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Brad Parks Books in Order

Brad Parks has written 15 books, published between 2009 and 2026. The first book is Faces of the Gone (2009) and the newest is The Flack (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
2009–2026
Pages on record
3,199 in 9 of 15 books
Reading time
53–80 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,199 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

See all 15 books in order Printable Brad Parks checklist

Brad Parks writes mystery and thriller fiction, split between standalone domestic suspense and the Carter Ross Mystery series. Carter Ross is an investigative reporter who covers crime for the Newark Eagle-Examiner, a fictional newspaper in Newark, New Jersey. The Parks catalogue runs to 15 books, from Faces of the Gone (2009) to The Flack (2026), and continues. Parks has taken the Shamus Award twice, the Nero Award once and the Lefty Award twice.

How many Brad Parks books are there?

Brad Parks has 15 books, released between 2009 and 2026. 7 of them belong to the Carter Ross Mystery series.

Brad Parks Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Brad Parks books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Faces of the Gone by Brad Parks, book 1 of the Carter Ross Mystery series (2009)
  2. Cover of Eyes of the Innocent by Brad Parks, book 2 of the Carter Ross Mystery series (2011)
  3. Cover of The Girl Next Door by Brad Parks, book 4 of the Carter Ross Mystery series (2012)
  4. Cover of The Good Cop by Brad Parks, book 5 of the Carter Ross Mystery series (2013)
  5. Cover of The Player by Brad Parks, book 6 of the Carter Ross Mystery series (2014)
  6. Cover of The Fraud by Brad Parks, book 7 of the Carter Ross Mystery series (2015)
  7. Cover of Say Nothing by Brad Parks (2017)
  8. Cover of Closer Than You Know by Brad Parks (2018)
  9. Cover of The Last Act by Brad Parks (2019)
  10. Cover of Interference by Brad Parks (2020)
  11. Cover of Unthinkable by Brad Parks (2021)
  1. 1
    Faces of the GoneCarter Ross Mystery #12009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  2. 2
    Eyes of the InnocentCarter Ross Mystery #22011 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011304
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  3. 3
    The NightgownCarter Ross Mystery #32012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  4. 4
    The Girl Next DoorCarter Ross Mystery #42012 · 326 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012326
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  5. 5
    The Good CopCarter Ross Mystery #52013 · 324 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013324
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  6. 6
    The PlayerCarter Ross Mystery #62014 · 323 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014323
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  7. 7
    The FraudCarter Ross Mystery #72015 · 345 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015345
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  8. 8
    Say Nothing2017 · 440 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017440
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Closer Than You Know2018 · 402 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018402
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    The Whistleblower2019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    The Last Act2019 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019384
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  12. 12
    Interference2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  13. 13
    Unthinkable2021 · 351 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021351
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  14. 14
    The Boundaries We Cross2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    The Flack2026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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Brad Parks books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Carter Ross Mystery in order

7 books
  1. 1. Faces of the Gone
  2. 2. Eyes of the Innocent
  3. 3. The Nightgown
  4. 4. The Girl Next Door
  5. 5. The Good Cop
  6. 6. The Player
  7. 7. The Fraud

Standalone books

8 books

8 Brad Parks titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Brad Parks books in order?

You only need to read Brad Parks books in order within the Carter Ross Mystery series, which holds 7 of the 15 Brad Parks books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Brad Parks

Start with Faces of the Gone (2009), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Brad Parks book?

The Flack (2026) is the newest Brad Parks book released so far.

Is there a new Brad Parks book coming?

No next Brad Parks book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Brad Parks has won

Wikidata records 2 awards for Brad Parks. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Shamus Award2014Won
  • Nero Award2010Won

Brad Parks at a glance

Still publishing
Brad Parks published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Brad Parks books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,199 pages across the 9 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 345 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Brad Parks books, 10 of 15, were published in the 2010s.

What the Brad Parks books are about

11 of the 15 Brad Parks books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: carter ross (fictitious character) is tagged on 5 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.