Pacific Northwest Mysteries Books in Order
See the Pacific Northwest Mysteries by Ellie Alexander in order, with short summaries, series background, and where to start with Meg Reed's cases.
Last updated: June 10, 2026
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Publication Order
5 books
Scene of the Climb
by Ellie Alexander
2014
Journalism grad Meg Reed bluffs her way into an outdoor magazine job and ends up witnessing a deadly fall during an adventure race in the Columbia River Gorge. To save her new career, she has to prove it was murder.
Slayed on the Slopes
by Ellie Alexander
2015
Meg heads to remote Silcox Hut to cover winter training with an elite rescue team, then gets snowed in when one of the climbers is killed. Trapped by a blizzard, she has to find the murderer before cabin fever turns deadly.
First Degree Mudder
by Ellie Alexander
2016
Back home in Portland, Meg signs up with a brutal mud-run training team to research her next story. When the hard-driving coach is found dead, she has to slog through secrets, grudges, and a killer willing to play dirty.
Silenced in the Surf
by Ellie Alexander
2016
Meg travels to Hood River to cover a windsurfing competition and discovers a superstar athlete dead on the rocks. With rumors swirling through the tight-knit surf scene, she dives in to find who wanted him gone.
In Cave Danger
by Ellie Alexander
2017
Claustrophobic reporter Meg joins an expedition into Oregon's lava caves and finds a murdered Forest Service employee underground. The case pulls her into a fight over public lands and closer to long-buried questions about her own family.
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