LJ Sellers Books in Order
This page covers Teresa Burrell's books with L.J. Sellers, with reading order, quick summaries, collaboration background, and where to start.
Last updated: June 9, 2026
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Publication Order
30 books
The Sex Club
by LJ Sellers
2007
A pipe bomb explodes at a birth control clinic, and a teenage girl is later found dead. Nurse Kera digs for answers while Jackson hunts a killer whose target list may reach frighteningly close to home.
Secrets to Die for
by LJ Sellers
2009
A murdered social worker looks like an easy case until Jackson learns the victims share a secret no one wants exposed. When a key witness vanishes, he has to untangle lies before the attacker strikes again.
Passions of the Dead
by LJ Sellers
2010
A savage home invasion leaves only one survivor, a girl who remembers almost nothing. Jackson uncovers blackmail, copycat violence, and mounting danger as he tries to find her before she disappears for good.
The Baby Thief / Beyond Conception
by LJ Sellers
2010
Jenna wants a child and turns to a fertility clinic, only to become the target of a doctor with terrifying plans of her own. What begins as hope turns into a kidnapping thriller about obsession and reproductive science.
The Lethal Effect / The Suicide Effect
by LJ Sellers
2010
Sula Moreno learns the antidepressant her company is pushing may be deadly, but exposing it could cost her custody of her son. When a scientist disappears, corporate damage control turns into a deadly game.
Thrilled to Death
by LJ Sellers
2010
Two women vanish on the same day, but only one quickly turns up dead. Jackson has to connect a missing mother, a murdered socialite, and a suspect who has barely left his house in a year.
Dying for Justice
by LJ Sellers
2011
When a woman wakes from a two-year coma knowing someone tried to kill her, detective-in-training Lara Evans gets the case. Jackson is meanwhile reopening a wrongful conviction, and the cold files soon point back toward their own department.
Liars, Cheaters, and Thieves
by LJ Sellers
2011
A slashed veteran, a drained bank account, and a fake charity pull Jackson into a case built on fraud and betrayal. Following the money may be the only way to stop the next murder.
The Gauntlet Assassin
by LJ Sellers
2011
In a harsh near-future America, former detective Lara Evans is nearly killed at an emergency scene before heading to a brutal national competition. When she spots the shooter again, survival and victory become the same fight.
Write First, Clean Later / Blogging My Way to Indie Success
by LJ Sellers
2011
Part memoir, part writing guide, this book gathers L.J. Sellers's essays, blog posts, and practical advice about drafting, editing, promotion, and building an indie career. It also includes reflections on her writing life in Eugene.
Crimes of Memory
by LJ Sellers
2013
Back from leave and struggling at home, Jackson hopes a storage-unit homicide will ease him back into work. Instead he gets a murder, an eco-terror bombing, and FBI agent Jamie Dallas on a case that is bigger than it first looks.
Rules of Crime
by LJ Sellers
2013
Jackson's ex-wife is kidnapped for ransom just as Lara Evans takes on a brutal assault case involving a secret sorority. The two investigations grow darker, closer, and far more personal than anyone expects.
The Trigger
by LJ Sellers
2013
Jamie Dallas infiltrates an armed prepper compound in Northern California after a woman and baby vanish. What looks like a disappearance case turns into something much bigger, and she may not get out in time to stop it.
Deadly Bonds
by LJ Sellers
2014
A murdered young mother leaves behind a frightened boy hiding beneath the floorboards, and Jackson cannot stay emotionally detached. As he searches for the killer and a safe future for the child, the case starts tearing at every part of his life.
The Target
by LJ Sellers
2014
Jamie Dallas goes undercover at a medical device company after an FBI agent dies and sabotage rocks the biotech world. A separate murder investigation starts circling the same conspiracy, and millions may be at risk.
The Trap
by LJ Sellers
2014
After overhearing activists plotting crimes against a politician, Jamie Dallas infiltrates their tight inner circle. The assignment gets dangerously personal as she starts to sympathize with the cause and loses easy contact with the bureau.
Wrongful Death
by LJ Sellers
2015
A police officer is found stabbed near a homeless camp, and two street twins become the obvious suspects. Jackson digs into the victim's private life as a second case involving blackmail and sexual assault begins to overlap.
Death Deserved
by LJ Sellers
2016
Poisonings inside the police department and a double shooting at a marijuana nursery throw Eugene into chaos. Jackson and Lara Evans suspect the crimes are linked, but the trail forces them to question colleagues as well as suspects.
Point of Control
by LJ Sellers
2016
FBI agent Andra Bailey is assigned to find missing scientists as a rare-metal shortage rattles the tech world. Her cold precision is perfect for the job, but the deeper she goes, the closer she comes to losing control.
The Gender Experiment
by LJ Sellers
2016
When morgue intern Taylor Lopez spots a pattern among victims tied to the same clinic, she uncovers a chilling old experiment. With military forces closing in, she and Agent Bailey have to find the surviving targets before the next round begins.
