Jeffery Deaver Books in Order

Jeffery Deaver is a New York Times bestselling thriller author best known for the Lincoln Rhyme series.

This page lists all Jeffery Deaver books in order, including his complete series, standalone novels, and short stories, organized primarily by publication order.

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Untouchable (Special Agent Constant Marlowe novella), February 2026

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Lincoln Rhyme Series (Books in Order)

The Lincoln Rhyme series follows a former New York City forensic criminologist, as he investigates complex crimes with the help of detective Amelia Sachs.

Publication Order

  1. The Bone Collector (#1), 1997
  2. The Coffin Dancer (#2), 1998
  3. The Empty Chair (#3), 2000
  4. The Stone Monkey (#4), 2002
  5. The Vanished Man (#5), 2003
  6. The Twelfth Card (#6), 2005
  7. The Cold Moon (#7), 2006
  8. The Broken Window (#8), 2008
  9. The Burning Wire (#9), 2010
  10. A Textbook Case (#9.5), 2013
  11. The Kill Room (#10), 2013
  12. Rhymes With Prey (10.5), 2014
  13. The Skin Collector (#11), 2014
  14. The Deliveryman (#11.5), 2016
  15. The Steel Kiss (#12), 2016
  16. The Burial Hour (#13), 2017
  17. The Cutting Edge (#14), 2018
  18. The Midnight Lock (#15), 2019
  19. Swiping Hearts (#15.5), 2023
  20. The Watchmaker’s Hand (#16), 2023
  21. The Collateral Heart (#17), 2026

Rune Trilogy (Books in Order)

The Rune series follows Rune, a young woman who becomes involved in murder investigations while working at a video store in New York City.

Publication Order

  1. Manhattan Is My Beat, 1988
  2. Death of a Blue Movie Star, 1990
  3. Hard News, 1991

John Pellam Series (Books in Order)

The John Pellam series follows a former stuntman turned Hollywood location scout who conducts murder investigations while scouting film locations.

The series was originally written under the pseudonym William Jefferies.

Publication Order

  1. Shallow Graves, 1992
  2. Bloody River Blues, 1993
  3. Hell’s Kitchen, 2001

Kathryn Dance Series (Books in Order)

The Kathryn Dance series follows a California Bureau of Investigation agent who specializes in kinesics, the study of body language and nonverbal communication.

Publication Order

  1. The Sleeping Doll (#1), 2007
  2. Roadside Crosses (#2), 2009
  3. XO (#3), 2012
  4. Solitude Creek (#4), 2015

Colter Shaw Series (Books in Order)

The Colter Shaw series follows a reward seeker who travels across the United States using tracking skills to locate missing persons.

Publication Order

  1. Captivated (#0.5), 2019
  2. The Never Game (#1), 2019
  3. The Second Hostage (#1.5), 2020
  4. The Goodbye Man (#2), 2020
  5. The Final Twist (#3), 2021
  6. The Deadline Clock (#3.5), 2022
  7. Hunting Time (#4), 2022
  8. South of Nowhere (#5), 2025

Unsettling Series (Books in Order)

The Unsettling series is a collection of standalone suspense stories produced as Audible Originals.

Publication Order

  1. The Intruder, 2021
  2. Stay Tuned, 2021
  3. Date Night, 2021
  4. The Muse, 2023

Special Agent Constant Marlowe Series (Books in Order)

The Special Agent Constant Marlowe follows an FBI Agent as she investigates criminal cases involving protected witnesses.

Publication Order

Broken Doll Series (Books in Order)

The Broken Doll series is a four-part collection of interconnected short thriller stories released through Amazon Original Stories in 2022.

Publication Order

  1. The Pain Hunter, 2022
  2. Dodge, 2022
  3. Execution Day, 2022
  4. Sixty-One Seconds, 2022

Sanchez & Heron Series (Books in Order)

The Sanchez & Heron series follows Homeland Security agent Carmen Sanchez and security consultant Jake Heron as they investigate major crimes in Southern California.

Co-authored with Isabella Maldonado.

