Luana Ehrlich Books in Order
Browse Luana Ehrlich books in order, with series guides, short summaries, reading order help, and easy advice on where to start.
Last updated: June 10, 2026
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Publication Order
31 books
One Night in Tehran
by Luana Ehrlich
2014
After a failed mission in Iran, veteran CIA officer Titus Ray hides with Iranian Christians, survives an escape to Turkey, and returns home changed. Back in Oklahoma, he faces an assassin, Agency infighting, and hard questions about faith and trust.
Two Days in Caracas
by Luana Ehrlich
2015
Titus heads to Costa Rica and Venezuela to stop Hezbollah assassin Ahmed Al-Amin, while mentoring raw new operative Ben Mitchell. The mission grows into a larger plot involving chemical weapons, and Titus risks both his career and his future with Nikki.
Three Weeks in Washington
by Luana Ehrlich
2016
Called to Washington after a deadly Navy Yard attack, Titus suspects a larger Hezbollah plot. His search takes him from D.C. to overseas targets as he races to stop a chemical attack and expose an Iranian general.
Titus Ray Thriller Recipes with Short Stories
by Luana Ehrlich
2016
This bonus collection pairs Titus Ray's favorite recipes, including his chili, with short stories from his covert life. It is a fun side trip for series readers who want extra character moments between missions.
Four Months in Cuba
by Luana Ehrlich
2017
Titus enters Cuba to rescue a fellow operative from the Los Zetas drug cartel, but the mission quickly changes shape. Hidden agendas and shifting loyalties turn a simple extraction into a dangerous fight for survival.
Five Years in Yemen
by Luana Ehrlich
2018
Titus is sent to learn whether missing CIA contractor Jacob Levin is a traitor or a patriot. The trail runs from Missouri to Saudi Arabia to Yemen, forcing Titus to face killers, family questions, and big choices about his future.
One Step Back
by Luana Ehrlich
2018
This prequel novella follows Titus in Tehran before the main series begins. When he tries to recruit a nuclear scientist and ignores a warning, he ends up hunted by secret police and saved by Iranian Christians.
One Day Gone
by Luana Ehrlich
2019
Washington investigator Mylas Grey is sent back to Columbia, Missouri, when a senator's daughter disappears. The case pulls him into family history, a possible judicial scandal, and an unexpected connection with photographer Whitney Engel.
Two Steps Forward
by Luana Ehrlich
2019
Fresh off his wedding, Titus heads to Morocco and Israel with Nikki, then gets pulled into Iraq to stop an assassination. What starts as a honeymoon becomes a fast-moving mission shaped by old enemies, foster-family concerns, and Titus's growing faith.
Ben in Love
by Luana Ehrlich
2020
Titus thinks Ben Mitchell is lying about loving the daughter of a Turkish cleric, and he is right to worry. Surveillance, deception, and a Turkish terror plot turn Ben's messy love life into a dangerous operation on American soil.
Three Steps Away
by Luana Ehrlich
2020
A family trip to Barbados blows up when Titus is recognized from a former deep-cover identity in Tehran. Reentering that past draws him into Russian and Iranian financial schemes, a dangerous Beirut mission, and new strain inside the CIA.
Two Days Taken
by Luana Ehrlich
2020
Mylas plans a brief favor for another senator before Whitney's visit, but the case leads him to a dangerous psychopath. As the threat grows, both Mylas and Whitney end up in serious danger.
Ben in Charge
by Luana Ehrlich
2021
Ben finally gets to lead a mission, escorting a Russian defector and his daughter out during a Brussels summit. Titus wants to let him take charge, but doubts, divided loyalties, and a delicate plan keep getting in the way.
Four Steps Missed
by Luana Ehrlich
2021
Titus joins a secret operation aimed at exposing problems near the top of the Agency. Keeping the mission hidden from his boss, handler, and wife proves almost as dangerous as the deadly fallout.
Three Days Clueless
by Luana Ehrlich
2021
Back in his hometown, Mylas helps his father revisit the murder of a state politician shot in broad daylight. With almost no clues and trouble brewing with Whitney, he has to solve the case before obsession costs him more than sleep.
Ben in Trouble
by Luana Ehrlich
2022
Ben tries to prove he belongs in the field, not behind a desk, by volunteering for a Venezuela mission. His senator father, an Iranian military project, and Ben's own blind spots push both him and Titus into trouble.
Five Days Lost
by Luana Ehrlich
2022
Mylas investigates a deeply personal matter for Senator Davis Allen, armed with little more than a dead woman's diary and a ticking deadline. The deeper he digs, the harder it is to keep the case quick, quiet, and under control.
Four Days Famous
by Luana Ehrlich
2022
Mylas hates attention, but investigating a prominent doctor's murdered father puts him in the spotlight. While reporters circle and suspects pile up, he also tries to manage his growing agency and his relationship with Whitney.
One Wonders
by Luana Ehrlich
2022
Widowed corporate investigator Silas McKay reluctantly teams up with Ashley Davenport, the daughter of an important client, on a corporate espionage case in Dallas. Their differences, grief, and growing attraction complicate an already risky investigation.
Two Believe
by Luana Ehrlich
2022
Silas McKay investigates an elegant Dallas jewelry heist that makes no sense on the surface, especially with a billionaire's son at the center. Working with skeptical, sharp-edged Ashley Davenport forces him to face both the case and his own faith.
