Rachel Dylan Books in Order
Browse Rachel Dylan books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and where to start across her legal thrillers, romantic suspense, and newer thrillers.
Last updated: July 3, 2026
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Publication Order
19 books
Out of Hiding
by Rachel Dylan
2014
Private investigator Sadie Lane has spent years in Witness Protection after seeing her parents murdered as a child. When a lead on the killer appears, she must trust FBI agent Kip Moore without exposing the identity that has kept her alive.
Expert Witness
by Rachel Dylan
2015
Sketch artist Sydney Berry is used to testifying in court, but a drive-by shooting turns her into a target. U.S. Marshal Max Preston wants her in hiding, while Sydney is determined to take the stand anyway.
Trial & Tribulations
by Rachel Dylan
2015
Attorney Olivia Murray arrives in Windy Ridge to defend a New Age tech company and finds the case tangled with something darker than corporate litigation. As legal pressure turns personal, opposing counsel Grant Baxter becomes an unexpected ally.
Devoted Defender
by Rachel Dylan
2016
Annie Thomas thinks she has finally outrun her past until her boss is shot and she becomes the only witness. Police chief Caleb Winters must keep her alive while an organized crime network moves to silence her.
Incriminating Evidence
by Rachel Dylan
2016
Rookie prosecutor Jessica Hughes takes on the son of a major crime boss in a money laundering case and quickly draws deadly attention. FBI agent Zach Taylor is assigned to protect her, even as both of them are still proving themselves.
Lethal Action
by Rachel Dylan
2016
New York attorney Hope Finch comes to Maxwell, Georgia, for a major case and stumbles into a deadly corporate cover-up. FBI agent Gabe Marino tries to protect her, but the danger surrounding her client keeps closing in.
Picture Perfect Murder
by Rachel Dylan
2016
Photographer Lily Parker dismisses an attack as random until one of her photos appears at the next murder scene. Agent Rex Sullivan races to stop a serial killer, while Lily's secret past changes the investigation.
Deadly Proof
by Rachel Dylan
2017
Corporate attorney Kate Sullivan takes on a pharmaceutical company accused of hiding the truth about a dangerous drug. When a whistleblower dies, investigator Landon James steps in as the case turns deadly.
Fatal Accusation
by Rachel Dylan
2017
After an embezzlement scandal hits Windy Ridge Community Church, Olivia Murray takes the pastor's defense pro bono, even though the case could wreck her career. With Grant Baxter beside her, she fights for a town already under siege.
Lone Witness
by Rachel Dylan
2018
Prosecutor Sophie Dawson is preparing a white-collar case when she becomes the only witness to a double homicide. Under protection from Cooper Knight, she has to keep digging while danger closes in from every side.
Surrounded by Darkness
by Rachel Dylan
2018
Olivia Murray opens a legal clinic for domestic violence victims, only to face fresh attacks on her work and relationships. While Grant Baxter battles a malpractice suit, both are pulled into a growing fight for Windy Ridge.
Breach of Trust
by Rachel Dylan
2019
When litigator Mia Shaw finds her friend and colleague murdered, she inherits his last case and a maze of hidden secrets. Noah Ramirez believes the wrong man has been accused, and Mia soon learns the real threat is still loose.
Backlash
by Rachel Dylan
2020
CIA analyst Layla Karam survives the fallout from a failed DEA operation only to face cartel threats and an internal investigation. With help from ex-boyfriend Hunter McCoy, she hunts the mole who sold her team out.
End Game
by Rachel Dylan
2020
FBI agent Bailey Ryan and NCIS agent Marco Agostini investigate a string of murders tied to elite military circles in Washington. A defense contractor, a possible cover-up, and a disputed suspect make every lead more dangerous.
False Prophet
by Rachel Dylan
2021
When arson destroys Windy Ridge Community Church, Olivia Murray sues the city after officials block the congregation from using public space. A popular outsider preacher and a surprise arrest turn the whole town into a battlefield.
