Order of Carter Ross Books

Carter Ross serves as the central character in Brad Parks' mystery/thriller book series. This investigative journalist works out of Newark, New Jersey, reporting for the fictional newspaper The Newark Eagle-Examiner. Readers experience each story through Carter's first-person narrative perspective.

The series launched in 2009 with Faces of the Gone, which earned both the Shamus Award and Nero Award. The Girl Next Door, the series' third novel, captured the 2013 Lefty Award. Brad Parks continues to expand this ongoing series. The following list presents the Carter Ross novels in their publication order, which also follows the chronological sequence of the stories: