Rick Murcer Books in Order

With Manny Williams now in the FBI, Sophie Lee handles a shocking Michigan murder on her own. A state senator is found mutilated, his wife appears covered in blood, and the facts grow stranger the deeper Sophie investigates.

Lansing detective Manny Williams plans to relax on a Caribbean cruise with his wife, Louise. A murder in San Juan and deaths aboard the ship destroy the vacation, sending Manny into a frantic FBI-led hunt for a killer.

Detectives Manny Williams and Sophie Lee investigate a brutal Lansing murder linked to an adult playhouse. Then serial killer Dr. Frederick Argyle resurfaces, drawing them toward the Caribbean while violence spreads closer to home.

Still recovering from a devastating loss, Manny agrees to help investigate murders connected to cruise-line security staff. His old enemy, Dr. Frederick Argyle, has other plans, leading Manny and his allies into a deadly trail that reaches Galway, Ireland.

A compact mystery from Rick Murcer, 413 is a short crime-fiction read for readers looking for a brisk dose of suspense between the longer Manny Williams and Ellen Harper novels.

Manny Williams joins the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit with Sophie Lee and CSI Alex Downs. Their first major assignment takes them into Puerto Rico's El Yunque rainforest, where a vicious killer has already claimed one of their own.

Sophie Lee and the FBI team face a cold-blooded killer near the North Carolina coast after an attack leaves Manny's future uncertain. The investigation reveals an unsettling connection to him and puts everyone close to the case at risk.

This short-story collection pairs a Manny Williams mystery about a murder that unsettles a small town with Herb's Home Run, a story of friendship and loss after a sudden heart attack. It also includes a preview of Carolina Rain.

Chicago forensics expert Ellen Harper hunts a serial killer who leaves women perfectly dressed, made up, and marked with the words NOT HER. Working beside detective Brice Rogers, Ellen must confront the case and her own unraveling life.

When the body of Manny's old nemesis disappears from a Michigan cemetery, a threatening message leads the BAU to Las Vegas. Bright lights and bizarre murders hide a killer determined to make Manny pay.

Manny and Chloe head to Cozumel for the honeymoon they never had, only to find the island shaken by ritualistic murders. With kidnapped lives at stake, Manny must choose between protecting his family and stopping a ruthless killer.

Years before joining the FBI, rookie Lansing officer Manny Williams and partner Kyle Chavez answer a routine break-in call. The case becomes a deadly road trip, with a huge black Labrador named Max playing an unexpected role.

FBI profiler Sophie Lee meets Chicago forensic expert Ellen Harper at a workshop, then joins her on a bizarre double-murder case. As the investigation moves along Lake Michigan, the killer's threat begins to close in on them.

Before they became longtime partners, Manny Williams and Sophie Lee met during a dangerous December case. This short prequel follows the snowy day that brought them together and shows how quickly their first investigation turned deadly.

A double homicide near the Florida Everglades brings Manny Williams and the BAU to Miami. A killer with a strange signature strikes again, forcing the team into a case that threatens to change Manny's world in painful ways.

After a terrible accident and twelve days in a coma, Gabe Stark wakes with an unwanted gift. A mysterious swordsman and a growing evil pull the northern Michigan man toward a fight that could decide Earth's future.

Forensics expert Ellen Harper is pulled out of bed and into another urgent investigation in this short mystery. It offers a quick return to the tense Chicago crime world surrounding the Ellen Harper stories.

Manny Williams has left the FBI, but a bizarre New Orleans murder pulls him, Sophie Lee, and their old team toward a new counterterrorism unit. Their return to the work comes with a warning: the danger may be impossible to outrun.

Forensics expert Ellen Harper investigates a double homicide in the Chicago River, where matching silver crosses link the victims. As more people die, Ellen and partner Aaron Holt confront a dangerous web of power, money, and religious fanaticism.

After her pastor husband dies suddenly, Kate Bennett must protect her family and find a new home. Returning to investigative work, she takes on a decades-old Michigan murder case that powerful people do not want reopened.