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Browse Ken Bruen stories linked with Allison Brennan, including anthology notes, reading context, summaries, and quick guidance on where the crossover fits.

Last updated: July 2, 2026

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Original Sin

by Allison Brennan

2000

Demon hunter Moira O'Donnell tracks her black-witch mother to a California town sliding toward hell. With the Seven Deadly Sins breaking loose, she and Rafe Cooper may be the last people standing between the living world and catastrophe.

The Prey

by Allison Brennan

2005

Former FBI agent Rowan Smith thinks her darkest days are behind her until murders begin copying scenes from her own novel. To stop a killer turning fiction into reality, she has to revisit the past she tried to outrun.

The Hunt

by Allison Brennan

2006

Miranda Moore survived a serial killer once, but fresh murders suggest he may still be out there. When another woman vanishes, Miranda is forced back into a hunt she has feared for years.

The Kill

by Allison Brennan

2006

FBI scientist Olivia St. Martin is shattered when new evidence suggests the wrong man was convicted for her sister's murder. Chasing the truth means admitting a killer may have been free for decades.

Fear No Evil

by Allison Brennan

2007

Teenager Lucy Kincaid is targeted by an online predator planning a live execution for the internet. FBI agent Kate Donovan and Dillon Kincaid have almost no time to find her before the nightmare goes public.

See No Evil

by Allison Brennan

2007

Julia Chandler refuses to believe her niece murdered her stepfather, even when the evidence looks awful. Teaming up with Connor Kincaid, she uncovers online rage, buried crimes, and a vigilante who has made fantasy lethal.

Speak No Evil

by Allison Brennan

2007

Detective Carina Kincaid investigates the vile murder of Angie Vance, but the case points straight at the sheriff's brother. As more women die, Carina and Nick Thomas race to stop a killer who wants the pain to feel personal.

What You Can't See

by Allison Brennan

2007

This paranormal anthology includes Brennan's prequel novella Deliver Us From Evil. It is a good way to sample the darker supernatural side of her fiction in a short, high-pressure format.

Killing Fear

by Allison Brennan

2008

A killer who once vowed revenge is suddenly free again, and Robin McKenna is at the top of his list. Detective Will Hooper has to protect the woman he once failed while the body count climbs.

Playing Dead

by Allison Brennan

2008

Wrongly condemned ex-cop Tom O'Brien escapes death row determined to prove he was framed. But to do it, he must convince the daughter whose testimony helped bury him that the real killer is still out there.

Tempting Evil

by Allison Brennan

2008

A Montana blizzard traps Joanna Sutton in a widening nightmare of stranded children, escaped convicts, and murder. With help far away, survival depends on seeing the threat before it strikes again.

Time of the Green

by Ken Bruen

2008

A short, sharp Irish crime tale about a desperate scheme that starts badly and only gets worse. Bruen packs greed, bad luck, and a mean little twist into a very small space.

Cutting Edge

by Allison Brennan

2009

A biotech fire looks like extremist sabotage until the victim's body reveals a different kind of murder. Nora English and Duke Rogan have to untangle terrorism, technology, and a killer hiding inside the chaos.

Fatal Secrets

by Allison Brennan

2009

ICE agent Sonia Knight thinks she is close to bringing down a human-trafficking network until an FBI operation wrecks her case. Forced to work with Dean Hooper, she learns the real predator behind it all is even worse.

Sudden Death

by Allison Brennan

2009

FBI agent Megan Elliott and soldier-for-hire Jack Kincaid follow separate trails into a nationwide spree of torture murders. Their uneasy alliance turns urgent when the killers' real target comes into focus.

Carnal Sin

by Allison Brennan

2010

Moira O'Donnell heads to Los Angeles when fresh bodies suggest another deadly sin has been unleashed. As Lust turns the city into a supernatural battleground, Moira and Rafe Cooper are forced deeper into the war.

Ghostly Justice

by Allison Brennan

2010

Moira O'Donnell and Rafe Cooper are pulled into a case involving a virgin sacrificed to an ancient blood demon. It is a short, nasty Seven Deadly Sins story with dark magic and very personal danger.

