Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James 516 | 2014 | B.J. Bourg | Buy |
| 2 | Proving Grounds | 2017 | B.J. Bourg | Buy |
| 3 | Silent Trigger | 2017 | B.J. Bourg | Buy |
| 4 | Bullet Drop | 2017 | B.J. Bourg | Buy |
| 5 | Elevation | 2017 | B.J. Bourg | Buy |
| 6 | Blood Rise | 2017 | B.J. Bourg | Buy |
| 7 | Rapture | 2023 | B.J. Bourg | Buy |
| 8 | Murderfield | 2023 | B.J. Bourg | Buy |
| 9 | Fearsome | 2025 | B.J. Bourg | Buy |
London Carter is a former Marine sniper who becomes a detective in rural Louisiana. James 516 (2014) introduces him, and the series follows his investigations through the bayou country. The nine-book series runs through Fearsome (2025).
B.J. Bourg released four books in quick succession during 2017, with Proving Grounds, Silent Trigger, Bullet Drop, and Elevation arriving within the same year. That burst of activity built out Carter’s world fast, giving readers plenty of material to binge. After Blood Rise closed out 2017, the series went quiet for several years before Rapture and Murderfield appeared in 2023.
Carter’s military background as a sniper shapes the way he approaches cases. He reads crime scenes the way a spotter reads a landscape, and Bourg, who has law enforcement experience himself, keeps the procedural details grounded. Readers who like rural crime fiction with a Southern setting will find plenty to like here.