A Bitter Dying
by LJ Sellers
2017
A desperate ex-con takes a family hostage and will speak only to Jackson. While he handles the standoff, a string of assaults leads his team toward a troubled company, lawsuits, and a trail of violence that keeps widening.
Broken Boys
by LJ Sellers
2017
Rox MacFarlane is hired to pull a teenager from a brutal wilderness camp, then learns another boy has vanished too. A murdered mother and a buried secret make the rescue far more urgent and far more dangerous.
Guilt Game
by LJ Sellers
2017
Former CIA operative Roxanne MacFarlane rescues people from dangerous places, but this job takes her into a cult targeting vulnerable young women. When bodies appear, Rox has to move fast before the missing girl becomes another victim.
The Other
by LJ Sellers
2017
Fifteen-year-old Logan says he is sane, even if no one believes what he sees inside the institution. Rox MacFarlane takes on the impossible extraction, but murder and family secrets make every step riskier.
A Liar's Death
by LJ Sellers
2018
A woman is killed with her own food product while Jackson's brother lies ill in the hospital. When another lookalike victim turns up, the case starts pointing at Derrick and the task force races to stop a serial predator.
A Crime of Hate
by LJ Sellers
2019
An unidentified woman's murder looks like a hate crime, but the evidence refuses to settle. As Jackson's team investigates a second suspicious death, two cases collide and he needs a confession before the killer slips away.
The Black Pill
by LJ Sellers
2020
Jackson investigates a bizarre roadside murder and a missing woman while Agent Dallas hunts a predator on a dark-web forum. Their cases join in a grim race against online hate and escalating violence.
No Consent
by LJ Sellers
2021
Exhausted prosecutor Clara Hitchens is trying to expose corruption while handling a brutal high-profile trial. Newly released ex-con Nate Conner needs her help to find his missing sister, and their uneasy alliance quickly turns deadly.
Silence of the Dead
by LJ Sellers
2022
A dead runaway leads Jackson to a secretive anti-technology cult that keeps outsiders out and children in harm's way. He brings in Agent Dallas undercover, and the investigation turns into a fight against both cult power and violent traffickers.
The Wall
by LJ Sellers
2022
In a sealed future enclave, Jayla is punished for public grief and begins to question everything she has been taught. As she and Ronin uncover lies behind the wall, love and rebellion become equally dangerous.
Where should I start?
If you want the core police series: Secrets to Die For → Thrilled to Death → Passions of the Dead
If you want Jackson from the very start: The Sex Club → Secrets to Die For → Thrilled to Death
If you want undercover FBI action: The Trigger → The Target → The Trap
If you want the Jackson and Dallas crossovers: Crimes of Memory → The Black Pill → Silence of the Dead
If you want rescue thrillers: Guilt Game → Broken Boys → The Other
Author bio
LJ Sellers was born in Santa Rosa, California, and grew up in Cave Junction, a small town in southern Oregon. The day she turned 18, she packed her VW Bug and moved to Eugene. Five years later, she graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in journalism.
Writing came early for her. As a kid, she liked research-heavy school reports as much as stories, and that mix of curiosity and narrative still shows in her fiction. After college she moved to Phoenix to find journalism work during a recession, wrote people profiles, got married, had a baby, and eventually returned to Eugene, where she worked a mix of jobs while raising a family.
Then a bad novel lit the fuse.
In 1989 she threw the book on the floor, decided she could do better, and sat down at a Commodore computer to write her first novel, Personal Justice. It was not the book that made her career, but it hooked her on the process. Soon after, agent Al Zuckerman encouraged her, and he later represented the novel that became The Baby Thief, even though he could not place it.
That encouragement kept her in the game.
The road was long. Sellers has said it took nearly 20 years to break through, with plenty of drafts, rejections, screenplays, and close calls along the way. She also spent years as an editor, including a stretch at a pharmaceutical trade magazine, where she learned a lot about drugs and how to tighten prose. After that office closed, she wrote The Sex Club, the first book to feature Detective Wade Jackson.
She later self-published the novel, kept building the Jackson books, and after another layoff in 2008 decided to put fiction first. Secrets to Die For helped establish Jackson as a series lead, and by 2010 she had left freelancing to write full-time. Readers who enjoy her work often point to the same strengths: fast plots, socially grounded crimes, and characters who feel like working people under real pressure.
That range shows across her bibliography. The Jackson novels bring homicide investigations to Eugene. The Agent Dallas books, beginning with The Trigger, lean harder into undercover FBI work. The Extractor series, starting with Guilt Game, follows Roxanne MacFarlane as she rescues people from dangerous situations. Standalones such as The Wall and The Gender Experiment let her push into dystopian and science-tinged territory without losing the crime-thriller engine.
Underneath the twists, her fiction keeps circling a few concerns: abuse of power, vulnerable kids, damaged families, corruption, and the messy line between justice and survival. That focus makes sense given her journalism background. She won the Grand Neal as a journalist, and the Detective Jackson books have also picked up Readers Favorite awards.
She still lives in Eugene, Oregon, where many of her novels are set. When she is not writing, she has said she enjoys standup comedy, cycling, zip-lining, and jumping out of airplanes.
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