Kate Watterson Books in Order

Lacey Billings makes an intimate mistake when she kisses Rick, thinking he is her boyfriend Ran. Ran tries to laugh it off, but the mix-up leaves all three facing feelings they cannot ignore.

Bryce Grantham wants quiet at his family’s Wisconsin cabin, but a woman he met vanishes, leaving blood behind. Detective Ellie MacIntosh suspects a serial killer, and Bryce may be suspect or bait.

Ellie MacIntosh investigates a double homicide inside a celebrity’s home. What first looks like a burglary gone wrong quickly raises darker questions in this short case between Charred and Buried.

Ellie MacIntosh is pulled between a rash of cop killings and an old hidden grave discovered on her grandfather’s property. The two investigations test her focus, her family ties, and her instincts.

In a brutal Milwaukee heat wave, Ellie MacIntosh investigates an arson scene with an unidentified corpse and ritualistic clues. Her new partner, Jason Santiago, may be irritating, but they need each other to stop the fires.

Ellie MacIntosh thought the Northwoods serial killer case was over. When a judge’s niece disappears in a way that echoes the old crimes, Ellie must revisit the case and protect her reputation.

In Mayville, Indiana, Detective Danny Haase investigates what appears to be a suicide. The quiet hometown case soon looks like murder, forcing Danny to question what the town wants left alone.

Danny Haase’s fishing vacation becomes a murder investigation with political pressure and powerful connections. Helping the local police quietly, he has to find a killer before influence buries the truth.

Ellie MacIntosh and Jason Santiago hunt a serial killer whose gruesome signature feels disturbingly familiar. As a therapist’s patient points toward a possible suspect, Jason may become part of the killer’s plan.

Mayville’s peace is shaken by nocturnal intruders, strange noises, and a frightening female stalker. Police officer Danny Haase must sort rumor from danger before fear takes over the town.

Danny Haase returns to his hometown police force hoping for peace after the city. Instead, two local women disappear, and the case exposes trouble that reaches painfully close to his own family.

Ellie MacIntosh and Jason Santiago arrive at a bloody crime scene with no body, only a missing teenage girl. When the girl is found alive, her lies may change who the real victim is.

Detective Ellie MacIntosh finds a chilling message written on a homicide victim, then another. As the killer taunts Ellie and Jason Santiago directly, the case turns into a deadly contest they cannot afford to lose.

When the district attorney’s daughter is murdered, her boyfriend looks guilty, but Ellie MacIntosh and Jason Santiago sense a setup. A federal investigation and a powerful family turn the case dangerous fast.

Dr. Cadence Lawrence flees after seeing the man she believes killed her friend years ago. Stranded in a Wisconsin snowstorm, she must decide whether her rescuer, Mick McCutcheon, is safety or another risk.

A woman is found shot beside a remote road, missing one shoe. When her belongings appear at her brother Mick’s house, Detective Chris Bailey must untangle a killer’s cruel attempt to frame him.

At a Tennessee lake, Lauren Mathews sees something troubling after a scream in the night. Detective Chris Bailey is already investigating an unidentified drowning, then more women disappear and the pattern sharpens.

Detective Chris Bailey investigates a triple homicide after a seventeen-year-old is seen fleeing with a gun. The boy swears he is innocent, but his silence may be protecting someone even more dangerous.

Detective Chris Bailey is called to Ivy Manor after a fresh bloody handprint appears. When an old body surfaces instead of a new victim, Bailey realizes one grave is not the whole story.