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Detective Morgan Brookes Books in Order

by Helen PhiferMystery, Thriller & Suspense

19 books from One Left Alive: A Heart-Stopping and Gripping Crime Thriller (2020) to Her Lips Are Sealed (2026). Rated 4.6 across 3,663 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. One Left Alive: A Heart-Stopping and Gripping Crime Thriller

    Book 1 2020 4.5 (1.1k)

    When the body of a woman is found hanging from a tree in her front garden, rookie Detective Morgan Brookes is first on the scene. But Olivia Potter is past saving.

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  2. The Killer's Girl

    Book 2 2020 4.6 (410)

    When the body of a young woman is found, tied to her bed and the victim of a brutal attack in her own home, Detective Morgan Brookes is sickened by what she finds as she searches the house, and unprepared for the nightmares it inspires…

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  3. The Hiding Place

    Book 3 2021 4.6 (345)

    The little girl peered down the dark alleyway. She knew she wasn’t supposed to take this shortcut, and her mother would kill her if she found out, but it was raining and all she wanted was to get home quickly.

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  4. First Girl to Die

    Book 4 2021 4.7 (348)

    When Detective Morgan Brookes is called to the scene of a suicide, she’s devastated to recognize the young teacher sprawled out on the grass like a broken doll. She hasn’t seen Brittany for years.

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  5. Find the Girl

    Book 5 2022 4.7 (244)

    When a woman disappears from Forest Pines campsite, Detective Morgan Brookes scrambles a search party. Sara Fletcher has never missed a lunch date with her best friend, and when Morgan finds a large rip in Sara’s tent, she knows that…

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  6. Sleeping Dolls

    Book 6 2022 4.6 (183)

    When a concerned neighbor reports a woman missing, Detective Morgan Brookes squeezes through the stiff front door to find the woman dead....

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  7. Silent Angel

    Book 7 2022 4.6 (223)

    When the body of a teenage girl is found in Rydal Falls’ churchyard, Detective Morgan Brookes abandons her own birthday to attend the scene....

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  8. Their Burning Graves

    Book 8 2022 4.8 (158)

    They are picture-perfect. A young, happy family sat around the kitchen table. But no one moves as wisps of smoke filter into the room and the house becomes a burning grave around them....

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  9. Hold Your Breath

    Book 9 2023 4.6 (105)

    When Detective Morgan Brookes is called to Lake Thirlmere one frosty night, she’s devastated to find the body of a young woman positioned in front of the glistening reservoir.

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  10. Stolen Darlings

    Book 10 2023 4.8 (84)

    An unbelievably gripping new crime thriller in the Detective Morgan Brookes series. Fans of Angela Marsons, Rachel Abbott, and Lisa Regan will be holding their breath as they race towards the epic final conclusion....

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  11. Save Her Twice

    Book 11 2024 4.7 (86)

    Morgan shivers in the darkness as she walks through the park towards the abandoned building. She sees the body and the blood dripping onto the cold, frosty grass. A beautiful teenage girl is dead.

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  12. Poison Memories

    Book 12 2024 4.9 (81)

    Arriving at High Wraith cottage, Detective Morgan Brookes joins her horrified team, who have found a woman’s body chained and dangling from the gnarled branch of an old oak tree.

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  13. Two Broken Girls

    Book 13 2024 4.7 (62)

    On the banks of the River Rothay, as the first rays of sunshine hit the fast-flowing water, Melody Carrick’s body lies lifeless, red strangulation marks where her gold cross necklace used to hang.

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  14. Their Dying Embrace

    Book 14 2025 4.7 (65)

    Morgan kneels beside the fluttering crime scene tape. Their hands clasped, the couple’s embrace looks loving and warm, but an icy chill grips the air. Their lips are blue, and blood is dripping on the floor. They have been silenced forever…

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  15. Twisted Bones

    Book 15 2025 4.8 (55)

    When Detective Morgan Brookes is urgently called to her Aunt Ettie’s cottage, hidden in Covel Woods, she rushes to the scene.

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  16. Gone in the Night

    Book 16 2025 4.7 (51)

    Morgan tries to steady her trembling hands as she enters the abandoned tent in the shadow of the mountains. The woman once lay peacefully watching the stars in the glistening night sky. But she has been dead for some time…

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  17. Silenced Sisters

    Book 17 2026 4.9 (51)

    Thunder rattles the windows of the deserted hotel. Morgan spots the young girl on the floor, her dark hair fanned out and covered in shattered glass. Lightning strikes, illuminating the blood on every surface.

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  18. Girl in the Mist

    Book 18 2026 4.8 (45)

    Her entire body shakes as she runs through the mist, barely keeping her screams bottled inside. She finds somewhere safe to hide, but the image of the figure dressed head-to-toe in black flashes through her mind. Someone is coming for her…

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  19. Her Lips Are Sealed

    Book 19 2026 4.8 (4)

    The cottage sits pretty with ornate, stone walls and embers still glowing cozy in the fireplace within, the remnants of a happy, sheltered life. But a woman's body lies still on the floor, her frozen face smeared with blood-red lipstick.

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Detective Morgan Brookes is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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