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Detective Megan Carpenter
The Detective Megan Carpenter series by Gregg Olsen has 6 books and is best read in publication order, starting with Snow Creek (2019).
- Books
- 6 books
- First published
- 2019
- Status
- ongoing
- Last checked
Start here: Snow Creek (2019) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The order the books were released — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
Snow Creek
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Water's Edge
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Water's Edge - Book 3:
Silent Ridge
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Stillwater Island
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Cougar Point
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Final Victim
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Final Victim
About the Detective Megan Carpenter series
Gregg Olsen's most recent and longest-running detective series follows Megan Carpenter of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, working murders along the same fog-bound Olympic Peninsula and Puget Sound towns that anchor most of Olsen's fiction. Starting with a small town's disappearance in Snow Creek (2019), the series has run to six entries and counting, each pairing a self-contained case with the same slow-build small-town-secrets plotting Olsen has used throughout his career, now sharpened by three decades of true-crime reporting into cases that feel grounded in real investigative procedure.
Published by UK digital-first imprint Bookouture, the series has become Olsen's most commercially active ongoing series, with new entries arriving roughly annually.
Frequently asked questions
How many Detective Megan Carpenter books are there?
Six as of 2025: Snow Creek, Water's Edge, Silent Ridge, Stillwater Island, Cougar Point, and Final Victim.
Is the Detective Megan Carpenter series ongoing?
Yes, Gregg Olsen has published a new entry roughly once a year since 2019, most recently Final Victim in 2025.
Where is the series set?
Jefferson County, on Washington's Olympic Peninsula -- the same Pacific Northwest territory as most of Olsen's fiction.
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