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Start with The Third Victim and continue through all 7 books in the listed reading order.
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Start with The Third Victim
Book 1 by Phillip Margolin • Published 2018
A battered woman staggers onto a rural Oregon road claiming she escaped a sadistic captor who killed two others. Evidence points to a prominent lawyer and his isolated vacation home. Young attorney Robin Lockwood, sec...
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Robin Lockwood reading order
Ends with Betrayal
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Book 1:The Third Victim
Phillip Margolin • 2018
A battered woman staggers onto a rural Oregon road claiming she escaped a sadistic captor who killed two others. Evidence points to a prominent lawyer and his isolated vacation home. Young attorney Robin Lockwood, sec...
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Book 2:The Perfect Alibi
Phillip Margolin • 2019
College football star Blaine Hastings is convicted of rape on rock solid DNA evidence, then a second assault occurs while he is in prison and the same DNA turns up again. Representing the first victim in a civil suit,...
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Book 3:A Reasonable Doubt
Phillip Margolin • 2020
Magician Robert Chesterfield once survived multiple murder accusations thanks to Robin Lockwood’s firm. Years later he returns seeking help with a new illusion, then vanishes for real during his signature trick, the C...
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Book 4:A Matter of Life and Death
Phillip Margolin • 2021
Desperate to support his young family, homeless ex boxer Joe Lattimore agrees to fight in an illegal bout and is then blackmailed into breaking into a judge’s home. There he finds the judge’s wife murdered and becomes...
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Book 5:The Darkest Place
Phillip Margolin • 2022
Reeling from a personal tragedy tied to a previous client, Robin Lockwood retreats to her Midwestern hometown. There she is drawn into defending a surrogate mother accused of kidnapping the baby she carried, only to l...
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Book 6:Murder at Black Oaks
Phillip Margolin • 2022
Robin Lockwood is invited to Black Oaks, a fog shrouded manor moved from England to the Oregon mountains, by a retired district attorney haunted by a wrongful conviction. After she helps free the innocent man, their c...
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Book 7:Betrayal
John Lescroart • 2008
Cleaning up another lawyer’s caseload, Dismas Hardy takes on the appeal of National Guard reservist Evan Scholler, imprisoned after a disastrous incident in Iraq. Untangling a love triangle, a private contractor’s sha...
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Robin Lockwood FAQ
What is the best order to read the Robin Lockwood series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with The Third Victim.
How many books are in the Robin Lockwood series?
There are 7 books currently listed in the Robin Lockwood series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Robin Lockwood series?
New readers should start with The Third Victim, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Robin Lockwood series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 2008 to 2022.