Frequently Asked Questions

Alex Sigmore is a mystery and thriller author who writes the Emily Slate FBI Mystery Series, the Ivy Bishop Mystery Thriller Series and the Oak Creek Thriller Series, co-writes the Hale Hastings Mystery Thriller Series with Ash Mercer, and has written standalone novels including The Forgotten Wife and Buried Embers.

A lifelong reader from the start, Alex has always been fascinated by what drives people, and what events in our lives shape us to become the people we are today. Read more about Alex.

Read the Emily Slate books in this order:

1. Her Last Shot (Prequel)
2. His Perfect Crime (Book 1)
3. The Collection Girls (Book 2)
4. Smoke and Ashes (Book 3)
5. Her Final Words (Book 4)
6. Can't Miss Her (Book 5)
7. The Lost Daughter (Book 6)
8. The Secret Seven (Book 7)
9. A Liar's Grave (Book 8)
10. Oh What Fun (Holiday Novella)
11. The Girl in the Wall (Book 9)
12. His Final Act (Book 10)
13. The Vanishing Eyes (Book 11)
14. Edge of the Woods (Book 12)
15. Ties That Bind (Book 13)
16. The Missing Bones (Book 14)
17. Blood in the Sand (Book 15)
18. The Passage (Book 16)
19. Fire in the Sky (Book 17)
20. The Killing Jar (Book 18)
21. A Deadly Promise (Book 19)
22. No More Chances (Book 20)

The prequel, Her Last Shot, is free when you join Alex's newsletter. Oh What Fun is a holiday novella that fits between Book 8 and Book 9.

Ivy Bishop Mystery Thriller Series

1. Bishops Edge (Prequel)
2. Her Dark Secret (Book 1)
3. The Girl Without a Clue (Book 2)
4. The Buried Faces (Book 3)
5. Her Hidden Lies (Book 4)
6. One Dark Night (Book 5)

Hale Hastings Mystery Thriller Series (co-written with Ash Mercer)

1. In Her Bones (Book 1)
2. Over Your Grave (Book 2)
3. Before She Knew (Book 3)
4. After the Fall (Book 4)

Oak Creek Thriller Series

1. The Darkest Game (Book 1)
2. Never Strike Twice (Book 2)

Each book centers on its own case, so you can start with any title. Characters and storylines carry over from book to book, though, so reading each series in order gives you the full story.

For the Emily Slate FBI Mystery Series, start with the free prequel Her Last Shot or with Book 1, His Perfect Crime. For the Ivy Bishop Mystery Thriller Series, start with the free prequel Bishops Edge. For the Hale Hastings Mystery Thriller Series, start with Book 1, In Her Bones.

Yes. Her Last Shot, the Emily Slate prequel, is free when you sign up for Alex's newsletter, and Bishops Edge, the Ivy Bishop prequel, is a free download.

Co-written by Alex Sigmore and Ash Mercer, the series follows Hale Hastings, an FBI trainee framed for the murder of her mentor, who takes on a new identity in Bend, Oregon and teams up with a local private investigator to crack cold cases while fighting to clear her own name. It starts with In Her Bones; Book 4, After the Fall, comes out on November 15, 2026.

Buried Embers, Alex Sigmore's debut novel with Harper Perennial, comes out in paperback on January 27, 2027. Fire investigator Calla Rowe is pulled into a suspicious wildfire and a missing-person case in the remote Oregon town of Pinecrest. You can pre-order the paperback from HarperCollins or Amazon, and the audiobook on Audible.

Book 20, No More Chances, comes out on April 15, 2027. The most recent release is Book 19, A Deadly Promise. To hear about new releases first, join Alex's newsletter.

Alex Sigmore's books are available on Amazon in Kindle and paperback editions. Many titles are also sold at Barnes & Noble, Kobo and Apple Books, and paperbacks and audiobooks for the Emily Slate series can be bought directly from Alex on the Shop page. Each book's page lists every place it's available.

Yes. Most of the Emily Slate FBI Mystery Series is available as audiobooks, which you can buy directly from Alex on the Shop page or from Audible, Apple Books, Kobo and Barnes & Noble. The audiobook of Buried Embers is available to pre-order on Audible.

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