What is Elle Gray's highest-rated book?

"The Forgotten Girls" is Elle Gray's highest-rated book on LuvemBooks, with a reader rating of 4.7/5.

How many Elle Gray books are reviewed on LuvemBooks?

We have reviewed 6 books by Elle Gray.

What genres does Elle Gray write?

Elle Gray's books span genres including Thriller, Fiction, Mystery.

We've reviewed six Elle Gray books. The 7 She Saw launches the Blake Wilder series with three murders in a Washington coastal town; A Perfect Wife, its second installment, pits Wilder against a serial killer with a warped courtship fantasy; and The Forgotten Girls is the series' thirty-third entry. I See You opens the Pax Arrington Mysteries with a PI whose first case draws a serial killer's interest, The Chosen Girl launches the Storyville series with FBI agent Coraline Pratt in a supernaturally strange town, and New Girl in Town (co-written with K.S. Gray) sends agent Olivia Knight to Belle Grove, Virginia just as children begin to vanish.

Elle Gray

Elle Gray is a fiction author whose work spans mystery and thriller genres. She is known for the Pax Arrington Mystery series, beginning with I See You, which follows private investigator Paxton Arrington. Gray aims to keep readers around the country and the world engaged with her stories.

On LuvemBooks, we've reviewed 6 of Elle Gray's books, including New Girl in Town, A Perfect Wife, and The Chosen Girl.

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Books Reviewed

New Girl in Town

4.2/5

reader rating · 14,719 ratings

Elle Gray and K.S. Gray's indie debut launches the Olivia Knight FBI Mystery Thriller series, sending an FBI agent to Belle Grove, Virginia for a fresh start — just as children begin to vanish. A compact, premise-driven procedural best for binge-readers, with over twenty sequels behind it.

Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

A Perfect Wife

4.6/5

reader rating · 18,597 ratings

A Perfect Wife is the second installment in Elle Gray's Blake Wilder FBI Mystery Thriller series, following FBI agent Blake Wilder as she hunts a serial killer whose crimes are rooted in a warped fantasy of romance and courtship — all while carrying the weight of her parents' murder and her sister's unsolved disappearance. This review is based on the book's content as described by published sources and its reception record, not hands-on reading.

Reviewed Aug 26, 2026

The Chosen Girl

4.3/5

reader rating · 2,927 ratings

The Chosen Girl launches Elle Gray's Storyville FBI Mystery Thriller series with FBI agent Coraline Pratt arriving in a town that is equal parts crime scene and supernatural enigma — a confident series-starter that blends procedural urgency with small-town mystery and darkly otherworldly atmosphere.

Reviewed Aug 12, 2026

The Forgotten Girls

4.7/5

reader rating · 2,832 ratings

The Forgotten Girls is the thirty-third entry in Elle Gray's Blake Wilder FBI Mystery Thriller series — a long-running, prolific run that began in 2020 and has grown to thirty-five novels. This review is based on published series information and source commentary; it does not reflect hands-on reading of the text.

Reviewed Aug 11, 2026

The 7 She Saw (Blake Wilder FBI Mystery Thriller Book 1)

4.4/5

reader rating · 21,888 ratings

The 7 She Saw launches Elle Gray's Blake Wilder FBI Mystery Thriller series with a protagonist haunted by personal tragedy, an investigation into three murders in a deceptively idyllic Washington coastal town, and a serial format that has since grown to over thirty installments — making this 2020 debut a foundation worth understanding on its own terms.

Reviewed Apr 26, 2026

I See You (Pax Arrington Mysteries Book 1)

4.5/5

reader rating · 6,917 ratings

Elle Gray's I See You launches the Pax Arrington Mysteries with a tightly wound premise: a former cop turned private investigator whose first case—a family kidnapping—pulls him into the crosshairs of a serial killer who wants not to be caught, but to recruit him.

