Protecting The Witnesses (Debby Giusti) Books in Order

This page is a little different from Debby Giusti's true solo series. Protecting the Witnesses is best understood as a themed multi-author line rather than one long Giusti saga. The shared idea is witness protection, women in danger, and the problem of whether a hidden identity can really keep someone safe. Debby's contribution to that lineup is Killer Headline.

This is a shared-world project, not a single continuing cast.

That matters because readers coming here should set expectations a little differently. You are not stepping into a ten-book run with the same investigators or one central romance that keeps unfolding. Instead, you are looking at one Debby Giusti novel inside a broader six-book concept published with other suspense authors. The value of the page is context. It lets you place Killer Headline alongside the larger witness-protection theme and decide whether you want just her entry or the whole set.

The hook is simple: hidden identities are supposed to prevent old crimes from reaching new lives, until the protection starts to crack. In Killer Headline, journalist Violet Kramer becomes convinced that murders involving women in the witness protection program are connected. She wants the story, partly because she believes public attention might save lives and partly because it could make her career. Undercover cop Clay West sees the danger much more clearly. From the start, the book runs on that clash between investigation and exposure, caution and urgency.

Giusti's part of the series feels very much like a Debby Giusti novel. The suspense is fast, the threat is personal, and the romance grows under pressure rather than floating beside it. Violet is stubborn for understandable reasons. Clay is protective, but not in a cartoon way. The story asks what people owe the truth, what risk is justified, and what happens when the person hunting the story becomes part of the target list.

Because this is a multi-author setup, the wider Protecting the Witnesses line is held together more by premise than by shared backstory. Different authors handle different couples and different corners of danger. That means you can read Killer Headline on its own without feeling lost. At the same time, readers who enjoy publisher-style connected themes may like seeing how one core idea, witness protection under threat, can support several distinct suspense plots.

So think of this page as both a book page and a bridge. It is here for readers who want the Debby Giusti connection, a quick sense of where Killer Headline fits, and a little background on the larger project around it. If you like clean romantic suspense with reporters, undercover cops, mob pressure, and a heroine who may be in over her head, this is a useful side path through her bibliography.