Lucy Guardino Books in Order

C.J. Lyons has written 12 books featuring Lucy Guardino, published between 2010 and 2020. The first book is Snake Skin (2010) and the newest is Lesser Evil (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2010–2020
Pages on record
1,742 in 5 of 12 books

Lucy Guardino is the title character of C.J. Lyons's Lucy Guardino FBI Thriller series, 12 books published between 2010 and 2020. Snake Skin (2010) is the first and Lesser Evil (2020) the last. Subject tags list thrillers, hard-boiled mystery, police procedurals and action and adventure. Blood Stained, Kill Zone, Hard Fall, Devil Smoke, Gone Dark and Open Grave are among the titles. The median book runs to 354 pages.

How many Lucy Guardino books are there?

Lucy Guardino appears in 12 books, released between 2010 and 2020.

Lucy Guardino Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Lucy Guardino 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. 1
    Snake SkinLucy Guardino FBI Thriller #12010 · 390 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010390
  2. 2
    Blood StainedLucy Guardino FBI Thriller #22011 · 294 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011294
  3. 3
    Kill ZoneLucy Guardino FBI Thriller #32012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012
  4. 4
    After ShockLucy Guardino FBI Thriller #42014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014
  5. 5
    Hard FallLucy Guardino FBI Thriller #52014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014
  6. 6
    Bad BreakLucy Guardino FBI Thriller #62015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015
  7. 7
    Last LightLucy Guardino FBI Thriller #72016 · 344 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016344
  8. 8
    Devil SmokeLucy Guardino FBI Thriller #82016 · 354 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016354
  9. 9
    Open GraveLucy Guardino FBI Thriller #92017 · 360 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017360
  10. 10
    Gone DarkLucy Guardino FBI Thriller #102017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017
  11. 11
    Bitter TruthLucy Guardino FBI Thriller #112018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018
  12. 12
    Lesser EvilLucy Guardino FBI Thriller #122020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020

Do you have to read Lucy Guardino books in order?

You should read the Lucy Guardino books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Lucy Guardino book also stands alone.

Where to start with Lucy Guardino

Start with Snake Skin (2010), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Lucy Guardino book?

Lesser Evil (2020) is the newest Lucy Guardino book released so far.

Is there a new Lucy Guardino book coming?

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

Lucy Guardino at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Lucy Guardino title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Lucy Guardino books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,742 pages across the 5 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 354 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Lucy Guardino books, 11 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Lucy Guardino books are about

6 of the 12 Lucy Guardino books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 4 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by C.J. Lyons

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.