Lt. Kate Gazzara Books in Order

Kate's first case as lead detective begins with the murder of sixteen-year-old Jasmine Thomas. As grief drives the girl's father toward vigilante justice, Kate has to solve the crime before more lives are destroyed.

A new murder forces Kate to balance careful police work with the growing weight of command. Every witness brings another secret, and every answer seems to open a worse question.

Kate follows a case that looks polished on the surface but quickly turns dark underneath. Hidden motives, tight timelines, and pressure from every side make this a hard-earned solve.

Kate takes on another brutal homicide and finds the usual easy answers are anything but safe. Department pressure, unreliable stories, and stubborn detective work drive this early case.

Another named victim, another maze of lies, and another test of Kate's calm under pressure. This one pushes her deeper into the emotional cost of police work.

Kate is pulled into a complicated murder investigation where status and appearances hide the real danger. She has to keep her squad focused while the case keeps changing shape.

What starts as a carjacking that should be easy to explain soon turns into something much more tangled. Kate has to strip away the obvious story before the killer gets comfortable.

Kate investigates a killing that refuses to stay neat or orderly. Every step forward brings fresh complications, and the people closest to the case are hiding more than grief.

Kate faces a case where the victim's personal world is full of cracks no outsider noticed in time. Following those cracks leads her toward a more dangerous truth.

A fresh homicide sends Kate into a case ruled by half-truths and misdirection. She will need patience, instinct, and a lot of persistence to sort victim from suspect.

A violent death puts Kate back in the middle of a tense, shifting investigation where every relationship matters. Trust is scarce, and one bad assumption could wreck the whole case.

Kate's squad tackles another murder where appearances collapse under scrutiny. The case rewards methodical police work and punishes every rush to judgment.

A strange clue and a troubling death pull Kate into one of her more unusual cases. What first looks odd soon becomes dangerous, and the smallest detail starts to matter.

Kate faces a case shaded by hidden motives and old resentments. As the evidence shifts, she has to decide which version of events can still be trusted.

Kate's world gets a new edge as this case brings Samson into the picture. With danger closing in, sharp instincts and canine help may make all the difference.

A new victim sends Kate and her team back into the grind of interviews, contradictions, and buried anger. The truth is there, but it does not come cheaply.

Kate investigates a murder where the story everyone wants accepted feels just a little too clean. Pulling on that thread exposes a messier and more dangerous reality.

Another carefully constructed case lands on Kate's desk, and nothing about it stays simple for long. She has to sort truth from performance before the investigation slips away.

Power, secrecy, and conflicting loyalties complicate this case from the start. Kate has to keep control while the people around the victim work hard to manage what she sees.

Kate follows a trail that keeps turning back on itself, forcing her to question both witnesses and timing. The deeper she digs, the more personal the stakes begin to feel.

A troubling case of damaged memory and long-buried lies forces Kate to question what people remember and what someone wants them to forget. The truth sits somewhere between trauma and manipulation.

When Augustus Aldridge III dies in his library, Kate learns a young woman named Emily Caldwell was murdered in the same room nearly a century earlier. The past and present start to mirror each other in unsettling ways.

A skeleton found in Forrest's Cave sends Kate's loose-cannon detective Jack North and Dr. Amelia Croft into a decades-old conspiracy. The caves hide far more than one body, and someone is still killing to protect the secret.

A new murder case challenges Kate's instincts as much as her experience. Clear motives are hard to find, and every polished surface hides another fracture.

Kate opens a case that seems sealed shut until each clue unleashes another layer of trouble. What starts controlled and tidy soon turns into one of those investigations no one can put back in the box.

Judge Orson Crane is found dead in a locked study, and everyone is ready to call it suicide. Kate knows better, and the powerful Crane family's buried resentments give her plenty to investigate.