Dean Steele Reading Order: A.J. Rivers's Thriller Series

A.J. Rivers’s Dean Steele series delivers the prolific author’s signature fast, twisty mystery-thrillers, set in the same universe as her bestselling Emma Griffin books. Read in publication order to follow the connecting threads.

The complete reading order

1. The Woman in the Woods (2022)
2. The Last Survivors (2023)
3. No Escape (2023)
4. The Garden of Secrets (2023)
5. The Killer Among Us (2023)
6. The Convict (2024)
7. The Last Promise (2024)
8. Death by Midnight (2024)
9. The Woman in the Attic (2024)
10. Playing with Fire (2024)
11. Murder in Twilight Cove (2024)
12. Under the Mask (2025)

The series is best read in publication order.

Where to start

The First Cut (book one). Quick, cliff-hanger-driven thrillers built for bingeing.

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