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Reading order

True Crime Books in Order

This page lists the complete True Crime reading order by M. William Phelps, with book numbers, publication years, and a publication-order view for readers who want to start at the beginning.

Updated 2026-06-22 / 41 books / 2003-2020

True Crime Reading Order

01 Perfect Poison 2003 Buy

02 Lethal Guardian 2004 Buy

03 Every Move You Make 2005 Buy

04 Murder In The Heartland 2006 Buy

05 Sleep In Heavenly Peace 2006 Buy

06 Because You Loved Me 2007 Buy

07 If Looks Could Kill 2008 Buy

08 I'll Be Watching You 2008 Buy

09 Nathan Hale 2008 Buy

10 Deadly Secrets 2009 Buy

11 Cruel Death 2009 Buy

12 Death Trap 2010 Buy

13 Kill For Me 2010 Buy

14 The Devil's Rooming House 2010 Buy

15 Love Her To Death 2011 Buy

16 Too Young to Kill 2011 Buy

17 Crimes of the Presidents 2011 Buy

18 The Devil's Right Hand 2011 Buy

19 Never See Them Again 2012 Buy

20 The Eastbound Strangler 2012 Buy

21 Murder, New England 2012 Buy

22 Jane Doe No More 2012 Buy

23 The Dead Soul 2012 Buy

24 Kiss of the She-Devil 2013 Buy

25 Bad Girls 2013 Buy

26 Obsessed 2014 Buy

27 The Killing Kind 2014 Buy

28 Madness, Sex, Serial Killer. 2014 Buy

29 She Survived 2014 Buy

30 I'd Kill For You 2015 Buy

31 Evil Minds 2015 Buy

32 To Love and to Kill 2015 Buy

33 One Breath Away 2016 Buy

34 If You Only Knew 2016 Buy

35 Murderers' Row 2016 Buy

36 Don't Tell a Soul 2017 Buy

37 Dangerous Ground 2017 Buy

38 Targeted 2017 Buy

39 Beautifully Cruel 2017 Buy

40 Where Monsters Hide 2019 Buy

41 We Thought We Knew You 2020 Buy

True Crime Books by Publication Order

2003 Perfect Poison #1

2004 Lethal Guardian #2

2005 Every Move You Make #3

2006 Murder In The Heartland #4

2006 Sleep In Heavenly Peace #5

2007 Because You Loved Me #6

2008 If Looks Could Kill #7

2008 I'll Be Watching You #8

2008 Nathan Hale #9

2009 Deadly Secrets #10

2009 Cruel Death #11

2010 Death Trap #12

2010 Kill For Me #13

2010 The Devil's Rooming House #14

2011 Love Her To Death #15

2011 Too Young to Kill #16

2011 Crimes of the Presidents #17

2011 The Devil's Right Hand #18

2012 Never See Them Again #19

2012 The Eastbound Strangler #20

2012 Murder, New England #21

2012 Jane Doe No More #22

2012 The Dead Soul #23

2013 Kiss of the She-Devil #24

2013 Bad Girls #25

2014 Obsessed #26

2014 The Killing Kind #27

2014 Madness, Sex, Serial Killer. #28

2014 She Survived #29

2015 I'd Kill For You #30

2015 Evil Minds #31

2015 To Love and to Kill #32

2016 One Breath Away #33

2016 If You Only Knew #34

2016 Murderers' Row #35

2017 Don't Tell a Soul #36

2017 Dangerous Ground #37

2017 Targeted #38

2017 Beautifully Cruel #39

2019 Where Monsters Hide #40

2020 We Thought We Knew You #41

Questions readers ask

What is the correct True Crime reading order?

The True Crime reading order on this page follows the numbered series order where available, with publication years shown beside each book.

How many True Crime books are there?

This catalog currently lists 41 True Crime books published across 2003-2020.

Who writes the True Crime books?

True Crime is listed as a book series by M. William Phelps.

Should I read True Crime in publication order?

For most readers, publication order is the safest way to read True Crime. If a separate series order is available, this page shows that order first and publication years beside each title.

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