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Empty Coffin
The Empty Coffin series by Gregg Olsen has 2 known books (2 published). It 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
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
Key facts about the Empty Coffin series
Our list has 2 books in the Empty Coffin series. Since all 2 are out now, you can read the whole list today.
Start with Envy, since it opens the publication order in 2011. Betrayal is book 2, from 2012.
The list keeps the books in date order, while each title links to its own page. 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 2012. That is a run of 1 year.
Gregg Olsen has 27 books on our list. Additionally, they write Emily Kenyon, Waterman & Stark and Vengeance, plus 2 more series. We shelve the books under mystery.
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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