Love Me to Death

by Allison Brennan

2010

Lucy Kincaid hunts online predators as part of a victim-rights group, then learns those same men are turning up dead. To clear her name and stop a vigilante, she teams with security expert Sean Rogan.

If I Should Die

by Allison Brennan

2011

A romantic getaway turns rotten when Lucy Kincaid and Sean Rogan stumble into vandalism, arson, and a hidden corpse in the Adirondacks. The deeper they dig into Spruce Lake, the deadlier the secrets become.

Kiss Me, Kill Me

by Allison Brennan

2011

Lucy Kincaid helps Sean Rogan search for a missing teenage girl, only to collide with an FBI hunt for the Cinderella Strangler. Saving one victim may mean stepping straight into a serial killer's path.

Love is Murder

by Allison Brennan

2011

This anthology includes Brennan's Lucy Kincaid novella Vacation Interrupted. For Lucy, a quiet trip gives way to murder, isolation, and a killer hiding among honeymooners.

Killing Justice

by Allison Brennan

2012

This collection gathers three River City suspense stories built around grief, politics, sex crimes, and revenge. Short, fast, and sharply plotted, it shows Brennan's city-based mysteries in compact form.

Murder in the River City

by Allison Brennan

2012

When the longtime bartender at Dooley's Pub is murdered, Shauna Murphy is sure the killer is closer than the police think. Working with Detective Sam Garcia means reopening old wounds and chasing a second murder as well.

Silenced

by Allison Brennan

2012

Before joining the FBI, Lucy Kincaid investigates the murder of a call girl tied to a congressman. The case pulls her into a Washington sex scandal and a killer who stays one step ahead.

Stalked

by Allison Brennan

2012

At Quantico, Lucy Kincaid is still learning the job when a murder tied to her past shakes the FBI. Soon she fears the real threat is not outside the Bureau, but watching her from inside.

36 Hours

by Allison Brennan

2013

A standalone suspense novella built around a brutal deadline and very little room for error. Brennan keeps the pressure high as danger closes in hour by hour.

Cold Snap

by Allison Brennan

2013

A family Christmas is thrown into chaos by missing witnesses, a blizzard, gunfire, and old enemies. With the Kincaids scattered and vulnerable, the holiday turns into a race to keep everyone alive.

Crash and Burn

by Allison Brennan

2013

Scarlet Moreno is juggling routine PI work when a bartender friend becomes a murder suspect. To clear his name, she tangles with Detective Alex Bishop and digs into a case that could cost her license and her life.

Reckless

by Allison Brennan

2013

A weekend camping trip turns deadly when Lucy Kincaid and Sean Rogan meet desperate parents searching for a missing child. Both quickly realize the story they are being told is not the truth.

Stolen

by Allison Brennan

2013

Lucy Kincaid is pulled into a kidnapping case where lies, fear, and divided loyalties muddy every lead. The search turns dangerous fast, and failure means another victim may disappear for good.

Dead Heat

by Allison Brennan

2014

Lucy Kincaid joins a violent-crimes task force in Texas and stumbles into a case involving murder, trafficking, and children hidden by cartel-connected predators. To finish it, she may have to break the rules herself.

Hit and Run

by Allison Brennan

2014

Moreno and Hart split up on two dangerous cases, a cop framed for killing his girlfriend and a Laguna Beach housewife's murky murder. Both trails point toward people willing to kill again to keep the truth buried.

Maximum Exposure

by Allison Brennan

2014

This Max Revere prequel shows the future cold-case reporter early in her rise, taking on a case that helps launch her public career. It is a sharp first look at her nerve, instincts, and refusal to back down.

Mortal Sin

by Allison Brennan

2014

Moira O'Donnell and Rafe Cooper are pushed into the final stage of their war against black magic and the Seven Deadly Sins. The fight turns deeply personal as old enemies and supernatural forces close in.

Notorious

by Allison Brennan

2014

Cold-case reporter Max Revere comes home for a funeral and is pulled back into two old murders, one tied to her dead best friend, another to her former school. The search forces her to reopen wounds her family would rather ignore.

