Stalkers book series in reading order

Julie Miller is a USA Today bestselling author of more than 70 books and a writer of romantic suspense, with a National Readers Choice Award, two Daphne du Maurier awards and a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award in Series Romantic Suspense. One Good Man (2000) was Miller's first Harlequin Intrigue, followed by the Taylor Clan series and the Precinct spin-off. The catalogue holds 73 books from Immortal Heart (1997) to The McCormick Marines: Ethan (2026). Kansas City, police procedure and undercover operations feature in the subjects.

Janet Evanovich

79 books• 13 series

Stephanie Plum, a bail bond agent turned bounty hunter, is the recurring lead of Janet Evanovich's longest series. Evanovich writes humorous mystery and romance, and the catalogue holds 79 books from Full House (1981) to Split Second in 2026. Other recurring lines include Kate O'Hare & Nicolas Fox, Lizzy & Diesel, Knight and Moon, Alexandra Barnaby and the Culhane Family.

Lisa Jackson

189 books• 27 series

Lisa Jackson, born Susan Lisa Jackson in 1952, is an American author of romance and romantic suspense novels, with more than 75 to that name. The catalogue holds 189 Lisa Jackson books, from A Twist of Fate (1983) to Not What It Seems (2026). Subjects across the list include serial murders, women detectives, Montana and contemporary romance. Jackson's series include Selena Alvarez/Regan Pescoli, McCaffertys, Cahills / San Francisco, Savannah and the Dark Jewels Trilogy, plus a historical trilogy issued as Susan Lynn Crose. New Jackson titles continue to appear.

Jayne Ann Krentz, born Jayne Castle on 28 March 1948 in Cobb, California, is an American romance novelist with New York Times bestsellers under seven pseudonyms. Three names remain in use: Krentz for contemporary romantic suspense, Amanda Quick for historical romantic suspense and Jayne Ann Castle for futuristic and paranormal romantic suspense. More than 35 million copies are in print. The catalogue lists 205 books, from Vintage of Surrender (1979, as Jayne Castle) to Enter the Nightmare (2026), with The Book Hunter due in 2027. Early titles also appeared as Jayne Bentley, Jayne Taylor and Stephanie James. Series include Burning Cove, Eclipse Bay and the Dreamlight Trilogy.

Erica Spindler, born in 1957, is a New York Times bestselling writer of romantic thrillers. The catalogue lists 38 Spindler books, from Heaven Sent (1988) to The Detective's Daughter (2022), and no new title has appeared since. Early titles include Chances Are (1989), Read Between the Lines (1989), Magnolia Dawn (1993) and Night Jasmine (1993). Series include Stacy Killian, Kitt Lundgren, Lightkeepers, Malones and Blossoms of the South. Subjects include serial murder, stalkers, psychological suspense and New Orleans.

Carla Cassidy, born Carla Bracale in Kansas, is an American romance novelist who has published since 1988. The first novels carried the maiden name Carla Bracale, later ones the married name Cassidy, and one fantasy novel appeared under the name Carla Cook. The catalogue lists 184 books, from Falling for You (1988, as Carla Bracale) to The Final Victim (2026). Series include Cowboys of Holiday Ranch, Wild West Bodyguards, Scarecrow Murders, Mustang, Montana, Lawmen of Black Rock, Cherokee Corners, Men of Wolf Creek and Kings of Coyote Creek. Subjects include romantic suspense, cowboys, bodyguards and serial murderers.

Shirlee McCoy writes Christian romance and inspirational romantic suspense, with subjects that include police, widows and single mothers. The catalogue lists 64 books from Still Waters (2003) to Blizzard Showdown (2021) and marks the author as dormant. Series include Heroes For Hire, Mission: Rescue, Lakeview, FBI: Special Crimes Unit, Apple Valley and Bradshaws. Die Before Nightfall (2005), Little Girl Lost (2007) and Lakeview Protector (2008) are among the titles.

Donna Leon

42 books• 4 series

Venice is where Donna Leon sets her police procedurals, and Guido Brunetti is the character the books return to, in cases of murder and criminal investigation. Leon's 42 catalogued titles open with Death at La Fenice (1992) and reach Backstage: Stories of a Writing Life in 2025, with a Brunetti companion volume and non-fiction beside the novels. Leon remains actively publishing.

Lynette Eason writes Christian inspirational romantic suspense, with work on the ECPA and CBA bestseller lists and several awards. The catalogue records 83 books from Gift of Grace (2004) to Christmas K-9 Security (2026). Series include Women Of Justice, Deadly Reunions, Elite Guardians, Blue Justice, Danger Never Sleeps, Lake City Heroes, Extreme Measures, Wrangler's Corner and Rose Mountain Refuge. A Silent Pursuit, A Silent Fury and A Silent Terror all date from 2009. Subject headings include police, murder and Christian suspense.

Kay Hooper, born in 1957, is a New York Times bestselling American author credited with more than 60 books. The catalogue counts 86 Hooper books between Lady Thief (1981) and Curse of Salem (2021), several early titles appearing under the name Kay Robbins. Subjects include romance, suspense, the Loveswept imprint, psychics, serial murders and the fictional investigator Noah Bishop. Series include the Bishop Files, Hagan, Shamrock Trinity and Once Upon A Time..., and no new title has been listed since 2021.

