Jeffery Deaver is an American author of mystery and crime novels. His characters include Lincoln Rhyme, John Pellam and Kathryn Dance. He also has written numerous standalone novels and short stories. In 2011, he became the second American author to have an official James Bond novel published.
Deaver has a very prolific resume, which goes all the way back to his first novel in 1988 (Manhattan Is My Beat – the first part of the Rune Trilogy). He continues to pump out books with multiple twists and turns. Three of his novels have been produced as films – The Bone Collector, A Maiden’s Grave (Dead Silence) and The Devil’s Teardrop.
Below is a list of Jeffery Deaver’s novels in order of publication:
Publication Order of Broken Doll Books
Publication Order of Colter Shaw Books
Publication Order of John Pellam Books
(as William Jefferies)
Publication Order of Kathryn Dance Books
Publication Order of Lincoln Rhyme Books
Publication Order of Lincoln Rhyme Short Stories/Novellas
Publication Order of Rune Books
Publication Order of Hush Collection Books
Publication Order of Sanchez & Heron Books
(with Isabella Maldonado)
Publication Order of Special Agent Constant Marlowe Books
Publication Order of Harold Middleton Books
Publication Order of Bibliomysteries Books
Chronological Order of Bibliomysteries Books
Publication Order of James Bond Books
Publication Order of Mysterious Profiles Books
Publication Order of Transgressions Books
Publication Order of Unsettling Books
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Publication Order of Music and Murder Mystery Books
Publication Order of Akashic Noir Books
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Collins, Megan Abbott, Brian McGilloway, Francelia Belton, Allyson Johnson, Jonathan Lethem, Les Standiford, Paul Levine, Tananarive Due, John Dufresne, Stuart Neville, Harry Hunsicker, Jonathan Davis, John O'Brien, Christina Milletti, René Appel, Amity Gaige, Jedidiah Ayers, Dana Cameron, Lou Kemp, H.P. Lovecraft, Fredric Brown, Charles Ardai, Edith Wharton, Ian McDonald, Scott Phillips, Ace Atkins, William Campbell Gault, Sherwood Anderson, V.S. Naipaul, Carolyn Wheat, Joe Meno, Barbara Hambly, Josh Pachter, Barbara Nickless, Luis Alberto Urrea, Jim Fusilli, Robert S. Levinson, Leigh Brackett, Maxim Jakubowski, James Sallis, Jerry Sykes, Ken Bruen, Desmond Barry, Sarah Weinman, Owen Hill, Tod Goldberg, Mario Acevedo, Eddie Muller, Libby Fischer Hellmann, Naomi Hirahara, Peter Berkrot, Steve Cavanagh, Patty Friedmann, David Fulmer, Bobby Byrd, Patricia McFall, Irwin Shaw, Chester Himes, Michael Farris Smith, Andrew Paul, Lee Durkee, Robert Busby, John M. Floyd, RaShell R. Smith-Spears, Mary Miller, William Boyle, Jack Pendarvis, Dominiqua Dickey, Michael Kardos, Jamie Paige, Jimmy Cajoleas, Chris Offutt, Edwidge Danticat, Stuart Dybek, Ben Fountain, Sheila Kohler, David Wallace, Jonathan Safran Foer, Hirsh Sawhney, Pete Hamill, Robert Lopresti, Thomas Wolfe, Sandra Kitt, Inés Garland, Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, Leandro Ávalos Blacha, Maria Ines Krimer, Ariel Magnus, Veronica Abdala, Elsa Osorio, Claudia Piñeiro, Pablo de