Jack Murphy Thriller Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| The Cruelest Cut | 2010 | Buy |
| The Coldest Fear | 2011 | Buy |
| The Deepest Wound | 2013 | Buy |
| The Highest Stakes | 2016 | Buy |
| The Darkest Night | 2017 | Buy |
| The Slowest Death | 2018 | Buy |
| The Deadliest Sins | 2018 | Buy |
| The Cleanest Kill | 2019 | Buy |
| The Fiercest Enemy | 2020 | Buy |
Rick Reed’s entire published catalog is the Jack Murphy Thriller series, nine books that follow detective Jack Murphy through increasingly tense cases. The series kicked off with The Cruelest Cut in 2010 and ran through The Fiercest Enemy in 2020, with Reed putting out roughly a book a year during his most productive stretch (2016-2020).
The titles follow a distinctive pattern: The Cruelest Cut, The Coldest Fear, The Deepest Wound, and so on. Each one is a superlative, which gives you a fair idea of the stakes involved. Readers who like police thrillers with a consistent lead character and a long runway of books to work through will find plenty here.