Julia Derek

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  • Bibliography:
    66 Books (6 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 2004
  • Latest Book:
    November 2023
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Full Series List in Order

A Celeste Jones Paranormal Mystery

1 - Haunted Hardbodies (Jul-2016)
2 - Spooky Hardbodies (Sep-2016)
3 - Ghostly Hardbodies (Oct-2016)

The Child Trilogy

1 - Danger Child (Mar-2019)
2 - Anger Child (Jun-2019)
3 - Changer Child (Oct-2019)

A Cooper and White Mystery

1 - Sins of the Past (Jan-2017)
2 - Deadly Dreams (May-2017)
3 - Girl with a Secret (May-2017)
4 - A Criminal Mind (Dec-2017)
5 - Mortal Sin (Dec-2017)

Cuckoo

1 - Cuckoo Uncaged (Dec-2019)
2 - Cuckoo Unleashed (Feb-2020)
3 - Cuckoo Tailed (May-2020)
4 - Cuckoo Avenged (Sep-2020)
5 - Cuckoo Strapped (Feb-2021)
6 - Cuckoo Killer (May-2021)
7 - Cuckoo Conflicted (Sep-2021)
8 - Cuckoo Crafty (Dec-2021)

L.A. Girls

1 - Trigger (Aug-2014)
2 - Love Cursed (Jul-2014)
3 - Undercover Lovers (Aug-2014)
4 - Lovely Revenge (Oct-2014)

Meta-Human

1 - Friending the Devil // The Crucifier (Dec-2015)
2 - Joker's Wild // The Joker (Mar-2016)
3 - Crossfire // The Traitor (Aug-2016)
4 - The Scientist (Sep-2017)

Book List in Order: 66 titles

  • Confessions of a Serial Egg Donor

    Growing by nearly 20 percent annually, the business of egg donors is exploding in the United States. Demand for young women’s eggs keeps outstripping the supply in an ever-accelerating pace, prompting the compensation to skyrocket â€" from $250 per...

  • The Smiley Killer

    A GORGEOUS BOY. UNSPEAKABLE CRIMES. Riley has been fascinated with crime investigation since she discovered Law & Order on TV. So, when it's announced a serial killer is loose in the city, hell-bent on killing tw...

  • Love Cursed

    L.A. Girls - 2

    Ricki is in heaven when the guy she’s crushed on forever asks her out. But after two months of dating, he suddenly dumps her, claiming he’s no longer attracted to her. Convinced she's too fat, Ricki decides to get in the best shape of her life, u...

  • Girl Undercover - Duplicity

    DUPLICITY-THE STAND-ALONE PREQUEL TO THE "GIRL UNDERCOVER" SERIAL. Annika Hansson's real name is Gabi Longoria and she isn't really a trainer from Sweden but a rookie cop from L.A. She's working at a Manhattan health club to help the feds nail an elu...

  • Trigger

    L.A. Girls - 1

    Sparks fly when struggling actress Nina Tyler meets hot lawyer Dylan Whitman. The chemistry between them is so intense Nina even rethinks her staunch position on relationships. Maybe they’re not a waste of time after all. But there’s something ab...

  • Undercover Lovers

    L.A. Girls - 3

  • Lovely Revenge

    L.A. Girls - 4

  • The Diary

    A HAPPY MARRIAGE. TERRIBLE SECRETS.Happily married Lexi Woods thought losing a child would be the worst thing that could ever happen to her. She was wrong. It turns out that life has more ugly surprises for her.  When she is finally through the he...

  • The Smiley Killer---Part One



  • Smiley Killer---Part Three

  • The Smiley Killer---Part Two

  • Guilty

  • The Other Woman

  • Mystery Man

  • Homeless Fury

  • Spider-Man & Homeless Fury

  • Girl Undercover 4 & 5 - Ariel & Financial Devil

    EPISODES FOUR AND FIVE OF THE "GIRL UNDERCOVER" SERIAL: When Ariel goes out with Ian, she's found dead. Gabi suspects that Ian has something to do with Ariel's tragic fate, having found her too difficult to deal with. But the murderer turns out to be...

