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Start with The Crucifix Killer and continue through all 13 books in the listed reading order.
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Start with The Crucifix Killer
Book 1 by Chris Carter • Published 2009
In a derelict Los Angeles cottage, a young woman is found murdered with a double‑cross carved into her neck. The mark matches an executed serial killer, dragging Robert Hunter back into a nightmare he thought was over.
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Robert Hunter reading order
Ends with Genesis
- 1
Book 1:The Crucifix Killer
Chris Carter • 2009
In a derelict Los Angeles cottage, a young woman is found murdered with a double‑cross carved into her neck. The mark matches an executed serial killer, dragging Robert Hunter back into a nightmare he thought was over.
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Book 2:The Executioner
Chris Carter • 2010
A priest’s decapitated body is discovered on a Los Angeles altar, the number 3 scrawled in blood across his chest. As more victims die in the exact way they fear most, Hunter must uncover how the killer knows their ni...
- 3
Book 3:The Night Stalker
Chris Carter • 2011
When an unidentified woman reaches the LA morgue with no obvious injuries and her lips stitched closed, the autopsy reveals a horrifying secret inside. As more women vanish, Hunter hunts a predator whose warped idea o...
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Book 4:The Death Sculptor
Chris Carter • 2012
A student nurse finds a terminally ill prosecutor brutally murdered, his remains arranged into a grotesque sculpture. Each new body brings another macabre installation, and Hunter, Garcia and investigator Alice Beaumo...
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Book 5:The Hunter
Chris Carter • 2013
On his first day as the LAPD’s youngest homicide detective, Robert Hunter is handed a straightforward suicide. The locked apartment and tidy scene look convincing, but a few details don’t fit, and following his instin...
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Book 6:One by One
Chris Carter • 2013
Hunter receives an anonymous call directing him to a private website where a bound victim waits in a glass box. Forced to choose how the stranger will die, he’s dragged into a live‑streamed killing game that soon open...
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Book 7:An Evil Mind
Chris Carter • 2014
A crash in rural Wyoming reveals severed heads in a car trunk and a suspect who will speak only to Robert Hunter. The man is Hunter’s former roommate, now a serial killer turning their reunion into a chilling psycholo...
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Book 8:I Am Death
Chris Carter • 2015
A twenty‑year‑old woman is found near Los Angeles International Airport, tortured and murdered in a bizarre way, with a blood‑written note claiming to be the killer’s name. As more victims appear, Hunter chases a meth...
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Book 9:The Caller
Chris Carter • 2017
After a long week, Tanya Kaitlin answers a video call from her best friend and sees her gagged and bound, watched by a masked stranger. Every wrong answer means new torture, and Hunter and Garcia must stop a killer wh...
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Book 10:The Gallery of the Dead
Chris Carter • 2018
A LAPD lieutenant warns Hunter and Garcia that if he could erase one memory, it would be the scene they’re about to see. The mutilated body is only the first exhibit in a roaming gallery curated by a killer who treats...
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Book 11:Hunting Evil
Chris Carter • 2019
Years after Robert Hunter helped capture Lucien Folter, the FBI’s most dangerous serial killer, Lucien escapes solitary confinement. Determined to make Hunter suffer, he launches a calculated campaign of abductions an...
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Book 12:Written in Blood
Chris Carter • 2020
Pickpocket Angela Wood steals a stranger’s bag to teach him a lesson and instead finds a journal filled with meticulous accounts of murder. When she turns it over, Hunter realises it belongs to an unknown serial kille...
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Book 13:Genesis
Robin Cook • 2019
Chief medical examiner Laurie Montgomery and abrasive but brilliant resident Aria Nichols autopsy a pregnant social worker whose death is written off as an overdose. Doubting that story, Aria turns to genetic genealog...
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Robert Hunter FAQ
What is the best order to read the Robert Hunter series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with The Crucifix Killer.
How many books are in the Robert Hunter series?
There are 13 books currently listed in the Robert Hunter series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Robert Hunter series?
New readers should start with The Crucifix Killer, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Robert Hunter series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 2009 to 2020.