Jeffery Deaver Books In Order
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The Pain Hunter | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dodge | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Execution Day | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sixty-One Seconds | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Colter Shaw Books
Captivated | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Never Game | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Second Hostage | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Goodbye Man | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Forgotten | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Final Twist | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Deadline Clock | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hunting Time | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of John Pellam Books
Shallow Graves | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bloody River Blues | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hell's Kitchen | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Kathryn Dance Books
The Sleeping Doll | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Roadside Crosses | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
XO | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Solitude Creek | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Lincoln Rhyme Books
The Bone Collector | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Coffin Dancer | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Empty Chair | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Stone Monkey | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Vanished Man | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Twelfth Card | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Cold Moon | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Broken Window | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Burning Wire | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Kill Room | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Skin Collector | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Steel Kiss | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Burial Hour | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Cutting Edge | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Midnight Lock | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Swiping Hearts | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Watchmaker's Hand | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Lincoln Rhyme Short Stories/Novellas
A Textbook Case | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rhymes With Prey: Lincoln Rhyme vs. Lucas Davenport | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Deliveryman | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Perfect Plan | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Rune Books
Manhattan Is My Beat | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death of a Blue Movie Star | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hard News | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Hush Collection Books
Treasure | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Snowflakes | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Buried | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Let Her Be | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Gift | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Slow Burner | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Mistress of Justice | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lesson of Her Death | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Praying for Sleep | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Maiden's Grave | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Speaking in Tongues | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Devil's Teardrop | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Blue Nowhere | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Garden of Beasts | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Revenge is Sweet | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murderous Affairs | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Bodies Left Behind | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Edge | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The October List | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Debriefing | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Turning Point | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Triangle | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Weapon | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sequel | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Reconciliation | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Repressed | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Where the Evidence Lies | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Double Cross | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Surprise Ending | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Victims' Club | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ninth and Nowhere | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Bully | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Verona | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cause of Death | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Scheme | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Twisted | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nocturne | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
More Twisted | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Triple Threat | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trouble in Mind | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Publication Order of Harold Middleton Books
The Chopin Manuscript | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Copper Bracelet | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Starling Project: An Audible Drama | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Harold Middleton books are serial thrillers which are compiled by various authors. |
Publication Order of Bibliomysteries Books
The Book of Virtue | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pronghorns of the Third Reich | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Book Thing | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Book Case | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
An Acceptable Sacrifice | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death Leaves a Bookmark | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Final Testament | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rides a Stranger | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Long Sonata of the Dead | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Book of Ghosts | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Compendium of Srem | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
What's in a Name? | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Remaindered | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sequel | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Gospel of Sheba | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Nature of My Inheritance | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
It's in the Book | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Scroll | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Book of the Lion | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Little Men | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Condor in the Stacks | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mystery, Inc. | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Every Seven Years | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
From the Queen | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Travelling Companion | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Citadel | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Reconciliation Day | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dead Dames Don't Sing | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Haze | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hoodoo Harry | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Pretty Little Box | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Seven Years | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Hemingway Valise | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Last Honest Horse Thief | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dark Door | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chronological Order of Bibliomysteries Books
The Book of Virtue | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Scroll | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pronghorns of the Third Reich | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
An Acceptable Sacrifice | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death Leaves a Bookmark | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Seven Years | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Book Thing | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Book of Ghosts | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Long Sonata of the Dead | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Final Testament | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rides a Stranger | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
What's in a Name? | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
It's in the Book | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Nature of My Inheritance | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Remaindered | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Compendium of Srem | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Gospel of Sheba | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sequel | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Book of the Lion | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Little Men | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
From the Queen | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Every Seven Years | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Citadel | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Condor in the Stacks | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mystery, Inc. | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Travelling Companion | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Haze | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dead Dames Don't Sing | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Reconciliation Day | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hoodoo Harry | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Pretty Little Box | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Hemingway Valise | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Last Honest Horse Thief | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Book Case | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dark Door | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of James Bond (Extended) Books
Colonel Sun | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
License Renewed | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
For Special Services | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Icebreaker | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Role of Honor | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nobody Lives Forever | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
No Deals, Mr. Bond | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Scorpius | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Licence to Kill | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Win, Lose or Die | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Brokenclaw | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Man from Barbarossa | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death Is Forever | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Never Send Flowers | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
SeaFire | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
GoldenEye | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cold Fall | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Zero Minus Ten | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tomorrow Never Dies | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Facts of Death | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The World is Not Enough | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
High Time to Kill | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doubleshot | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Never Dream of Dying | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Man With the Red Tattoo | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Die Another Day | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Devil May Care | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Carte Blanche | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Solo | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trigger Mortis | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Forever and a Day | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
With a Mind to Kill | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Mysterious Profiles Books
Elvis Cole and Joe Pike | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Jack Taylor | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Jack Reacher | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Charlie Parker | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hieronymus Bosch | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lincoln Rhyme | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alex Delaware | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tess Monaghan | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Charlie Resnick | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Inspector Morse | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dismas Hardy | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bob Lee Swagger | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Aloysius X. L. Pendergast | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lou Boldt | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spenser | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
John Rebus | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mallory | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Jane Whitefield | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ian Rutledge: A Mysterious Profile | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Amos Walker | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Precious Ramotswe | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Maisie Dobbs | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lincoln Lawyer | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ben Kincaid | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Repairman Jack | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Irreconcilable Differences | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best American Mystery Stories 2000 | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Century of Great Suspense Stories | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Much Ado About Murder | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Adventure of the Missing Detective and 19 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dangerous Women | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Transgressions | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A New Omnibus of Crime | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Merry Band of Murderers | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Deadly Bride and 19 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Killer Year: Stories to Die For... | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Prisoner of Memory and 24 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Thriller 2 | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best American Mystery Stories 2009 | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
First Thrills | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mysterious Writers: The Many Facets of Mystery Writing | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
No Rest for the Dead | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
First Thrills: Volume 3 | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Killer Cookbook | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
USA Noir | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Crooked Road, Volume 3 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
FaceOff | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mystery Writers of America Presents Ice Cold | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Manhattan Mayhem | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Silent Night, Deadly Night | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In Sunlight or In Shadow | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alive in Shape and Color | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ten Year Stretch | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Odd Partners | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Exit Wounds | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Invisible Blood | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Private Investigations: Mystery Writers on the Secrets, Riddles, and Wonders in Their Lives | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nothing Good Happens After Midnight | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Daggers Drawn | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
About Jeffery Deaver:
Jeffery Deaver was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1950. He was born from a mother who was a homemaker, and a father that worked as an advertising copywriter, which seems a bit of foreshadowing. He has one younger sister named Julie Deaver. A very interesting fact is that he actually completed his first (two chapter) book when he was as young as eleven years old.
