By the River's Edge: A True Story of Identity and Serial Murder
nonfiction · First published 2026
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Author guide
Gregg Olsen Books in Order
Gregg Olsen is an American journalist and bestselling author known for narrative true crime and crime thrillers. His nonfiction includes Abandoned Prayers, Starvation Heights, If You Tell, The Amish Wife, Out of the Woods, and By the River's Edge. His fiction includes the Waterman and Stark, Port Gamble, Vengeance, Nicole Foster, and Megan Carpenter series.
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If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
A representative and widely recognized entry point into Olsen's true-crime nonfiction.
A Wicked Snow
A standalone thriller that introduces Olsen's crime-fiction style without requiring series context.
Snow Creek
The first book in the Detective Megan Carpenter series.
Read in order
Books by series
fiction-series · complete
Emily Kenyon
A crime-thriller series featuring Sheriff’s Detective Emily Kenyon.
young-adult-fiction-series · complete
Empty Coffin (Port Gamble Chronicles)
A young adult crime series set in Port Gamble, Washington, featuring twins Hayley and Taylor Ryan.
fiction-series · complete
Waterman and Stark
A crime-thriller series featuring forensic pathologist Birdy Waterman and Detective Kendall Stark.
- 1
Victim SixAmazon ↗Book 1 · novel · 2010
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Closer Than BloodAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2011
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The Bone BoxAmazon ↗Book 3 · novella · 2012 Optional
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The Girl in the WoodsAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 2014
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Now That She's GoneAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 2015
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Just Try to Stop MeAmazon ↗Book 6 · novel · 2016
young-adult-fiction-series · complete
Vengeance Club
A young adult thriller series featuring Rylee Cassidy.
fiction-series · complete
Detective Megan Carpenter
A police-procedural thriller series featuring Detective Megan Carpenter.
nonfiction-series · ongoing
Notorious USA
A nonfiction true-crime case-file series, including books co-authored by Gregg Olsen and Rebecca Morris.
- 1 Bodies of EvidenceAmazon ↗
Book 1 · nonfiction · 2013
- 2 The Stranger and the World's Bravest Little GirlAmazon ↗
Book 2 · nonfiction · 2013
- 3 The Boy Who Fired the First ShotAmazon ↗
Book 3 · nonfiction · 2013
- 4 The Girl and the Horrors of Howard AvenueAmazon ↗
Book 4 · nonfiction · 2013
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Unnatural CausesAmazon ↗Book 5 · nonfiction · 2014
- 6 The Deadly Daughter-in-LawAmazon ↗
Book 6 · nonfiction · 2014
- 7 Fundamental LoveAmazon ↗
Book 7 · nonfiction · 2014
- 8 Her Lover's WifeAmazon ↗
Book 8 · nonfiction · 2014
- 9 Nightmare at NoonAmazon ↗
Book 9 · nonfiction · 2015
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (23)
- Abandoned Prayers: An Incredible True Story of Murder, Obsession, and Amish SecretsAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1990
- Bitter Almonds: Mothers, Daughters and the Seattle Cyanide MurdersAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1993
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Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific NorthwestAmazon ↗nonfiction · 1997
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The Confessions of an American Black Widow: The Shocking True Story of a Preacher's Wife Turned KillerAmazon ↗nonfiction · 1998
- If Loving You Is Wrong: The Shocking True Story of Mary Kay LetourneauAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1999
- The Deep Dark: Disaster and Redemption in America's Richest Silver MineAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2005
- Mockingbird: A Mother, a Child, a TragedyAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2007
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A Twisted Faith: A Minister's Obsession and the Murder that Destroyed a ChurchAmazon ↗nonfiction · 2010
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If I Can't Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of Her ChildrenAmazon ↗nonfiction · 2014
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A Killing in Amish Country: Sex, Betrayal, and a Cold-Blooded MurderAmazon ↗nonfiction · 2016
- If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of SisterhoodAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2019
- The Amish Wife: Unraveling the Lies, Secrets, and Conspiracy That Let a Killer Go FreeAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2024
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Out of the Woods: A Girl, a Killer, and a Lifelong Struggle to Find the Way HomeAmazon ↗nonfiction · 2025
- By the River's Edge: A True Story of Identity and Serial MurderAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2026
- A Wicked SnowAmazon ↗
novel · 2007
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Fear CollectorAmazon ↗novel · 2013
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Shocking True StoryAmazon ↗novel · 2013
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The Last Thing She Ever DidAmazon ↗novel · 2018
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Lying Next to MeAmazon ↗novel · 2019
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The HiveAmazon ↗novel · 2021
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I Know Where You LiveAmazon ↗novel · 2023
- Murder, I WriteAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2011
- Trapped in the Deep DarkAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2013