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Vengeance
The Vengeance series by Gregg Olsen has 2 known books (2 published) and 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
- Last checked
Start here: Girls on Film (2014) — 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:
Girls on Film
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.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Girls on Film - Book 2:
The Boy She Left Behind
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.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Boy She Left Behind
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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