Santis, Inés Fernández Moreno, Alejandro Soifer, Enzo Maqueira, Peter Spiegelman, Eric Beetner, Nisi Shawl, David Corbett, Jervey Tervalon, Susan Straight, Andre Dubus III, Jim Grimsley, Tom Robbins, John Crowley, Nnedi Okorafor, Mark Kurlansky, John Freeman, Simon Wood, Laura Benedict, Brian Sutherland, Greg Herren, Brandon Massey, Vikas Adam, Achy Obejas, Nick Mamatas, Russ Aborn, Patricia Powell, Lynne Heitman, Itabari Njeri, Jaime Clarke, Mary Cotton, David Ryan, Kenneth Abel, Barbara Neely, Hannah Tinti, Jason Brown, Chuck Hogan, George Harrar, George V. Higgins, David Housewright, Clay McLeod Chapman, Twist Phelan, Charles Salzberg, Michael Anthony, Adrian McKinty, Claire McGowan, Richard Wright, Christopher M. Stevenson, David Haynes, Carolina Garcia-Aguilara, Barbara Parker, Tom Corcoran, Colin Channer, Ann Hood, Patrick McCabe, John Williams, John McFetridge, Manuel Ramos, Jason Starr, Robert Ward, Kevin Baker, Michael Ward, Peter Doyle, Kwame Dawes, Jules Feiffer, K.J.A. Wishnia, Paul Cain, Seana Graham, Ed Park, Maryelizabeth Hart, Michael Cunningham, Amy Bloom, Roxana Robinson, Elizabeth Strout, Ian Thomson, Nelson Algren, Leone Ross, Stewart Home, Sam Wiebe, John C. Hocking, Jim Nisbet, Pete Hautman, Paul D. Marks, Charles Kelly, Kathleen Kent, Ellen Hart, Derek Walcott, Barry Gifford, Karen Brown, Sandra Cisneros, Charlie Vázquez, David L. Ulin, Denise Hamilton, Emily St. John Mandel, Peter Blauner, Mark Haskell Smith, Michael Gregorio, Cathi Unsworth, Mary Hoffman, Isabella Santacroce, Michelle Lovric, Francesca Mazzucato, Barbara Baraldi, Mike Hodges, Maria Tronca, Matteo Righetto, Tony Cartano, Francesco Ferracin, Altaf Tyrewala, Jarret Keene, Alejandro Murguía, Kurt Reichenbaugh, Chris Everheart, Theo Capel, Peter Heller, Robert Antoni, Marlon James, Assaf Gavron, Marie Lily Cerat, Louis-Philippe Dalembert, Marvin Victor, Katia D. Ulysse, Ibi Zoboi, Nadine Pinede, Yanick Lahens, Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel, Rodney Saint-Éloi, Patrick Sylvain, M.J. Fievre, Gary Victor, Kettly Mars, Evelyne Trouillot, Madison Smartt Bell, Josaphat-Robert Large, Stephen L. Carter, Irwin Allan Sealy, Radhika Jha, Hartosh Singh Bal, Siddharth Chowdhury, Ruchir Joshi, Meera Nair, Nalinaksha Bhattacharya, Mohan Sikka, Tabish Khair, Uday Prakash, Tim Broderick, Henry Blodget, Larry Light, James Hime, Lauren Sanders, Kathleen Alcalá, Susie Bright, Inger Frimansson, Colson Whitehead, Sam Millar, Garbhan Downey, Eoin McNamee, Arlene Hunt, Alex Barclay, Ludy Caldwell, Gerard Brennan, Glenn Patterson, Ake Edwardson, Elizabeth Mckenzie, JerryThompson, Gail Bowen, Milton T. Burton, Andrew Pyper, James Thompson, Michael Redhill, Lawrence Osborne, Tayari Jones, Suzanne Chazin, Eliot Schrefer, Kristen Lepionka, Bruce DeSilva, Larry Millett, Brigid Hughes, Chris Abani, Lauren Davis, Johan Theorin, Richie Narvaez, Catherine McKenzie, Chris Knopf, Luanne Rice, L.J. Smith, Jon Talton, R.M. Vaughan, Connie Rose Porter, David L. Robbins, Nury Vittachi, Marcia Douglas, Joseph Bruchac, Lee Quarnstrom, Craig Holden, Desiree Cooper, G.M. Ford, Gordon McAlpine, Howard Owen, J.D. Horn, Janet Fitch, Jennifer