Julia Keller

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  • Bibliography:
    17 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 2009
  • Latest Book:
    November 2019
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Full Series List in Order

Bell Elkins

1 - A Killing in the Hills (Aug-2012)
2 - Bitter River (Sep-2013)
2.5 - Devil's Stepdaughter (Jun-2014)
3 - Summer of the Dead (Sep-2014)
3.5 - A Haunting of the Bones (Dec-2014)
3.7 - Ghost Roll (Jun-2015)
4 - Last Ragged Breath (Aug-2015)
4.5 - Evening Street (Dec-2015)
5 - Sorrow Road (Aug-2016)
6 - Fast Falls the Night (Aug-2017)
7 - Bone on Bone (Aug-2018)
8 - The Cold Way Home (Aug-2019)

A Dark Intercept Novel

0.5 - The Tablet of Scaptur (Nov-2017)
1 - The Dark Intercept (Nov-2017)
2 - Dark Mind Rising (Nov-2018)
3 - Dark Star Calling (Nov-2019)

Book List in Order: 17 titles

  • Back Home

    "It is a story, told well and accurately, that summons up both tears and outrage."--Walter Dean Myers

    BACK HOME is the story of 13-year-old Rachel Ann "Brownie" Browning, whose family faces a tragic loss. Her father has just returned from the ...

  • A Killing in the Hills

    Bell Elkins - 1

    In A Killing in the Hills, a powerful, intricate debut from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Julia Keller, a mother and a daughter try to do right by a town and each other before it's too late. What's happening in Acker's Gap, West Virginia? Thre...

  • Bitter River

    Bell Elkins - 2

    In the next stunning novel from Pulitzer Prize-winning Julia Keller, following the popular "A Killing in the Hills," a pregnant teenager is found murdered at the bottom of a river. Phone calls before dawn are never good news. And when you're the ...

  • Devil's Stepdaughter

    Bell Elkins - 2.5

    The Devil's Stepdaughter, a story from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Julia Keller, takes us back into beloved prosecuting attorney Bell Elkins's past. The year Bell turns eleven, she's living with a foster family in the beautiful but poverty-stricken...

  • Summer of the Dead

    Bell Elkins - 3

    High summer in Acker's Gap, West Virginia -- but no one's enjoying the rugged natural landscape. Not while a killer stalks the small town and its hard-luck inhabitants. County prosecutor Bell Elkins and Sheriff Nick Fogelsong are stymied by a murdere...

  • A Haunting of the Bones

    Bell Elkins - 3.5

    From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Julia Keller comes A HAUNTING OF THE BONES, another suspsenseful and provocative story that will keep readers up all night...Bell Elkins, prosecuting attorney for Raythune C1ounty, West Virginia, had always believed...

  • Ghost Roll

    Bell Elkins - 3.7

    Bell Elkins, prosecuting attorney and small-town heroine of Pulitzer Prize winner Julia Keller's A Killing in the Hills, Bitter River and Summer of the Dead, faces one of her most challenging days in this exclusive digital short story. Featuring an e...

  • Last Ragged Breath

    Bell Elkins - 4

    From the night-black depths of a coalmine to the sun-struck peaks of the Appalachian Mountains, from a riveting murder mystery to a poignant meditation on the meaning of love and family, the latest novel in the critically acclaimed series strikes out...

  • Evening Street

    Bell Elkins - 4.5

    By day, she's a tough-minded prosecutor in Raythune County, West Virginia, a region scarred by poverty and prescription drug abuse. By night, Bell Elkins takes on a softer role. She volunteers at an auxiliary intensive care unit where nurses deal ...



  • Sorrow Road

    Bell Elkins - 5

    In 1944, three young men from a small town in West Virginia are among the American forces participating in D-Day, changing the fortunes of the war with one bold stroke. How is that moment aboard a Navy ship as it barrels toward the Normandy shore rel...

  • Fast Falls the Night

    Bell Elkins - 6

    Based on a real-life event, Pulitzer Prize-winner Julia Keller’s latest Bell Elkins novel takes place in a single 24-hour period, unfurling against the backdrop of a shattering personal revelation that will change Bell’s life forever. The firs...

  • The Dark Intercept

    A Dark Intercept Novel - 1

    THE DARK INTERCEPT by Julia Keller is the beginning of a “riveting” (Emmy Laybourne) science fiction adventure that challenges the voluntary surrender of liberties for the perception of safety. When the state controls your emotions, how hard ...

  • The Tablet of Scaptur

    A Dark Intercept Novel - 0.5

  • Bone on Bone

    Bell Elkins - 7

    The next powerful chapter in Pulitzer Prize-winner Julia Keller's beloved Bell Elkins series sends readers headlong into the thick of a mystery as young as today's headlines -- but as old as the mountains that hold these lives in a tight grip. Ho...

  • Dark Mind Rising

    A Dark Intercept Novel - 2

    Pulitzer Prize-winning author Julia Keller continues her Dark Intercept science fiction series with Dark Mind Rising, a thrilling, speculative murder mystery set in a chilling future where citizens believe they're free after years of emotional su...

  • The Cold Way Home

    Bell Elkins - 8

    In the next powerful mystery from Julia Keller, former West Virginia prosecuting attorney Bell Elkins investigates the murder of a teenager while continuing to rebuild her life. Bell Elkins and Jake Oakes make a good team, so good that they decide...

  • Dark Star Calling

    A Dark Intercept Novel - 3

    Julia Keller's Dark Star Calling is the third and final book in the Dark Intercept Trilogy, a high-concept YA science fiction saga. Out in the observatory, protruding from the vast gap in the roof, was the giant telescope. It stared unblinking...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Julia Keller has published 17 books.

Julia Keller does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Dark Star Calling, was published in November 2019.

The first book by Julia Keller, Back Home, was published in September 2009.

Yes. Julia Keller has 2 series.
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