Barbara Taylor Bradford began in non-fiction, with Fashions That Please Him (1970) and a run of interior decorating guides, then wrote A Woman of Substance (1979) and the family sagas that followed. Businesswomen, inheritance and mothers and daughters are the standing subjects. 47 catalogued books include the Emma Harte and Harte Family sagas, Cavendon Hall, the House of Falconer and the Ravenscar novels. The Wonder of It All, published in 2023, closes the catalogue.

Kate Ellis writes police procedurals in which archaeology recurs alongside murder investigation. Wesley Peterson heads the main series, opening with The Merchant's House (1998), and Joe Plantagenet and Inspector Albert Lincoln lead two more. Forty-four catalogued books reach The Chapel of Bones (2026), at a median length of 346 pages. England, police work and archaeologists recur as subjects.

Laurelin Paige, born November 18, 1974, is an American romance novelist. Most of Paige's novels have reached the New York Times, Wall Street Journal or USA Today bestseller lists. The Fixed Trilogy appeared on People magazine's Reader's Choice top ten books of 2014 and was the only self-published title among Amazon's ten top sellers. Fixed on You and Found in You (both 2013) open the catalogue of 60 books, which runs to Brutal Bargain (2024). Series include Dirty Universe, Fixed, Found Duet, Slay Quartet, Man In Charge Duet, Brutal Billionaires, Dating Season and Hollywood Heat. Nightclubs, stalkers, businesswomen and romantic suspense appear in the subject tags.

Richard Carl Laymon (14 January 1947 to 14 February 2001) was an American writer of suspense and horror fiction, particularly splatterpunk. The Cellar (1980) opens the Laymon catalogue, and The Woods Are Dark (1981) follows; Your Secret Admirer (1980) appeared under the name Carl Laymon. The Beast House Chronicles is among the series on record, with standalone novels and short fiction also listed. The newest title is Short Stories: The Mystery and Men's Magazines (2014). Subjects include haunted houses, vampires, stalkers, serial murders and California.

Hannah Alexander is the shared pseudonym of Cheryl and Mel Hodde, a married Christian writing team who blended their two names into one. Mel Hodde is a physician, and the pair specialise in medical romantic suspense. The catalogue lists 33 books from Hideaway (1990) to Ashes Over Yellowstone (2025). Hideaway, Missouri, Hallowed Halls, Healing Touch and Sacred Trust are the series. Subjects include emergency physicians, women physicians, hospitals and inspirational romance.

Bill Pronzini, born April 13, 1943, is an American detective fiction writer and the creator of the Nameless Detective, a San Francisco private investigator who appeared in over 40 books from the early 1970s into the 2000s. Pronzini has also compiled more than 100 anthologies of mystery, western and science fiction stories. The catalogue lists 115 books, from The Stalker (1971) and The Snatch (1971) to The Hanging Man & Other Western Stories (2024). Other series include Carpenter and Quincannon and Academy Mystery.

John Katzenbach

16 books• 2 series

Psychological thrillers are John Katzenbach's territory: serial murderers, stalkers, criminals and the journalists who write about them. Born in 1950, Katzenbach worked as a criminal court reporter for the Miami Herald and the Miami News before leaving newspapers for fiction. The first novel, In the Heat of the Summer (1982), was nominated for an Edgar Award and reached the screen in 1985 as The Mean Season. Sixteen books are catalogued through The Architect (2026), among them Just Cause (1992), Hart's War (1999) and The Analyst (2002).

Carlene Thompson is an American author of suspense thrillers, many of them set in her home state of West Virginia and carrying romantic elements. Black for Remembrance (1990), published by Little, Brown and well received, opens a catalogue of 19 books that closes with Such a Winter's Day (2022). Animals recur in the novels, drawn from ones Thompson knows. Missing persons, serial murders, stalkers and revenge are the standing subjects.

Rebecca Winters is one of the names used by Rebecca Brown Burton, a United States romance writer who lived from February 14, 1940 to February 15, 2023. Burton wrote more than 175 romance novels as Rebecca Burton, as Rebecca Brown Burton and, for Harlequin, as Rebecca Winters. The catalogue lists 167 books, beginning with The Loving Season (1979) under the Rebecca Burton name and ending with A Big Sky Cowboy (2023). Tags cover contemporary and western romance, ranchers, twins and veterans, and series include Lone Star Lawmen, Wind River Cowboys and Montanari Marriages.

Ruth Ryan Langan, born in Detroit in 1937, wrote over one hundred romance novels, historical and contemporary, as Ruth Langan. She published contemporary western romantic suspense with Grand Central Publishing and novellas for Jove as R. C. Ryan, and her earliest titles appeared as Ruth Ryan. Jewels of Texas, Lassiter Law, Devil's Cove, the O'Neil Saga, Wildes of Wyoming and Sirens Of The Sea are among her series. The catalogue holds 74 titles dated 1981 to 2022.