Harlow, Jill Eisenstadt, Jonathan Stone, Karen Karbo, Lisa Sandlin, Lori Roy, Joanne Dobson, Maaza Mengiste, Martin Michaud, Mary Logue, Michael Craft, Nathan Walpow, Ovidia Yu, Peggy Townsend, Robert Pobi, Steve Thayer, Meron Hadero, Dawn Raffel, Marie Myung-Ok Lee, Gilbert Sorrentino, Jacques Filippi, C.L.R. James, Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, Lissa Marie Redmond, Emily Schultz, Ladee Hubbard, David Heska Wanbli Weiden, R. Barri Flowers, Nana Brew-Hammond, Bharti Kirchner, Alex Espinoza, Kevin Sampsell, Sheri Joseph, Nathan Larson, Kim Chinquee, Bayo Ojikutu, Tess Fragoulis, David Rich, Alice Mattison, Kateřina Tučková, Melissa Yi, Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, Michelle Tea, Kalamu ya Salaam, Mary Sharratt, Terrence Cheng, Susan Petrone, Dennis Danvers, Yxta Maya Murray, Mayra Santos-Febres, Gale Massey, Yassin Adnan, Lawrence Scott, Chika Unigwe, Jude Dibia, Kate Braverman, Tom Fontana, Neal Pollack, Thomas Glave, Kei Miller, Christopher John Farley, John Searles, Thomas Cobb, LaShonda Katrice Barnett, Taylor M. Polites, Hester Kaplan, Robert Leuci, Peter Farrelly, Pablo Rodríguez, Clint McCown, K.J. Erickson, Domenic Stansberry, Chris J. Bahnsen, Rob Bowman, Rob Roberge, Eduardo Santiago, Kelly Shire, Asali Solomon, Patricia Smith, Stephen L.J. Smith, Kathleen George, Chris McKinney, Gabrielle Lord, Chandra Prasad, Kenneth Wishnia, Sabina Murray, Peter Markus, Shanthi Sekaran, Michael Ruhlman, Jessica Speart, Sarah Pemberton Strong, Karen E. Olson, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, Maayan Eitan, Steven Torres, Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Shani Mootoo, Colette Bancroft, Lisa D. Gray, Mike Penncavage, Linda Nieves-Powell, Shay Youngblood, Edward Joyce, Ted Anthony, Todd Craig, Ashley Dawson, Louisa Ermelino, Binnie Kirshenbaum, Michael Largo, Robert Knightly, Maggie Estep, Tim McLoughlin, C.J.Sullivan, Hubert Selby Jr., Salvatore La Puma, Christopher Musella, Kim Sykes, Jess Korman, Constance Casey, Rosemarie Yu, Dennis Hawkins, Errol Louis, Denise Buffa, Patricia Mulcahy, Vinnie Hansen, Patrick Millikin, Hanna Bervoets, Elizabeth Nunez, Brad Smith, Howard Shrier, Matt Bondurant, Terrance Hayes, Carlin Romano, Carl-Michael Edenborg, Martin Holmén, Anna-Karin Selberg, Lina Wolff, Unni Drougge, Inger Edelfeldt, Torbjörn Elensky, Carl Johan De Geer, Malte Persson, Peter Maravelis, David Henry Sterry, Salar Abdoh, Colin Goh, Simon Tay, Philip Jeyaretnam, Colin Cheong, Monica Bhide, Suchen Christine Lim, Damon Chua, Johann S. Lee, Dave Chua, Mark Pilkington, E.J. Olsen, James Nolan, Bruce Rubenstein, Julie Schaper, Quinton Skinner, Judith Guest, Gary Bush, Brad Zellar, Sarah Gerard, Matthias Wittekindt, Curt Colbert, Paul S. Piper, Stephan Magcosta, Thomas P. Hopp, Patricia Harrington, Max Annas, Joolz Denby, Mark Dapin, P.M. Newton, Tom Gilling, Leigh Redhead, John Dale, Philip McLaren, Mandy Sayer, Peter Kirby, Mark Sinnett, Kim Moritsugu, Maceo Montoya, Steve Paul, Cynthia Swanson, Ahmed Saadawi, Alvin Lu, Erika T. Wurth, George Elliott Clarke, J. Malcolm Garcia, Budjette Tan, Kajo Baldisimo, Julie Koh, Joe