Aim to Kill

by Allison Brennan

2015

Disgraced former cop Alexandra Morgan saves California's lieutenant governor from a shooting and ends up inside a deeper conspiracy. Going undercover again means facing old enemies without a badge or a safety net.

Best Laid Plans

by Allison Brennan

2015

New FBI agent Lucy Kincaid investigates the death of a congresswoman's husband and hunts the missing teenage prostitute who last saw him alive. The case opens into blackmail, corruption, and a killer working a much bigger plan.

Compulsion

by Allison Brennan

2015

Max Revere suspects a convicted New York killer did not act alone, and her theory may connect to another vanished couple. The more she pulls at the case, the more she seems to be walking into a trap built just for her.

Frosted

by Allison Brennan

2015

Krista Hart reluctantly agrees to protect her actor ex-husband at a mountain resort when he claims someone is stalking him. What looks like a publicity ploy turns into a locked-in case with very real stakes.

No Good Deed

by Allison Brennan

2015

A jailed DEA agent escapes in spectacular fashion, and Lucy Kincaid becomes both the key witness and the perfect target. To stop her enemy's revenge game, Lucy has to protect the people she loves most.

Lost and Found

by Allison Brennan

2016

Scarlet finally gets a lead on the old shooting that ended her police career, but the witness she needs has disappeared. As Krista tracks that missing link, both women uncover a conspiracy that wants them silenced for good.

Poisonous

by Allison Brennan

2016

Max Revere is drawn to a cold case after a heartbroken young man begs her to look into his step-sister's death. What looked like an accident, suicide, or sad mistake starts to look much more deliberate.

The Lost Girls

by Allison Brennan

2016

A baby abandoned in Texas may be the only clue to two sisters who vanished in Mexico. Lucy Kincaid follows the trail into trafficking, deceit, and a case that collides with Sean Rogan's own family crisis.

Deliver Us From Evil

by Allison Brennan

2017

This prequel novella introduces Moira O'Donnell before the main Seven Deadly Sins novels. Murder, black magic, and a first brush with deeper evil set the tone for everything that follows.

Make Them Pay

by Allison Brennan

2017

Two weeks before her wedding, Lucy Kincaid welcomes Sean Rogan's estranged sister into their home and into a case involving illegal adoptions. Family secrets and old grudges soon put everyone she loves in danger.

Shattered

by Allison Brennan

2017

When a friend begs Max Revere to help clear his wife in a child's murder case, she finds eerie links to three older abductions. Teaming with Lucy Kincaid may be the only way to stop a killer still hunting.

Two to Die For

by Allison Brennan

2017

This double novella pairs Lucy and Sean's honeymoon mystery with a Max Revere cold case set in a retirement community. Both stories are short, clever, and built around trouble hiding in plain sight.

Abandoned

by Allison Brennan

2018

Max Revere finally takes on the mystery she has avoided for years, what happened to the mother who abandoned her and later vanished. One clue sends Max to a Chesapeake Bay town full of lies and dangerous history.

Breaking Point

by Allison Brennan

2018

When Bella Caruso disappears while working undercover in a prostitution ring, Lucy Kincaid joins a desperate search. Finding Bella means going into the dark places she herself refuses to leave.

Too Far Gone

by Allison Brennan

2018

A hostage incident, a vanished scientist, and a car attack on Lucy Kincaid's family turn into one tangled case. The deeper Lucy and Sean dig, the clearer it becomes that nothing about the situation is what it first seemed.

Vacation Interrupted

by Allison Brennan

2018

Lucy Kincaid and Sean Rogan rescue a drowning groom on what should have been a quiet island trip. Then his military-trained ex-girlfriend arrives, and the vacation turns into a chase to stop a murder.

Nothing to Hide

by Allison Brennan

2019

Three murdered husbands with seemingly perfect lives leave Lucy Kincaid chasing a message she cannot yet read. The widows keep lying, and the case grows darker the closer she gets.

Storm Warning

by Allison Brennan

2019

Lucy Kincaid and Nate Dunning are already fighting brutal weather when two prisoners escape and take a child hostage. With roads flooding and time running out, every mile becomes a test of survival.