Power Play
by Rachel Dylan
2021
State Department attorney Vivian Steele witnesses two ambassadors collapse at a diplomatic dinner and is pulled onto a joint task force. To uncover the truth, she must work with Diplomatic Security agent Jacob Cruz, whose instincts clash with hers.
Death Follows Her
by Rachel Dylan
2025
When three high-profile CEOs die in quick succession, FBI agent Samira Haddad discovers they all connect to trial lawyer Quinn Kelly. As Samira digs deeper, Quinn becomes both a crucial lead and a target.
Secrets Chase Her
by Rachel Dylan
2026
Attorney Quinn Kelly's protege is murdered, and a powerful tech mogul blackmails her into taking his case. FBI agent Samira Haddad hunts the killer while Quinn uncovers just how close the danger has come.
Truth Betrays Her
by Rachel Dylan
2027
A new case drags Quinn Kelly back toward a past she has tried to bury. As FBI agent Samira Haddad hunts a killer and turns to an imprisoned profiler for answers, the truth becomes its own threat.
Where should I start?
For courtroom suspense in Atlanta: Deadly Proof → Lone Witness → Breach of Trust
For small-town legal thriller with spiritual warfare: Trial & Tribulations → Fatal Accusation → Surrounded by Darkness → False Prophet
For Washington intrigue and federal agencies: End Game → Backlash → Power Play
For romantic suspense in small-town Georgia: Lethal Action → Devoted Defender
For her newer, darker thriller series: Death Follows Her → Secrets Chase Her → Truth Betrays Her
Author bio
Rachel Dylan writes the kind of suspense that knows how law offices work, how cases are built, and how quickly a professional life can tilt into danger. She has practiced law for close to two decades, including time as a litigator at one of the nation's top law firms. That background runs through her fiction in a very practical way. The stakes feel big because the work feels real.
She did not come to writing by way of a tidy career plan. In her own telling, she wrote poems and stories as a child and read constantly, but books became serious later. During her fourth year at a large law firm, worn down by stress and wanting something that felt like hers, she decided to try writing a novel.
The first manuscript wasn't faith-based, and it was only the beginning.
What mattered was that writing stuck. It became an outlet from the pressure of legal practice and a place where she could follow different kinds of questions, not just legal ones but emotional and spiritual ones too. She has said that a later return to her faith changed the direction of her work and helped her find her voice, which explains why some of her books lean harder into faith while others stay closer to straight suspense.
Her debut novel was Out of Hiding, a witness protection story with a private investigator forced to face the murder that shattered her childhood. From there she expanded fast. The Windy Ridge books, beginning with Trial & Tribulations, mix lawsuits, small-town tension, and spiritual warfare. They are unusual books, part legal thriller, part faith-driven battle story, and they show how willing Dylan is to push beyond standard courtroom suspense.
Law never really leaves the page.
In Atlanta Justice, Dylan centers three women attorneys in Atlanta and lets each book build around a different legal crisis. Deadly Proof tackles a pharmaceutical cover-up, Lone Witness follows a prosecutor who becomes the only witness to a double homicide, and Breach of Trust opens with a murdered colleague and a trail that leads into corporate espionage. These are the novels many readers point to first, because the legal details feel grounded without slowing down the plot.
She also shifts easily into government and intelligence suspense. The Capital Intrigue trilogy, starting with End Game, moves to Washington and brings in the FBI, NCIS, the CIA, the DEA, the State Department, and Diplomatic Security. More recently, Death Follows Her and Secrets Chase Her launched the Deadly Justice series, which pushes her work in a darker direction with powerful lawyers, FBI investigations, and threats that feel personal from the first pages.
The awards help show how strongly these books have landed. Deadly Proof picked up major recognition, and Lone Witness won both the Holt Medallion and the Maggie Award. Dylan lives in Michigan with her husband and furkids. That everyday detail somehow fits her work, which balances sharp professional worlds with people who still have homes, histories, loyalties, and limits.
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