C.J. Lyons

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  • Bibliography:
    47 Books (8 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 2008
  • Latest Book:
    May 2022
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Full Series List in Order

Angels of Mercy

1 - Lifelines (Apr-2008)
2 - Warning Signs // Catalyst (Feb-2009)
3 - Urgent Care // Trauma (Nov-2009)
4 - Critical Condition // Isolation (Dec-2010)

A Beacon Falls Mystery

1 - Last Light (May-2016)
2 - Devil Smoke (Feb-2017)
3 - Open Grave (Jan-2017)
4 - Gone Dark (Sep-2017)
5 - Bitter Truth (Jun-2018)

Hart and Drake

1 - Nerves of Steel (Nov-2009)
2 - Sleight of Hand (Mar-2010)
3 - Face to Face (Nov-2011)
4 - Eye of the Storm (Feb-2016)

A Lucy Guardino FBI Thriller

1 - Snake Skin (Jan-2011)
2 - Blood Stained (Mar-2012)
3 - Kill Zone (Mar-2014)
3.5 - After Shock (Jan-2014)
4 - Hard Fall (Sep-2014)
5 - Bad Break (Jul-2015)

A Novel of Fatal Insomnia

1 - Farewell to Dreams (May-2014)
2 - A Raging Dawn (Jan-2016)
3 - The Sleepless Stars (Sep-2016)

A Renegade Justice Thriller

1 - Raw Edges (Oct-2016)
2 - Angels Weep (Jun-2017)
3 - Look Away (Nov-2017)

Shadow Ops

1 - Chasing Shadows (Mar-2014)
2 - Lost in Shadows (Mar-2014)

Special Agent Caitlyn Tierney

1 - Blind Faith (Mar-2011)
2 - Black Sheep (Mar-2013)
3 - Hollow Bones (Sep-2013)

Book List in Order: 47 titles

  • Lifelines

    Angels of Mercy - 1

    A gripping behind-the-scenes drama of four women who face life and death every day. July 1st -- Transition Day. The day new staff at Pittsburgh's Angels of Mercy Hospital start their jobs, including L.A.-transplant Dr. Lydia Fiore, the new ER attend...

  • Warning Signs // Catalyst

    Angels of Mercy - 2

    On rotation at Pittsburgh's Angels of Mercy Hospital and struggling to finish medical school, Amanda Mason can't afford to make any mistakes--or to reveal a troubling secret. Mysterious symptoms that defy diagnosis have been affecting her performance...

  • Borrowed Time

    A Pittsburgh cop brought back from the dead is after the man who killed her -- and falling for the doctor who saved her -- in this romantic thriller. Pittsburgh Police Officer Kate O’Hern is on the trail of a serial cop killer. And the case couldnâ...

  • Nerves of Steel

    Hart and Drake - 1

    A deadly new drug epidemic puts an ER doctor in danger: “A perfect blend of romance and suspense. My kind of read.” â€"Sandra Brown, #1 New York Timesâ€"bestselling author of Thick as Thieves Dr. Cassandra Hart is fighting a war. And losing. Her ...

  • Urgent Care // Trauma

    Angels of Mercy - 3

    CJ Lyons returns to the front lines of the ER and the lives and loves of four very special women. Angels of Mercy Hospital charge nurse Nora Halloran has been living with a painful secret for two long years. When a coworker is assaulted and killed, N...

  • Sleight of Hand

    Hart and Drake - 2

    Second in the series that’s “a perfect blend of romance and suspense” from the New York Timesâ€"bestselling author of Nerves of Steel (Sandra Brown).Two months ago Dr. Cassandra Hart was forced to kill a man. The man who murdered her best frien...

  • Scutwork

    in First Thrills

    New York Times bestselling author Lee Child and the International Thriller Writers, Inc. present a collection of remarkable stories in First Thrills. Showcasing many of the organization's bestselling authors as well as rising stars in the genre, h...

  • Critical Condition // Isolation

    Angels of Mercy - 4

    In the middle of a New Year's Eve blizzard, the staff and patients of Angels of Mercy Hospital are held hostage by armed gunmen. Their target is Dr. Gina Freeman, who is holding vigil over her wounded fiancA(c), Detective Jerry Boyle. Stranded outsid...

  • Snake Skin

    A Lucy Guardino FBI Thriller - 1

    Introducing a Glock-carrying soccer mom in the series debut that’s “everything a great thriller should be -- action packed, authentic, and intense” (Lee Child). A loving mom and wife, dutiful daughter, consummate professional, and kick-ass fede...



  • Blind Faith

    Special Agent Caitlyn Tierney - 1

    Sarah Durandt knows the killer is dead. She watched him die from a lethal injection in the execution chamber. But Sarah finds little comfort in knowing that the deranged psychopath who murdered her husband and son will never kill again. Since he neve...

