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Vengeance

by Gregg Olsen

The Vengeance series by Gregg Olsen has 2 known books (2 published). It is best read in publication order, starting with Girls on Film (2014).

Books
2 known books (2 novels)
Published
2
First published
2014
Status
completed
Shelved under
Young Adult
Start here: Girls on Film (2014) — then read straight through in publication order.
Book one
Cover of Girls on Film
Girls on Film (2014)

Reading order

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

  1. Girls on Film

    Novel
    Gregg Olsen opened his YA Vengeance series in 2014 with Girls on Film -- also reissued as Run (2016) and The Girl on the Run (2018) -- a 250-page novel launched when fifteen-year-old Rylee Cassidey comes home to find her father dead with a knife through his heart.
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  2. The Boy She Left Behind

    Novel
    The Boy She Left Behind followed three years later, in 2017, at 272 pages, sending Rylee to Portland to track a serial killer terrorizing university students -- a novel that was a finalist for the International Thriller Writers Award for Best Young Adult Novel.
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Key facts about the Vengeance series

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

Start with Girls on Film, since it opens the publication order in 2014. The Boy She Left Behind is book 2, from 2017.

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 2014 and 2017, while their length runs from 250 to 272 pages. That is a run of 3 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 young_adult.

About the Vengeance series

Fifteen-year-old Rylee Cassidey comes home from school to find her father dead, a knife through his heart and a key clutched in his hand. That discovery launches Gregg Olsen's young-adult Vengeance series, which follows Rylee as she pieces together the truth about her family and starts settling scores of her own -- lying, reinventing herself, and hunting down people who got away with hurting the people she loved. The second book sends her to Portland, tracking a serial killer terrorizing Portland State University students.

It's a notably darker register than most YA thriller series, closer in tone to Olsen's adult crime fiction than to typical teen mystery -- unsurprising, given Olsen's true-crime background. The Boy She Left Behind was a finalist for the International Thriller Writers Award for Best Young Adult Novel.

Frequently asked questions

How many books are in the Vengeance series?

Two: book one (published under the titles Girls on Film, Run, and The Girl on the Run at different times) and The Boy She Left Behind (2017).

Why does book one have three different titles?

It was reissued twice by different imprints, first as Run (2016) and then as The Girl on the Run (2018); all three editions are the same novel, originally published as Girls on Film in 2014.

Is Vengeance connected to Gregg Olsen's adult crime series?

No, it's a standalone young-adult series with its own protagonist, Rylee Cassidey.

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