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Nicole Foster

by Gregg Olsen

The Nicole Foster series by Gregg Olsen has 2 known books (2 published). It is best read in publication order, starting with The Sound of Rain (2016).

Books
2 known books (2 novels)
Published
2
First published
2016
Status
completed
Shelved under
Mystery & Crime
Start here: The Sound of Rain (2016) — then read straight through in publication order.
Book one
Cover of The Sound of Rain
The Sound of Rain (2016)

Reading order

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

  1. The Sound of Rain

    Novel
    Gregg Olsen's The Sound of Rain (2016), running 347 pages, opens this grittier two-book series with disgraced homicide detective Nicole Foster, broke and gambling-addicted after her ex-partner drove her off the force, pulled back into cases at the edges of a system that no longer trusts her.
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  2. The Weight of Silence

    Novel
    The Weight of Silence continued Nicole's story two years later, in 2018, at a slightly shorter 336 pages, carrying her personal fallout forward from the first book.
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Key facts about the Nicole Foster series

Our list has 2 books in the Nicole Foster series. Since all 2 are out now, you can read the whole list today.

Start with The Sound of Rain, since it opens the publication order in 2016. The Weight of Silence is book 2, from 2018.

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 2016 and 2018, while their length runs from 336 to 347 pages. That is a run of 2 years.

Gregg Olsen has 27 books on our list. Additionally, they write Emily Kenyon, Waterman & Stark and Empty Coffin, plus 2 more series. We shelve the books under mystery.

About the Nicole Foster series

Nicole Foster was a homicide detective until her ex-partner and lover drove her off the force, leaving her broke, addicted to gambling, and with nothing left to lose. Gregg Olsen builds this two-book series around that wreckage: a disgraced investigator pulled back into cases that force her to work the edges of a system that no longer trusts her, in The Sound of Rain and its follow-up, The Weight of Silence.

It's a shorter, grittier entry in Olsen's catalogue than his more procedural series -- less forensic detail, more character study of a woman rebuilding a sense of purpose out of a genuinely ruined life.

Frequently asked questions

How many books are in the Nicole Foster series?

Two: The Sound of Rain (2016) and The Weight of Silence (2018).

Did Gregg Olsen write more Nicole Foster books after 2018?

No; he moved on to the Detective Megan Carpenter series the following year.

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