Stella Knox Books in Order
Part ofMary Stone Books in OrderThis page gathers every Stella Knox FBI mystery by Mary Stone in order, with concise summaries, series background, and tips on where to start Stella’s Nashville investigations.
Last updated: December 21, 2025
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Publication Order
15 books
Killer Plot
by Mary Stone
2025
A novelist’s storyline begins playing out in real life, and Stella Knox must work out whether she’s chasing an obsessed fan, a calculating author, or someone using fiction as the perfect cover for murder.
Killer Countdown
by Mary Stone
2025
Cuneiform symbols carved into a murdered agent’s skin and a ticking doomsday prophecy send Stella Knox racing against a chilling countdown, as an elusive mastermind orchestrates deaths across the country.
Killer Clone
by Mary Stone
2025
Crimes mirroring earlier cases convince Stella Knox a copycat is at work, but the deeper she digs, the more she fears she’s facing someone who doesn’t just imitate killers—they’re trying to outdo them.
Killer Setup
by Mary Stone
2024
Evidence seems to point straight at an obvious suspect, but Stella Knox senses a setup, and digging deeper may put her directly in the frame a cunning killer is constructing.
Killer Deal
by Mary Stone
2024
A lucrative business deal hides a body count, and Stella Knox must expose who is trading human lives for profit before the next contract is signed in blood.
Killer Knockout
by Mary Stone
2023
Bodies tied to an underground fight scene pull Stella Knox into a world where pain is currency and crowds cheer for brutality, and somewhere in the ring a killer is perfecting their knockout blow.
Killer Fame
by Mary Stone
2023
Reality‑show fame turns toxic when cast members start dying, and Stella Knox must separate manufactured drama from real motives before the killer’s quest for attention claims another victim.
Killer Encore
by Mary Stone
2023
A murderer returns to an old crime scene to stage an encore, daring Stella Knox to catch them as they replay past horrors with deadlier stakes.
Killer Blast
by Mary Stone
2023
A bombing rips through Nashville, leaving clues that point in too many directions, and Stella Knox has to determine whether she’s chasing a lone bomber or the opening salvo of something much bigger.
Killer Style
by Mary Stone
2022
When murders start echoing the carefully curated images of a local influencer scene, Stella Knox must untangle a web of envy, fame, and hidden grudges before the killer makes their ultimate fashion statement.
Killer Spirit
by Mary Stone
2022
As a violent offender targets a tight‑knit community, Stella Knox confronts how mob mentality and fear can turn neighbors into accomplices—and give a killer all the cover they need.
Killer Smile
by Mary Stone
2022
New to Nashville’s Violent Crimes Unit, FBI agent Stella Knox dives into a case where a charming façade hides monstrous violence, forcing her to confront a killer whose disarming smile masks lethal intent.
Killer Shot
by Mary Stone
2022
When six people vanish from a dinner party and bodies start appearing shot in the back, Stella Knox must decode a sadistic kidnapper’s rules before the remaining hostages run out of time.
Killer Note
by Mary Stone
2022
Three victims posed like an unwilling audience around a grand piano and garroted with wire lead Stella Knox to a killer in a rabbit mask, and every new “performance” brings the case closer to her own team.
Killer Memo
by Mary Stone
2022
Anonymous memos inside the FBI hint at a looming threat, and when people connected to the rumors start dying, Stella Knox must determine who is leaking information and who is silencing them permanently.
Series background & context
The Stella Knox series shifts Mary Stone’s trademark FBI suspense to Nashville, where music venues, tourist crowds, and old Southern money share space with killers who are anything but charming. Stella joins the city’s Violent Crimes Unit with one overriding question: who really murdered her father, a police officer whose death was written off too neatly when she was a teenager?
From Killer Smile onward, Stella’s work life and personal quest are tightly fused. Cases that begin as straightforward investigations—a seemingly random shooting, a mass abduction from a dinner party, a wealthy family’s home reduced to ashes—often intersect with the long‑running mystery of her father’s shooting. Someone in or around law enforcement knows more than they’re saying, and Stella’s refusal to let it go makes her both effective and vulnerable.
Stella doesn’t work alone. Her team includes seasoned agents, tech specialist Mac, and medical examiners and local officers who recur often enough to feel like a found family. Their banter and loyalty give the books warmth in between chilling discoveries, whether they’re chasing a masked killer who turns hostage situations into deadly games, tracking a murderer who stages victims like an audience at a piano, or dealing with a charismatic cult leader leaving cuneiform symbols carved into the dead.
The villains in this series are theatrical and frightening, but the stories never lose their emotional center. Stella’s grief over her father, her evolving partnership with colleague Hagen, and her own brush with trauma all shape how she approaches each crime scene. She sees victims not as case numbers but as people whose lives were cut short, and that empathy drives her to stay in the fight when others would walk away.
Nashville itself plays a strong supporting role. Glitzy neighborhoods, struggling outskirts, tourist traps, and hidden corners all become hunting grounds. The contrast between crowded honky‑tonks and quiet back roads gives the investigations range, and the sense that danger could be waiting behind any neon sign.
Over fifteen books, the Stella Knox series builds a layered arc in which stand‑alone cases sit alongside a slow, simmering confrontation with the entity known as the Administrator. Each victory brings Stella closer to understanding who is pulling strings in the background—and what taking them down will cost.
If you enjoy team‑driven FBI thrillers with a determined lead agent, complex conspiracies, and villains who love to play cruel games, Stella Knox’s world is a satisfying place to dive in.
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