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ⓘ About Lisa Black
Lisa Black is one of the highly successful novelists from America, who likes to write her books based on the thriller, crime fiction, and mystery genres. She hails from Cleveland, Ohio and used to work as a forensic scientist over there before becoming a writer. As of today, she spends her day time working as an examiner of latent print in Cape Coral, Florida, and utilizes all the free time that she gets in writing her crime fiction books. Author Lisa is particularly popular for developing the character of Theresa MacLean in her mystery novel series of the same name. Theresa has been described as working as a forensic investigator. The other novel series that author Lisa is working on is titled as ‘Gardiner and Renner’ series.
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Who is Lisa Black?
Lisa Black is one of the highly successful novelists from America, who likes to write her books based on the thriller, crime fiction, and mystery genres. She hails from Cleveland, Ohio and used to work as a forensic scientist over there before becoming a writer. As of today, she spends her day time working as an examiner of latent print in Cape Coral, Florida, and utilizes all the free time that she gets in writing her crime fiction books.
Which Lisa Black series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Theresa MacLean series, the earliest of Lisa Black's multi-book series: it opens with Takeover (2008) and runs to 7 books across 2008–2014, ending with Close to the Bone (2014). Lisa Black's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Lisa Black written?
Lisa Black has 18 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2008 and 2025. 17 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Theresa MacLean series with 7 books — and 1 is a standalone title, collection or anthology.
In what order should Lisa Black's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Lisa Black's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Theresa MacLean (2008–2014, 7 books), Gardiner and Renner (2016–2020, 6 books) and Locard Institute Thriller (2022–2025, 4 books).
How are Lisa Black's books organised into series?
This guide splits Lisa Black's 18 books into 3 named series and 1 title that stands alone or appear only in collections: Theresa MacLean (7 books, 2008–2014); Gardiner and Renner (6 books, 2016–2020); Locard Institute Thriller (4 books, 2022–2025).