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  • Bibliography:
    23 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 2011
  • Latest Book:
    May 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Ash Rashid

1 - The Abbey (May-2013)
2 - The Outsider (May-2013)
3 - By Any Means (May-2014)
4 - Measureless Night (Jun-2015)
5 - Pocketful of God (Jan-2016)
6 - No Room for Good Men (Jan-2017)
7 - Sleeper Cell (Mar-2018)

Gabe Ward

1 - Counting Room (Sep-2017)

Hana Blackwood

1 - Night Work (Aug-2021)

Joe Court

1 - The Girl in the Motel (Dec-2018)
2 - The Girl in the Woods (Feb-2019)
3 - The Boys in the Church (Apr-2019)
4 - The Man in the Meth Lab (Jul-2019)
5 - The Woman Who Wore Roses (Sep-2019)
6 - The Man in the Park (Dec-2019)
7 - The Girl Who Told Stories (Mar-2020)
8 - The Men on the Farm (Jun-2020)
9 - The Man in the River (Sep-2020)
10 - The Man by the Creek (Jul-2023)

Book List in Order: 23 titles



  • After a childhood living from a suitcase in the back of a minivan, mathematician Renee Carter wanted little out of her adult life: a decent job and a permanent home of her own. After years of work, it’s finally happened. She has her happy ending. A...



  • Ash Rashid is a former homicide detective who can't stand the thought of handling another death investigation. In another year, he'll be out of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department completely. That's the plan, at least, until his niece's b...



  • Ash Rashid stands alone. A twelve-year veteran of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and one of the few Muslim-Americans on the force, he's unafraid of bending the rules in the pursuit of justice. But now Ash wants out. He's finished law...



  • Ash Rashid thought his days as a homicide detective were over. Now with the police force's community relations department, he gives speeches at elementary schools instead of tracking criminals. But when he discovers two dead bodies during his evening...



  • Nine years ago, Steve Hale saved the love of his life from her abusive and very powerful stepfather by helping her disappear and framing him for her murder. Today, that stepfather is dead, executed by the state of Missouri for a crime he didn’t com...



  • Detective Sergeant Ash Rashid wants little out of life: a steady job, a quiet place to call home, and a healthy family. Now three hundred days sober, for the first time he can see his happy ending forming on the horizon. Then patrol officers find the...



  • The first victim was shot inside her home.The second victim was abducted in plain sight.They're only the beginning.Lieutenant Ash Rashid has spent his entire life fighting to make the world a better place. In that time, he's missed so many of his chi...



  • The victims were tortured.  Dismembered.Discarded like garbage in the city park.For nine long years, the case has haunted Lieutenant Ash Rashid. The murder was almost perfect. The killer left no witnesses or tracks, just three anonymous bodies in...



  • The victim was an investigative journalist working the biggest story of his career.He found something that shook him to his core.What secret did he take to his grave?Detective Gabriel Ward is a former Army intelligence officer with degrees in compute...







  • After an old friend is murdered, a detective's nightmarish past and comfortable present collide as she hunts a killer...

    Detective Mary Joe Court sleeps with a shotgun beside her bed and a loveable bullmastiff at her feet. For the past twelv...



  • Detective Mary Joe Court returns in the second novel in New York Times' bestselling author Chris Culver’s gripping Joe Court series.A volunteer found the body while searching the Missouri backwoods for a pair of missing teenagers. The victim was mu...



  • They made their choice years ago. They buried the truth… amongst other things. But evil only begets evil. The monster they created is here, and he’s on the hunt…

    Detective Mary Joe Court’s home is her sanctuary. It’s the one place...



  • Detective Mary Joe Court returns in the fourth novel in New York Times' bestselling author Chris Culver’s gripping Joe Court series.

    The victim was shot multiple times by a .45-caliber pistol in the living room of a derelict home on the ou...



  • Detective Mary Joe Court returns in the fifth thrilling mystery in New York Times’ bestselling author Chris Culver’s Joe Court series.

    Someone shot the victim in her chest five times at point-blank range and left her to die in a cheap mo...



  • Detective Mary Joe Court returns in a twisted story of murder and lost identity in the sixth novel of New York Times’ bestselling author Chris Culver’s Joe Court series.Joe was on a date when she got the call. A man’s body was found beside the ...



  • Former detective Mary Joe Court returns in a gritty story of betrayal and murder in the seventh novel of New York Times' bestselling author Chris Culver's Joe Court series. Joe Court has moved on with her life. With her faithful dog at her side, she'...



  • Nearly a year ago, Detective Mary Joe Court left St. Augustine County to find herself. Now she's back home and back on the job to fight for the things she believes in. Unfortunately, there's no rest for the weary. There are bodies on the ground at a ...



  • Detective Mary Joe Court returns in a gripping story of murder, madness, and revenge in the ninth—and final—novel of New York Times' bestselling author Chris Culver's Joe Court series. Joe was driving home when her dispatcher called. An...






  • Hana Blackwood is a woman without an identity. Once, she was a combat medic in the US Army. Now she's a civilian. Then she was a decorated detective with the St. Louis county police department. Now, she's not. She had a family once, but she lost them...



  • The more the world changes, the more it stays the same.Detective Mary Joe Court's world is in flux. The county that employs her is a mess, her department lacks the personnel to field patrols at night, and her boss has never held a badge. Still, she's...



  • In the latest novel in the Joe Court series, Missouri's most dogged detective is forced to juggle small-town politics while solving a fresh murder with ties to a long forgotten case. The St. Augustine County Sheriff's Department is in crisis. Detecti...



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    Detective Homer Watson's young children wake him up multiple times a night, his roof leaks terribly, and his car rarely starts the first time. Life's not perfect, but he and his family have what they need. They're happy, more or less.Then a jogger fi...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Chris Culver has published 23 books.

The next book by Chris Culver, The Girl in the Tent, will be published in May 2024.

The first book by Chris Culver, Just Run, was published in September 2011.

Yes. Chris Culver has 4 series.