LynDee Walker Books in Order
See LynDee Walker books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and easy starting points for Nichelle Clarke, Faith McClellan, and more.
Last updated: July 7, 2026
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Publication Order
26 books
Buried Leads
by LynDee Walker
2013
An Armani-suited body in a shallow grave gives Nichelle a chance at a career-making story. Her search for the killer uncovers a wide, ugly web of political corruption reaching all the way to Washington.
Front Page Fatality
by LynDee Walker
2013
Two rookie cops die in a fiery crash near Richmond, and crime reporter Nichelle Clarke is sent to cover it. The more she digs, the more obvious it becomes that the crash was staged and she may be next.
Small Town Spin
by LynDee Walker
2014
When a star quarterback's son is found dead on a Chesapeake Bay island, Nichelle helps the grieving family handle the media storm. Soon she suspects the neat overdose story is hiding something much darker.
Cover Shot
by LynDee Walker
2015
Nichelle rushes to cover a murder in a wealthy Richmond condo complex, only to have the story explode into a hospital hostage crisis. The gunman wants to speak to her, and the two cases may be connected.
Devil in the Deadline
by LynDee Walker
2015
A murder scene built around a bloody altar sends Nichelle from Richmond into the Virginia countryside. As her reporting leads toward a religious compound and buried secrets, someone is watching her every move.
Fear No Truth
by LynDee Walker
2018
Freshly minted Texas Ranger Faith McClellan wants real cases, not busywork. When a young woman is murdered in one of Texas's wealthiest communities, Faith uncovers links and secrets that powerful people will do anything to bury.
Lethal Lifestyles
by LynDee Walker
2018
Nichelle expects celebration when she joins friends at a Virginia vineyard wedding. Then a body turns up in a barrel of Riesling, the groom becomes the prime suspect, and Nichelle has to decide how well she really knows the couple.
Dateline Memphis
by LynDee Walker
2019
A quick holiday stop at Graceland turns into work when priceless memorabilia vanishes and the estate goes into lockdown. Trapped inside with staff, security, and superfans, Nichelle chases a story that could turn dangerous fast.
Deadly Politics
by LynDee Walker
2019
A call girl found dead in a governor's office drags Nichelle into a murder case wrapped in power and dirty politics. The deeper she digs, the clearer it becomes that the conspiracy reaches far beyond one body.
Fatal Features
by LynDee Walker
2019
Stuck on bed rest after an injury, Nichelle jumps at a lighter feature assignment at an abandoned Renaissance fair. Instead she finds a fresh corpse, a ghost-hunting TV crew, and a mystery that puts her friends in danger.
Leave No Stone
by LynDee Walker
2019
A missing young mother and a string of female victims send Faith McClellan and mentor Archie Baxter across the Texas Hill Country. The killer leaves cryptic wounds and clues, and Faith is running out of time to find the pattern.
Hidden Victims
by LynDee Walker
2020
A dead man leaves a letter for Nichelle Clarke, pulling her toward the biggest story of her career. As a sports widow caught in the opioid crisis becomes a murder suspect, Nichelle follows a case full of missing people, grief, and bad assumptions.
No Sin Unpunished
by LynDee Walker
2021
A raging house fire pulls Faith McClellan off a fraud assignment and back onto homicide. As more victims with political ties surface, she is forced into a brutal case that reaches straight into her father's world.
Dangerous Intent
by LynDee Walker
2022
Nichelle Clarke is chasing a headline when an executed hate-group member turns up dead in the woods. Then teens start disappearing, and Nichelle has to untangle a terrifying link between missing runaways and a killer passing violent judgment.
No Love Lost
by LynDee Walker
2022
During an active-shooter drill in an empty mall, Faith finds a young woman's body hidden in a closet and missing several organs. The discovery opens a chilling hunt for a killer who stores victims indoors and stays several steps ahead.
Nowhere to Hide
by LynDee Walker
2022
A string of grotesque pig slaughters brings Faith McClellan to a small town where teen livestock star Kelsey Marie is living under a storm of online hate. When the killings turn human, Faith has to stop a killer who is filming the carnage.
Tell No Lies
by LynDee Walker
2023
Called to the southern border to examine suspicious remains, Faith walks into the deadliest case of her career. A missing officer, a dead witness, and unreliable local allies point toward a criminal network with deep roots.
No Secrets Remain
by LynDee Walker
2024
When a terrifying video message from a notorious criminal threatens her family, Faith goes off the books to hunt him down. The search drags her into a dark underworld where every answer puts her loved ones at greater risk.
The Cardinal's Curse
by LynDee Walker
2024
Avery and Carter head to Antarctica on an expedition for a lost shipwreck rumored to hold Norway's crown jewels. Sabotage, murder, and a centuries-old curse turn the frozen search into a fight to figure out who to trust.
