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Start with Face of Evil and continue through all 22 books in the listed reading order.
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Start with Face of Evil
Book 1 by Lee Goldberg • Published 2011
Matt Cahill is murdered and wakes up alive again, with no idea why. Drawn toward a new, unnatural threat, he’s forced to fight for answers and survival as he learns the world is darker than he ever imagined.
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Dead Man Lee Goldberg reading order
Ends with Reborn
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Book 1:Face of Evil
Lee Goldberg • 2011
Matt Cahill is murdered and wakes up alive again, with no idea why. Drawn toward a new, unnatural threat, he’s forced to fight for answers and survival as he learns the world is darker than he ever imagined.
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Book 2:Ring of Knives
Lee Goldberg • 2011
A ring of danger tightens around Matt Cahill as he investigates a brutal, blade-edged mystery. Every clue points to a threat that can strike from anywhere, and Matt has to act before the circle closes for good.
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Book 3:Hell In Heaven
Lee Goldberg • 2011
A small town looks peaceful on the surface, but Matt Cahill senses something hellish underneath. When people start dying in impossible ways, he’s forced to uncover what’s hiding there, and why it wants him gone.
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Book 4:The Dead Woman
Lee Goldberg • 2011
Matt Cahill is drawn to a death that doesn’t make sense, and the trail leads to a woman whose secrets won’t stay buried. As the case turns darker, Matt has to protect the living from what refuses to rest.
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Book 5:The Blood Mesa
Lee Goldberg • 2011
A remote mesa holds a secret written in blood, and Matt Cahill can’t ignore the pull of it. Facing hostile terrain and a supernatural predator, he fights to uncover what happened, and stop it from happening again.
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Book 6:Kill Them All
Lee Goldberg • 2011
A ruthless plan leaves Matt Cahill with a simple problem: stop the killing or become the next target. Outnumbered and hunted, he pushes forward anyway, chasing the one clue that could end the threat for good.
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Book 7:The Beast Within
Lee Goldberg • 2011
Something savage is waking up, and Matt Cahill is forced to face the beast within the case, and within himself. As fear spreads, he races to find the source before the horror becomes permanent.
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Book 8:Fire and Ice
Lee Goldberg • 2012
Matt Cahill is pulled into a case where extremes collide, danger in the heat and danger in the cold. As bodies turn up and explanations fail, he fights to uncover the truth and stop a supernatural force that won’t quit.
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Book 9:Carnival of Death
Lee Goldberg • 2012
A traveling carnival brings more than cheap thrills, and Matt Cahill can feel something wrong before anyone else does. When people start dying, he has to dig into the show’s secrets and face what’s hiding behind the l...
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Book 10:Freaks Must Die
Lee Goldberg • 2012
Matt Cahill runs into a community of outsiders where the real monsters aren’t just in the shadows. When the killings begin, he’s forced to protect the people no one else believes, and to confront a threat that thrives...
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Book 11:Slaves to Evil
Lee Goldberg • 2012
A new case traps people in a pattern of control and violence, and Matt Cahill is drawn into the fight. To break the hold of the evil behind it, he has to risk his own life, again, for strangers who may not survive the...
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Book 12:Midnight Special
Lee Goldberg • 2012
A “midnight special” turns into a midnight nightmare when Matt Cahill follows a trail of unexplained deaths. The deeper he digs, the clearer it becomes that something old and hungry is using darkness as its cover.
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Book 13:The Death Match
Lee Goldberg • 2012
Matt Cahill is caught in a deadly contest where the rules are cruel and the stakes are survival. As the body count climbs, he has to find the real mastermind and end the game before the next “match” becomes his.
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Book 14:The Black Death
Lee Goldberg • 2012 • 1 recommendation
A terrifying mystery spreads like an infection, and Matt Cahill is forced to track it before panic takes over. Following the clues leads him into a plague of lies and fear, where the cure might be worse than the disease.
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Book 15:The Killing Floor
Lee Goldberg • 2012
Matt Cahill walks onto a killing floor where violence is organized and merciless. To stop the slaughter, he has to identify what’s driving it, and confront a supernatural force that turns people into tools.
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Book 16:Colder than Hell
Lee Goldberg • 2013 • 1 recommendation
Matt Cahill follows a trail into a place where the cold isn’t the worst thing waiting for him. A new supernatural menace preys on the vulnerable, and Matt must act fast, even when his own body and mind are pushed to t...
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Book 17:Evil to Burn
Lee Goldberg • 2013
A fresh threat leaves a scorch mark on everything it touches, and Matt Cahill is drawn into the blaze. To save strangers and himself, he has to uncover what’s feeding the evil before it burns through the last safe place.
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Book 18:Streets of Blood
Lee Goldberg • 2013
When violence erupts in the streets, Matt Cahill discovers the danger isn’t entirely human. Tracking the source leads him into a brutal urban nightmare, where the rules keep changing and survival depends on one smart...
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Book 19:Crucible of Fire
Lee Goldberg • 2013
A fire-centered mystery pulls Matt Cahill into a situation where evidence turns to ash and fear spreads fast. With little time and no safety net, he has to identify the threat and stop it before it becomes an unstoppa...
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Book 20:The Dark Need
Lee Goldberg • 2013
Matt Cahill faces a threat driven by hunger and obsession, the kind that makes people do unthinkable things. As the darkness closes in, he follows the clues through danger and deception, trying to keep one more life f...
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Book 21:The Rising Dead
Lee Goldberg • 2013
The dead don’t stay down, and Matt Cahill is forced to deal with what rises when a boundary breaks. Racing against panic and disbelief, he hunts the source of the horror before the living pay the price.
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Book 22:Reborn
Lee Goldberg • 2014
In the Dead Man finale, Matt Cahill’s fight for answers reaches a breaking point. Old enemies and new horrors converge, and Matt has to confront what brought him back from death before the darkness takes everything he...
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What is the best order to read the Dead Man Lee Goldberg series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with Face of Evil.
How many books are in the Dead Man Lee Goldberg series?
There are 22 books currently listed in the Dead Man Lee Goldberg series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Dead Man Lee Goldberg series?
New readers should start with Face of Evil, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Dead Man Lee Goldberg series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 2011 to 2014.