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Daniela Vega

by Isabella Maldonado

The Daniela Vega series by Isabella Maldonado has 3 known books (3 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with A Killer's Game (2023). The latest book with a fully recorded publication date is A Killer's Code.

Books
3 known books (3 novels)
Published
3
First published
2023
Status
hiatus
Shelved under
Mystery & Crime
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Start here: A Killer's Game (2023) — then read straight through in publication order.

Book one

Cover of A Killer's Game

A Killer's Game (2023)

Reading order

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

  1. A Killer's Game

    Novel

    A Killer's Game (2023) launches Isabella Maldonado's third procedural franchise, pitting FBI profiler Daniela Vega against a hitman who targets other assassins; it was adapted into a Prime Video film the following year.

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  2. A Forgotten Kill

    Novel

    A Forgotten Kill (2024) continues the trilogy at 363 pages, arriving less than a year after A Killer's Game as Vega's role in the Behavioral Analysis Unit develops.

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  3. A Killer's Code

    Novel

    At 333 pages, A Killer's Code (2025) is the shortest of Daniela Vega's three cases, closing out Isabella Maldonado's trilogy so far as the FBI profiler's role within the Behavioral Analysis Unit is tested one more time.

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About the Daniela Vega series

FBI Special Agent Daniela Vega works the Bureau's Behavioral Analysis Unit, profiling killers whose methods are calculated rather than chaotic. A Killer's Game (2023) -- adapted into a Prime Video film the following year -- pits Vega against a hitman targeting other assassins; A Forgotten Kill (2024) and A Killer's Code (2025) continue the trilogy with further profiler-versus-killer cases.

The series is Isabella Maldonado's third procedural franchise after Veranda Cruz and Nina Guerrera, continuing to draw on her career as a Phoenix police commander, and sits alongside her Sanchez & Heron collaboration with Jeffery Deaver in her current output.

Frequently asked questions

How many Daniela Vega books are there?

Three: A Killer's Game (2023), A Forgotten Kill (2024) and A Killer's Code (2025).

Was A Killer's Game made into a movie?

Yes -- Prime Video released a film adaptation titled A Killer's Game in 2024, the same year as the novel's sequel A Forgotten Kill.

Is Daniela Vega connected to Isabella Maldonado's other FBI series, Nina Guerrera?

No -- they're separate trilogies with different protagonists, though both are FBI-set procedurals drawing on Maldonado's own law-enforcement background.

Is the Daniela Vega series ongoing?

No further entry has been announced since A Killer's Code (January 2025) as of August 2026.

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