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young adult mystery
Series · mystery
Empty Coffin
The Empty Coffin series by Gregg Olsen has 2 known books (2 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with Envy (2011).
- Books
- 2 known books (2 novels)
- Published
- 2
- First published
- 2011
- Status
- completed
- Shelved under
- Mystery & Crime
- Last checked
Start here: Envy (2011) — 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:
Envy
Envy is a novel by Gregg Olsen, published in 2011. It opens the Empty Coffin series and is followed here by Betrayal. The series ran to completion in 2012 across 2 books.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Envy - Book 2:
Betrayal
Betrayal is a novel by Gregg Olsen, published in 2012. It's book 2 of Empty Coffin, following Envy as the most recent entry in the reading order. The series ran to completion in 2012 across 2 books.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Betrayal
About the Empty Coffin series
Set in the real Puget Sound town of Port Gamble, Washington -- a preserved 19th-century mill town Gregg Olsen knew from his own Kitsap Peninsula backyard -- the Empty Coffin novels follow the fallout when a teenager's disappearance and a string of secrets tear at the seams of a town that prides itself on picture-postcard calm. Envy opens the story with cheerleader Katelyn Berkley's vanishing; Betrayal follows the deeper rot the first book's investigation uncovers.
Olsen pitched these as young-adult-adjacent thrillers -- teenage narrators, high-school social dynamics, and a slightly faster pace than his adult procedurals -- while keeping the same small-town-secrets DNA that defines his adult crime fiction.
Frequently asked questions
How many books are in the Empty Coffin series?
Two: Envy (2011) and Betrayal (2012), also marketed as the Port Gamble Chronicles.
Is Empty Coffin a young-adult series?
It's marketed as YA/crossover thriller, with teenage narrators and a Port Gamble, Washington high-school setting.
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