Reviewed Apr 17, 2026

Ask LuvemBooks about Elle Gray

Elle Gray writes crime fiction anchored by women in law enforcement and investigation — across the six books we've reviewed, her protagonists include three FBI agents and a former cop turned private investigator. She's also remarkably prolific: the Blake Wilder FBI Mystery Thriller series, launched with The 7 She Saw in 2020, has already grown to thirty-five novels, and that debut carries a 4.4/5 reader rating from nearly 22,000 Amazon ratings. A recurring pattern in her work is layering unresolved personal trauma onto procedural plots, as in A Perfect Wife, where Blake Wilder hunts a serial killer while carrying her parents' murder and her sister's disappearance.

Where should I start?: The 7 She Saw is the natural entry point: it launches the Blake Wilder FBI Mystery Thriller series, Gray's largest, with an investigation into three murders in a deceptively idyllic Washington coastal town and a protagonist haunted by personal tragedy. It also holds a 4.4/5 reader rating from nearly 22,000 Amazon ratings, so it's a well-tested starting place. If you prefer a private investigator over an FBI agent, I See You opens the Pax Arrington Mysteries instead.
What's her writing style?: Based on our reviews, Gray favors premise-driven procedurals that hook readers with a tightly wound setup — for example, I See You opens with a kidnapping case that pulls a private investigator into the orbit of a serial killer who wants to recruit him rather than evade him. She consistently braids her protagonists' personal trauma into the casework, as Blake Wilder carries her parents' murder and her sister's unsolved disappearance through her investigations. She also experiments with atmosphere: The Chosen Girl blends FBI procedural urgency with small-town mystery and a darkly otherworldly, supernatural edge.
Books we've reviewed: We've reviewed six Elle Gray books. The 7 She Saw launches the Blake Wilder series with three murders in a Washington coastal town; A Perfect Wife, its second installment, pits Wilder against a serial killer with a warped courtship fantasy; and The Forgotten Girls is the series' thirty-third entry. I See You opens the Pax Arrington Mysteries with a PI whose first case draws a serial killer's interest, The Chosen Girl launches the Storyville series with FBI agent Coraline Pratt in a supernaturally strange town, and New Girl in Town (co-written with K.S. Gray) sends agent Olivia Knight to Belle Grove, Virginia just as children begin to vanish.
How do her books compare?: Three of the six reviewed titles are series openers, so they're the cleanest comparison points. The 7 She Saw and New Girl in Town are both compact FBI procedurals built around agents with personal baggage, while The Chosen Girl pushes the same formula toward supernatural atmosphere. I See You is the outlier in structure — its serial killer wants to recruit the investigator, not escape him — and its 4.5/5 reader rating from nearly 7,000 Amazon ratings is in line with the 4.4–4.7 range her other rated books hold.
What genre does she write?: Elle Gray writes mystery and thriller fiction. Five of the six books we've reviewed are classified as thrillers — mostly FBI procedurals — while I See You is shelved as mystery and follows a private investigator. Her stories typically involve serial killers, kidnappings, or missing children investigated by law enforcement protagonists.
What should I read after The 7 She Saw?: The direct next step is A Perfect Wife, the second Blake Wilder installment, in which Wilder hunts a serial killer whose crimes stem from a warped fantasy of romance while still carrying her family's tragedies — it holds a 4.6/5 reader rating from over 18,000 Amazon ratings. If you'd rather try a different Gray series before committing to all thirty-five Blake Wilder novels, I See You offers a change of pace with private investigator Paxton Arrington. The Forgotten Girls, the thirty-third Blake Wilder book, shows where the series eventually goes, though our review notes it's based on published series information rather than hands-on reading.

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Who is Elle Gray?

Elle Gray is a fiction author working in mystery and thriller, best known for the Pax Arrington Mystery series, which begins with I See You and follows private investigator Paxton Arrington. Based on the books we've reviewed, she also writes multiple FBI-led thriller series, including the long-running Blake Wilder series. She aims to keep readers around the country and the world engaged with her stories.

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