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Emma Griffin FBI Mysteries Books in Order

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See every Emma Griffin FBI Mysteries book by AJ Rivers in order, with plot summaries, series background and simple guidance on the best place to start.

Last updated: December 23, 2025

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21 books

1

The Girl in Apartment 9

by AJ Rivers

2022

When a college student and mental health advocate vanishes from her off campus apartment, Emma agrees to help the worried neighbor who comes to her door. Digging into Sydney Parker’s polished image, she uncovers hidden pressures, secrets, and a string of deaths around the campus.

2

The Girl and the Twisted End

by AJ Rivers

2022

Old investigations collide as Emma races to solve the murder of Marie and the disappearance of a girl named Miley. Corruption, buried motives, and long running grudges close in, pushing her toward a final, twisting confrontation that could shatter the life she has built.

3

The Girl and the Last Sleepover

by AJ Rivers

2022

Years after a sleepover fire supposedly killed three girls and their parents, Emma Griffin and her cousin Dean reopen the case while searching for an undercover FBI agent who vanished, uncovering chilling links between the burned house and a trail of new bodies.

4

The Girl and the 7 Deadly Sins

by AJ Rivers

2022

Emma is called to a shocking crime scene where victims are tagged with the seven deadly sins, yet their lives do not match the labels. As more bodies appear, she must decode strange symbols and motives before the killer turns the game on her.

5

The Girl in the Woods

by AJ Rivers

2021

A honeymoon interrupted by a disturbing phone call drags Emma into a case involving a woman found frozen in the snow. To stop further killings, she must consider clearing the name of a man she loathes and decide how much justice is worth.

6

The Girl and the Unlucky 13

by AJ Rivers

2021

After the Arrow Lake case, Emma and Dean take on the five year old disappearance of Ashley Stevenson. When the girl suddenly reappears and human remains are found nearby, colliding stories and lies force Emma to rethink everything she believed about lucky and unlucky survivors.

7

The Girl and the Silent Night

by AJ Rivers

2021

Asked to consult on a TV show based on one of her old cases, Emma finds the death of Lakyn Monroe back in the spotlight just as the holidays begin. Balancing a missing cousin and a shadowy enemy, she fights to keep this Christmas from ending in silence and bloodshed.

8

The Girl and the Midnight Murder

by AJ Rivers

2021

When a young woman collapses and dies after what looks like an ordinary late night dinner, Emma suspects a carefully planned murder. Digging into a tight circle of sorority sisters, she uncovers grudges, jealousies, and a method of killing that hides in plain sight.

9

The Girl and the Dragon's Island

by AJ Rivers

2021

Emma returns to storm swept Dragon’s Island to finally learn what happened to her ex boyfriend Greg during his missing years. Following new bodies and old clues along the shore, she discovers how his secrets are tied to the wider web of cases surrounding her.

10

The Girl and the Cursed Lake

by AJ Rivers

2021

Emma joins Dean at an abandoned mountain campground infamous for disappearances and ghost stories. As they investigate new evidence from his darkest night there, they sift through superstition and staged scares to find the very human threat turning the lake into a place of terror.

11

The Girl That Vanished

by AJ Rivers

2020

Planning a much needed break after the horrors of Feathered Nest, Emma is called home by Sheriff Sam when a ten year old camper disappears and another girl soon follows. As mysterious packages arrive on her birthday, she realizes someone in Sherwood is watching her every move.

12

The Girl Next Door

by AJ Rivers

2020

In sleepy Sherwood, Emma befriends a troubled young neighbor, then wakes one night to see a strangling silhouette behind the girl’s curtains. When no one else remembers the tenant, Emma must prove a murder happened while wondering whether she is being carefully gaslit.

13

The Girl in the Manor

by AJ Rivers

2020

When Everly Zara is found dead inside an old manor, Emma quickly links the case to a child’s earlier death connected to the house. As she uncovers Everly’s hidden history and the estate’s darkest stories, Emma begins to question her own grip on reality.

14

The Girl and the Secret Society

by AJ Rivers

2020

Emma agrees to help her cousin Dean with the high profile disappearance of internet star Lakyn Monroe. Their search reveals a string of murders and missing persons tied to a powerful secret society and a condemned man who may know far more than anyone believes.

