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Detective Megan Carpenter
The Detective Megan Carpenter series by Gregg Olsen has 6 known books (6 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with Snow Creek (2019). The latest book with a fully recorded publication date is Cougar Point.
- Books
- 6 known books (6 novels)
- Published
- 6
- First published
- 2019
- Status
- ongoing
- Shelved under
- Mystery & Crime
- Last checked
Start here: Snow Creek (2019) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
Snow Creek
Snow Creek (2019), 287 pages, launches the series with a small town's disappearance and introduces Megan Carpenter of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Snow Creek - Book 2:
Water's Edge
Water's Edge , the second Detective Megan Carpenter novel, arrived in 2020 at 310 pages, continuing the fog-bound Olympic Peninsula case work Gregg Olsen grounds in three decades of true-crime reporting.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Water's Edge - Book 3:
Silent Ridge
Silent Ridge , the shortest entry in the series at 260 pages, followed later in 2020, keeping Megan Carpenter's self-contained Jefferson County cases moving at Olsen's now-annual pace.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Silent Ridge - Book 4:
Stillwater Island
Stillwater Island , published in 2021 at 328 pages, is the fourth Megan Carpenter novel, following a year in which Olsen released two entries back to back, and keeps to the same Puget Sound small-town-secrets plotting as the rest of the series.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Stillwater Island - Book 5:
Cougar Point
Cougar Point , at 396 pages the longest book in the series, arrived in 2024 after a three-year gap since Stillwater Island , resuming Bookouture's now roughly-annual release pace for Olsen's most commercially active ongoing series.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Cougar Point - Book 6:
Final Victim
Final Victim , published in 2025 a year after Cougar Point , is the most recent Detective Megan Carpenter novel to date at 288 pages, continuing the annual pace Gregg Olsen has kept since Snow Creek launched the series in 2019.
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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