Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Dark Side of Mysteries & Thrillers |
2014 |
Buy |
Serial Killer Files Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Creep |
2011 |
Buy |
| Freak |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Butcher |
2014 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Wonderland |
2015 |
Buy |
| Jar of Hearts |
2018 |
Buy |
| Little Secrets |
2020 |
Buy |
| Things We Do in the Dark |
2022 |
Buy |
| Heart of Glass |
2026 |
Buy |
Jennifer Hillier grew up in Canada and the Philippines before settling in the Pacific Northwest, and the darkness in her fiction feels earned rather than manufactured. Her early career produced the Serial Killer Files trilogy, a series of tightly wound psychological thrillers built around detective Maddox. She later shifted to standalones, which gave her more room to explore complicated women in morally difficult situations.
Her standalone work tends to dig into secrets that have been buried for years, whether that’s a teenage crime in Jar of Hearts or a hidden identity in Things We Do in the Dark. The pacing is relentless, and her characters are rarely innocent in any simple sense. She has said in interviews that she’s drawn to writing about ordinary people who do terrible things, and that interest shows on every page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Jennifer Hillier written?
Jennifer Hillier has written nine books across three series.
What was Jennifer Hillier's first book?
Jennifer Hillier’s first book is Creep, published in 2011.
What is Jennifer Hillier's most acclaimed standalone novel?
Jar of Hearts (2019) is widely considered her breakout standalone, a dark thriller about a woman who must reckon with a murder she helped cover up in her teens. Things We Do in the Dark (2022) also received strong critical praise.