Judith Lucci Books In Order – Complete List

Judith Lucci is the USA Today, Wall Street Journal, as well as the Amazon best-selling author of mystery and thriller series, including the Alex Destephano and Dr. Sonia Amon Medical medical thriller series, the Michaela McPherson series, the Artzy Chicks cozy mystery series, and the Maura Robichard paranormal mystery series.

Here are the Judith Lucci books in order for her series, standalone novels, and short stories.

Alex Destephano Books In Publication Order

1. Chaos at Crescent City Medical Center, 2014
2. The Imposter: Life Is Not Easy In The Big Easy, 2014
3. Viral Intent: Terror in New Orleans, 2014
4. Toxic New Year: The Day That Wouldn’t End, 2015
5. Evil: Finding Saint Germaine, 2017
6. Run For Your Life, 2018
7. Demons Among Us, 2020

Alex Destephano Short Stories

• Alex’s Beginnings (#0.5), 2021 (prequel story)

Michaela McPherson Books In Publication Order

A K9 Police Hero series

1. The Case of Dr Dude, 2016
2. The Case of the Dead Dowager, 2016
3. The Case of the Man Overboard, 2017
4. The Case of the Very Dead Lawyer, 2018
5. The Case of the Missing Parts, 2019
6. The Case of the Psychopathic Psychiatrist, 2023 (with Eric Blumensen)

Dr. Sonia Amon MD Books In Publication Order

A K 9 Companion Adventure series

1. Shatter Proof, 2019
2. Delusion Proof, 2019
3. Fool Proof, 2019
4. Tamper Proof, 2020
5. Obsession Proof, 2020
6. Identity Proof, 2021

Artzy Chicks Mystery Books In Publication Order

1. The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year: The Golden Rings of Christmas, 2018
2. The Most Awfullest Crime of the Year: Gawd Almighty and the Corn, 2019
3. The Most Glittery Crime of the Year: The Jewel Heist, 2019
4. The Most Slippery Crime of the Year: Death On The Slopes, 2019
5. The Most Majestic Crime of the Year: Missing Masterpiece, 2020

Maura Robichard Books In Publication Order

1. Seer of Evil, 2020
2. Seer of Truth, 2021
3. Seer of Justice, 2021

Novellas and Short Stories

• All That Glitters…May Not Be Gold, 2021

Standalone Judith Lucci Books

• Beach Traffic: The Ocean Can Be Deadly, 2018

Non-Fiction Books

• The 12 Slays of Christmas Recipe Book, 2017

Judith Lucci Biography

Born in Richmond, Virginia, Judith Lucci is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Virginia and she holds both a graduate and doctoral degree.

Judith Lucci is an accomplished mystery and thriller author and a nurse with first-hand knowledge of the art of healing. She has worked as a practicing clinical nurse for more than 25 years in various hospitals and across various healthcare organizations. She not only practiced but also taught people about global health.

Being also a researcher and college professor of Nursing at James Madison University, Judith has written several academic research papers, textbooks, and articles related to the health field.

This is why she found it initially so difficult to switch from non-fiction to writing mysteries and thrillers. However, for us readers, this is not evident at all. What we see is someone who walks the talk, who knows the world of hospitals and doctors inside out, and who can craft a truly suspenseful story based on the realities of that very world.

While writing the first book in the Alex Destephano series, Chaos at Crescent City, she was working in New Orleans, the city where the story takes place. For the most part, research was never a problem for her and her knowledge of the medical field is evident in her fiction writing.

Initially, her books were self-published through Createspace, however, at some point, she moved her books to self-publish on Amazon. Eventually, Judith Lucci became an Amazon bestselling author. As she mentioned in an interview, Judith prefers having full control over her work rather than being constantly told what to do by publishers.

As she often mentioned, Judith Lucci found it easy to start writing medical thrillers especially because of her indepth knowledge, research, and vast experience in the medical field. Writing thrillers involving doctors and hospitals came easy to her, especially when she could include in her books some very devious ways to murder a person by either a nurse, or doctor, or a hospital visitor, or someone who has some connection with the medical field.

Several Judith Lucci series are medical thrillers, including the Alexandra Destephano series, the Michaela McPherson crime series, and the Sonia Amon, MD thriller series. Her Maura Robichard series is about a psychic witch who also works as an investigative journalist at the Times Picayune in New Orleans.

Currently, the author lives in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and when not working or writing books she engages in hobbies such as silk painting and multimedia arts. She is also a member of the Virginia Writers Club, The Shenandoah Valley Writers, and Sisters in Crime.

As a medical thriller writer, Judith Lucci loves reading books in related fields by authors like Robin Cook, David Baldacci and Patricia Cornwell. Some of her inspirations came from these authors’ novels.

Fun fact: at some point, Judith Lucci was on the FBI’s Watch List due to her extensive research on political topics for her thriller Viral Intent. When landing in New Orleans for a book signing, she got detained by air marshals and interrogated for an hour on her knowledge of jihad. Now that is true dedication to her craft!