Reading order · 13 books · 2009 to 2022 · Set in Los Angeles
Robert Hunter Books in Order
Robert Hunter is a detective in the Los Angeles Police Department’s Ultra Violent Crimes Unit, a former child prodigy who became a criminal psychologist before joining the police. With his partner Carlos Garcia, he hunts the most extreme killers in Los Angeles. The books are fast and graphically violent.
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Series facts
- Books
- 13
- Published
- 2009 to 2022
- First book
- The Crucifix Killer
- Latest
- The Death Watcher (2022)
- Setting
- Set in Los Angeles
The reading order
Every Robert Hunter book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
13 books · Set in Los Angeles
- 1The Crucifix Killer2009With Robert HunterThe body of a young woman is found in a cabin near Los Angeles, horrifically mutilated and carved with a symbol that belonged to the Crucifix Killer, a murderer Detective Robert Hunter thought had been caught and executed.Buy on Amazon
- 2The Executioner2010With Robert HunterA priest is found decapitated at the altar of a Los Angeles church, and it is only the first of a series of murders, each designed around the victim’s worst fear.Buy on Amazon
- 3The Night Stalker2011With Robert HunterA woman’s body is found in a morgue with something terrible sewn inside her, and Robert Hunter faces a killer with a medical background.Buy on Amazon
- 4The Death Sculptor2012With Robert HunterA patient is murdered in his bed in a private care home, and the killer leaves behind a sculpture made from the victim’s body parts.Buy on Amazon
- 5One by One2013With Robert HunterRobert Hunter receives a phone call asking him to go to a website, where he watches a man being murdered live, and the audience is invited to choose how he dies.Buy on Amazon
- 6An Evil Mind2014With Robert HunterA car accident in Wyoming leads to the arrest of a man with body parts in his car, and he says he will only talk to Robert Hunter, his old friend from college.Buy on Amazon
- 7I Am Death2015With Robert HunterA young woman is found dead near Los Angeles airport, with a note from the killer inside her, and Robert Hunter realises the killer is just getting started.Buy on Amazon
- 8The Caller2017With Robert HunterA woman is murdered while her best friend watches on a video call, forced to answer the killer’s questions, and Robert Hunter has to find the caller.Buy on Amazon
- 9Gallery of the Dead2018With Robert HunterRobert Hunter and Carlos Garcia join the FBI to hunt a killer who stages his crimes as works of art.Buy on Amazon
- 10Hunting Evil2019With Robert HunterLucien Folter, a killer who was once Hunter’s closest friend at university, escapes from prison, and Hunter is drawn into a deadly game.Buy on Amazon
- 11Written in Blood2020With Robert HunterA pickpocket in Los Angeles steals a bag that holds a journal describing a string of killings.Buy on Amazon
- 12Genesis2021With Robert HunterHunter is called to a brutal crime scene, where the killer has left a poem, and soon a second victim reveals the next part.Buy on Amazon
- 13The Death Watcher2022With Robert HunterAn autopsy shows that a supposed hit-and-run victim was killed deliberately, and Hunter and Garcia hunt a killer who disguises murders as accidents.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
The cases stand alone, but read in order starting with The Crucifix Killer, since some killers return and Hunter’s past is revealed gradually.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Robert Hunter | Carlos Garcia | Barbara Blake | Lucien Folter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 The Crucifix Killer | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | |
| 2 The Executioner | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | |
| 3 The Night Stalker | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | |
| 4 The Death Sculptor | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | |
| 5 One by One | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | |
| 6 An Evil Mind | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | MMajor |
| 7 I Am Death | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | |
| 8 The Caller | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | |
| 9 Gallery of the Dead | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | |
| 10 Hunting Evil | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | MMajor |
| 11 Written in Blood | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | |
| 12 Genesis | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | |
| 13 The Death Watcher | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor |
Characters in the Robert Hunter books
4 characters from Chris Carter’s chart, with the number of Robert Hunter books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Robert HunterLAPD detective and criminal psychologist | 13 | The Crucifix Killer 2009 |
| Carlos GarciaHunter’s partner | 13 | The Crucifix Killer 2009 |
| Barbara BlakeCaptain of the Robbery-Homicide Division | 13 | The Crucifix Killer 2009 |
| Lucien FolterHunter’s brilliant college friend turned serial killer | 2 | An Evil Mind 2014 |