Closer Than Blood
- Published
- 1 January 2011
- Pages
- 432
- ISBN-13
- 9780786020454
- Type
- novel
About this book
Closer Than Blood (2011, 432 pages) is the second Waterman & Stark novel, continuing Gregg Olsen's small-town Pacific Northwest procedural with Birdy's forensic patience set against Kendall's dogged detective work, between Victim Six and The Bone Box.
Key facts about Closer Than Blood
Gregg Olsen wrote Closer Than Blood, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2011. The book has 432 pages.
We list 2 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780786020454 to find the main one.
Closer Than Blood is book 2 of 6 in the Waterman & Stark series. The series has 6 published books. However, the series starts with Victim Six (2010). The Bone Box is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 27 April 2012.
Additionally, Gregg Olsen writes Emily Kenyon, Empty Coffin and Vengeance, plus 2 more series. Those series sit on our mystery and young_adult shelves. Meanwhile, Final Victim is the latest published Gregg Olsen book on file, from 2025.
About Gregg Olsen
Gregg Olsen was born March 5, 1959, in Seattle, Washington, and earned a journalism degree from Western Washington University, where he edited Klipsun Magazine and was managing editor of the campus paper, The Western Front. See every Gregg Olsen book in order.
Its place in Waterman & Stark
Closer Than Blood is book 2 in the Waterman & Stark series. It follows Victim Six. It is followed by The Bone Box. See the full Waterman & Stark reading order.
Kitsap County, Washington sits just a ferry ride from Seattle but feels a world apart -- pine-thick, water-bound, and small enough that everyone half-knows everyone else's business. That's the terrain Gregg Olsen works in this series, pairing forensic pathologist Birdy Waterman with sheriff's detective Kendall Stark: Birdy reads what the bodies won't say out loud, Kendall works the living witnesses and the paper trail, and together they take on cases that usually start as something the county wants to believe is…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780786020454
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781611295696