Kristi Belcamino Books in Order
Browse all Kristi Belcamino books in order with quick summaries, series guides for each storyline, and simple where-to-start suggestions for new readers.
Last updated: December 25, 2025
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Publication Order
60 books
Silver Bullet
by Kristi Belcamino
2026
A major tech summit turns into a war zone, and Stella LaRosa is caught in the blast radius of an unexpected weapon. To stop the next strike, she has to trace who built it, who bought it, and why the truth is being buried.
White Lies
by Kristi Belcamino
2025
Stella LaRosa digs into a new tangle of corruption and influence, where the cleanest stories are built on the dirtiest secrets. As a powerful network starts to fracture, she has to choose between protecting her sources, and exposing everything.
Deadly Strike
by Kristi Belcamino
2025
Gia Santella goes undercover in San Francisco’s Tenderloin to investigate corruption and abuse, and finds a far more dangerous operation underneath. To stop it, she has to keep her cover intact while the people she’s chasing close in.
Black Gold
by Kristi Belcamino
2025
Stella LaRosa has spent years exposing Barclay’s crimes, but her latest discovery is bigger than she expected. The trail leads into a conspiracy involving cloning and the organ trade, and Stella has to stay alive long enough to publish the truth.
Shepherd and The Fox
by Kristi Belcamino
2024
Master thief Lucky Rodriguez-Toscani, the Fox, wants revenge on the cartel leader tied to her family’s destruction. She teams up with ex-Delta Force mercenary Adam Shepherd, and their hunt turns into a brutal campaign where one mistake means death.
Red Ink
by Kristi Belcamino
2024
Stella LaRosa refuses to drop the Headway story, even as threats stack up and sources dry out. As she pushes for proof, she finds fresh blood on the page, and learns that some people will burn a city to keep their secrets.
Black Rose
by Kristi Belcamino
2024
Investigative journalist Stella LaRosa believes a colleague’s death was no accident. Her search exposes Headway, a secret program with a list of names, and the deeper she digs, the more it feels like someone is eliminating anyone who gets too close.
Among Wolves
by Kristi Belcamino
2024
Lucky and Adam expect a straightforward job, but it spirals into a lethal trap with enemies on all sides. To survive, they have to expose who set them up, and fight their way out before the last escape route closes.
Poker Face
by Kristi Belcamino
2022
Eva Santella steps into a new mission where the obvious tells are the ones meant to distract her. With a ruthless opponent hiding behind charm and influence, she has to call the bluff, and end the game before the next victim is dealt in.
Deadly Lies
by Kristi Belcamino
2022
Back in San Francisco, Gia Santella thinks life is finally steady until a killer’s mark lands close to home. She follows the trail into the city’s shadows, determined to strike back before the next target is taken.
Rose: Her Story
by Kristi Belcamino
2021
Before Rose became a vigilante, she was a teenage assassin trained in Eva Santella’s world. This companion story digs into Rose’s origins, the relationships that shaped her, and the moment she decides to stop being someone else’s weapon.
High Stakes
by Kristi Belcamino
2021
Eva Santella takes on a job that looks simple, until the fallout threatens far more than one target. With enemies closing in from multiple directions, she has to gamble everything, and trust almost no one, to stop a deadly plan.
Deadly Justice
by Kristi Belcamino
2021
A murder investigation pulls Gia Santella to Washington, D.C., where witnesses start disappearing and the case grows teeth. The deeper she digs, the clearer it becomes she has stumbled into a national conspiracy protected by powerful people.
Dark Justice
by Kristi Belcamino
2021
Gia Santella is framed for murder just as a ruthless killer begins a fresh rampage in San Francisco. To clear her name and stop more deaths, she has to investigate while every cop in the city is looking at her.
Buried Secrets
by Kristi Belcamino
2021
Archaeologist Dallas Jones has chased one dream since childhood: finding Cleopatra’s tomb. When she uncovers a clue in Minnesota, powerful men race for the same prize, believing it holds secrets that could end civilization, and they’ll kill to get it.
Blood Feud
by Kristi Belcamino
2021
Eva Santella’s past in Sicily is built on loyalty, betrayal, and a debt that won’t stay buried. This prequel drops you into the roots of her vendetta and the choices that shape the assassin she becomes.
Blood & Tears
by Kristi Belcamino
2021
Eighteen-year-old Rose has tried to leave her assassin past behind, but the cult leader known as the Sultan won’t let her go. To get revenge for the man she lost, she has to return to the skills that once made her dangerous.
Blood & Bone
by Kristi Belcamino
2021
Rose arrives in Florida expecting a reunion, only to find the man she loves has vanished. As she searches for him, a beautiful but deadly killer is punishing men who reject her, and Rose is running out of time to stop the next death.