  • In Memory

  • Face to Face

    Hart and Drake - 3

    A doctor’s legal battle and a detective’s stalker threaten their lives and their love in this romantic suspense thriller by the author of The Next Widow.#1 New York Timesâ€"bestseller Sandra Brown called Nerves of Steel, the first Hart and Drake ...

  • Blood Stained

    A Lucy Guardino FBI Thriller - 2

    Just your average Pittsburgh soccer mom, baking brownies and carrying a loaded forty-caliber Glock... Until recently Supervisory Special Agent Lucy Guardino was a shining star in the FBI's roster. But after killing a man and disobeying orders, Luc...

  • Black Sheep

    Special Agent Caitlyn Tierney - 2

    It’s the one mystery Supervisory Special Agent Caitlyn Tierney has never solved: her father’s unexplained suicide after arresting his best friend for murder. It drove Caitlyn to become one of the FBI’s best agents -- and often the most unorthod...

  • Dangerous Desires

  • Hollow Bones

    Special Agent Caitlyn Tierney - 3

    From the ancient mysteries of a Mayan temple to the sinister secrets of modern medicine, FBI agent Caitlyn Tierney uncovers crimes that have been buried far too long and far too deep... It’s the kind of case that chills Caitlyn to the bone. Miss...

  • Broken

    In her highly anticipated YA debut, Lyons spins a story of riveting suspense and taut drama. ALL SCARLET KILLIAN WANTS IS A NORMAL LIFE. Diagnosed with a rare and untreatable heart condition, Scarlet has come to terms with the fact that she's g...

  • After Shock

    A Lucy Guardino FBI Thriller - 3.5

    As head of the FBI’s Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement Squad, Agent Lucy Guardino has made a name for herself bringing the lowest of lowlifes to justice. Rapists, serial killers, pedophiles ― she’s faced them all down with her signature grit an...

  • Chasing Shadows

    Shadow Ops - 1

    An undercover agent risks his life to take down a drug lord in this romantic suspense thriller by the New York Timesâ€"bestselling author of The Next Widow.Going undercover, playing the part of a disgraced former Marine, is easy for Chase Westin -- u...



  • Kill Zone

    A Lucy Guardino FBI Thriller - 3

    New York Timesâ€"Bestselling Author: An FBI agent deals with a teenager’s death and a terrorist threat in one of Suspense Magazine’s Best Novels of the Year. It’s a vicious, horrific crime: the brutal killing of a teenaged girl. When Pittsburgh...

  • Lost in Shadows

    Shadow Ops - 2

    New York Timesâ€"Bestselling Author: An explosives specialist confronts killers -- and his own conflicted heart -- in the West Virginia wilderness . . . A West Virginia mountain, the middle of a blizzard, killers on his trail . . ...

  • Lucidity

    New York Times bestseller CJ Lyons is noted for her "breathtakingly fast-paced" (Publishers Weekly) thrillers and has been called a "master of the genre" (Pittsburgh Magazine). In her latest thriller she combines the worlds of supernatural horror, me...

  • Farewell to Dreams

    A Novel of Fatal Insomnia - 1

    An insomniac doctor and a handsome cop search for a missing child in this thriller by the New York Timesâ€"bestselling author of Critical Condition.In the chaos of the ER, functioning without sleep is a prized skill. But even Dr. Angela Rossi will ad...

  • Hard Fall

    A Lucy Guardino FBI Thriller - 4

    An FBI agent must pick up the pieces of her life as she helps a woman receiving death threats in this thriller by the bestselling author of After Shock.There comes a time in every hero’s life when they fall harder and farther than ever before and t...

  • Fight Dirty

    Raised to kill by her father, a convicted serial killer, Morgan’s problems aren’t those of the average teen. She wants only one thing: to protect her freedom and not get locked away. So, despite ongoing temptation and a bloody past, Morgan swears...

  • Watched

    HE CAN'T RUN, AND HE CAN'T HIDE. Jesse is terrified. For four years, a twisted hacker named King has hijacked his computer webcam, collecting incriminating photos and videos that he uses to blackmail Jesse. So far, Jesse's given in to King's ruthl...

  • Bad Break

    A Lucy Guardino FBI Thriller - 5

    An FBI agent on vacation with her daughter must stop a killer from having a field day in this thriller novella by the New York Times bestselling author.FBI Supervisory Special Agent Lucy Guardino is ready for a well-deserved break from chasing serial...

  • A Raging Dawn

    A Novel of Fatal Insomnia - 2

    An ER doctor with a fatal illness turns vigilante to catch a killer in this medical thriller by the New York Timesâ€"bestselling author.Between the chaos of the ER and her work at the Advocacy Center, Dr. Angela Rossi desperately needed rest. Then sh...

  • Eye of the Storm

    Hart and Drake - 4

    A kidnapping threatens the Christmas wedding of an ER doctor and a detective in this romantic suspense thriller by the bestselling author of Face to Face.After all that they’ve been through, no one would deny that Hart and Drake deserve a happily-e...



