Murderville Books in Order

The Murderville trilogy is one of Ashley Antoinette and JaQuavis Coleman’s most ambitious works, stretching from war‑torn African villages to American inner cities in a sweeping tale of love, human trafficking, and revenge. It blends the intimacy of a romance with the scope of an international crime thriller.

The series begins with two children whose lives are shattered by violence and betrayal. Torn from their home and sold into a brutal underworld, they survive by clinging to each other and dreaming of escape. When fate finally brings them to the United States, the streets feel like freedom at first—but the game they enter is just another kind of cage.

Across the books, Ashley and JaQuavis explore how trauma shapes people in radically different ways. Some characters become predators, others become protectors, and many switch roles depending on which side of the gun they are standing on. Loyalty is everything, but even the purest intentions can be twisted by greed and fear.

In The Epidemic, the second installment, the stakes rise as violence spreads like a virus through their world, leaving bodies and broken hearts in its wake. By the time readers reach The Black Dahlia, the focus shifts to a woman whose bloody ascent to power forces the men around her to reconsider just who, exactly, is running things.

Murderville is unflinching in its depiction of exploitation and corruption, but it never loses sight of its core love story. The question that hangs over every chapter is whether love forged in extreme conditions can survive once money, power, and vengeance enter the equation. For readers who want a darker, more global take on Ashley’s usual blend of street lit and romance, this series delivers.