Stonechild and Rouleau Mystery Books in Order
Explore Brenda Chapman's Stonechild and Rouleau Mystery books in order, with summaries, series background, and clear guidance on the best place to start.
Last updated: July 7, 2026
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Publication Order
7 books
Cold Mourning
by Brenda Chapman
2014
Days before Christmas, wealthy businessman Tom Underwood vanishes, and new Ottawa police recruit Kala Stonechild is sent to bring him home. The missing-person case quickly turns into murder, exposing a family thick with resentment, secrets, and reasons to kill.
Butterfly Kills
by Brenda Chapman
2015
When a university student is murdered and another woman survives a brutal assault, the crimes seem unrelated at first. Jacques Rouleau and Kala Stonechild uncover hidden links, buried secrets, and the kind of violence that can spread through several lives at once.
Tumbled Graves
by Brenda Chapman
2016
A mother and young daughter vanish, then the mother's body is found by the highway with no sign of the child. Kala Stonechild follows the trail from Kingston to Quebec, where old gang ties and one devastating betrayal reshape the case.
Shallow End
by Brenda Chapman
2017
Jane Thompson has just made parole after serving time for abusing a student, and she has plans of her own. When that former student is found bludgeoned on the shore of Lake Ontario, Kala Stonechild is pulled into a case full of buried guilt and fresh danger.
Bleeding Darkness
by Brenda Chapman
2018
A dying man brings his children back together in Kingston, reopening old suspicions around a friend's unsolved murder. Before the family can even settle, another woman disappears, and Kala Stonechild's team is dragged into a winter case packed with betrayal.
Turning Secrets
by Brenda Chapman
2019
New single mother Nadia Armstrong is found dead at a Kingston construction site, and Major Crimes cannot tell whether she was murdered or pushed to the edge. At the same time, hidden leaks, predatory men, and dangerous secrets put Kala Stonechild's team and the girls around them at risk.
Closing Time
by Brenda Chapman
2020
Officer Kala Stonechild takes her young relative Dawn on a canoe trip to a northern Ontario lodge, hoping for a break. Instead, a teenage employee vanishes, a body turns up, and Stonechild is drawn into a wilderness murder investigation with old ties of its own.
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