Robert Dugoni Books in Order

Robert Dugoni is a New York Times and #1 Amazon bestselling author best known for the Tracy Crosswhite police series. He also writes the David Sloane and Keera Duggan legal thrillers, the Charles Jenkins spy trilogy, and standalone novels ranging from The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell to the 1930s Seattle crime novel A Killing on the Hill. His books have sold more than 12 million copies worldwide and have been translated into more than 30 languages.

His background as a former journalist and attorney helps his crime novels stay close to the work of building a case. Tracy Crosswhite has to sort through witness statements and physical evidence while dealing with what her department is willing to pursue. David Sloane and Keera Duggan have to decide what they can prove in court and what a jury is likely to believe. Dugoni spent 17 years as a civil litigator, so the legal books influence how cases are prepared, argued, and sometimes are pulled apart by the other side in the courthouse.

This page lists all Robert Dugoni books in order, including the Tracy Crosswhite, David Sloane, Charles Jenkins, and Keera Duggan series, standalone and collaborative novels, short stories, and nonfiction books.

Latest Robert Dugoni Books

More upcoming releases:

• One Split Second (September 15, 2026)

How the Robert Dugoni Series Connect

Robert Dugoni’s series are mostly separate from each other, but the David Sloane books are the starting point for two of his later characters. Murder One (David Sloane #4) introduces Seattle detectives Tracy Crosswhite and Kins, and Charles Jenkins also appears in the novel. Tracy later became the main character of the Tracy Crosswhite series, while Jenkins moved into his own espionage trilogy.

The connection continues in The Eighth Sister, the first Charles Jenkins novel, where David Sloane returns as Jenkins’ lawyer. You do not need to read the complete Sloane series before starting Tracy Crosswhite or Charles Jenkins, but Murder One is where they first appeared.

David Sloane Series (Books in Order)

The David Sloane series follows San Francisco attorney David Sloane, a trial lawyer with an unusual ability to read jurors and and judge how they are reacting to a case. He can usually tell when an argument has landed, when a witness is losing credibility, and when the opposing lawyer has made a mistake. The early books also uncover parts of Sloane’s own history, so his personal story develops alongside the trials.

Sloane begins the series in San Francisco and later works from Seattle. Some books center on civil lawsuits and others on murder cases, but the legal work stays central: preparing witnesses, testing the other side’s version of events, and finding the fact that a jury cannot ignore. His family life and the recurring characters continue across the five books, so publication order is recommended.

Murder One, the fourth novel, also introduces Tracy Crosswhite, Kins, and Charles Jenkins, who later appear in their own series.

1. The Jury Maste, 2008
2. Wrongful Death, 2009
3. Bodily Harm, 2010
4. Murder One, 2011
5. The Conviction, 2012

Tracy Crosswhite Series (Books in Order)

The Tracy Crosswhite series follows Seattle homicide detective Tracy Crosswhite, who originally worked as a chemistry teacher and competitive shooter before joining the police department. Her younger sister Sarah disappeared when Tracy was young, and My Sister’s Grave begins with Tracy still trying to prove that the wrong man was convicted of Sarah’s murder. That case explains why Tracy became a detective and continues to influence the choices she makes after the first book.

The two short Tracy Crosswhite stories appear before My Sister’s Grave as prequels. Later novels give Tracy new investigations while her marriage, family, police career, and working relationships change around her. Each central case can be followed on its own, but publication order gives the clearest path through Tracy’s personal story.

1. The Academy, 2014
2. Third Watch, 2015
3. My Sister’s Grave, 2014
4. Her Final Breath, 2015
5. In the Clearing, 2016
6. The Trapped Girl, 2017
7. Close to Home, 2017
8. A Steep Price, 2018
9. A Cold Trail, 2020
10. In Her Tracks, 2021
11. The Last Line, 2021
12. What She Found, 2022
13. One Last Kill, 2023
14. Dead Draw, 2025
15. One Split Second, 2026

Charles Jenkins Series (Books in Order)

The Charles Jenkins series follows retired CIA case officer Charles Jenkins, a man in his early sixties with a young family and a security firm that is on the brink of bankruptcy when a former bureau chief asks him to return to Russia.. Set primarily in Russia, the trilogy revolves around Charles Jenkins trying to save the sleeper agents called the Seven Sisters, members of a long-running American spy network. Jenkins first appeared in the David Sloane novel Murder One, and Sloane returns in The Eighth Sister.

