Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Remember the Night | 2000 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
| 2 | Cops And … Lovers? | 2001 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
| 3 | Lay Down the Law | 2001 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
| 4 | The Perfect Victim | 2002 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
| 5 | Uncharted Waters | 2003 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
| 6 | The Shadow Side | 2003 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
| 7 | Midnight Run | 2003 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
| 8 | Fade To Red | 2004 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
| 9 | Dead Reckoning | 2005 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
| 10 | Depth Perception | 2005 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
| 11 | A Whisper in the Dark | 2006 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
| 12 | In the Dead of Night | 2007 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
| 13 | Overkill | 2007 | Linda Castillo | Buy |
Linda Castillo’s standalone novels span her early career from 2000 to 2007, before she launched the Kate Burkholder series that made her a bestselling author. These books were published through a mix of Harlequin Intrigue and larger thriller imprints, and they range from category romance to full-length suspense novels.
The earlier titles like Remember the Night (2000), Cops And … Lovers? (2001), and Midnight Run (2003) are shorter category romances with suspense elements. Her later standalones, including The Perfect Victim (2002), Dead Reckoning (2005), and Overkill (2007), are longer thriller novels with darker subject matter. These books show the progression of Castillo’s writing from genre romance toward the crime fiction she is now known for.