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  • Bibliography:
    9 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 2014
  • Latest Book:
    September 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Joe Talbert

0.5 - Nothing More Dangerous (Jan-2019)
1 - The Life We Bury (Jan-2014)
2 - The Shadows We Hide (Nov-2018)
3 - The Stolen Hours (Jan-2022)

Max Rupert

1 - The Life We Bury (Jan-2014)
2 - The Guise of Another (Oct-2015)
3 - The Heavens May Fall (Jan-2016)
4 - The Deep Dark Descending (Jan-2017)
5 - The Shadows We Hide (Nov-2018)
5 - Nothing More Dangerous (Jan-2019)
6 - Forsaken Country (Jan-2022)

Book List in Order: 9 titles



  • College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find...



  • Who was James Putnam? Answering that question may mean salvation for Alexander Rupert, a Minnesota detective whose life is in a serious downward spiral. A Medal of Valor winner, Alexander is now under subpoena by a grand jury on suspicion of corrupti...



  • FEATURING THREE CHARACTERS FROM THE BESTSELLING BOOK-CLUB FAVORITE THE LIFE WE BURY, THIS NOVEL EXPLORES A RIVETING MURDER CASE TOLD FROM TWO OPPOSING PERSPECTIVES. Detective Max Rupert and attorney Boady Sanden’s friendship is being pushed to ...



  • A homicide detective hunts down his wife's killers while struggling between his thirst for revenge and a twinge of conscience forbidding him to take the law into his own hands. Homicide Detective Max Rupert never fully accepted his wife’s death, ev...



  • In the highly-anticipated sequel to the national bestseller THE LIFE WE BURY, Joe Talbert returns to investigate the murder of the father he never knew, and to reckon with his own family's past. Joe Talbert, Jr. has never once met his namesake. No...



  • In a small Southern town where loyalty to family and to "your people" carries the weight of a sacred oath, defying those unspoken rules can be a deadly proposition. After fifteen years of growing up in the Ozark hills with his widowed moth...



  • Three fathers collide far beyond the reach or safety of the law in this breathtaking thriller from the beloved author of The Stolen Hours and The Life We Bury: "one of our best crime writers at the top of his game" (William Kent Krueger, Ne...



  • A woman finds herself in a race not only for justice but for her life in this "riveting, hold-your-breath" new mystery from the bestselling author of The Life We Bury (Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author).Lila Nash ...



  • A lawyer's race to reveal a wrongful conviction collides with the dark shadow of a murder in his own home in this propulsive and perfectly-plotted new thriller from award-winning writer Allen Eskens. When Boady Sanden first receives the case ...





Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Allen Eskens has published 9 books.

Allen Eskens does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Saving Emma, was published in September 2023.

The first book by Allen Eskens, The Life We Bury, was published in January 2014.

Yes. Allen Eskens has 2 series.