Russell Blake Books in Order

This nonfiction book tells the story of Lobo, a dog rescued from a Mexican shelter, and follows his life in words and photos. It is warmer and more personal than Blake's thrillers.

Bike messenger Tess Gideon gets caught between a sadistic serial killer and a ruthless assassination team as Wall Street, Greenwich Village, and Seoul connect in ugly ways. It is one of Blake's grittiest New York thrillers.

Blake turns his early self-publishing experience into a blunt, practical guide for writers who want to sell ebooks. It is part craft talk, part publishing strategy, and very much written from the trenches.

Captain Romero Cruz uncovers a plot to murder the American and Mexican presidents at the G-20 summit in Los Cabos. To stop a massacre, he has to hunt the faceless assassin known as El Rey.

A reluctant hero is pulled into a covert scheme that stretches from Langley to Panama, Pakistan, and Colombia. The deeper he goes, the more the story starts asking who benefits from the official version of events.

Dr. Steven Archer Cross is pulled into a dark Wall Street conspiracy where finance, intelligence agencies, and organized crime overlap. It turns a white-collar power game into a global survival thriller.

Former Mossad operative Jet is forced into a deadly chase across America and Southeast Asia to protect the people she loves. The sequel widens the map and keeps the pressure high.

Jet has faked her death and carved out a quiet life on a tropical island, until assassins from her past find her. To stay alive, she has to become the weapon she tried to bury.

This brutal prequel traces El Rey's rise from damaged boy to cartel assassin in a Mexico shaped by narco violence. It shows the making of the monster before the main series fully opens.

Jet goes up against an enemy with deep resources and a long reach, from Indonesia to Washington. The book keeps the series moving at full speed while stripping away any sense of safety.

El Rey is forced back into the cartel underworld on a mission tied to a young woman's survival. One mistake means death, and the series turns even more desperate and personal.

El Rey returns to Mexico for one last contract, and the target is the president. Captain Romero Cruz races to stop him in a sequel full of cartel violence, speed, and nasty surprises.

FBI Special Agent Silver Cassidy leads the hunt for a savage serial killer in Manhattan while trying to hold together her life as a single mother. Blake mixes police-procedural tension with a larger conspiratorial edge.

This omnibus follows New York investigator Michael Derrigan after he comes into possession of a manuscript powerful interests will kill to bury. The chase runs from New York to Mexico and Havana and never really lets up.

Michael Derrigan stays on the run as government factions close in around the manuscript and the secrets tied to it. The middle installment keeps the conspiracy broad and the danger close.

When a sacred relic is stolen, Steven Cross is drawn into the mystery of the Voynich Manuscript. Secret societies, riddles, and a trail from England to the Middle East give Blake a straight-up puzzle thriller.

Trying to live normally at last, Jet gets pulled into a terror plot linked to enemies from her past. Revenge drags her back into the world she wanted to escape for good.

Down-on-his-luck Hollywood PI Artemus Black takes what should be an easy celebrity case. Instead he walks into murder, bad hair, and a nasty tangle of deceit that turns sunny Los Angeles into noir territory.

Black is hired to find out who is trying to kill a rap superstar, which drops him into a loud, dangerous corner of the music business. The case mixes satire, murder, and Black's usual bad luck.

A string of suspicious accidents at a top Los Angeles modeling agency sends Black into the fashion world. Between photo shoots, vanity, and murder, the series leans hard into dark comedy.

A German hit man sets his sights on a world leader, forcing an unlikely alliance into a race against time. The result is a lean, violent thriller with global stakes and no safe options.

Jet's past catches up with her again in a tight, fast-moving story that runs from Argentina to Moscow. Every decision makes things worse, and survival starts looking less certain.

Jet is pushed toward the ultimate sacrifice as a new crisis threatens the people she loves and far more than her own survival. This is the series at its most relentless and personal.

Black's money problems ease when he lands an undercover job on a reality television show, posing as a washed-up rocker. It is a smart setup for another crooked, funny Los Angeles mystery.

Before she became Jet, Maya is offered a grim bargain, prison or service to Mossad. The prequel tracks her transformation into a lethal operative through missions across the Middle East and Asia.

Working for Mexican intelligence, El Rey is sent after a string of seemingly unrelated targets. Then the hunter becomes the hunted as the job opens into a deeper game of deception.

Jet, Matt, and Hannah are on the run in South America while enemies from the past close in. Family raises the stakes, but the series never stops moving.

From Panama to cartel territory in Colombia, Jet and Matt face some of their deadliest opponents yet. The book turns the chase into a fight just to stay alive together.

Sam and Remi Fargo find a Viking ship locked in Arctic ice, but the cargo inside points toward ancient Mexico. Their search for the truth turns into a globe-spanning hunt tied to myth, history, and greed.

With Christmas coming and his life unraveling, Black takes a case at a big box store in Long Beach after a brutal murder. He has one night to clear a young woman's name and survive the fallout.