Cold as Ice

by Allison Brennan

2020

Psychopath Elise Hunt is finally free, and her revenge starts with Sean Rogan being arrested for murder. As Lucy Kincaid's circle comes under attack from every side, she has to find the real mastermind fast.

Cut and Run

by Allison Brennan

2020

A storm uncovers the remains of a family long assumed to have fled prosecution, but one child is still missing. Lucy Kincaid and Nate Dunning reopen the old case and find a present-day danger waiting inside it.

No Way Out

by Allison Brennan

2020

On the eve of a family wedding, Sean Rogan and his brother Kane vanish, and Lucy Kincaid is forced into the search. Someone wants a missing girl found, and they are ready to kill for the answer.

The Third to Die

by Allison Brennan

2020

Detective Kara Quinn finds the first victim in a new cycle of murders linked to the elusive Triple Killer. With FBI agent Matt Costa, she has just days to stop the next deaths in the pattern.

A Deeper Fear

by Allison Brennan

2021

A conference trip to Sacramento goes wrong when Sean Rogan disappears and a drone operator is found barely alive. Lucy Kincaid has to untangle what the victim saw before the attackers finish the job.

Mirror Mirror

by Allison Brennan

2021

Detective Jackie Regan sees a little too much of herself in a troubled family and worries her own sister is living with hidden abuse. The closer she gets to the truth, the more dangerous her instincts become.

Tell No Lies

by Allison Brennan

2021

A murdered college activist and poisoned wildlife pull Kara Quinn and Matt Costa into a desert town with secrets to spare. What begins as an environmental case opens into trafficking, greed, and more death.

The Sorority Murder

by Allison Brennan

2021

Lucas Vega cannot let go of Candace Swain, the young woman who left a sorority party and never came home. As Regan Merritt helps him dig, the cold case exposes secrets Candace's friends would rather keep buried.

The Wrong Victim

by Allison Brennan

2022

A sunset cruise in the San Juan Islands explodes, killing everyone on board and leaving Kara Quinn and Matt Costa with no easy answers. Terrorism is only one possibility, and the real target may already be dead.

Don't Open the Door

by Allison Brennan

2023

Former US Marshal Regan Merritt cannot ignore a voicemail claiming there is new evidence in her son's murder. When the caller is killed before they can meet, Regan is pulled back into the case that destroyed her life.

North of Nowhere

by Allison Brennan

2023

After years in hiding, siblings Kristin and Ryan McIntyre learn their crime-family father has found them in a remote Montana town. With a storm and old secrets closing in, the wrong rescuer could get them killed.

Seven Girls Gone

by Allison Brennan

2023

Women have been disappearing for years in a Louisiana bayou town where corruption is thick and witnesses do not stay alive. Kara Quinn and the Mobile Response Team have to crack the silence before the next body turns up.

Into the Fire

by Allison Brennan

2024

Newly certified PI Margo Angelhart takes a murder case that seems too messy for a beginner and too important to refuse. The novella is a strong first look at her instincts, independence, and family baggage.

The Missing Witness

by Allison Brennan

2024

Back in Los Angeles to testify against a trafficker, Kara Quinn watches the case explode when the accused is shot in public and a key witness vanishes. Finding her becomes a race against corruption and murder.

You'll Never Find Me

by Allison Brennan

2024

Private investigator Margo Angelhart is forced back into business with her estranged family when her cheating-spouse case overlaps with their corporate investigation. Solving it may also mean facing the secret tearing the Angelharts apart.

Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds

by Allison Brennan

2025

Mia Crawford goes to a private island hoping for a quiet reset and finds a mystery in the margins of an old book instead. Following the clues may help solve a disappearance, or make her the next target.

Don't Say a Word

by Allison Brennan

2025

Margo Angelhart takes what seems like a simple case, proving whether a teenager really died of an overdose. Instead she finds a cover-up, a dead teacher, and a dangerous drug ring threading through a school.

Out of the Shadows

by Allison Brennan

2025

When Logan Monroe's sister is run off the road and her house is broken into, the Angelharts step in to protect her family. What looks like intimidation quickly opens into disappearance and murder.

See How They Hide

by Allison Brennan

2025

Two victims are murdered at the same time in the same grisly way, one in Oregon and one in Virginia. Kara Quinn and Matt Costa follow the link to Havenwood, a beautiful community with a terrifying past.

