Iris Johansen Books in Order

Iris Johansen is an American thriller and romantic suspense author best known for the Eve Duncan series, featurijng a forensic sculptor whose personal tragedy drives her to identify victims and bring closure to grieving families. The series has sold over 20 million copies and was adapted into a 2011 Lifetime film. Iris Johansen is a #1 New York Times bestselling author with more than 50 consecutive bestsellers written so far.

This page lists all Iris Johansen books in order, the Eve Duncan, Catherine Ling, Kendra Michaels, Hannah Bryson, Logan Tanner, and Kira Drake series, along with her standalone thrillers and romance novels. Several of the Kendra Michaels and Hannah Bryson books are co-authored with her son, Roy Johansen.

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Eve Duncan Series (Books in Order)

The Eve Duncan series follows forensic sculptor Eve Duncan, who uses her skill at reconstructing faces from skulls to help identify crime victims, work that became much more personal after her young daughter Bonnie was kidnapped and murdered. Set mostly in Georgia, the series also includes friends and family around Eve, such as ex-Navy SEAL Joe Quinn and Eve’s adopted daughter Jane MacGuire, who becomes more important in the later books. The series has three self-contained trilogies: Eve/Quinn/Bonnie, Taking Eve/Hunting Eve/Silencing Eve, and Shadow Play/Hide Away/Night and Day, which are best read as mini trilogies within the larger series.

Reading Order

1. The Face of Deception, 1998
2. The Killing Game, 1999
3. The Search, 2000
4. Body of Lies, 2002
5. Blind Alley, 2004
6. Countdown, 2005
7. Stalemate, 2006
8. Quicksand, 2008
9. Blood Game, 2009
10. Eight Days to Live, 2010
11. Chasing The Night, 2010
12. Eve, 2011
13. Quinn, 2011
14. Bonnie, 2011
15. Sleep No More, 2012
16. Taking Eve, 2013
17. Hunting Eve, 2013
18. Silencing Eve, 2013
19. Shadow Play, 2015
20. Hide Away, 2016
21. Night and Day, 2016
22. Mind Game, 2017
23. Shattered Mirror, 2018
24. Dark Tribute, 2019
25. Smokescreen, 2019
26. The Persuasion, 2020
27. The Bullet, 2021
28. A Face to Die For, 2022
29. Captive, 2022
30. The Survivor, 2023
31. The Death Mask, 2025

Catherine Ling Series (Books in Order)

The Catherine Ling spin-off series follows CIA intelligence operative Catherine Ling, a highly skilled agent who first appeard in the Eve Duncan books before getting her own series. Set in the world of secret government spy operations, the books take Catherine through highly dangerous missions that are related to her complicated past.

Reading Order

1. Chasing The Night, 2010
2. What Doesn’t Kill You, 2012
3. Live to See Tomorrow, 2014
4. Your Next Breath, 2015
5. Vendetta, 2018

Kendra Michaels Series (Books in Order)

The Kendra Michaels series follows consultant Kendra Michaels, who spent the first twenty years of her life blind and gained extraordinarily sharp observational skills in the form of heightened senses after a surgical procedure restored her sight. She now uses these skills to help the FBI and local law enforcement in San Diego with criminal investigations. She often works together with agent Adam Lynch and bodyguard Jessie Mercado. Kendra Michaels also first appeared in the Eve Duncan universe before getting her own series.

Co-authored with Roy Johansen.

Reading Order

1. Close Your Eyes, 2011
2. With Open Eyes, 2012
3. Sight Unseen, 2014
4. The Naked Eye, 2015
5. Night Watch, 2016
6. Look Behind You, 2017
7. Double Blind, 2018
8. Hindsight, 2020
9. Blink of an Eye, 2021
10. Killer View, 2022
11. More Than Meets The Eye, 2023
12. Flashback, 2024
13. Wait and See, 2026

Hannah Bryson Series (Books in Order)

The Hannah Bryson series follows marine architect Hannah Bryson specialized in submersibles who gets involved in high-tech conspiracies and international espionage cases related to global threats often involving marine technology.

Co-authored with Roy Johansen.

Reading Order

1. Silent Thunder, 2008
2. Shadow Zone, 2010

Logan Tanner Series (Books in Order)

The Logan Tanner series follows wealthy professional gambler Logan Tanner with a secret past who enters dangerous situations that are tied to organized crime and international intrigue. In the currently one book in the series, he causes conflict between various Mafia bosses in order to save Lara Balkon.

Reading Order

1. High Stakes, 2021

Kira Drake Series (Books in Order)

The Kira Drake series follows specialist investigator Kira Drake who works with a trained search-and-rescue dog, as she helps authorities to hunt down violent criminals around the world.

Reading Order

1. On the Hunt, 2024

Standalone Novels

• The Ugly Duckling, 1994
• Long After Midnight, 1997
• And Then You Die, 1997
• No One To Trust, 2002
• Dead Aim, 2002
• Fatal Tide, 2003
• Firestorm, 2004
• On The Run, 2005
• Killer Dreams, 2006
• Pandora’s Daughter, 2007
• Dark Summer, 2008
• Deadlock, 2009
• Storm Cycle, 2009 (with Roy Johansen)
• The Perfect Witness, 2014
• No Easy Target, 2017
• Chaos, 2020

Short Story Anthologies

• Suspense Magazine November 2011, 2011

Historical and Contemporary Romance Series

Standalone Romance Novels

Iris Johansen Biography

Iris Johansen is an American author best known for her romantic suspense, thriller novels and romance books. Her most famous series is Eve Duncan, which sparked the creation of the Katherine Ling, and Kendra Michaels spin-off series, followed by the standalone Hannah Bryson, Logan Tanner, and Kira Drake series.

Iris Johansen was born on April 7, 1938, in St. Louis, Missouri and later moved to Georgia where she currently lives with her family. She began writing after her children left home for college, starting out with romance novels in the early 1980s. Her first published novel was Touch the Horizon in 1984.

She changed genres to historical romantic suspense in 1991 with The Wind Dancer, then made the move to modern romantic suspense with The Ugly Duckling in 1996. The following year she launched the Eve Duncan series with The Face of Deception, which became the major series of her career. With it, she became a #1 New York Times bestselling author, with more than 50 consecutive bestsellers across a career of more than 40 years.

Iris Johansen has collaborated extensively with her son, Roy Johansen, who is himself an Edgar Award-winning screenwriter and novelist, on the Kendra Michaels and Hannah Bryson series and a standalone novel. Her daughter, Tamara, works as her research assistant.

Iris Johansen Book Adaptations

The Killing Game – adapted into the Lifetime television film The Killing Game (2011)

Iris Johansen Awards and Honors

Awards

• Romantic Times Historical Romance (1996)
• Romantic Times Suspense Award (1999)
• Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Thriller (2016)

Nominations and Shortlists

• Flashback – ITW Award for Best Series Novel (2025)

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