1. The Eighth Sister, 2019
2. The Last Agent, 2020
3. The Silent Sisters, 2022

Keera Duggan Series (Books in Order)

The Keera Duggan series follows Seattle defense attorney Keera Duggan, who left behind a promising career as a prosecutor after a personal falling-out and now works at her family’s law firm, defending clients in high-profile murder cases. Her father’s alcoholism has damaged both the practice and the Duggan family, leaving Keera to rebuild her career while working alongside relatives who have their own history with the firm. Keera is a former competitive chess player, and uses her acquired skills of reading her opponents while predicting several moves ahead in the courtroom, just like in chess.

1. Her Deadly Game, 2023
2. Beyond Reasonable Doubt, 2024
3. Her Cold Justice, 2026

Standalone Novels

• Damage Control, 2007
• Hotel Angeline, 2011 – collaborative novel with other authors
• The 7th Canon, 2016
• The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell, 2018
• The World Played Chess, 2021
• A Killing on the Hill, 2024
• Hold Strong, 2025 – with Chris Crabtree and Jeff Langholz

Short Story Collections

• The Twisted Women’s Book Club, 2025 – collaborative collection with Karin Slaughter and other authors

Anthologies

• Cold-Blooded, 2015
• Mystery Writers of America Presents Odd Partners, 2019
• Trouble & Strife, 2019
• Private Investigations, 2020
• Birds of Prey: The Harlan Coben Challenge, 2022 (edited by Harlan Coben)

Non-Fiction Books

• The Cyanide Canary, 2004 (with Joseph Hilldorfer)

Robert Dugoni Biography

Robert Dugoni is an American author whose wrote police procedurals, legal thrillers, espionage novels, historical crime, and standalone books. He has published more than twenty-five books since his debut in 2004.
Official website: robertdugonibooks.com

Born in 1961 in Pocatello, Idaho, Robert Dugoni grew up as one of ten children in Northern California. He wanted to become a writer from a young age a, so he attended Stanford University, where he majored in communications, journalism, and creative writing. He worked as a reporter for the Stanford Daily, graduated Phi Beta Kappa, and later worked briefly as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. He then earned a JD from UCLA School of Law and spent the next seventeen-plus years working as a civil litigator, first at Gordon & Rees in San Francisco.

In 1999, he left full-time legal practice to write full time. His debut was the nonfiction exposé The Cyanide Canary in 2004, co-written with EPA investigator Joseph Hilldorfer, which was named a Washington Post Best Book of the Year. His first novel, The Jury Master, published in 2006, was the first book in the David Sloane legal thriller series. The Tracy Crosswhite series began in 2014 with My Sister’s Grave. It became the series for which he is best known and was followed by the Charles Jenkins espionage trilogy and the Keera Duggan legal thriller series. His standalone novels include The World Played Chess, A Killing on the Hill, and Hold Strong. His literary standalone novel The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell, published in 2018, earned him recognition from Newsweek and Suspense Magazine.

His books have sold more than 12 million copies worldwide, have been translated into more than 30 languages, and are available in 40 countries. Dugoni also teaches fiction-writing classes and lives in the Seattle area.

Robert Dugoni Awards and Honors

Awards:

• The Cyanide Canary – Washington Post Best Book of the Year (2004)
• My Sister’s Grave – Nancy Pearl Award for Fiction (2015)
• The 7th Canon – Friends of Mystery Spotted Owl Award (2017)
• The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell – Suspense Magazine Book of the Year (2018)
• The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell – AudioFile Earphones Award (2018)
• AudioFile Earphones Award (for the narration of The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell) (2018)
• The Eighth Sister – Friends of Mystery Spotted Owl Award (2020)
• The Last Agent – Friends of Mystery Spotted Owl Award (2021)
• The Silent Sisters – Friends of Mystery Spotted Owl Award (2023)
• A Killing on the Hill – Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award for Best Historical (2025)

Nominations and Shortlists:

• Murder One – Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction (2012)
• My Sister’s Grave – International Thriller Writer Best Paperback (2015)
• In the Clearing – International Thriller Writer Best Paperback (2017)
• The 7th Canon – Edgar Award Best Paperback original (2017)
• Her Deadly Game – International Thriller Writer Best Hardcover (2024)
• A Killing on the Hill – Lefty Awards for Best Historical Mystery (2025)
• A Dead Draw – CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (2026)

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