Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abandoned Prayers | 1990 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 2 | Cruel Deception / Mockingbird | 1995 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 3 | Death Cruise | 1996 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 4 | Blood Will Tell | 1996 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 5 | Hot Blood | 1996 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 6 | Seeds of Evil | 1997 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 7 | Sleep My Little Dead | 1997 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 8 | Hush Little Babies | 1997 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 9 | The Vampire Killers | 1998 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 10 | Death in Texas | 1999 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 11 | Burned Alive | 1999 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 12 | Blood in the Sand | 2000 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 13 | The Surgeon’s Wife | 2001 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 14 | An Early Grave | 2001 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 15 | Murder In Hollywood | 2001 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 16 | A Deadly Affair | 2001 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 17 | Cries in the Desert | 2002 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 18 | Death of a Doctor | 2002 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 19 | Broken Vows | 2002 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 20 | Twisted | 2003 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 21 | The Stranger In My Bed | 2003 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 22 | Through the Window | 2003 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 23 | Angels of Death | 2003 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 24 | Love, Daddy | 2003 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 25 | Laci | 2003 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 26 | Out of Control | 2004 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 27 | Into the Water | 2004 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 28 | Over the Edge | 2004 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 29 | Written in Blood | 2005 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 30 | One Deadly Night | 2005 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 31 | Deadly Mistress | 2005 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 32 | The Officer’s Wife | 2006 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 33 | Darker Than Night | 2006 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 34 | If I Die… | 2007 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 35 | Deadly American Beauty | 2007 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 36 | A Family Cursed | 2007 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 37 | The Pastor’s Wife | 2008 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 38 | Perfect Beauty | 2008 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 39 | Never Seen Again | 2008 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 40 | House of Evil | 2008 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 41 | Bones in the Desert | 2008 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 42 | Beauty Sleep | 2008 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 43 | In the Middle of the Night | 2009 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 44 | Behind the Mask | 2009 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 45 | Desire Turned Deadly | 2009 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 46 | The Prom Night Murders | 2009 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 47 | Signed in Blood | 2009 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 48 | A Poisoned Passion | 2009 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 49 | One Dark Night | 2010 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 50 | Murder at Yale | 2010 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 51 | Playing With Fire | 2010 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 52 | In the Arms of Evil | 2010 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 53 | Dead But Not Forgotten | 2010 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 54 | Cold as Ice | 2010 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 55 | Love Hurts | 2010 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 56 | Blood in the Snow | 2011 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 57 | The Dating Game Killer | 2011 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 58 | Dying for Love | 2011 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 59 | Her Deadly Web | 2012 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 60 | The Prince of Paradise | 2012 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 61 | See How Much You Love Me | 2014 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
| 62 | Crazy for You | 2015 | Gregg Olsen | Buy |
The St. Martin’s True Crime Library represents 62 true crime titles published between 1990 and 2015. The collection covers a wide range of criminal cases from across the United States, from murders and domestic crimes to cons and disappearances. Titles like The Surgeon’s Wife, Deadly Mistress, The Officer’s Wife, and Murder at Yale give a sense of the variety.
The series has been a fixture of the true crime genre for decades, providing detailed accounts of real cases. Many entries focus on domestic crimes and murders in seemingly normal communities, a theme that runs through much of Gregg Olsen’s work.