Lang Reilly Books in Order
Part ofGregg Loomis Books in OrderSee the Lang Reilly books in order by Gregg Loomis, with short summaries, series background, reading order notes, and clear help on where to start.
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Lang Reilly books in publication order
9 books
The Julian Secret
by Gregg Loomis
2005
The murder of Lang Reilly's friend, who was writing a controversial book, starts a dangerous chase through Europe. At the center is a long-hidden secret reaching back to the Roman Empire and the early Catholic Church.
The Pegasus Secret
by Gregg Loomis
2005
After his sister is killed in a Paris explosion, attorney Lang Reilly investigates a strange painting she bought just before her death. The clue leads him into a violent hunt for Knights Templar secrets that could shake Christian history.
The Sinai Secret
by Gregg Loomis
2008
Two murdered scientists tied to Lang Reilly's foundation leave behind a puzzle involving an ancient parchment and explosive religious history. As the trail crosses Europe and the Middle East, Lang realizes the secret could shift regional power.
The Coptic Secret
by Gregg Loomis
2009
A gala at the British Museum erupts in violence when newly discovered gospels are stolen and a friend of Lang Reilly vanishes. The chase leads into an ancient religious conspiracy with roots powerful people will kill to protect.
The Bonaparte Secret
by Gregg Loomis
2010
A relic prized by Napoleon becomes the center of a deadly international hunt, and Lang Reilly is suddenly in the crosshairs. From Venice to Haiti to Paris, he races assassins and rival powers to uncover why the object still matters.
The Cathar Secret
by Gregg Loomis
2014
A missing manuscript, a child with memories that should not exist, and a long-buried church secret send Lang across Europe. Between kidnappers, Nazi treasure hunters, and Vatican stakes, he has to move fast to save the boy.
The Elizabethan Secret
by Gregg Loomis
2015
A discovery tied to John Dee puts Lang Reilly in possession of a device that powerful governments desperately want. The hunt runs from London to Croatia and back to Atlanta, with Lang trying to keep both the secret and his family safe.
The Nassau Secret
by Gregg Loomis
2015
While chasing the killer of a researcher, Lang Reilly uncovers fresh evidence in the notorious 1943 murder of Sir Harry Oakes in the Bahamas. The case points toward royal secrets, old loyalties, and a society willing to kill to protect the Crown.
The Poison Secret
by Gregg Loomis
2015
In Turkey, a young boy survives a deadly snakebite, hinting at a bloodline linked to the poison-proof king Mithradates. When a doctor is murdered and Lang Reilly's foundation gets pulled in, the search becomes a lethal race for a medical miracle.
Lang Reilly books in chronological order
The Pegasus Secret
by Gregg Loomis
2005Lang Reilly, Book 1
The Julian Secret
by Gregg Loomis
2005Lang Reilly, Book 2
The Sinai Secret
by Gregg Loomis
2008Lang Reilly, Book 3
The Coptic Secret
by Gregg Loomis
2009Lang Reilly, Book 4
The Bonaparte Secret
by Gregg Loomis
2010Lang Reilly, Book 5
The Cathar Secret
by Gregg Loomis
2014Lang Reilly, Book 6
The Poison Secret
by Gregg Loomis
2015Lang Reilly, Book 7
The Nassau Secret
by Gregg Loomis
2015Lang Reilly, Book 8
The Elizabethan Secret
by Gregg Loomis
2015Lang Reilly, Book 9
Series background & context
The Lang Reilly books are Gregg Loomis's main run of globe-trotting historical thrillers. Lang is an Atlanta lawyer, but he is not just a desk man. He has an intelligence background, survival skills, and a habit of walking straight into trouble whenever a murder, stolen artifact, or buried document lands near him. The series opens with The Pegasus Secret and quickly establishes the pattern: a modern crime unlocks an older secret, and powerful people will do almost anything to keep that secret buried.
Home never stays quiet for long.
Part of the appeal is Lang himself. He is sharp, skeptical, and more capable than most civilians around him, yet he still reacts like a human being when the stakes turn personal. A big part of the series dynamic comes from Gurt Fuchs, the former CIA operative who becomes one of the most important people in his life. Their scenes add speed, dry humor, and a bit of emotional ballast to stories that otherwise move at a hard sprint.
The setting matters a lot here. These books bounce from Atlanta to Paris, Rome, London, Cairo, Tel Aviv, Vienna, Croatia, and plenty of points in between. Loomis likes museums, churches, archives, old cities, ports, and borderlands, places where history feels close enough to touch. The travel is not just wallpaper. Each stop usually changes the puzzle, raises the danger, or reveals who else is chasing the same secret.
Across the series, the mysteries tend to circle around religion, empire, manuscripts, royal scandals, lost knowledge, and objects with enormous symbolic value. The Julian Secret, The Sinai Secret, The Coptic Secret, and The Cathar Secret all lean into that mix. Later books like The Poison Secret, The Nassau Secret, and The Elizabethan Secret widen the scope into medicine, wartime cover-ups, and Tudor legend without losing the basic formula.
These are big-stakes thrillers, but they move fast.
The tone is closer to a historical conspiracy thriller than a police procedural. There are chases, shootings, kidnappings, and narrow escapes, but there is also a steady interest in how old ideas keep shaping modern power. If you like stories where a legal mind, a spy's instincts, and a historian's riddle all meet in the same plot, this is the Gregg Loomis series most readers start with.
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