Books in Order: A Comprehensive Guide to Rick Reed's Novels

Before he wrote a page of fiction, Rick Reed worked as a Homicide Detective in Evansville, Indiana, with sidelines in hostage negotiation and handwriting analysis — and, more unusually, as the anonymous author of an underground newspaper roasting his fellow officers and local politicians. When a piece about the mayor blew his cover, the police chief responded by assigning him to run Internal Affairs, telling him plainly that everyone already hated him anyway.

Reed's writing career actually started with a true crime book, Blood Trail, before he turned to the fictional Jack Murphy series this guide tracks: nine novels published between 2010 and 2020, opening with The Cruelest Cut and closing with The Fiercest Enemy.