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Start with Eeny Meeny and continue through all 12 books in the listed reading order.
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Book 1 by MJ Arlidge • Published 2014
Pairs of strangers are abducted, imprisoned and given one terrible choice, kill the other or die together. As more survivors stagger out of captivity, DI Helen Grace races to spot the link between them before the sadi...
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Helen Grace reading order
Ends with Truth or Dare
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Book 1:Eeny Meeny
MJ Arlidge • 2014
Pairs of strangers are abducted, imprisoned and given one terrible choice, kill the other or die together. As more survivors stagger out of captivity, DI Helen Grace races to spot the link between them before the sadi...
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Book 2:Pop Goes the Weasel
MJ Arlidge • 2014
A killer is stalking Southampton's red light district, luring cheating husbands to secret meetings then carving out their hearts and sending grisly tokens home. DI Helen Grace must untangle the men's double lives whil...
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Book 3:The Doll's House
MJ Arlidge • 2015
Ruby wakes in a locked cellar with no memory of how she got there, only a captor who insists nobody is looking for her. When a long buried body surfaces and is traced to a woman still texting home, DI Helen Grace real...
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Book 4:Liar Liar
MJ Arlidge • 2015
One night of carefully timed fires leaves homes and businesses in ruins and families dead across Southampton. As fresh blazes erupt, DI Helen Grace hunts a calculating arsonist whose motives stay hidden even as her te...
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Book 5:Little Boy Blue
MJ Arlidge • 2016 • 1 recommendation
When a body is found in a Southampton fetish club, DI Helen Grace hides a devastating secret, the victim was her own dominator. As more people linked to her private life die, she must investigate in the shadows while...
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Book 6:No Way Back
MJ Arlidge • 2016
Fifteen year old Jodie arrives at yet another children's home, hoping it will finally be safe. Instead she uncovers a web of cruelty and exploitation that adults refuse to see, forcing her to decide how far she will g...
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Book 7:Hide and Seek
MJ Arlidge • 2016
Framed for murder and locked inside a crumbling women's prison, DI Helen Grace now lives among the killers she once caught. When inmates start dying in their locked cells, she has to hunt a predator from behind bars b...
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Book 8:Running Blind
MJ Arlidge • 2017
Newly minted police recruit Helen Grace attends what looks like a simple hit and run when a man is struck crossing a busy road. Her instincts tell her he was running from something far worse, pulling her toward a hidd...
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Book 9:Love Me Not
MJ Arlidge • 2017
At dawn Helen Grace finds a woman shot dead on a quiet country road; hours later a shopkeeper is murdered in a daylight hold up. As two young killers tear across Southampton on a single day of violence, Helen races to...
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Book 10:Down to the Woods
MJ Arlidge • 2018
A camping trip in the New Forest ends with Tom Campbell hunted through the trees by a masked figure and left displayed after a brutal killing. When more victims vanish among the pines, Helen Grace must track a predato...
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Book 11:All Fall Down
MJ Arlidge • 2020
Random people receive a chilling phone call telling them they have one hour to live, and the threat proves real. As the body count climbs, DI Helen Grace uncovers a link to a group who once survived a shared nightmare...
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Book 12:Truth or Dare
MJ Arlidge • 2021
An arson attack at the docks, a lethal carjacking, a hammer murder in a country park, each crime looks senseless and unconnected. As the city buckles under a wave of violence, Helen Grace realises someone is orchestra...
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What is the best order to read the Helen Grace series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with Eeny Meeny.
How many books are in the Helen Grace series?
There are 12 books currently listed in the Helen Grace series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Helen Grace series?
New readers should start with Eeny Meeny, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Helen Grace series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 2014 to 2021.