Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Watching Over Me | 2019 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 2 | Down to Sleep | 2020 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 3 | If I Should Die | 2020 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 4 | Clever Deception | 2016 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 5 | Tragic Deception | 2016 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 6 | Sinful Deception | 2017 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
Crime After Crime is one of several crossover series in M.A. Comley’s catalog that pulls together books from different storyline threads. The six books run from 2016 to 2020 and include titles from her Deception series (Clever Deception, Tragic Deception, Sinful Deception) alongside the Carmel Cove titles (Watching Over Me, Down to Sleep, If I Should Die).
The series shows the breadth of Comley’s writing, ranging from the psychological deception plots of the earlier books to the community-set crime of the later ones. The title Crime After Crime suits a collection that treats wrongdoing as a constant, recurring feature of everyday life rather than an extraordinary event.
Readers looking for a sampler of Comley’s mid-period work will find Crime After Crime a good cross-section. Because it draws on books that also appear in other series, there is some overlap with the Deception and Carmel Cove reading orders, but each book reads well individually.