Kansas City Crime Lab Books in Order
Part ofJulie Miller Books in OrderBrowse the Kansas City Crime Lab series by Julie Miller in order, with short summaries, character notes, and help picking the best place to start.
Last updated: July 10, 2026
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Kansas City Crime Lab books in publication order
4 books
K-9 Patrol
by Julie Miller
2021
When criminalist Lexi Callahan is attacked at a crime scene, K-9 officer Aiden Murphy and his dog Blue step in. Protecting her means facing feelings he has tried to keep under tight control.
Decoding the Truth
by Julie Miller
2022
A vicious hacker puts KCPD lab tech Chelsea O'Brien in lethal danger. Ex-cop Buck Buckner becomes her shield, but their growing attraction may be just as risky as the case.
Sharp Evidence
by Julie Miller
2023
A bloody knife from two unsolved murders reunites criminalist Jackson Dobbs with theater professor Reese Atkinson. The discovery points straight at Jackson's family, and history starts turning deadly again.
The Evidence Next Door
by Julie Miller
2023
Former Marine Grayson Malone is still recovering from war when a stalker targets his neighbor Allie Tate. Protecting her may also force him to believe he still has a future worth fighting for.
Kansas City Crime Lab books in chronological order
K-9 Patrol
by Julie Miller
2021Kansas City Crime Lab, Book 1
Decoding the Truth
by Julie Miller
2022Kansas City Crime Lab, Book 2
The Evidence Next Door
by Julie Miller
2023Kansas City Crime Lab, Book 3
Sharp Evidence
by Julie Miller
2023Kansas City Crime Lab, Book 4
Series background & context
Kansas City Crime Lab shifts Julie Miller's usual suspense lens toward the people who work the evidence. These books follow criminalists, lab techs, patrol officers, and K-9 partners tied to the Kansas City Police Department, where a case rarely stays neat and professional for long.
The setting matters here. Miller uses Kansas City as a working city full of neighborhoods, crime scenes, lab benches, back alleys, and holiday gatherings that can turn dangerous in a hurry. The stories move between the science side of an investigation and the more personal cost of staying close to violence every day.
Each book centers on a different lead, but the characters overlap enough to make the series feel connected. Lexi Callahan, Chelsea O'Brien, Grayson Malone, Reese Atkinson, and the people around them are smart, capable, and usually carrying some private hurt. There are hackers, stalkers, old murders, and evidence that refuses to stay buried.
The romance grows out of pressure, not away from it. That is very much Miller's lane.
If you like romantic suspense with forensics, K-9 work, close-knit law enforcement ties, and cases that hit both the job and the heart, this is one of her easiest modern series to pick up and enjoy.
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