When he grew up, he chose to attend the University of Missouri in order to gain an education in his preferred field of study. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree focused in Journalism. After graduation he worked in the field for a few years as a magazine writer.
However, he aspired to work for The New York Times as a legal consultant, but would not be taken seriously without an applicable degree. So, he enrolled in the Fordham Law School to study legal review. He graduated and worked as an attorney for a while with a popular Wall Street Firm. As he settled into the long commute back and forth to work; he began writing the type of stories that he most loved to read.
These just happened to be non-fiction novels. He enjoyed it so much and it was going so well that he later quit his job to do it all the time. Over the years his portfolio became expansive and includes poetry, musical lyrics, short stories, and twenty two novels. He has received international awards and recognition for his work and is a highly celebrated author.
Novel Adaptation
Several of Deaver’s stories have been adapted into other venues for consumption. You might be familiar with the movie The Bone Collector with Denzel Washington playing Lincoln Rhyme. Lincoln Rhyme is generally the main male character in his work.
This movie was adapted from the Jeffery Deaver novel The Bone Collector and did very well in theatres as well. A second book named A Maiden’s Grave was made into an HBO film renamed to Dead Silence, with James Garner and Marlee Matlin in the leading roles.
Each and every storyline comes to life as you read through Deaver’s books. The characters are vivid, controlled and concise. Each story can be read as a standalone version, even though each one is part of a line of similarly themed books. In further discussing some of his individual creations, will likely helps us to understand Jeffery Deaver as a relevant author.
Some of the books were written quite some time ago, but the precision plots remain timeless and could have been written last week. He has a charm for twists and turns in his writing style and the ability to engage and draw the reader in. Next, we will discuss just a few of his creations individually.
Movie One: The Bone Collector
The Bone Collector is a chilling story of a police officer, Lincoln Rhyme, working with a female officer to find a killer before he kills again. Rhyme is a quadriplegic working with intelligence and experience as he cannot physically review the crime scenes.
He and another agent begin reviewing the material and piecing the story together, literally the paper trail. The viewer learns that the killer is after him and is using the victims as bread crumb trail leading back to him. Rhyme apparently testified in a case that led to the killer’s conviction for tampering with crime scene evidence.
Movie Two: The October List
The October list is a story that is told in reverse. In the beginning a young mother’s child is abducted. When the mother learns of it, she is terrified. A stranger comes to the front door of her home unexpectedly. It turns out that the man is the kidnapper with a gun.
He gives her an ultimatum to give him five hundred thousand dollars and find a list that she was not familiar with or she would not ever see the child. It is quite the conundrum as her employer is wealthy and she inadvertently has access to money. They try to meet the demands through a twisted and tangled tale.
Movie Three: The Kill Room
A man in the Bahamas is shot and killed by a sniper shot. We later learn that the victim is a United States citizen that has been living in South America. The order to release the kill shot was given by the United States Government and was in conjunction with the belief that he authorized and planned a terrorist attack on the United States oil company headquarters. They were mistaken, and as Rhymes investigates he comes to understand that he has put himself in harm’s way also, as the sniper is not far behind him.
Movie Four: The Skin Collector
The Skin Collector is a story about an accomplished tattoo artist with a dirty little secret. He has a hidden spot far underground that he takes his victims to and administers a lethal dose of poison. The poison kills the victim before they have a chance to get away. He continues his artwork on the corpse as he slices cryptic meanings directly into the flesh. Rhyme begins to investigate by attempting to find the suspect before he kills others or himself.
Movie Five: The Coffin Dancer
The Coffin Dancer is a story about a narcissistic serial killer that has unbelievably flown under the radar of the police for quite some time. The killer was employed to take care of three witnesses before they testify in front of the grand jury, for a case they obviously knew something that would help the prosecutor win the conviction.
Officer Rhyme’s works to locate the identity of the serial killer, so that the case can go to trial and end in a conviction. Jeffery Deaver is a world renowned author and contributor to the literary world. His chilling and thrilling writing speaks for itself. The quality and clarity of his presentations are paramount and as some have been adapted to a cinematic experience.
Consistently viewers are truly amazed by just how vivid and clear his plots play out through each chapter. If you are unfamiliar with Jeffery Deaver’s work than you should definitely pick up a copy and enjoy a great and captivating story. Reader’s eagerly anticipate more of this quality work.
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