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ⓘ About Alexi Venice
“Standby Counsel: A Monica Spade Novel”, her bestselling legal thriller, got a LesFic Bard Award in 2020. Alexi’s 32 year long legal career informs her medical, legal, and crime fiction work. She is legal counsel under a different name at an international health care system, specializing in preparing physicians and nurses to testify in court in both criminal and civil trials. Venice’s imagination, heart, and life experience inform her romantic drama. When not busy with writing, Alexi can be found boating with her family on the lake. She is married and lives in the state of Wisconsin. “Bourbon Chase” is the first novel in the “San Francisco Mystery” series and was released in the year 2017.
All Book Series by Alexi Venice
Mai Tais & Murder
Series opener · book 1 of 9 · published 2025 Anthology · KC Luck
The Fire and the Warm
Book 4 of 9 · published 2025 Anthology · Kelli Jae Baeli,Melissa Walker Baeli
Those We Run From
Latest in the series · book 9 of 9 · published 2025 Anthology · Fiona Zedde
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Alexi Venice?
“Standby Counsel: A Monica Spade Novel”, her bestselling legal thriller, got a LesFic Bard Award in 2020. Alexi’s 32 year long legal career informs her medical, legal, and crime fiction work. She is legal counsel under a different name at an international health care system, specializing in preparing physicians and nurses to testify in court in both criminal and civil trials.
Which Alexi Venice series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Pepper McCallan series, the earliest of Alexi Venice's multi-book series: it opens with Ebola Vaccine Wars (2015) and runs to 4 books across 2015–2016, ending with Margaret River Winery (2016). Alexi Venice's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Alexi Venice written?
Alexi Venice has 26 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2015 and 2025. 25 of them belong to 5 named series — the largest being the Sapphic Suspense Collection series with 9 books — and 1 is a standalone title, collection or anthology.
In what order should Alexi Venice's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Alexi Venice's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Pepper McCallan (2015–2016, 4 books), The San Francisco Mystery (2017–2024, 8 books) and Monica Spade (2019–2021, 3 books), plus 2 more.
How are Alexi Venice's books organised into series?
This guide splits Alexi Venice's 26 books into 5 named series and 1 title that stands alone or appear only in collections: Sapphic Suspense Collection (9 books, 2025); The San Francisco Mystery (8 books, 2017–2024); Pepper McCallan (4 books, 2015–2016); Monica Spade (3 books, 2019–2021); The Hank Hart (1 book, 2025).