unnatural Instinct

by Robert W Walker

2002

FBI medical examiner Jessica Coran searches for a kidnapped Washington judge while psychic Kim Desinor suffers dangerous physical reactions linked to the victim's ordeal. Working with Richard Sharpe, Jessica races to identify a captor whose motive lies in a past execution.

10

Grave Instinct

by Robert W Walker

2003

Jessica Coran investigates women murdered with surgical precision and deprived of their brains. A mark on each skull and an anonymous tip implicate a recently released psychiatric prisoner, but her doubts about the evidence complicate an increasingly disturbing case.

11

Absolute Instinct

by Robert W Walker

2004

A woman's murder and the removal of her spine shock forensic pathologist Jessica Coran. A similar crime already sent another man to death row, leaving her to determine whether she faces a copycat or evidence of a wrongful conviction.

12

Rules of Fog

by Robert W Walker

2012

FBI medical examiner Jessica Coran encounters a supernatural mystery in the fog surrounding Arlington National Cemetery. This short-story collection also includes a brief West Virginia coal miner's ghost tale, pairing her investigation with another encounter beyond ordinary explanation.

13

The Edge of Instinct

by Robert W Walker

2013

Retired FBI medical examiner Jessica Coran joins Cherokee detective Lucas Stonecoat in Houston to pursue the Carver, a serial murderer mutilating victims. Their hunt leads toward an impoverished reservation and the Devil's Spine while Jessica struggles with a personal loss.

14

The Fear Collectors

by Robert W Walker

2014

Chicago detective Samantha Reason reluctantly shares a major case with former FBI profiler Jessica Coran. Their uneasy partnership develops as they uncover a cartel trading in filmed murders, taking the investigation from Chicago to Florida in pursuit of its operators.

15

The Devil's Instinct

by Robert W Walker

2015

Medical examiner and profiler Jessica Coran travels to Marietta, Georgia, to investigate the Eye-Snatcher's murders. Pursuing the elusive killer through truck stops, a university, and remote locations forces her to confront a brutality unlike the previous cases she has handled.

16

Dead on Instinct

by Robert W Walker

2018

Jessica Coran's team examines a sunken yacht off Nantucket containing a senator and his family. Autopsies show the victims died before the vessel submerged, while its undamaged hull leaves investigators struggling to explain both the deaths and the sinking.

17

True Instinct

by Robert W Walker

2020

Jessica Coran is called from Quantico to Andover, Massachusetts, where abducted infants are being murdered. Working with a reluctant police chief, she investigates possible local perpetrators and motives rooted in Salem's history while racing to protect another child.

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