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True Crime Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of True Crime books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the True Crime series? Start with "Perfect Poison" (2003) and follow publication order through all 41 books.
The complete True Crime reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Perfect Poison
2003
Lethal Guardian
2004
Every Move You Make
2005
Murder In The Heartland
2006
Sleep In Heavenly Peace
2006
Because You Loved Me
2007
If Looks Could Kill
2008
I'll Be Watching You
2008
Nathan Hale
2008
Deadly Secrets
2009
Cruel Death
2009
Death Trap
2010
Kill For Me
2010
The Devil's Rooming House
2010
Love Her To Death
2011
Too Young to Kill
2011
Crimes of the Presidents
2011
The Devil's Right Hand
2011
Never See Them Again
2012
The Eastbound Strangler
2012
Murder, New England
2012
Jane Doe No More
2012
The Dead Soul
2012
Kiss of the She-Devil
2013
Bad Girls
2013
Obsessed
2014
The Killing Kind
2014
Madness, Sex, Serial Killer.
2014
She Survived
2014
I'd Kill For You
2015
Evil Minds
2015
To Love and to Kill
2015
One Breath Away
2016
If You Only Knew
2016
Murderers' Row
2016
Don't Tell a Soul
2017
Dangerous Ground
2017
Targeted
2017
Beautifully Cruel
2017
Where Monsters Hide
2019
We Thought We Knew You
2020
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