Lily Dawn FBI Suspense Thriller Books in Order
Part ofAva Strong Books in OrderSee the Lily Dawn FBI Suspense Thriller books by Ava Strong in order, with quick summaries, series background, and tips on where to begin.
Last updated: June 9, 2026
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Publication Order
5 books
Still Alive
by Ava Strong
2022
Lily Dawn returns to the Caribbean when a body is found at sea and a killer starts leaving victims tied to buoys. Her knowledge of the islands makes her invaluable, but the case drags her back toward old pain.
Still Hope
by Ava Strong
2022
Victims left on remote islands signal that Lily Dawn is up against a killer who uses the Caribbean's geography as part of the plan. The chase becomes a deadly game of distance, timing, and nerve.
Still Awake
by Ava Strong
2023
Murders at high-end coastal resorts bring Lily into a case where beauty and violence sit side by side. She has to cut through the glamour fast, because the killer is already thinking past the next victim.
Still Here
by Ava Strong
2023
A trail of bodies in marinas sends Lily after a killer who wants to be read like a riddle. The island setting is vivid, but the threat feels close and claustrophobic.
Still Mad
by Ava Strong
2023
With a hurricane bearing down, Lily faces a serial killer who strikes in the middle of chaos. Storm pressure, old wounds, and shrinking time make this one of her most dangerous cases.
Series background & context
Lily Dawn's series takes the FBI model and moves it into the Caribbean, which immediately changes the mood. Lily is a BAU special agent who was raised in the islands and knows the region intimately. That local knowledge makes her the obvious choice when a surge of serial killings forces the FBI to build a task force there, but it also means every case carries personal history.
Paradise is not the point here.
These books use the contrast between postcard settings and brutal crimes really well. Bodies at sea, victims left on remote islands, murders at upscale resorts, a trail through marinas, a killer striking in hurricane conditions, the series keeps finding ways to make the landscape beautiful and menacing at the same time.
Lily herself is carrying her own damage, especially the unresolved pain around her missing sister. That ongoing thread gives the books continuity, while the island settings keep the procedural side from feeling generic. The cases are self-contained enough to satisfy, but Lily's past is always there in the background, tugging at her decisions.
If you like FBI thrillers with strong place-setting, this is one of Strong's more distinctive series. Still Alive is the clear starting point, and it sets up both Lily's personal stakes and the series' central promise, fast cases in a region where water, weather, and geography can all work for the killer.
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