  • Ariel & Financial Devil

  • Girl Undercover 5



  • Girl Undercover 6 & 7 - Emma's Secret & The Truth

    EPISODES SIX AND SEVEN OF THE "GIRL UNDERCOVER" SERIAL: Investigating the mysterious senator Janine Eastwood turns out to be more complicated than Gabi had expected. It takes Ian's involvement for her to get somewhere. What she learns will change her...

  • Girl Undercover 10 & 11 - The Abduction & Dante's Inferno

    EPISODES TEN AND ELEVEN OF THE "GIRL UNDERCOVER" SERIAL: In an effort to get away from Jonah, Gabi leaves NYC to pretend to care for her sick mother back home. What she doesn't count on is Jonah offering to help by sending two of his father's doctors...

  • Showdown

    EPISODE TWELVE OF THE "GIRL UNDERCOVER" SERIAL-SHOWDOWN When Gabi and Ian learn that the coups will take place much, much sooner than they had thought, they need to rethink their approach to stop Stenger to realize his twisted worldview. But can they...

  • Friending the Devil // The Crucifier

    Meta-Human - 1

    When the FBI assigns the Crucifix Killer case to Special Agent Gabi Longoria and her partner, she's confident. They'll surely catch the sadistic killer within days. After all, they just took down a worldwide conspiracy that has forever changed the ea...

  • Joker's Wild // The Joker

    Meta-Human - 2

    A gang of bank robbers known as the Jokers has the authorities scratching their heads. The FBI believes the bank robbers consist of meta-humans -- genetically engineered humans with superior abilities -- because not only are they extremely elusive, b...

  • Girl Undercover 8 & 9 - Traitor & The Smiley Killer

    EPISODES EIGHT AND NINE OF THE "GIRL UNDERCOVER" SERIAL: While Gabi waits for Jonah to appear so she can follow him to his father, the secret leader of the conspiracy, she learns that Burt is in trouble. It looks like he's about to face the same fate...

  • Haunted Hardbodies

    A Celeste Jones Paranormal Mystery - 1

    Celeste Jones has always dreamed of owning a gym. So, when the opportunity arises to buy Six-Packs for peanuts, she’s thrilled. The fact that the previous owner claims the place is haunted doesn’t bother her one bit -- she doesn’t believe in gh...

  • Crossfire // The Traitor

    Meta-Human - 3

    Two years ago, FBI Agent Gabi Longoria thwarted a conspiracy from taking over the world and filling it with meta-humans-genetically engineered human beings who are better-looking, healthier, more athletic and smarter than regular people. When America...

  • Spooky Hardbodies

    A Celeste Jones Paranormal Mystery - 2

    Celeste Jones has a lot on her plate---not only is she the new owner of Six-Packs, a floundering gym, but she’s also promised her new pal Lennie the ghost to help him solve crimes so he can move on. Lennie used to be a bad, bad guy while alive, and...

  • Ghostly Hardbodies

    A Celeste Jones Paranormal Mystery - 3

    Having solved a second murder with Lennie the ghost in a matter of days, Celeste Jones decides she needs a timeout or she’ll have a nervous breakdown. For now, she’ll focus all her attention on getting Six-Packs, her gym, off the ground and getti...



  • Sins of the Past

    A Cooper and White Mystery - 1

    YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM THE PAST... Stay-at-home mom Kate Martinez's life is turned upside down when her husband Diego is stabbed to death, leaving her with no means to support their toddlers. Detectives Cooper and White are put on the case, and their ...

  • Deadly Dreams

    A Cooper and White Mystery - 2

    WHAT IF YOU KILLED SOMEONE IN YOUR SLEEP? When Lily Hartman goes to wake Annie, a visiting family friend, she discovers to her horror that the woman isn't sleeping in the guestroom. She's dead. Someone suffocated her the night before.Detectives Coo...

  • Girl with a Secret

    A Cooper and White Mystery - 3

    HER SECRET CAN LEAD TO HIS DEATH... When Sam visits his new girlfriend, Yasmine, he discovers that she has hanged herself. Devastated, he gets drunk instead of calling the authorities. Detectives Cooper and White soon determine that foul play was inv...

  • The Scientist

    Meta-Human - 4

    In her first trimester, Special Agent Gabi Longoria gets a disturbing email. It informs her that the baby she’s carrying has serious genetic defects. Basically, it will become a bloodthirsty monster, a human killing machine. She and her fiancé/par...