The Wild Card
by Kristi Belcamino
2020
Eva Santella is used to stacked decks, but this mission breaks every rule she relies on. With threats coming from allies and enemies alike, she has to decide what she’s willing to sacrifice to finish the job and walk away alive.
The Joker
by Kristi Belcamino
2020
Eva Santella goes up against an unpredictable enemy who thrives on chaos and misdirection. To protect the vulnerable and keep her own past from swallowing her, she has to read the room, pick the right target, and take a risk she can’t undo.
Dark Vengeance
by Kristi Belcamino
2020
Gia Santella’s hunt for justice turns personal when a new enemy targets her and the people she protects. She has to outthink a ruthless opponent who treats revenge like a game, and never plays fair.
Dark Shadows
by Kristi Belcamino
2020
A case with long reach drags Gia Santella back into the line of fire. As she searches for answers, she realizes someone is using fear and secrecy as a weapon, and the danger is closer than it looks.
Cold Blooded
by Kristi Belcamino
2020
When a fresh wave of brutality hits Gia Santella’s world, she follows the evidence into places most people avoid. The more she learns, the clearer it becomes the person she’s chasing has no remorse, and no reason to stop.
Cold as Death
by Kristi Belcamino
2020
Gia Santella is pulled into another violent mystery when a new threat emerges in and around San Francisco. With pressure coming from both the case and her own dangerous history, she has to move fast before the killer disappears for good.
Blood & Roses
by Kristi Belcamino
2020
Rose is the youngest and deadliest trainee in a secret assassin program, and all she wants is a normal life. When her past catches up and turns violent, she’s forced to choose between hiding and becoming the vigilante she never asked to be.
Blood & Fire
by Kristi Belcamino
2020
Rose’s hunt for the cult leader who shattered her life leads to a small Australian town and a body staged like a ritual. The clues pull her deeper into the Sultan’s reach, and she has to strike before more people are sacrificed.
Vigilante
by Kristi Belcamino
2019
A hate group moves into Gia Santella’s San Francisco neighborhood, and a student journalist covering them disappears. Gia’s search uncovers dark secrets that threaten the community, and she’s caught in a race against time to bring the missing girl home.
Tomb of the Queen
by Kristi Belcamino
2019
Archaeologist Jo Bennett has obsessed over Cleopatra’s lost tomb for years. When a real clue surfaces, she becomes a target for people who want the discovery for themselves, and she must race through danger to reach the tomb first.
The Suicide King
by Kristi Belcamino
2019
Eva Santella investigates deaths that don’t feel like accidents, and the trail points to a powerful player who hides behind influence. To stop the next body from dropping, she has to expose the truth and survive the blowback.
The Ace of Clubs
by Kristi Belcamino
2019
Eva Santella is pulled into a case where victims are marked and controlled like pieces on a board. As the pattern becomes clear, she has to move fast, because the person dealing the cards is ready to play for keeps.
Stone Cold
by Kristi Belcamino
2019
When eight-year-old Rosalie needs protection from the cartel father who wants her back, Gia Santella steps in. Keeping the girl and her mother safe means facing violent criminals and making choices that could get Gia killed.
Queen of Spades
by Kristi Belcamino
2019
Eva Santella, a former Sicilian crime boss, reinvents herself in Los Angeles as an assassin with a strict code. Hunted by her past and surrounded by predators, she takes aim at people who think they’re untouchable, and dares them to prove her wrong.
One-Eyed Jack
by Kristi Belcamino
2019
A new target draws Eva Santella into a dangerous game where everyone is lying and someone is watching the exits. To complete the mission, she has to stay ahead of old-world enemies and the consequences of her own reputation.
Night Fall
by Kristi Belcamino
2019
Gia Santella crosses paths with people fighting back from the shadows, including a group that uses hacking to target the powerful. As the stakes rise, she has to decide who to trust, and how far she’ll go to protect those caught in the fallout.
Gia
by Kristi Belcamino
2019
On a Mediterranean cruise, heiress Gia Santella expects distraction and luxury, not danger. A new friendship and a deadly game of revenge pull her into trouble, and she learns fast that money can’t protect you when someone wants you hurt.
Eva
by Kristi Belcamino
2019
Before she became the Queen of Spades, Eva Santella learned how power works in Sicily, and what betrayal costs. This origin story traces the early choices that shape her code, and the kind of enemy she’s willing to become.
Border Line
by Kristi Belcamino
2019
Gia Santella follows a new lead that forces her to walk the thin line between justice and vengeance. With enemies watching her moves, one wrong choice could turn her from hunter to prey in a heartbeat.
