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Start with The Next Girl and continue through all 12 books in the listed reading order.
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Start with The Next Girl
Book 1 by Carla Kovach • Published 2018
Four years after Deborah Jenkins vanished on a stormy walk home, an abandoned baby is left on a doorstep and DNA tests prove the child is hers. The discovery reignites Gina Harte's first major case and sends her hunti...
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Detective Gina Harte reading order
Ends with Her Deadly Promise
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Book 1:The Next Girl
Carla Kovach • 2018
Four years after Deborah Jenkins vanished on a stormy walk home, an abandoned baby is left on a doorstep and DNA tests prove the child is hers. The discovery reignites Gina Harte's first major case and sends her hunti...
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Book 2:Her Final Hour
Carla Kovach • 2018
In a quiet cul-de-sac, glamorous mother Melissa Sanderson seems to have it all, until she is found strangled in her own kitchen. Behind gossip about affairs and drinking lies a much darker history, and Gina Harte must...
- 3
Book 3:Her Pretty Bones
Carla Kovach • 2019
A malnourished red-haired girl falls from a speeding van onto a country road, whispering a plea to help another victim before she slips into unconsciousness. When a similar looking body is found in a shallow grave, Gi...
- 4
Book 4:The Liar's House
Carla Kovach • 2019
Seven years after Samantha disappeared on her way home from a party, her best friend receives a birthday card meant for her, containing a painted fingernail. Forensic tests link it to a recent murder, drawing Gina Har...
- 5
Book 5:Her Dark Heart
Carla Kovach • 2019
Devoted mother Susan Wheeler drops her children at preschool and simply never comes back. Her family insists she would not abandon them, yet her diary hints at long-buried trauma. As Gina Harte follows disturbing clue...
- 6
Book 6:Her Last Mistake
Carla Kovach • 2020
Flirtatious bridesmaid Holly Long is the centre of attention at her best friend's wedding, until she is found strangled in her hotel room. Everyone had an opinion about Holly, and Gina Harte must navigate tangled rela...
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Book 7:Their Silent Graves
Carla Kovach • 2020
Two girls in Halloween costumes stumble across a freshly dug grave in the woods, then another burial site is found nearby. With a killer apparently staging a macabre game, Gina Harte races to link the victims and stop...
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Book 8:The Broken Ones
Carla Kovach • 2021
Student Amber Slater heads out for dinner and never comes home. When her body is discovered in a park, her lips sealed and her past full of secrets, Gina Harte must pick apart jealous classmates, a nervous tutor and a...
- 9
Book 9:One Left Behind
Carla Kovach • 2021
A group of teenagers sneak into the woods for a night of camping, but only four walk out. As grief and fear tie the survivors together, Gina Harte suspects their perfect stories are hiding something, and that another...
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Book 10:Her Dying Wish
Carla Kovach • 2021
Kerstin lies awake replaying the awful confession her husband has just made, then spots a stranger in her garden lighting a memorial candle meant only she can understand. When violence follows, Gina Harte investigates...
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Book 11:One Girl Missing
Carla Kovach • 2022
When primary school teacher Annabel Braddock disappears after a night out, her little daughter wakes to find only a stranger at the door. DI Gina Harte must untangle Annabel's crumbling marriage, workplace tensions an...
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Book 12:Her Deadly Promise
Carla Kovach • 2022
Four-year-old Kayden waits outside his house for a mother who never returns. Inside, young single mum Billie Reeves lies dead behind her bright red front door. Gina Harte sifts through jealous lovers, feuding relative...
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Detective Gina Harte FAQ
What is the best order to read the Detective Gina Harte series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with The Next Girl.
How many books are in the Detective Gina Harte series?
There are 12 books currently listed in the Detective Gina Harte series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Detective Gina Harte series?
New readers should start with The Next Girl, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Detective Gina Harte series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 2018 to 2022.