Joe Court Books in Order

Joe Court thought the worst of her past was behind her until a woman is found shot in a cheap motel. The victim was her foster sister, and the killing forces Joe into a reckoning with old scars and old enemies.

Joe Court hunts a serial killer called the Apostate after missing teens and burned bodies tear through her community. The case is brutal, personal, and tangled up with old wounds in the town she calls home.

Joe Court investigates the death of a woman deep in the woods just as a storm closes in on St. Augustine County. The case traps her in rough country, with danger rising around every answer she finds.

A shooting at a derelict meth lab should be open and shut because Joe Court knows who pulled the trigger, a fellow detective. But with a missing infant and too many lies, the real case is only beginning.

A dead man in a local park looks like an easy case until Joe Court learns he came from far away and lied about why he was in town. Her investigation becomes a race to stop more innocent people from dying.

When a stylish woman is found shot in a cheap motel under a false name, Joe Court uncovers a life full of money, secrets, and danger. To find the killer, she has to learn who the victim really was.

After leaving St. Augustine, Joe Court is asked to help when a college student and popular true crime podcaster disappears. Working without a badge or backup, she follows a trail of secrets toward a dangerous enemy.

Joe Court chases an arsonist the media call the Flamethrower after a house fire proves to be only practice. His attacks look random, but he has a plan, and stopping him means getting ahead of a mind built for destruction.

Back in St. Augustine County, Joe Court investigates multiple deaths at a farm that look like a family fight gone wrong. Then she learns a babysitter and a little girl are missing, and the case turns urgent fast.

Joe Court investigates a well-dressed stranger dumped on the muddy bank of a creek with no witnesses and no clean explanation. The deeper she goes, the clearer it becomes that he isn't the only victim who matters.

With her department in chaos, Joe Court takes a murder case that starts when a young man walks into campus security covered in blood and carrying a gun. Every clue ties the killing to an older case, and the whole thing may be a trap.

A newly arrived resident is murdered outside his home with an untraceable weapon, and Joe Court can't treat it as random for long. The deeper she digs, the more it looks like someone is carefully arranging every move around her.

On Halloween, a community leader is found dead in the burned ruins of a religious center. Joe Court faces arsons, political pressure, and a killer comfortable with violence as the case grows personal fast.

When a bound man is marched through a quiet neighborhood and executed in a backyard, Joe Court knows the only witness is hiding something. The case opens into buried juvenile records, old allegations, and a killer replaying a long experiment.