Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stealing Shadows | 2000 | Kay Hooper | Buy |
| 2 | Hiding in the Shadows | 2000 | Kay Hooper | Buy |
| 3 | Out of the Shadows | 2000 | Kay Hooper | Buy |
| 4 | Touching Evil | 2001 | Kay Hooper | Buy |
| 5 | Whisper of Evil | 2002 | Kay Hooper | Buy |
| 6 | Sense of Evil | 2003 | Kay Hooper | Buy |
| 7 | Hunting Fear | 2004 | Kay Hooper | Buy |
| 8 | Chill of Fear | 2005 | Kay Hooper | Buy |
| 9 | Sleeping with Fear | 2006 | Kay Hooper | Buy |
| 10 | Blood Dreams | 2007 | Kay Hooper | Buy |
| 11 | Blood Sins | 2008 | Kay Hooper | Buy |
| 12 | Blood Ties | 2010 | Kay Hooper | Buy |
| 13 | Haven | 2012 | Kay Hooper | Buy |
| 14 | Hostage | 2013 | Kay Hooper | Buy |
| 15 | Haunted | 2014 | Kay Hooper | Buy |
| 16 | Fear the Dark | 2015 | Kay Hooper | Buy |
| 17 | Wait for Dark | 2017 | Kay Hooper | Buy |
| 18 | Hold Back the Dark | 2018 | Kay Hooper | Buy |
| 19 | Hidden Salem | 2020 | Kay Hooper | Buy |
| 20 | Curse of Salem | 2021 | Kay Hooper | Buy |
The Bishop/Special Crimes Unit series is Kay Hooper’s flagship work, spanning 20 novels published between 2000 and 2021. The series centers on Noah Bishop, an FBI agent who assembles a team of psychically gifted investigators to take on cases that defy conventional police work.
The books are organized into interconnected trilogies, including the Shadows trilogy, the Evil trilogy, the Fear trilogy, the Blood trilogy, and the Haven trilogy. Each trilogy introduces new team members and cases while advancing the larger story of the SCU. The series begins with Stealing Shadows (2000) and concludes with Curse of Salem (2021). Readers can start with any trilogy, though the books reward those who follow the full series for the recurring characters and developing relationships.