Drake, Allie, and Spencer reunite to search for the lost treasure of the Khmer Empire in Myanmar. The adventure mixes jungle ruins, political secrets, and plenty of gunfire.

After a gun battle at a Colombian monastery, Jet and her loved ones have to stay ahead of relentless pursuers across South America. It is another hard sprint through dangerous territory.

Jet's attempt at a peaceful life in Kosovo collapses when old enemies surface to settle scores. The fallout stretches from Eastern Europe to Washington and threatens everything she has rebuilt.

Maya's first major mission sends her to Dhaka to stop a terror attack before it changes the world order. It is an origin-story thriller that shows Jet learning the cost of failure.

El Rey and Captain Romero Cruz race to stop a terrorist threat aimed at Mexico City before thousands die. It is a hard, fast finale that closes the Assassin saga with one more brutal countdown.

A lost journal from Drake Ramsey's vanished father sends him into the Amazon in search of Paititi, the legendary lost Inca city. Treasure hunting quickly turns into a much deadlier expedition.

Rumors of a cursed bay and a lost empire draw Sam and Remi Fargo to the Solomon Islands. The trail runs to Australia and Japan, with treasure, danger, and old secrets waiting at the end.

Five years after the apocalypse, former Texas Ranger Lucas Shaw is just trying to stay alive in a lawless wasteland. Then a young woman forces him to choose between safety and doing the right thing.

Lucas and Sierra brace for an all-in showdown with a ruthless enemy. The third book pushes the series from hard travel and survival toward open war.

A serial killer starts feeding snuff films to the media, drawing Detective Ron Stanford into a case that pulls Tess Gideon back into his life. The sequel dives deeper into the city's darkest corners.

After months of running, Jet is handed an impossible ultimatum, risk her life or her family's. The novel leans into the series' favorite pressure point, choosing who pays.

Lucas has to risk everything to save the people closest to him as the post-collapse world grows even harsher. The series turns survival into something bigger and more costly.

Lucas and Sierra head straight into hostile territory on a cross-country mission that could shape the future of their world. The danger is bigger, and so are the consequences.

An invitation to India sends Drake Ramsey on another treasure hunt, this time into a rush of danger with almost no room for error. Blake keeps the series light on its feet and heavy on momentum.

Investigative journalist Leah Mason returns to El Paso with her career in ruins and finds herself chasing a long-hidden conspiracy tied to missing women in Ciudad Juarez. It is sharper and more investigative than Blake's action series.

What starts as a vaccine delivery run becomes a national conspiracy with enormous stakes. Lucas and his team are thrown into one more brutal journey across broken America.

Lucas fights to free his friends and, in the process, helps spark a new resistance movement. The book shifts the series from endurance to organized pushback.

A kidnapping in Africa forces Jet to risk everything in hostile terrain where little can be controlled. The book plays to the series' strengths, speed, danger, and impossible odds.

Jet is sent from Israel to China, Jakarta, and North Korea to stop a terrorist scheme with enormous geopolitical stakes. A vengeful triad killer adds one more threat to an already brutal assignment.

When a college friend lands in trouble, Leah Mason is pulled into another conspiracy where betrayal is the rule. The sequel keeps the cross-border danger but leans even harder into puzzle-solving.

A Russian oligarch and a dangerous tech operator put Jet's family and her country at risk. Blake shifts the series toward cyber intrigue without losing the action.

Lucas wants nothing more than to get back to Sierra and the shelter of Shangri-La. Instead he is dragged into another war while ruthless enemies threaten the people he loves.

Set in a near-future world shaped by invasive tech and urban decay, this novel pushes Blake into techno-thriller territory. It keeps his usual pace but trades cartels and spies for a more wired kind of danger.

Lucas Shaw's struggle to defend his people grows into a larger war as old enemies regroup and new ones gather. The Day After Never saga keeps widening from survival story to resistance epic.

Lucas faces the cost of all the enemies he has made in a shattered America where vengeance never stays buried. The series keeps pressing him with loss, pressure, and hard choices.

A secret from Jet's past sends her into a dangerous operation in a war-torn nation. The mission ties old wounds to a crisis that could easily be her last.

Betrayal hits Jet from the people she trusted most, and the damage lands squarely on her family. A shadowy figure from Matt's past may be their only way out.

A practical nonfiction guide for readers thinking about retiring in Mexico. Blake covers locations, everyday realities, and the kind of details people usually only learn after moving.

Now leading the Freedom Army, Lucas heads toward Houston knowing the road is packed with deadly obstacles. One misstep could cost him the people he is trying to save.

A lookalike starts carrying out high-profile assassinations and pointing the blame straight at Jet. The setup gives the series a fun twist while keeping the consequences deadly.

Jet is pulled into the scheme of a violent transnational criminal organization and has to bet everything to save her family. Even late in the series, Blake keeps finding new ways to corner her.