Eve Ronin

Lost Hills (Eve Ronin #1) by Lee Goldberg

Los Angeles hides its secrets in plain sight, behind the walls of luxury homes, beneath wildfire-scorched hills, and inside the quiet corridors of power. At the center of that tangled landscape stands Eve Ronin, the youngest homicide detective in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, trying to carve out truth in a place built on illusion.

What begins as a hard-won promotion after a viral arrest soon becomes a relentless test of integrity. Each investigation pulls her deeper into the city’s contradictions: fame and failure, loyalty and betrayal, justice and corruption. With every case, Eve faces the uneasy question of whether the system she serves is worth the price it demands.

The series blends the precision of a police procedural with the tension of a psychological thriller. Set against the vivid sprawl of Southern California, from sunlit canyons to gated estates, it captures the uneasy rhythm of a world where everyone performs, and where the truth, once uncovered, can destroy as easily as it can heal.

Gritty, fast-paced, and grounded in moral complexity, this crime fiction series doesn’t just trace the path of a detective. It exposes the fragile boundary between ambition and obsession. For readers drawn to authentic law enforcement detail, layered mysteries, and the pulse of Los Angeles itself, these stories deliver a sharp, unflinching look at what it means to fight for justice in a city built on secrets.

Eve Ronin consists of six books and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.


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Fictions and Others

(Eve Ronin #1 / 7)
2020 | thriller, crime fiction, mystery
(Eve Ronin #2 / 7)
2021 | thriller, crime fiction, mystery
(Eve Ronin #3 / 7)
2021 | thriller, crime fiction, mystery
(Eve Ronin #4 / 7)
2022 | thriller, crime fiction, mystery
(Eve Ronin #5 / 7)
2024 | thriller, crime fiction, mystery
(Eve Ronin #6 / 7)
2025 | thriller, crime fiction, mystery
(Eve Ronin #7 / 7)
2026 | thriller, crime fiction, mystery | Release date October 20, 2026

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