New

I'll Be Watching You

by Allison Brennan

2026

A nurse with information about Cooper Angelhart's old case reaches out, then turns up murdered. Margo and her family finally get a real lead, but following it drags them into a deadly conspiracy.

New

Make It Out Alive

by Allison Brennan

2026

Kara Quinn and Matt Costa use Kara as bait to catch a killer targeting honeymooning women at a Florida resort. The trap works, then collapses when they vanish into a second, deadlier plan.

New

Whisper Creek

by Allison Brennan

2026

Widowed farmer Ellen McKenna is already fighting weather, money, and pressure to sell when a storm exposes violence in her rural Texas valley. Protecting her land means protecting her children from human predators, too.

Coming Soon

One Last Warning

by Allison Brennan

2027

A forthcoming Quinn and Costa thriller. Expect another hard-running investigation for Kara Quinn, Matt Costa, and the Mobile Response Team, with danger closing in fast.

Where should I start?

If you want her original romantic suspense: The PreyThe HuntThe Kill
If you want the long-running Lucy Kincaid arc: Love Me to DeathKiss Me, Kill MeIf I Should Die
If you want modern FBI team thrillers: The Third to DieTell No LiesThe Wrong Victim
If you want private investigators and family drama: You’ll Never Find MeDon’t Say a WordI’ll Be Watching You

Author bio

Allison Brennan grew up in Northern California and was born in San Carlos, but writing was not her first straight-line career. She attended UC Santa Cruz for two years, then spent a while figuring life out through a long list of jobs, including bartending, campaign work, graphic design, administrative work, and waitressing. Eventually she landed in the California State Legislature, where she worked as a consultant for thirteen years.

Then she bet on herself.

After selling her first novel, Brennan left the legislature in 2005 and started writing full time. Her debut, The Prey, was published in January 2006 and won Borders Books' bestselling debut author award. From there she built momentum quickly, writing fast-moving suspense novels that mixed violent crime, emotional fallout, and a strong pull toward justice.

She has never seemed interested in staying in one lane. Some readers first meet her through the early romantic suspense books, while others come in through the supernatural turn of Original Sin. Her longest-running work centers on Lucy Kincaid, a survivor who grows into an investigator and then an FBI agent. If you want a quick sense of Brennan's range, Love Me to Death, Notorious, The Third to Die, and You’ll Never Find Me each show a slightly different version of what she does well: danger, family pressure, and people chasing the truth when it would be easier to walk away.

Justice matters in her books.

Her stories often circle back to missing persons, old crimes, trafficking, corruption, internet predators, and the long shadow violence casts over families. She likes investigators, reporters, private eyes, soldiers, and ordinary people pushed too far. Even when the setup is big, the engine is usually personal. A sister wants answers. A survivor refuses to stay scared. A family secret refuses to stay buried.

That restless streak has shaped the series, too. The Lucy Kincaid books follow Lucy from a traumatized young woman to a seasoned federal agent, with Sean Rogan and the wider Kincaid family close at hand. The Max Revere novels shift into cold-case territory through an investigative reporter with money, nerve, and no patience for lies. The Quinn and Costa thrillers widen the frame into a mobile FBI team. More recently, the Arizona-based Angelhart books focus on a family of private investigators, which feels like a natural fit for Brennan's interest in loyalty, grudges, and unfinished business.

Brennan is also known for doing her homework. Over the years she has gone through the FBI Citizens Academy, toured Quantico, visited a morgue, watched an autopsy, taken part in FBI SWAT scenarios, gone on police ride-alongs, and visited Folsom State Prison. That research shows up in the books as texture rather than showy detail, which is probably why the danger tends to feel close and practical.

In 2019, after her third child graduated from high school, Brennan and her family moved to Arizona. She lives there with her husband, assorted pets, and the newer perspective that comes with being an almost empty nester and a grandmother. By September 2025 she had published her 50th book, which says a lot about her work ethic, but maybe not as much as this does: she still seems interested in the next case, the next problem, and the next way to keep herself, and her readers, from getting bored.

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