Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Missing Children | 2017 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 2 | Killer on the Run | 2018 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 3 | Hidden Agenda | 2018 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 4 | Murderous Betrayal | 2018 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 5 | Dying Breath | 2018 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 6 | The Hostage Takers | 2018 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 7 | Taken | 2020 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 8 | No Hiding Place | 2015 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 9 | Wrong Place | 2015 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 10 | Cold Case | 2017 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 11 | Deadly Encounter | 2017 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 12 | Lost Innocence | 2018 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 13 | Goodbye My Precious Child | 2019 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 14 | The Missing Wife | 2022 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 15 | Truth or Dare | 2022 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 16 | Sinner | 2023 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 17 | The Good Die Young | 2023 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 18 | Where Did She Go? | 2023 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
D.I. Kayli Bright is one of M.A. Comley’s most developed detectives, appearing across 18 books between 2015 and 2023. The series covers a long stretch of Comley’s writing career and shows her detective fiction at its most consistent: each book brings Bright a new case, a new set of challenges, and a resolution that usually comes at some personal cost.
The early books – No Hiding Place, Wrong Place, Cold Case – are tightly focused procedurals that introduce Bright as a methodical investigator who takes missing persons cases seriously at a time when some of her colleagues might not. Later books like Lost Innocence and Goodbye My Precious Child push into more emotionally demanding territory, particularly around crimes against children.
Several books in the series cross over with the D.I. Sally Parker and D.I. Helena Stratton series, reflecting the interconnected nature of Comley’s detective universe. Readers who come to Kayli Bright through one of those series will find a natural continuation, and those who start here will eventually encounter connections to Comley’s wider cast of investigators.