  • Last Light

    A Beacon Falls Mystery - 1

    New York Timesâ€"Bestselling Author: “Combine Dirty Harry with a loving wife and mother and you might end up with Lucy Guardino.” -- RT Book Reviews Lucy has always seen herself as a normal Pittsburgh soccer mom who happened to have a job chasin...

  • The Sleepless Stars

    A Novel of Fatal Insomnia - 3

    The series finale featuring “a heroine you’ll never forget and a story that whips by at bullet speed” by the New York Timesâ€"bestselling author (Tess Gerritsen).When you have no time left, you realize what you’re really living for . .&#...

  • Raw Edges

    A Renegade Justice Thriller - 1

    The second gripping thriller featuring a serial killer’s daughter seeking redemption from the New York Timesâ€"bestselling author of Fight Dirty.The only thing worse than being the girl raised by a serial killer is being the girl he blames for gett...

  • Open Grave

    A Beacon Falls Mystery - 3

    A secret buried in an open grave returns to haunt a small Pennsylvania town in an action-packed thriller by the New York Timesâ€"bestselling author . . . When divers discover an antique car with a skeleton inside, the Beacon Group dispatche...

  • Devil Smoke

    A Beacon Falls Mystery - 2

    A soccer mom and ex-FBI agent deals with an amnesiac and a dangerous stalker in this thriller by the New York Timesâ€"bestselling author of Last Light.After leaving the FBI, Lucy Guardino still feels like the new kid on the block with her team at Bea...

  • Angels Weep

    A Renegade Justice Thriller - 2

    A serial killer’s daughter uncovers a disturbingly familiar pattern of murder in the New York Times bestselling author’s medical thriller.Morgan Ames never expected to survive when she threw herself and her serial killer father off a cliff. She w...

  • Gone Dark

    A Beacon Falls Mystery - 4

    In this thriller by the New York Timesâ€"bestselling author of Open Grave, a soccer mom and ex-FBI agent must clear a runaway girl of murder. She’s been on the run for almost half her life. Hiding from the law after a thoughtless act of juvenile de...

  • Look Away

    A Renegade Justice Thriller - 3

    The daughter of a serial killer starts a new life -- but is soon drawn into darkness again -- in an edgy thriller by the New York Timesâ€"bestselling author . . . After surviving her serial killer father, Morgan Ames has her first chance at...

  • Bitter Truth

    A Beacon Falls Mystery - 5

    A former FBI agent must save her husband from a killer in the Idaho mountains in this thriller by the New York Times bestselling author.As an FBI Special Agent, Lucy Guardino faced horrors of all kinds. But now she must face turning forty. Her birthd...

  • Trip Wire

    A serial killer’s daughter fights to escape her past in this explosive thriller from the New York Timesâ€"bestselling author of Look Away.Heartless killer -- or helpless victim? It’s perfectly normal to be a little shaky on your first day back to...



  • The Color of Lies

    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author CJ Lyons comes THE COLOR OF LIES, a world drenched in color and mystery. High school senior Ella Cleary has always been good at reading people. Her family has a rare medical condition called sy...

  • The Next Widow

    In the distance Leah heard sirens. She ignored them. Right now, her daughter needed her and Emily was just out of reach, curled up under the bed, her eyes closed, desperately shaking. Leah did the only thing any mother would do. She crawled through t...

  • The Drowned Woman

    Her eyes fluttered open as the first splash of frigid water crashed through the open window beside her. She shook her head, startled to be awake -- to be alive. She was in her car, in the river. She blinked, tried to focus. And then it came back to h...

  • Lesser Evil

    The search for a missing baby unmasks a sadistic killer . . . “A compelling new voice in thriller writing.” -- Jeffery Deaver, New York Timesâ€"bestselling author of The Never Game   Lucy Guardino has fought and defeated evil befo...

  • Save Her Child

    She held her baby in her arms and she knew in that moment that he’d be coming for her. She couldn’t tell anyone her name, she couldn’t let him find her. She had to keep her child safe. In the summer heat at the Craven County Fair in rural Penns...

  • First Shot

  • Fatal Insomnia

    A terminally ill doctor battles crime and corruption in this medical thriller trilogy by the New York Timesâ€"bestselling author of Critical Condition.  Farewell to Dreams: ER doctor Angela Rossi is struggling with insomnia when she receives a g...

  • Game Changer

    FBI Agent Lucy Guardino goes after some of the world’s most dangerous predators in these 4 intense trillers by the New York Times bestselling author.  After Shock As head of the FBI’s Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement Squad, Agent Lucy Guard...

Award-Winning Books by C.J. Lyons

Blind Faith
2011 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Indie Press Erotic Romance
Hard Fall
2015 Thriller Award -- E-Book Original


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

C.J. Lyons has published 47 books.

C.J. Lyons does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Game Changer, was published in May 2022.

The first book by C.J. Lyons, Lifelines, was published in April 2008.

Yes. C.J. Lyons has 8 series.
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