Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep the Ghost | 2015 | Scott Kelly | Buy |
| 2 | Shadow Box | 2016 | Scott Kelly | Buy |
| 3 | Kill the Ghost | 2018 | Scott Kelly | Buy |
The Keep the Ghost Trilogy tracks a man through the criminal underworld across three books published between 2015 and 2018. The series opens with Keep the Ghost, which establishes the protagonist’s situation, and escalates through Shadow Box to the conclusion in Kill the Ghost.
Scott Kelly uses the trilogy format to build tension steadily. Each book raises the stakes as the protagonist gets deeper into a world he cannot easily leave. The progression from “keep” to “kill” in the titles signals the darkening trajectory of the story.