Publication Order

  1. Fatal Intrusion, 2024
  2. The Grave Artist, 2025

Harold Middleton Series (Books in Order)

The Harold Middleton series follows Harrold “Harry” Middleton, a former war crimes investigator turned musicologist, in a series of collaborative thriller audiobooks. Jeffery Deaver contributed the opening and closing chapters to each installment.

Publication Order

  1. The Chopin Manuscript, 2007
  2. The Copper Bracelet, 2009
  3. The Starling Project, 2014

Standalone Novels

Novellas and Short Stories

Short Story Collections

Short Story Anthologies

Non Fiction Books

Writing as Jeffery Wilds Deaver

Jeffery Deaver Biography

Jeffery Deaver author

Jeffery Deaver is an American thriller author whose work includes the Lincoln Rhyme thriller series, as well as numerous standalone novels and short fiction. He has published more than 40 novels since his debut, Manhattan Is My Beat, in 1988.
Official website: jefferydeaver.com

Jeffery Deaver was born on May 6, 1950, in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, near Chicago. He earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri, after which he worked as a magazine writer, before returning to study law at the Fordham University in New York City.

After receiving his J.D., he worked as a corporate lawyer on Wall Street.

While practicing law, he continued writing fiction and submitting manuscripts. After several rejections, his novel Hoodoo got accepted by a small publisher, followed by Always A Thief, which helped establish his career as a novelist. Both novels were published under the alias Jeffery Wilds Deaver.

In addition to the Lincoln Rhyme series, Jeffery Deaver has written several standalone series and novels, including Colter Shaw and Kathryn Dance. He also contributed to the James Bond Extended series with Carte Blanche, a novel published in 2011.

His novels have appeared on bestseller lists around the world, including The New York Times, The Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, Corriere della Sera, and The Los Angeles Times.

Jeffery Deaver Book Adaptations

  • A Maiden’s Grave – adapted into the HBO television film Dead Silence (1997)
  • The Bone Collector – adapted into the feature film The Bone Collector (1999)
  • The Devil’s Teardrop – adapted into the Lifetime television film The Devil’s Teardrop (2010)
  • The Bone Collector – adapted into the NBC television series Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector (2020)
  • The Never Game – adapted into the CBS television series Tracker (2024)

Jeffery Deaver Awards and Honors

Awards

  • The Bone Collector – Nero Award (1999)
  • Garden of Beasts – CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (2004)
  • The Bodies Left Behind – ITW Award for Best Thriller (2009)
  • Edgar Award Grand Master (2021)

Nominations and Shortlists

  • Manhattan Is My Beat – Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original (1990)
  • Shallow Graves – Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original (1993)
  • The Kneeling Soldier – Edgar Award for Best Short Story (1998)
  • The Coffin Dancer – Barry Award for Best Novel (1999)
  • Triangle – Edgar Award for Best Short Story (2000)
  • Triangle – Anthony Award for Best Short Story (2000)
  • Hell’s Kitchen – Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original (2002)
  • Born Bad – Edgar Award for Best Short Story (2006)
  • Bump – Barry Award for Best Short Story (2008)
  • The Broken Window – ITW Award for Best Thriller (2009)
  • The Plot – Edgar Award for Best Short Story (2011)
  • Edge – ITW Award for Best Hardcover Novel (2011)
  • The Sequel – Shamus Award for Best PI Short Story (2013)
  • The Sequel – Macavity Award for Best Mystery Short Story (2013)
  • Hard to Get – Edgar Award for Best Short Story (2018)
  • Connecting the Dots – Short Story Dagger (2020)
  • The Bully – Short Story Dagger (2020)

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Founder of Mystery Sequels, a reference site focused on listing mystery and thriller books in the correct reading order. I maintain and update the site’s bibliographies as new titles are released, ensuring accuracy and consistency across author and series pages.

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3 Comments

  1. One of my favorite 2 authors….Stories packed with intelligent and detailed subject matter. Needs to write more novels!

  3. Can you tell me the title of the book that is about the use of data (loyalty cards) in frame people for murders? Thamnk you.

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