Five Steps Beyond
by Luana Ehrlich
2023
A White House summons sends Titus into Operation Strike Out, where he must revisit his past to stop Iran's nuclear ambitions. The mission pushes him far outside his usual experience and into a race against time.
Six Days Spent
by Luana Ehrlich
2023
When a Pentagon official is murdered, Mylas takes the case while helping Whitney house-hunt in Washington. Tracking suspects, dead ends, and last-minute twists makes both jobs harder than he expects.
Three Confess
by Luana Ehrlich
2023
Silas investigates stolen semiconductor secrets and finds suspects everywhere, from company insiders to possible cyber breaches. While he sorts through the case, Christmas, family worries, and his feelings for Ashley crowd in.
A Day Ago
by Luana Ehrlich
2024
Before he became a private investigator, Mylas was a lawyer with a carefully planned future. A sudden death, a strange will, a murder inquiry, and an old flame push his life in a very different direction.
Four Doubt
by Luana Ehrlich
2024
Silas looks into the murder of a cybersecurity executive and quickly doubts the easy answers. As rival companies, hidden motives, and a planned second killing emerge, the case tests both his judgment and his growing relationship with Ashley.
One Good Time
by Luana Ehrlich
2024
Ordered to spend time with family, Titus instead heads to the southern border after intelligence points to a bioweapon threat in America's heartland. To stop the attack, he must shadow a terrorist leader from Venezuela and hold together a difficult team.
Seven Days Off
by Luana Ehrlich
2024
Recovering from a gunshot wound, Mylas is supposed to rest. Instead, he takes on a missing counselor case, angers someone dangerous, and finds his employees and Whitney pulled into the fallout.
Eight Days Anxious
by Luana Ehrlich
2025
When ex-con Jason Brennan takes a U.S. senator hostage, Mylas gets eight days to find Brennan's missing wife and daughter. Every lead exposes new secrets, and the truth challenges what Mylas thinks he knows about guilt and innocence.
Five Alive
by Luana Ehrlich
2025
Silas leads a rescue mission in Saudi Arabia after five American oil workers are kidnapped. To bring them home, he assembles a team with plenty of baggage and has to trust a person who once betrayed him.
Two Good Deeds
by Luana Ehrlich
2025
In Cairo, Titus poses as a wealthy antiquities collector to penetrate Khalifa, a terror group funded by looted artifacts. Parties, double games, an inside source, and a relentless assassin make the mission steadily more dangerous.
Three Good Lies
by Luana Ehrlich
2026
Titus takes an off-the-books assignment in Panama, only to learn the intel is shaky, the helpers are not fully trustworthy, and the real objective has been hidden from him. He has to finish the mission while untangling a web of lies.
Where should I start?
If you want the main spy series: One Step Back → One Night in Tehran → Two Days in Caracas
If you want more Ben Mitchell: Two Steps Forward → Ben in Love → Ben in Charge → Ben in Trouble
If you prefer private investigator mysteries: A Day Ago → One Day Gone → Two Days Taken
If you want corporate suspense: One Wonders → Two Believe → Three Confess
Author bio
Luana Ehrlich was born in Sikeston, Missouri, and grew up as a preacher's kid. She has said her father handed her a spy novel when she was eleven, and that was enough to hook her on suspense, mystery, and stories that move fast while still asking moral questions.
That reading habit never really went away.
Long before she published fiction, Ehrlich spent years gathering the kind of experience that now shows up in her books. She married a minister, lived in several states across the South and Midwest, and served with her husband as a missionary in Costa Rica and Venezuela. She also worked as a freelance writer and columnist, writing conversion stories and human-interest pieces for Baptist publications. The reporting side of her work taught her to notice small details and the way ordinary people actually speak.
She also kept a close eye on the news, especially events in the Middle East. That helps explain why her thrillers feel grounded in real tensions, even when the plots are fictional. She likes a high-stakes setup, but she is just as interested in what pressure does to a person's conscience, loyalties, and private life.
Fiction came later than readers might guess. Ehrlich has said she did not begin writing her own mystery and thriller stories until her husband retired after forty years of pastoral ministry in Norman, Oklahoma. A blog came first. Then came the thought that maybe she could write the kind of clean, fast-moving suspense novel she had always enjoyed reading.
One Night in Tehran was the book that turned that idea into a real series.
That first Titus Ray novel grew out of questions she was asking about persecuted Christians in Iran. She imagined a veteran CIA operative who encountered believers in Tehran, came to faith himself, and then had to figure out how that change would affect a career built on secrecy, deception, and danger. That character became Titus Ray, and readers kept following him through books like Two Days in Caracas, Three Weeks in Washington, and Five Years in Yemen. The appeal is easy to see. The plots move, the settings shift, and Titus is never just an action hero. He is competent, flawed, and always balancing the job with what he believes.
Ehrlich has since widened that world. The Ben Mitchell books spin out of Titus's story and lean into the uneasy mentor and protege relationship between the older operative and a younger one who keeps getting in over his head. The Mylas Grey mysteries move into Washington politics, family secrets, and private investigation, starting with One Day Gone. The Silas McKay books head toward corporate espionage and Dallas-based suspense, starting with One Wonders. Across all of them, readers tend to find the same things, clean suspense, capable but imperfect people, touches of humor and romance, and faith that matters without overpowering the story.
Today, Ehrlich still lives in Norman, Oklahoma, with her husband. Her author bios have a little fun with that fact, saying she writes from an undisclosed location while trying to avoid housework, grocery shopping, and golf stories. What she seems much happier to admit is that she likes time with her grandsons and a caramel macchiato.
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