Taste of Vengeance
by Kristi Belcamino
2018
Gia Santella follows a new thread that looks small at first, until it exposes a wider, uglier scheme. With time running out and trust in short supply, she has to act before her enemies can bury the evidence, and the victims.
Shadow Man
by Kristi Belcamino
2018
Police officer Maggie Bychowski expects a quieter life in Sanctuary City, but local girls are being targeted by an online figure known as Shadowman. With limited support and a hostile department, Maggie has to stop the threat before another child is taken.
Sanctuary City
by Kristi Belcamino
2018
When Maggie Bychowski joins the police in the small town of Sanctuary City, she finds a department that doesn’t want her. As an online predator targets local girls, Maggie has to fight the town’s silence and solve the case before more kids vanish.
Gia and the Lone Raven
by Kristi Belcamino
2018
Gia Santella takes on a shorter, high-stakes mission that deepens her war with the people behind her family tragedy. A mysterious figure known as the Lone Raven pulls her toward a new clue, and a new danger.
Gia and the Black Widow
by Kristi Belcamino
2018
Gia Santella hunts a predator with a lethal reputation and a long reach. The closer she gets, the more the case threatens her friends and her own life, forcing Gia to choose between safety and finishing what she started.
First Vengeance
by Kristi Belcamino
2018
Gia Santella’s search for answers turns into a first, brutal act of payback. As she follows a lead into the criminal underworld, she learns that revenge attracts attention, and the people watching her are willing to kill.
Dead Wrong
by Kristi Belcamino
2018
After her parents’ divorce, Emily is uprooted from a wealthy suburb to a rougher Minneapolis neighborhood. When her best friend dies under suspicious circumstances, Emily digs for answers, and discovers how dangerous a small-town secret can be.
Day of the Dead
by Kristi Belcamino
2018
A case with fresh bodies and old motives pulls Gia Santella into a fight she can’t ignore. As she chases the truth, the line between justice and vengeance blurs, and Gia risks becoming the next name on the list.
Coming For You
by Kristi Belcamino
2018
Sofia Kennedy’s life in Minneapolis looks stable, until her teenage daughter is murdered and the police focus on the wrong suspect. With a dark secret of her own, Sofia starts investigating, determined to find the killer before the truth destroys her.
Blessed Are the Merciful
by Kristi Belcamino
2018
Crime reporter Gabriella Giovanni is pulled into a case where mercy can look a lot like complicity. As she chases the truth through the Bay Area, she learns that doing the right thing can put a target on your back.
The Saint
by Kristi Belcamino
2017
Crime reporter Gabriella Giovanni chases a case tangled in faith, reputation, and violence. The closer she gets to the truth, the more she realizes the person the city sees as a saint may be hiding something deadly.
Gia in the City of the Dead / Vendetta
by Kristi Belcamino
2017
Grieving heiress Gia Santella escapes to San Francisco after her parents’ deaths, trying to drown pain with money and speed. A letter claims they were murdered, and the killer is watching, so Gia decides to hunt the truth, and survive it.
Gia and the Forgotten Island
by Kristi Belcamino
2017
A violent clash in San Francisco’s Tenderloin leaves protestors shaken and a young journalist missing. Gia Santella searches for Sasha Kennedy, and uncovers secrets powerful people would kill to keep hidden, forcing Gia into a deadly race to rescue her.
Gia and the Dark Night of the Soul
by Kristi Belcamino
2017
Gia Santella hits a breaking point as a new case forces her to face both external threats and the damage she’s been carrying. With danger closing in, she has to decide what she’s willing to risk to keep moving forward.
Crush Your Query!
by Kristi Belcamino
2017
A practical guide to writing a strong query letter and navigating the path to publication. Kristi Belcamino breaks down what agents look for, how to pitch your story clearly, and how to present your work with confidence.
City of Angels
by Kristi Belcamino
2017
Seventeen-year-old Nikki Black is lured to Los Angeles by a boyfriend with ugly plans, and escapes into homelessness. As the city edges toward the 1992 riots, she bonds with a younger girl and fights to survive a world of exploitation and violence.
Blessed Are the Peacemakers
by Kristi Belcamino
2017
Gabriella Giovanni investigates a case where attempts at peace have turned into targets. With pressure from the newsroom and danger from the streets, she pursues the story that others want quiet, and risks becoming part of the headline.
Letters from a Serial Killer
by Kristi Belcamino
2016
In this true story, Kristi Belcamino and Stephanie Kahalekulu share their jailhouse conversations and letters with the man who kidnapped and killed Xiana Fairchild. It’s a painful look at grief, persistence, and a long fight for answers.
