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Cab Bolton

by Brian Freeman

The Cab Bolton series by Brian Freeman has 2 known books (2 published). It is best read in publication order, starting with The Bone House (2011).

Books
2 known books (2 novels)
Published
2
First published
2011
Status
completed
Shelved under
Thriller
Start here: The Bone House (2011) — then read straight through in publication order.
Book one
Cover of The Bone House
The Bone House (2011)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. The Bone House

    Novel
    The Bone House introduced FBI profiler Cab Bolton in 2011, a 352-page opener set on Wisconsin's Door County peninsula where Cab investigates a decades-old disappearance that hits uncomfortably close to his own complicated family history.
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  2. Season of Fear

    Novel
    Season of Fear followed three years later in 2014, running to 436 pages -- the longest entry in the two-book series -- and drawing on Cab's history from the first book, though it can also stand largely on its own.
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Key facts about the Cab Bolton series

The Cab Bolton series has 2 books on our list. Since all 2 are out now, you can read the whole list today.

Start with The Bone House, since it opens the publication order in 2011. Season of Fear is book 2, from 2014.

Each title links to its own page, while the list keeps them in date order. Each book page shows its dates and editions. Since the catalogue marks the series as complete, we list no next book.

The books came out between 2011 and 2014, while their length runs from 352 to 436 pages. That is a run of 3 years.

Brian Freeman has 33 books on our list. Additionally, they write Jonathan Stride, Frost Easton and Shelby Lake. We shelve the books under psychological thriller.

About the Cab Bolton series

Cab Bolton is an FBI profiler with a complicated family history and a habit of getting pulled into cases that hit uncomfortably close to home. Brian Freeman introduced the character in The Bone House (2011), set on Wisconsin's Door County peninsula, where Cab investigates the decades-old disappearance of a young woman that connects directly to his own past; Season of Fear (2014) sends him after a killer replicating a string of unsolved murders around a Mississippi River town.

The series was originally conceived as a standalone before reader demand brought Cab back for a second book, and he later crosses paths with Freeman's flagship detective in the Jonathan Stride novel Alter Ego (2018), which functions as an unofficial continuation of Cab's story within that separate series.

Frequently asked questions

How many Cab Bolton books are there?

Two full novels — The Bone House (2011) and Season of Fear (2014) — plus a later appearance as a supporting character in the Jonathan Stride novel Alter Ego (2018).

What order should I read the Cab Bolton books in?

Publication order: The Bone House, then Season of Fear. Alter Ego, from Brian Freeman's separate Jonathan Stride series, can be read afterward for Cab's continuing story.

Is Cab Bolton connected to Jonathan Stride?

Yes — Cab Bolton partners with Jonathan Stride in the Jonathan Stride novel Alter Ego (2018), though his own two solo novels are a separate series.

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