Brandon Fisher FBI Books in Order
Part ofCarolyn Arnold Books in OrderBrowse the Brandon Fisher FBI books in order by Carolyn Arnold, with summaries, series background, and tips on where to start reading.
Last updated: June 6, 2026
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Publication Order
9 books
One More Kill
by Carolyn Arnold
2021
A couple is found murdered in rural Arkansas, their bodies marked with a predator's signature. Brandon Fisher and the BAU must stop a serial killer who lets victims run before hunting them down.
Past Deeds
by Carolyn Arnold
2020
A sniper killing near Washington, D.C., sends Brandon Fisher's team after a methodical shooter tied to similar crimes across the country. As the profile sharpens, the threat turns personal.
On the Count of Three
by Carolyn Arnold
2018
A missing woman in Miami resembles two earlier victims, and Brandon Fisher fears the same predator is back. The BAU must outthink a serial killer who is escalating fast.
Remnants
by Carolyn Arnold
2017
Dismembered remains in the Little Ogeechee River point to three victims and no easy answers. Brandon Fisher must build a case without names while the killer keeps adding to the horror.
Violated
by Carolyn Arnold
2016
A brutal motel-room murder seems personal when the victim is tied to Brandon's teammate Paige Dawson. But as the BAU digs deeper, they realize a serial killer is using the case as cover.
Eleven
by Carolyn Arnold
2016
On Brandon Fisher's first BAU case, ten bodies and one empty grave are found beneath a house in Kentucky. He becomes convinced an apprentice killer is still out there, and that he may be next.
Blue Baby
by Carolyn Arnold
2015
A bride posed in a bathtub, ring finger removed, looks like the start of a terrifying ritual. When the same killing happens again, Brandon Fisher hunts a murderer whose obsession is spinning out of control.
The Defenseless
by Carolyn Arnold
2014
A brutal killing in Denver reveals a vigilante murderer targeting men with violent pasts. Brandon Fisher and his team race to stop the pattern before the body count rises again.
Silent Graves
by Carolyn Arnold
2014
A decomposing body in a field leads Brandon Fisher and the BAU to a far bigger pattern of missing women along I-95. They are not chasing one murder, but a serial killer with a trap waiting.
Series background & context
The Brandon Fisher FBI series is Carolyn Arnold's darker, more psychological crime line. These books follow Special Agent Brandon Fisher and the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit as they track serial killers across the United States. The team is based in Quantico, Virginia, but the cases send them everywhere, from small towns to major cities, and each new stop brings a fresh trail of violence to read.
This is a series for readers who like profiling, patterns, signatures, and the uncomfortable feeling that the killer is always one step ahead. Eleven begins with a bunker full of graves and sets the tone right away: these are fast, grim investigations where the evidence is disturbing and the stakes rise quickly. Later books like Blue Baby, Remnants, and One More Kill keep that pressure on with killers who are theatrical, brutal, and hard to predict.
Brandon himself is an interesting center for all that darkness. He is not written as an untouchable action hero. He is thoughtful, human, and sometimes visibly affected by the scenes he walks into. That vulnerability gives the series some balance. Around him is a team of experienced agents, and part of the appeal is watching how those personalities push, support, and challenge one another as the cases get worse.
This series goes darker.
Even so, the books are not only about shock. What carries them is the investigation. Arnold builds each case around motive, opportunity, victimology, and behavioral detail, so the stories feel like more than a parade of grisly scenes. The BAU angle also means readers get the wider picture, not just who died, but what kind of person would do this, why they started, and what they might do next.
If Madison Knight feels like a street-level police procedural, Brandon Fisher feels like the national version, bigger territory, stranger offenders, more overt psychological tension. The books can be read one at a time, but starting with Eleven gives you Brandon at the beginning of his FBI path and lets the team dynamic build naturally from there.
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