  • Blood Eagle

    After a drunken feast in the year 1067, Leif Blackhair’s life takes a terrible turn: He’s accused of raping and strangling a Jarlabanke daughter, member of one of Sweden’s most powerful Viking clans. And he doesn’t remember a thing. Only when...

  • Denial

    When trainer Ariel Rafaeli is found strangled outside a restaurant, Detective Gabi Longoria is thoroughly confused. Gabi is undercover as a trainer at the health club where Ariel works. The last person seen with Ariel was FBI agent Ian Armory, which ...

  • Showdown

    Detective Gabi Longoria has started to date a psychopath named Jonah in order to find his father. Jonah’s father, Otto Stenger, is the leader of a worldwide conspiracy to replace the world’s people with superhumans. Because Jonah is getting incre...

  • The Truth

    When Detective Gabi Longoria discovers that her coworker Emma is dead, she’s heartbroken. Gabi feels she could have saved her if only she had stayed with the depressed woman. But it doesn’t take long before Gabi has more serious things to worry ...

  • A Criminal Mind

    A Cooper and White Mystery - 4

    Rose Nichols’s husband Mark is shot to death while walking the dog one night. When Rose learns what’s happened, she’s shocked but not sad. Mark used to beat her so much that she started drinking as a coping mechanism for their fractured marriag...

  • Mortal Sin

    A Cooper and White Mystery - 5

    When wealthy lawyer Martha Moran is found strangled to death in Central Park, Detectives Cooper and White believe the murder was premeditated as well as personal. They have three prime suspects --- her unfaithful husband, her best friend who's secret...



  • True Evil

  • Hunt Evil

  • Fatal Fixation

    LOVE IS BEAUTIFUL. UNTIL YOU REALIZE SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH YOUR LOVER.... Sparks fly when struggling actress Nina Tyler meets lawyer Dylan Whitman. Their chemistry is so intense Nina even rethinks her staunch position on relationships being a waste...

  • Born Evil

    WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU FOUND OUT YOUR CHILD IS A PSYCHOPATH?One night when Jennifer Hanson returns home, she catches her 12-year-old son Shane stabbing their cat to death. Thankfully, he doesn't see her. Having long known Shane has a brain with psy...

  • Sea of Lies

    SHE HAD THE PERFECT LIFE. NOW SHE CAN TRUST NO ONE, LEAST OF ALL HER OWN MOTHER. Reality TV star Eden Elk is shocked to learn she was born a man. Well, that's what the National Enquirer claims. Eden herself has never had reason to ...

  • Sea of Blood

    WHAT IF YOU FOUND YOUR FRIEND MURDERED AND REALIZED YOU MIGHT BE THE KILLER?Kirsten Elk walks into a nasty surprise--her friend Mona Silberger is stabbed to death on her own bedroom floor. Making matters worse, Kirsten has no memory of what happened ...

  • Danger Child

    The Child Trilogy - 1

    YOUR ABDUCTED CHILD IS MIRACULOUSLY RETURNED. TOO BAD HE'S NO LONGER NORMAL. Stay-at-home mom Yvonne Landis enters her kitchen one day to meet a huge surprise: seated on a chair is her son, Gabe. He went missing when he was ten years old, more than ...

  • On The Edge

  • Anger Child

    The Child Trilogy - 2

    A FAMILY ON EDGE. ONE DAY IT ALL COMES TO A HEAD.16-year-old Gabe was once abducted and severely abused. Having gone through significant therapy, he is almost back to normal. Except, his mother Yvonne realizes he has some serious anger issues to dea...

  • The Model Child



  • Changer Child

    The Child Trilogy - 3

    Yvonne Landis wakes up in a hospital bed and learns she has become a widow. She and her husband were out on date night when the fatal car accident happened. The airbag that saved her life malfunctioned on his side of the car. Then, as she crawled to ...

  • Cuckoo Uncaged

    Cuckoo - 1

    From the author of bestselling psychological thriller Born Evil comes a new domestic thriller for fans of Freida McFadden, Gillian Flynn, and Rachel Abbott.A mentally ill woman accused of a murder she didn't commit. She must prove her innocence while...

  • Cuckoo Unleashed

    Cuckoo - 2

    HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO PROTECT YOUR CHILD?Seventeen-year-old Gabe Landis has issues. Anger issues, due to severe trauma. If he doesn't address his ever-present anger, he'll explode. No orthodox methods help him. The only way he gets true peace is ...