La Bella Figura
by Kristi Belcamino
2016
A lifestyle guide that brings European-inspired habits into everyday life. Kristi Belcamino focuses on simple pleasures, looking and feeling put-together, and creating a more chic, intentional routine no matter where you live or what you budget.
Blessed Are Those Who Weep
by Kristi Belcamino
2015
Gabriella Giovanni follows a case that forces her to sit with grief, both her own and other people’s. As she investigates, she runs into a web of lies that makes the truth harder to print, and more dangerous to chase.
Blessed Are Those Who Mourn
by Kristi Belcamino
2015
A new crime story pulls Gabriella Giovanni into the darkest corners of the Bay Area, where mourning can be exploited. With her instincts in conflict with official narratives, she keeps digging, even when it puts her in someone’s sights.
Blessed Are the Meek
by Kristi Belcamino
2014
Gabriella Giovanni is drawn into a case that connects past and present, and threatens someone close to her in law enforcement. To uncover the truth, she has to push through a wall of secrecy, and confront what people will do to protect themselves.
Blessed Are the Dead
by Kristi Belcamino
2014
When a little girl vanishes on her way to the school bus, crime reporter Gabriella Giovanni won’t let the story go cold. A convicted kidnapper offers clues about other victims, and Gabriella risks everything to learn what he really knows.
Where should I start?
If you want a reporter-led mystery with newsroom detail: Blessed Are the Dead → Blessed Are the Meek → Blessed Are Those Who Weep
If you want a vigilante thriller that starts in San Francisco: Gia in the City of the Dead / Vendetta → Vigilante → Stone Cold
If you want mafia revenge with an assassin lead: Blood Feud → Eva → Queen of Spades → One-Eyed Jack
If you want a compact assassin-vigilante series: Blood & Roses → Blood & Fire → Blood & Bone → Blood & Tears
If you want gritty YA survival and mystery: City of Angels → Dead Wrong
Author bio
Kristi Belcamino writes mystery and crime thrillers built around women who refuse to stay quiet when something is wrong. Her stories move fast, but they also carry the weight of real-world detail, the kind you only get from someone who has spent years listening, asking questions, and taking notes.
She grew up in Paradise, California, and later made her living in journalism. That background shows up all over her fiction, even when the characters are far from a newsroom.
Before her novels took over, Belcamino worked as an award-winning crime reporter at newspapers in California. The job put her in strange places and close to hard stories: she has flown over Big Sur in an FA-18 jet with the Blue Angels, raced a Dodge Viper at Laguna Seca, and watched autopsies as part of her reporting work. It’s the kind of experience that teaches you how quickly a normal day can tip into tragedy, and how important small details can be.
Reporting on real violence changed the way she thought about fear and justice.
Her first novel, Blessed Are the Dead, grew out of that world and the aftermath of covering a serial killer case. It also introduced the kind of lead Belcamino likes to write, a smart, stubborn woman trying to do the right thing when the system is strained. The book helped launch her Gabriella Giovanni mysteries, and her work has gone on to earn finalist recognition for awards such as the Agatha, Anthony, Barry, and Macavity.
She didn’t stay in one lane for long. Alongside the Gabriella Giovanni books, she created the vigilante-leaning Gia Santella thrillers and the Eva Santella books in the Queen of Spades line, both series that mix revenge plots with questions about who deserves protection and what it costs to take action. She has also written standalones and young adult fiction, including City of Angels, which follows a teen trying to survive on the streets of Los Angeles.
Belcamino also teams up with other writers when a story calls for a different kind of engine. The Stella LaRosa thrillers, co-written with L.T. Ryan, follow an investigative journalist digging into dangerous secrets. And the Shepherd and Fox books, written with Brian Shea, throw a master thief and an ex-Delta Force mercenary into the same blast zone. Different setups, same insistence that the heroine has agency and grit.
Her books rarely let their heroes sit still.
Across series and formats, her recurring interests are consistent: family ties that can both save and trap you, loyalty that comes with a price tag, and the messy line between justice and vengeance. Her settings often lean into places she knows well, like the San Francisco Bay Area, and she brings the same clear-eyed approach to small-town tension, organized crime, and the everyday grind of police work. Even when the plots go big, the emotions stay human.
Belcamino lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two daughters. She continues to work as a cops beat reporter while writing full time, and she’s also known for her photography, her Italian-mama energy, and the biscotti she likes to bake. When she steps away from fiction, she has written nonfiction like Letters from a Serial Killer, as well as practical craft and lifestyle projects such as Crush Your Query! and La Bella Figura.
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