Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Secret Lives | 2022 | Mark de Castrique | Buy |
| 2 | Dangerous Women | 2023 | Mark de Castrique | Buy |
| 3 | Desperate Spies | 2025 | Mark de Castrique | Buy |
The Secret Lives Mysteries by Mark de Castrique is a three-book series that adds Desperate Spies (2025) to the two earlier Secret Lives novels. The expanded series pushes further into espionage and thriller territory than de Castrique’s cozy mystery roots might suggest.
Secret Lives (2022), Dangerous Women (2023), and Desperate Spies (2025) follow characters caught up in networks of deception where no one is who they appear to be. The series shows de Castrique working in a grittier mode than his small-town funeral director and PI series.