  • Cuckoo Tailed

    Cuckoo - 3

    NEVER LET YOUR GUARD DOWN...Fugitive Yvonne Landis is settling into her new life being her son Gabe's partner in crime. His mood is stable and her online erotica sales climb higher every day. She's successfully evading the authorities. The fact that ...

  • The LOST BOY

    YOUR ABDUCTED CHILD IS MIRACULOUSLY RETURNED. TOO BAD HE'S NO LONGER THE SAME. Stay-at-home mom Yvonne Landis enters her kitchen one day to meet a huge surprise: seated on a chair is her son, Gabe. He went missing when he was ten years old, more ...

  • Cuckoo Avenged

    Cuckoo - 4

    KARMA HAS NO DEADLINEGabe Landis didn't expect to bump into one of the men who molested him years ago when rescuing Yvonne, his missing fugitive mother. Yvonne reveals why the private investigator who helped him feels so familiar. The PI made a plea ...

  • Cuckoo Strapped

    Cuckoo - 5

    Fugitive Yvonne Landis looks forward to some much-deserved peace and quiet for her life in the shadows. Her teenage son Gabe's molester is dead and buried at last. The murderous rage living inside Gabe has been mollified and won't be back for several...

  • Cuckoo Killer

    Cuckoo - 6

    TO KILL OR NOT TO KILL When fugitive Yvonne Landis learns that her younger son Joey is stalking her and her anger-plagued older son Gabe, she freaks out. She must stop him from doing anything drastic, such as go to the police and turn them both in. B...

  • Cuckoo Conflicted

    Cuckoo - 7

    TWO BROTHERS AT ODDS. ONE MOTHER, ONE CHOICE.Fugitive Yvonne Landis is shocked and furious: her 14-year-old son Joey has been brutally assaulted and is in a coma. She can't wait to avenge him, believing she's finally able to kill another human being;...

  • Cuckoo Crafty

    Cuckoo - 8

    CONTROL HIS URGES OR DIE Killing someone doesn't produce the terrible guilt fugitive Yvonne Landis had thought. That's the takeaway after she shoots her dangerous ex-psychiatrist. But she soon faces other problems. Her son Gabe claims he no longer ha...

  • Blood In, Blood Out

    A MURDERED HUSBAND.  A DANGEROUS PAST.Stay-at-home mom Kate Martinez's life is turned upside down when her husband is stabbed to death, leaving her with no means to support their toddlers. Detectives Cooper and White are put on the case...

  • Saving Ana

    Yvonne Landis has suffered plenty in her 43 years of life. She's a paranoid schizophrenic fugitive who lost her husband in an accident she's wrongly accused of staging, and child traffickers once abducted her first-born son, who ended up killing her ...

  • Finding Emily

    Marisa Azzat—formerly known as mentally ill fugitive Yvonne Landis—is still grieving her husband. He was killed during their secret child-trafficking investigations. Her goal in life is to avenge his brutal death, while also rooting out...

  • Stopping Harry

    When Manhattan socialite Marisa Azzat walks home one night, a huge piece of machinery falls from the scaffolding, nearly crushing her. Someone is trying to kill her. Or are they? She can't tell if it's a hallucination or happening for real because sh...

  • Spirited Hardbodies

    It was only yesterday that Six-Packs gym owner Celeste Jones helped its resident ghost Lennie solve a third murder. Little did she know she unwittingly signed up to be the sleuthing ghost's sidekick when she bought the flailing health club. Lennie mu...

  • Missing Gabe

    She lost her husband, but she won't lose her son.Widowed tutor Marisa Azzat leads a double life in New York – she's a vigilante whose goal in life is to root out human trafficking once and for all. Well, that and to avenge the gruesome murder ...

  • Girl Undercover

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    Books 1-4 of the Girl Undercover SeriesLAPD Detective Gabi Longoria returns home one night to a nasty surprise--her husband has been brutally killed. A note next to his body says: Rats always get what they deserve.Her captain refuses to let her join ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Julia Derek has published 66 books.

Julia Derek does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Missing Gabe, was published in November 2023.

The first book by Julia Derek, Confessions of a Serial Egg Donor, was published in August 2004.

Yes. Julia Derek has 6 series.
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