American author Faye Kellerman is best known for her Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus series which has spanned nearly 20 novels. She also has several standalone novels on her resume.

Faye is married to fellow author Jonathan Kellerman, whom she has co-authored multiple books with (Double Homicide and Capital Crimes). She has also co-authored Prism with her daughter Aliza Kellerman. Faye and Jonathan’s son Jesse Kellerman is also an author, although they have yet to work together on a novel. Below is a list of Faye Kellerman’s works in order in which they were written:

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Publication Order of Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus Books

The Ritual Bath (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sacred and Profane (1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Milk and Honey (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Day of Atonement (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
False Prophet (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Grievous Sin (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sanctuary (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Justice (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Prayers for the Dead (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Serpent's Tooth (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Jupiter's Bones (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Stalker (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Forgotten (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Stone Kiss (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Street Dreams (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Burnt House (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Mercedes Coffin / Cold Case (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Blindman's Bluff (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hangman (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gun Games / Blood Games (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Beast / Predator (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder 101 (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Theory of Death (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bone Box (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Walking Shadows (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Lost Boys (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Hunt (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Quality of Mercy (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Moon Music (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Double Homicide (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Straight into Darkness (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Capital Crimes (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Prism (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Voiceless (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Killing Season (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Garden of Eden and Other Criminal Delights (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Mysterious Profiles Books

Elvis Cole and Joe Pike (By: Robert Crais) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Jack Taylor (By: Ken Bruen) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Jack Reacher (By: Lee Child) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Charlie Parker (By: John Connolly) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hieronymus Bosch (By: Michael Connelly) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lincoln Rhyme (By: Jeffery Deaver) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Alex Delaware (By: Jonathan Kellerman) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tess Monaghan (By: Laura Lippman) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Charlie Resnick (By: John Harvey) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Inspector Morse (By: Colin Dexter) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dismas Hardy (By: John Lescroart) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bob Lee Swagger (By: Stephen Hunter) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Aloysius X. L. Pendergast (By: Douglas Preston) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lou Boldt (By: Ridley Pearson) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Spenser (By: Robert B. Parker) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt (By: Anne Perry) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
John Rebus (By: Ian Rankin) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mallory (By: Carol O'Connell) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Jane Whitefield (By: Thomas Perry) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ian Rutledge: A Mysterious Profile (By: Charles Todd) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Amos Walker (By: Loren D. Estleman) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Precious Ramotswe (By: Alexander McCall Smith) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Maisie Dobbs (By: Jacqueline Winspear) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Lincoln Lawyer (By: Michael Connelly) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ben Kincaid (By: William Bernhardt) (2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Repairman Jack (By: F. Paul Wilson) (2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

Sisters in Crime 3(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Woman's Eye(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Women of Mystery(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1993(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder For Love(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mothers and Daughters(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Diagnosis Dead(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Naked Came the Phoenix(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
No Rest for the Dead(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

If You Like Faye Kellerman Books, You’ll Love…

Faye Kellerman Synopses: In Ritual Bath, LAPD detective Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus are brought together by the rape of a bride-to-be at a ritual bath that Rina is managing. The book expertly explains the Jewish customs and beliefs.

In Day of Atonement, Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus are in the middle of their honeymoon at an Orthodox Jewish enclave when a boy has vanished from the community. Who has taken the boy and for what reason?

In Blindman’s Bluff, Detective Decker receives a call at 3am. Upon arriving at the scene, he finds a billionaire, his wife and four employees murdered. Could it have been an inside job?

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8 Responses to “Order of Faye Kellerman Books”

  1. Franklin Murgia: 2 years ago

    A new Lazarus/Decker book by Faye Kellerman was supposed to come out in late 2020. I can’t find it anywhere?

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    • Graeme: 2 years ago

      Not sure which book you are referring to but the list above is accurate.

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      • Franklin Murgia: 2 years ago

        As I said it was supposed to be published late last year, latest book in Peter Decker – Rina Lazurus Series. Don’t know if Covid derailed it. I believe it was to be called The Hunt, A Novel.

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        • Graeme: 2 years ago

          It’s possible it was derailed – it’s currently scheduled for August of this year.

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  2. Janet M: 7 years ago

    I just sort of finished “The Forgotten”. I got about 2/3 through and skipped to the end just so i could say I finished it before I returned it to the library. the only other book I have done this with is a Scapetta book I hated so much I can’t recall the name of it. I liked the first and can say you can skip the rest up to the Merecdes Coffin.

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  3. Elana Fligg: 10 years ago

    Could you please let me know where ‘Cold Case’ fits into the Decker/Lazarus series? Thank you.

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    • Brandon: 10 years ago

      It was also published as The Mercedes Coffin.

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      • Elana Fligg: 10 years ago

        Thank you.

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