MZ Kelly Books in Order

Kate Sexton is reeling from divorce, debt, and department gossip when a sadistic killer starts stalking her. While trying to clear a cop tied to a thirty-year-old murder, she and Bernie get pulled into a case that turns personal.

Newly promoted Kate investigates the murder of a famous singer's manager after one of her mother's seances. When the killer strikes again and a revenge cult comes into view, the case starts circling Kate herself.

Kate investigates the wedding-night murder of a Hollywood power couple and uncovers links to escorts, old corruption, and a buried family secret. Her love life and Bernie's chaos do not make the job any easier.

Olympic star Jezzie Rose is found murdered, and the obvious suspect may be the wrong one. As media pressure builds, Kate digs into the case while chasing answers about her father's death.

Kate is moved onto an FBI assignment after her father's killer resurfaces. Teaming with Joe Dawson, she hunts a sadistic serial murderer called the Artist while realizing the past is coming straight for her.

A leave on Catalina Island turns into a kidnapping case when three girls vanish during a courthouse murder. Kate, Natalie, and Mo get drawn into trafficking, cult rumors, and an old island secret.

Back in Hollywood, Kate looks into the hot tub murder of a wealthy realtor and starts seeing links to the victim's love life and a powerful gang. Meanwhile, her already shaky personal life takes another sharp turn.

Kate joins LAPD's elite Section One and lands a brutal case involving a dead starlet and a Hollywood fixer trying to prove he is no killer. The deeper she goes, the more power players and old secrets crowd the case.

Settling into Section One, Kate is called to one of the grisliest scenes of her career. A killer known as the Prophet turns the investigation personal, and Joe Dawson is soon back in the picture.

A serial killer starts targeting college campuses just as Kate helps a Hollywood fixer investigate a death row case. Her partner is unraveling, her personal life is messy, and new truths about her father hit hard.

The murder of a TV host's family pulls Kate and Section One into Hollywood's erotic underworld. As bodies pile up, the case tangles with obsession, desire, and the family secrets still haunting Kate.

Kate and Leo Kingsley work a cold case tied to a current homicide while The Swarm returns to kill again. With Joe Dawson back beside her, Kate is pulled into a race against time on several fronts.

A billionaire broker's family vanishes after their maid is murdered, and Kate suspects far more than a simple ransom plot. Another cold case and a documentary crew make an already impossible investigation even messier.

Kate and Bernie are pulled into another high-profile Hollywood murder where fame, money, and image hide the truth. As the suspects pile up, Kate is also pushed deeper into the family questions that have been haunting her for years.

When a reality TV star turns up dead, Kate and Leo find a suspect list as crowded as the Walk of Fame. A seemingly simple murder soon opens into embezzlement, multiple killings, and more upheaval in Kate's search for family answers.

A rising actress is murdered, and the handyman looks like an easy answer. Kate soon finds darker layers beneath the case as she searches for her biological father and hunts for her missing sister.

Things are going badly for NYPD cop Madison Knox, and cheap rent in a Brooklyn cemetery looks like her best option. With Amy and fellow officer Max beside her, she stumbles into trafficking, cartel ties, and the mystery of her missing mother.

Reassigned to Cold Case, Kate reunites with Charlie Winkler and expects a quieter life. Instead she lands a shocking old crime tied to powerful corporate interests, sex trafficking, and the search for her biological father.

Facing eviction and a haunted new house, Kate also has to solve two brutal murder cases. Then a revelation about her biological father turns the whole story of her family upside down.

After a terrorist strike linked to Kate's family, she is sent to work with the FBI on a baffling killer called the Angel. Back in Hollywood, she also has to solve a major actor's murder while dodging danger on every side.

Madison Knox is back when a young woman turns up posed like a message, kicking off a case that is stranger and more dangerous than it first looks. As the clues multiply, so do the pressures on Madison and her odd little circle.

A newly discovered body pulls Madison into another Brooklyn investigation with ugly roots and unpredictable suspects. The case tests her instincts, her friendships, and her determination to keep digging.

Kate investigates the murder of an au pair for a wealthy couple, only to uncover a sex trafficking ring reaching into Hollywood's upper ranks. At the same time, terrorists tied to her father's past are moving again.

Retired detective Pearl Kramer brings Kate crucial information about terrorist Nathan Caine and the father she never knew. What follows is a race to stop another attack before the danger cuts even deeper into her life.

Revenge drives the violence in this later Kate Sexton case, where old scores and fresh murders collide. The investigation keeps tightening around Kate's personal life, making the stakes feel bigger than a single homicide.

Madison is having a bad week, and the trouble only gets worse when a new investigation crashes into her already messy life. The book keeps the series' mix of sharp humor, offbeat allies, and real danger.

A high-profile killing sends Kate back into Hollywood's mix of celebrity scandal and real danger. As she works the case, the long-running threats around her family and old enemies keep pressing in.

Another murder case forces Kate to confront hard truths about love, terror, and family. By this point in the series, the personal stakes are as dangerous as the homicide work, and every answer seems to open a new wound.

Kate Sexton is running on empty. Her fiance is missing, her long-hidden family story is reaching a breaking point, and she still has to stop a killer the press calls the Reaper before the whole endgame turns fatal.

Detective Jack Powell is already chasing a serial killer called the Iceman when his life collapses. Assigned to LAPD's Serial and Violent Crimes Unit with FBI agent Emma Peterson, he fights to stop another spree and stay alive himself.

The final Hollywood Alphabet novel brings Kate's long fight with killers, terrorists, and family secrets to a head. It is the endgame for the series, with one last rush toward answers, survival, and whatever peace Kate can claim.