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Subtle Deceptions Books in Order

by Elle KeatonMystery, Thriller & Suspense

4 books from The Last Grift (2025) to The Drop (2026). Rated 4.7 across 26 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. The Last Grift

    Book 1 2025 4.6 (19)

    Jaded confidence man Gabriel Karne is on the run. A literal snarling, slobbering guard dog nips at his heels. If he makes it over the chain-link fence, he vows to skip town for friendlier climes. Somewhere no one knows his name.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  2. Bait and Switch

    Book 2 2026 4.8 (5)

    Gabriel Karne is back. The plan? Lie low on Heartstone Island and wait for the dumpster fire that is his past life to burn itself out. So far, so good. Until it isn't.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  3. The Skin Game

    Book 3 2026 5.0 (2)

    Gabriel Karne is cautiously optimistic. Life seems to be settling down into a nice even keel. It’s a new year and the former con artist has a permanent-for-now address. No more rickety sailboats and living out of go-bags for Gabriel Karne.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  4. The Drop

    Book 4 2026

    Curiosity might just kill Gabriel Karne after all. It’s only Monday morning and Gabriel Karne is already knee-deep in murder. Roy Wilson, a Westfort pastor with a murky past, turns up dead. Was the man a bad guy turned good?

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Subtle Deceptions is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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