Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Killing Lessons | 2015 | Glen Duncan | Buy |
| 2 | LoveMurder | 2016 | Glen Duncan | Buy |
| 3 | Anything For You | 2019 | Glen Duncan | Buy |
The Valerie Hart series applies Glen Duncan’s literary sensibility to crime fiction. Detective Valerie Hart works LAPD homicide cases that involve serial killers and psychologically complex criminals, starting with The Killing Lessons (2015). LoveMurder (2016) and Anything For You (2019) continued the series, each presenting cases that test Hart professionally and personally.
Duncan brings the same attention to character interiority and moral ambiguity that marks his literary fiction, giving the Valerie Hart books more psychological weight than standard police procedurals. The series sits comfortably alongside work by literary crime writers who treat genre conventions as starting points rather than constraints.