Rachel Ryder Books in Order

Newly arrived detective Rachel Ryder doubts the suicide ruling on a local politician’s death during a congressional campaign. With her reluctant partner Rob Bishop, she follows evidence the rest of the department wants left alone before another person dies.

What begins as an overdose investigation reveals disturbing clues that seem aimed at detective Rachel Ryder. As more bodies appear, she suspects someone from her past is seeking revenge, but her increasingly personal pursuit threatens both the case and those around her.

A series of teenage deaths sends Rachel Ryder undercover as a high-school counselor in a drug investigation. When the operation erupts in violence, she must expose the secrets behind the killings while protecting students and people close to her.

A body found near a suspicious fire bears a puzzling numerical clue and evidence of murder. Rachel Ryder and Rob Bishop seek help identifying the killer’s pattern, only to become players in a deadly game that points toward more victims.

A surgeon is found dead beside a woman first believed to be his wife, while his actual wife and son are missing. Rachel Ryder and Rob Bishop must untangle the lives of identical twins before the remaining family members disappear for good.

Home invasions in a wealthy golf community escalate from theft to murder, bringing Rachel Ryder and Rob Bishop onto the case. Their search for the attacker exposes scandals residents are determined to hide behind their guarded homes and social standing.

A wealthy recluse is murdered while five other people are inside his mansion. Rachel Ryder and Rob Bishop keep everyone under the same roof as they investigate, but sorting through motives means remaining trapped with a killer who could strike again.

A woman’s murder on an exclusive golf course recalls clues from a serial-killing case Rachel Ryder thought resolved. As she and Rob Bishop investigate possible copycat crimes, a missing colleague raises the stakes of a trap built around her past.

After an uneasy reunion, someone from Rachel Ryder’s past sends a desperate message and is found dead beside his baby. His apparent overdose leads her into secret dealings and mounting violence that threaten people close to her.

A missing young woman is found buried above the remains of another woman who vanished decades earlier from the same summer fair. Rachel Ryder and Rob Bishop investigate the connection, uncovering old secrets while a new threat approaches their families.

A note asks Rachel Ryder to solve a former baseball star’s murder before he has even died. When the warning becomes reality, she and Rob Bishop uncover troubling connections among his public ambitions, private relationships and criminal activity.

Threats against a member of an exclusive businesswomen’s group turn deadly when another member is murdered. Rachel Ryder and Rob Bishop investigate former spouses, professional rivals and the secrets that threaten the solidarity these women built after divorce.

Photographs of unidentified corpses lead Rachel Ryder and Rob Bishop into a baffling investigation. When bodies begin appearing in suitcases and a message names Rachel as a future victim, she must expose the killer before their countdown reaches her.

A reporter is murdered and her laptop disappears while she investigates corruption in Hamby. Rachel Ryder follows the unfinished story into forged documents, land grabs and official payoffs, discovering how far powerful people will go to keep their secrets buried.

Rachel Ryder notices that several apparently straightforward cases contain evidence arranged with suspicious precision. Her attempts to investigate trigger attacks on her professional judgment, leaving her to confront someone who can manipulate both criminal investigations and her own career.