Kate Reid Books in Order
Part ofRobin Mahle Books in OrderSee the Kate Reid series by Robin Mahle in order, with short summaries, character background, and tips on where to start this long-running FBI thriller series.
Last updated: June 30, 2026
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Publication Order
18 books
All the Shiny Things
by Robin Mahle
2013
Katie Reid's strange dreams lead her back to a childhood abduction everyone wants forgotten. With help from Detective Marshall Avery, she digs for the truth and wakes a predator who has already spilled blood before.
Law of Five
by Robin Mahle
2014
A nationwide hunt for a serial killer known as the Highway Hunter pulls Kate deeper into danger. As the body count rises, she and FBI agent Nick Scarborough are forced into a case that feels disturbingly close.
Blackwaters
by Robin Mahle
2015
When a grim discovery near the water opens a new lead, Kate is pulled into a small-town case thick with buried secrets. What looks isolated at first soon reveals a killer with far more reach than expected.
Gone Unnoticed
by Robin Mahle
2015
Kate is still carrying the damage from earlier cases when a fresh investigation turns personal and deadly. Trust frays, old wounds reopen, and she has to keep moving even when the danger feels uncomfortably close.
Endangered
by Robin Mahle
2016
Kate and the FBI race to stop a predator before more vulnerable victims disappear. The case pushes her instincts, her endurance, and her personal loyalties right to the edge.
Last Word
by Robin Mahle
2017
Threats aimed at a congressman pull Kate into a politically charged case where every message feels deliberate. The closer the FBI gets, the clearer it becomes someone powerful has a lot to lose.
The Pretty Ones
by Robin Mahle
2017
A string of baffling murders draws Kate and Nick into a case where the victims seem unconnected until a darker pattern emerges. As the clues shift, the investigation becomes a race to identify a calculating killer.
Deadly Reckoning
by Robin Mahle
2018
Kate's BAU team is called into a struggling Kentucky town where overdoses, disappearances, and murder are starting to blur together. As bodies pile up, she has to prove herself while chasing a brutal motive behind the chaos.
To the Bone
by Robin Mahle
2019
A fresh BAU case reopens old wounds for Kate and forces her to face the past while tracking a brutal killer. Personal history and present danger become impossible to separate.
Edge of Mercy
by Robin Mahle
2020
When rescued disaster victims start turning up poisoned, Kate's team follows a bizarre pattern from Texas to California and beyond. The case is strange, fast-moving, and dangerous enough to test Kate's place inside the BAU.
See You Again
by Robin Mahle
2020
Kate and Nick should be enjoying the last days of their honeymoon at a historic Vermont resort. Instead, a murder drags Kate into a dangerous investigation where she may have to rely on no one but herself.
The Kill Season
by Robin Mahle
2020
Still shaken by recent events, Kate heads into another high-stakes investigation as violence spreads and the clues refuse to line up. The case tests both her nerve and the people she trusts most.
His Good Deeds
by Robin Mahle
2021
Kate wants a quieter stretch of life, but a new case tied to a seemingly decent man pulls her back into the darkest corners of human behavior. As evidence shifts, motives get harder to read.
Every Last One
by Robin Mahle
2022
When violence shatters a gathering in rural Virginia, Kate is drawn into a case tangled with family history and small-town loyalties. Silence protects the truth, and every interview raises the stakes.
Her Only Crime
by Robin Mahle
2022
The BAU faces a case that does not fit the usual pattern, and Kate has to work through layers of doubt, motive, and misdirection. What looks simple at first becomes something far more disturbing.
The Forgotten Ones
by Robin Mahle
2023
A string of disappearances drags Kate into a case shaped by old secrets and people the world has stopped looking for. To find the missing, she has to uncover who benefits from forgetting them.
These Silent Bones
by Robin Mahle
2024
In the Lake of the Ozarks, a grim discovery pulls Kate into a case buried under years of lies. The deeper she digs, the clearer it becomes the dead are not the only ones keeping secrets.
The Final Confession
by Robin Mahle
2026
Kate Reid returns for another case where silence, buried guilt, and one last revelation threaten to upend everything. As the investigation tightens, the truth looks harder and more dangerous than anyone expected.
Series background & context
The Kate Reid books start with a very personal mystery. In All the Shiny Things, Katie Reid looks like she has a stable life ahead of her, but disturbing dreams begin pulling her back toward a childhood trauma that was never really settled. Her search for answers brings Detective Marshall Avery into her life, and soon after that, FBI agent Nick Scarborough. What begins as one woman's fight to understand her past quickly opens into something much darker.
That early personal angle is what gives this series its hook.
Kate is not a detached investigator who steps into trouble from a safe distance. She is shaped by what happened to her, and the books let that history matter. As the series grows, Kate moves from being a civilian caught in the middle of an investigation to becoming an FBI agent in her own right. By the later novels, she is working major cases as part of the Bureau's world, but the emotional thread from the beginning never really leaves her.
The stories themselves widen out fast. Some focus on serial violence. Some turn on missing people, political pressure, or crimes hidden in plain sight inside ordinary communities. Others take Kate and her team into cases that stretch across states and pull in the Behavioral Analysis Unit. The books stay rooted in suspense, but they also keep a close eye on the people around Kate, especially the allies and colleagues she learns to trust.
Nick Scarborough matters a lot here, as do the shifting dynamics inside the FBI. Mahle uses the recurring cast well, so the series feels like more than a stack of separate mysteries. You can read many of the books for the case alone, but the bigger reward comes from watching Kate grow tougher, smarter, and more complicated over time.
The settings change often, and that helps keep the series fresh. One book may lean into a small-town atmosphere, another into a resort setting, another into the machinery of a federal investigation. Mahle likes to put danger in places that should feel safe, which gives the books a tense, uneasy pull.
Kate changes as the books go on.
If you like your thrillers fast, emotionally charged, and built around a heroine who keeps getting back up, this series is a good fit. It blends personal history with FBI procedure, and it is best read in order because the relationships and consequences carry forward. Start with All the Shiny Things and you will see the whole shape of it taking form.
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