Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Missing |
2009 |
Buy |
| First Thrills: Volume 3 |
2011 |
Buy |
| Making Story: Twenty-One Writers on How They Plot |
2012 |
Buy |
| Dark Discoveries - Issue #32 |
2015 |
Buy |
Hannah Vogel Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Trace of Smoke |
2009 |
Buy |
| A Night of Long Knives |
2010 |
Buy |
| A Game of Lies |
2011 |
Buy |
| A City of Broken Glass |
2012 |
Buy |
Ivy Corva#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Girl Who Would Live Forever |
2023 |
Buy |
Joe Tesla Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The World Beneath |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Tesla Legacy |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Chemistry of Death |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Steel Shark |
2017 |
Buy |
Malibu Mysteries Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A is for Asshat / Actress |
2015 |
Buy |
| B is for Bad Girls |
2015 |
Buy |
| C is for Coochy Coo |
2016 |
Buy |
| D is for Drunk |
2016 |
Buy |
| E is for Exposed |
2017 |
Buy |
| F is for Fred |
2019 |
Buy |
| G is for Groovy |
2020 |
Buy |
Order Of The Sanguines Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| City of Screams |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Blood Gospel |
2013 |
Buy |
| Blood Brothers |
2013 |
Buy |
| Innocent Blood |
2013 |
Buy |
| Blood Infernal |
2015 |
Buy |
Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| On the Train |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Man in the Attic |
2014 |
Buy |
| Homework |
2020 |
Buy |
| Caulbearer |
2020 |
Buy |
| Firegazer |
2023 |
Buy |
Short Story Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Cigarette Boy and Other Stories |
2017 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| It Wants Us Alive |
2025 |
Buy |
iMonsters Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| iDrakula |
2010 |
Buy |
| iFrankenstein |
2012 |
Buy |
Rebecca Cantrell began her fiction career with A Trace of Smoke in 2009, a historical mystery set in Weimar-era Berlin that won the Bruce Alexander Historical Mystery Award. The Hannah Vogel series that followed tracked a journalist through the rise of the Nazi regime, combining real historical detail with suspenseful plotting. The series ran for four books and established Cantrell as a writer comfortable with dark subject matter and careful research.
Her later work branched in unexpected directions. The Joe Tesla series features an agoraphobic protagonist who lives beneath New York City’s Grand Central Terminal and solves crimes in the tunnels below Manhattan. The Malibu Mysteries take a lighter tone, following a comedic alphabet-themed structure. She also co-wrote the Order of the Sanguines series with bestselling author James Rollins, blending religious history with supernatural thriller elements.
Cantrell’s willingness to move between genres keeps her bibliography varied. From the experimental iMonsters books, which told horror stories through smartphone interfaces, to her children’s mystery writing as Kassy O’Roarke, she has shown a restless creative range that makes each new project hard to predict.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Rebecca Cantrell written?
Rebecca Cantrell has written 34 books across ten series.
What was Rebecca Cantrell's first book?
Rebecca Cantrell’s first book is A Trace of Smoke, published in 2009.
What genres does Rebecca Cantrell write in?
Cantrell writes across several genres including historical mystery (Hannah Vogel), thriller (Joe Tesla), cozy mystery (Malibu Mysteries), horror (iMonsters), and paranormal thriller (Order of the Sanguines, co-written with James Rollins). She also writes short fiction and has contributed to multiple anthologies.