The General's Gold
by LynDee Walker
2024
After her old friend dies under suspicious circumstances, Avery Turner teams up with diver Carter Mosley to chase a legendary treasure. Their search races across the East Coast and into the Atlantic, with criminals closing in from every side.
The Pirate's Secret
by LynDee Walker
2024
A cryptic message from Carter's former dive partner sends him and Avery to England on the trail of a pirate legend. After murder strikes, the hunt spills through reefs, catacombs, and old secrets that are still deadly.
The Pastor's Wife
by LynDee Walker
2025
A woman hiding in Whitney Falls is drawn to Mary and her charismatic pastor husband. What begins as curiosity turns into a tense hunt for the truth inside a house and church full of control and secrets.
The Pharaoh's Tomb
by LynDee Walker
2025
A stolen Egyptian artifact sends Avery and Carter to Cairo, where bullets start flying almost as soon as they land. As corruption closes in and a colleague disappears, a forgotten queen becomes the key to the whole hunt.
The Emperor's Palace
by LynDee Walker
2026
Avery and Carter drop everything when Carter's young niece vanishes from summer camp. The ransom demand is stranger than money, the kidnappers want a legendary Chinese relic, and the rescue turns into another deadly race through history.
The Housewife Next Door
by LynDee Walker
2026
A young single mother moves to rural Kansas and becomes fascinated by the big family living next door, especially their guarded mother, SarahBeth. When one of the daughters reveals a chilling secret, the newcomer's own buried past starts pressing closer.
The Other Widow
by LynDee Walker
2026
After both their husbands die in the same accident, a hotel maid is pulled into an uneasy friendship with the rich widow left behind. A hidden note suggests the men were lying, and getting close to the truth could expose her own secret.
Where should I start?
If you want reporter-driven crime: Front Page Fatality → Buried Leads → Cover Shot
If you want a Texas Ranger procedural: Fear No Truth → Leave No Stone → No Secrets Remain
If you want treasure-hunt adventure: The General's Gold → The Cardinal's Curse → The Pirate's Secret
If you want domestic suspense: The Pastor's Wife → The Housewife Next Door → The Other Widow
Author bio
LynDee Walker grew up in North Central Texas, in the Dallas-Fort Worth sprawl, and wanted to be Lois Lane before she was old enough to do much more than say press conference. She studied journalism at the University of North Texas, which set her on the path she first followed in newspapers and magazines rather than novels.
Before fiction, she was an award-winning journalist who covered just about everything, from ribbon cuttings and high school football to capital murder trials and police corruption. That work gave her a close look at cops, courts, public officials, and the ordinary people caught in the middle, and it still shapes the grounded feel of her crime stories.
Journalism also taught her to listen. She has talked about writing down not only what people said, but how they said it, and that ear for speech helps explain why her dialogue feels brisk, natural, and lived in.
Then motherhood changed the schedule, but not the storytelling itch.
Walker has said the real turn toward fiction came one summer day in Richmond, Virginia, when her daughter was at camp, her baby son was napping, and a reporter in impossible heels popped into her head. That character became Nichelle Clarke. Walker sat down at her laptop, started writing, and finished the first draft of Front Page Fatality in about five weeks because she was afraid the voice might disappear if she stopped.
It did not disappear. Front Page Fatality introduced readers to a Richmond crime reporter who keeps tugging at loose threads until official stories come apart, and the book went on to earn an Agatha Award nomination for best first novel. Later Nichelle books such as Buried Leads, Cover Shot, and Hidden Victims kept building that mix of newsroom pace, murder investigation, and stubborn curiosity that readers clearly enjoy. Walker has also joked that an early unpublished novel was so overloaded with purple prose that she keeps it around as a reminder of what not to do, which may be one reason her published books move so cleanly and fast.
She later shifted from a reporter heroine to a law-enforcement one with Texas Ranger Faith McClellan. In Fear No Truth, Leave No Stone, and No Secrets Remain, Walker leans harder into police procedure, family history, and cases that cut straight through professional boundaries into private pain. Her books often return to a few steady interests, strong women, messy truths, and the trouble that starts when someone decides the official version is not good enough.
Place matters in her work.
Richmond gives the Nichelle books old streets, politics, and newsroom energy. Texas gives the Faith novels broad skies, hard history, and plenty of room for secrets to hide. She also likes to move beyond straight crime fiction, which shows in the treasure-hunt adventures she writes with Bruce Robert Coffin, beginning with The General's Gold, and in her later psychological suspense novels such as The Pastor's Wife, The Housewife Next Door, and The Other Widow.
Walker now lives in Richmond, Virginia, where she writes while juggling family life, children's sports schedules, and two very spoiled rescue dogs. She has said her favorite things include family, hydrangeas, porches, beaches, and books, which feels about right for a writer whose stories balance danger with warmth. Even when her plots get dark, her characters usually keep a little grit, humor, and heart.
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