Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiefs | 1981 | Stuart Woods | Buy |
| 2 | Run Before the Wind | 1983 | Stuart Woods | Buy |
| 3 | Deep Lie | 1986 | Stuart Woods | Buy |
| 4 | Grass Roots | 1989 | Stuart Woods | Buy |
| 5 | The Run | 1995 | Stuart Woods | Buy |
| 6 | Capital Crimes | 2003 | Stuart Woods | Buy |
| 7 | Mounting Fears | 2008 | Stuart Woods | Buy |
The Will Lee series by Stuart Woods spans decades of American political life. Chiefs (1981), the series opener and Woods’s first published novel, won the Edgar Award and follows multiple generations of police chiefs in a small Georgia town. The series then tracks Will Lee from his youth through a career in politics that takes him all the way to the White House.
The seven books cover everything from Cold War espionage (Deep Lie) to domestic political maneuvering (Grass Roots, The Run). This was the series that launched Woods’s career, and it remains popular with readers who enjoy political fiction grounded in Southern settings.