Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In Cold Blood | 2018 | Willow Rose | Buy |
Willow Rose’s Detective Forrest Albu series consists of In Cold Blood (2018), a mystery following the titular detective through a murder investigation.
The single book is a standalone detective novel, published during a period when Rose was releasing multiple series at once. In Cold Blood follows Forrest Albu as he works a murder case, and it has a darker, more procedural feel than some of Rose’s other mystery series.
Rose did not continue the series beyond this first book, which makes it an outlier in her catalog. Most of her detective series run to multiple volumes. Readers who are curious about Rose’s writing but do not want to commit to a longer series may find In Cold Blood a useful starting point. It gives a sense of her pacing and plotting without requiring any prior reading.