15

The Girl and the Hunt

by AJ Rivers

2020

Still haunted by the blood on the train, Emma returns to Feathered Nest to chase the taunting killer who challenges her to catch him. Revisiting Cabin 13 and old evidence, she pulls on threads that unravel what she thought she knew about her parents, Greg, and herself.

16

The Girl and the Field of Bones

by AJ Rivers

2020

Still reeling from what she witnessed inside the Order’s hidden temple, Emma is drawn to a remote field where bodies are buried beneath the soil. As new deaths strike close to home, she must expose the group’s leaders before the maze of lies closes over everyone.

17

The Girl and the Deadly Express

by AJ Rivers

2020

A cryptic letter lures Emma onto an overnight train cutting through a fierce storm. After she finds a corpse and a warning not to stop the train, she is drawn into a deadly game where every car hides secrets connected to her family’s past.

18

The Girl and the Deadly End

by AJ Rivers

2020

Guarding a recovering Greg while the figure known as Catch Me escalates his threats, Emma digs into new leads that point back to Dean and her uncle. Small town secrets, hidden files, and personal betrayals converge, forcing her to face the true cost of getting every answer.

19

The Girl and the Black Christmas

by AJ Rivers

2020

Emma’s quiet holiday plans shatter when a package containing a severed hand is left on her doorstep. Forced to revisit the darkest corners of her past, she races between Sherwood and Feathered Nest to stop a vengeful enemy from turning Christmas into a brutal reckoning.

20

Dangerous Waters

by AJ Rivers

2020

Hoping a luxury island resort will help her recover from her ex boyfriend’s mysterious death, Emma accepts a surprise getaway with friends. When a body is found in the water and young women start disappearing, she uncovers the resort’s darker side and risks becoming the next target.

21

The Girl in Cabin 13

by AJ Rivers

2019

Sent undercover to the town of Feathered Nest to investigate a string of disappearances, Emma finds a dead man on her cabin porch with her name in his hand. As she digs into the town’s secrets, every clue drags her closer to her own unsolved past.

Series background & context

The Emma Griffin FBI Mysteries follow an agent who is always being pulled back to quiet places where terrible things have happened. Each investigation starts as a single case, then slowly chips away at what Emma thinks she knows about her own life.

As a child, Emma lost her mother to a brutal murder and watched her father and boyfriend vanish without answers. Those losses pushed her toward the FBI, where she uses her skills to speak for victims who can not speak for themselves. Underneath every new file she takes, there is a personal question she has been asking since she was eleven: why did this happen, and who is really responsible?

The series opens with The Girl in Cabin 13, where Emma goes undercover in the isolated town of Feathered Nest to look into a string of disappearances. A body on her porch with her name in the victim’s hand turns the case into something much more personal. Follow up books like The Girl That Vanished, The Girl in the Manor, and The Girl Next Door keep her bouncing between Feathered Nest, her hometown of Sherwood, and other small communities that all seem to be hiding their own ghosts.

Over time, the mysteries widen into a larger web. Emma finds evidence of a secretive organization sometimes called the Order, faces a taunting figure who seems to know everything about her past, and uncovers old crimes that link back to the tragedies in her family. Books such as The Girl and the Deadly Express, The Girl and the Hunt, and The Girl and the Field of Bones deal directly with these threads, mixing locked room puzzles, cult like rituals, and long buried graves.

She is not alone in all of this. Sheriff Sam Johnson, private investigator Dean Steele, tech savvy Xavier, and friends like Bellamy form a makeshift family around her. Their own backstories spill into the plots, so a case that starts with a single victim often ends up testing loyalty, love, and what each person is willing to sacrifice. The emotional stakes rise alongside the body count.

Each novel gives you a complete mystery with a beginning, middle, and end, but clues from one book often matter later. You can dip in almost anywhere, yet starting with The Girl in Cabin 13 lets you watch Emma change from a closed off loner into someone who has more to lose. The tone leans toward psychological suspense rather than pure gore, with plenty of twists, cliffhangers, and scenes that feel like late night crime shows set in friendly looking neighborhoods.

If you like FBI stories that feel like eerie hometown legends, this is the series to settle into.

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All 21 Emma Griffin FBI Mysteries Books in Order (2026)