Wallace, Sterling Watson, Mathangi Subramanian, Lou Mathews, Samuel Archibald, Pasha Malla, Jessica Hagedorn, Robert Hughes, Angelo R. Lacuesta, R. Zamora Linmark, Lysley Tenorio, Vladimir Arsenijević, Daniel Bennett, Clay Reynolds, Nana-Ama Danquah, Vesna Goldsworthy, Harry Stephen Keeler, Daniel Black, Kati Hiekkapelto, David James Poissant, John Holman, John Wray, Merritt Tierce, Barbara Jenkins, Michael David Lukas, Ayesha Harruna Attah, Ken Hollings, Ariel Gore, Barry Adamson, Sylvie Simmons, Max Décharné, Joe McNally, Robert Drewe, Aurélien Masson, Kevin Prufer, Anthony Grooms, Tony Bellotto, Susan Blumberg- Kason, Salim Hatubou, Sara Doke, Nada Gašić, Sarah Cortez, Abbas Beydoun, Irina Denezhkina, Pavel Krusanov, Gwendolyn Zepeda, Peter Kimani, Cloé Mehdi, Martin Goffa, Pavel Mandys, Manjula Padmanabhan., Omair Ahmad, Palash K. Mehrotra, Willi Chen, Ismith Khan, Earl Lovelace, Sam Selvon, Daniel J. Hale, Ed Dee, Muharem Bazdulj, Kaylie Jones, Janine Armin, Nathaniel G. Moore, Raywat Deonandan, Heather Birrell, Sean Dixon, Ibi Kaslik, Nathan Sellyn, ChristineMurray, Gina B. Nahai, Miles Marshall Lewis, Jill Wolfson, Jon Longhi, Amy Spangler, Hermine Pinson, Michael Berg, Anneloes Timmerije, Murat Isik, Simon De Waal,, Karin Amatmoekrim, Christine Otten, Mensje van Keulen, Max van Olden, Loes den Hollander, Abdelkader Benali, Walter van den Berg, Peter Plate, Miljenko Jergovi, Edward Robert Hughes, Liza Monroy, Tommy Moore, Jessica Breheny, Jon Bailiff, Calvin McMillin, Micah Perks, Wallace Baine, Beth Liseck, Dillon Kaiser, Willow Pennell, Johnny Temple, Elyssa East, Pir Rothenberg, Rita Laken, Pat Picciarelli, Abraham Rodriguez Jr., Thomas Bentil, Emma Rathbone, Don Noble, Luis Castillo, Kirsten Tranter, Eleanor Limprecht, Peter Polites, Kenji Jasper, Mark Stevens, Hannah Giorgis, Mahtem Shiferraw, Chiara Stangalino, Rob Pobi, Patrick Senécal, Jo Seymour, Ian Truman, Michel Basilieres,, Arjun Basu, Geneviève Lefebvre, Andrew Blossom, Laura Browder, Anne Thomas Soffee, Brian Castleberry, Yazmina Beverly, X.C. Atkins, Meagan J. Saunders, Conrad Ashley Persons, Lourd de Veyra, F. H. Batacan, Jose Dalisay, Brooke Costello, Gary Earl Ross, Dimitri Anastasopoulos, Wayne Brown, Colleen J. McElroy, Mikael Awake, Percy Spurlark Parker, Todd James Pierce, Johanne Seymour, Laureen P. Cantwell, Leonard Gill, Mahsa Mohebali, Eric Roach, Harold Sonny Ladoo, Jennifer Rahim, Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw, Sharon Millar, Fouad Laroui, Bewketu Seyoum, Misha Glenny, Jules Feifer, Jane Ciabattari, Amy Drayer, Allal Bourqia, Miron Zownir, S.L. Coney, Miesha Wilson Headen, Luis Negrón, Rawya Jarjoura Burbara, Hossein Abkenar, Farhaad H. Gooran, Majed Neisi, Sima Saeedi, Zoë Beck, Rob Alef, Katja Bohnet, Ute Cohen, Johannes Groschupf, Kai Hensel, Robert Rescue, Susanne Saygin, Ulrich Woelk, Michael Wuliger, Robert Mailer Anderson, Skye Kathleen Moody, Janette Becerra, Tere Davila, Manolo Núñez Negrón, Chris Barsanti, Lucy Jones, Eric Boyd, Steven Wishnia, Amani Scipio, Tim Tomlinson, Matthew McGevna, Qanta Ahmed, J.Z. Holden, Ana María Fuster Lavín, Wilfredo J. Burgos Matos, Manuel A. Meléndez, Alejandro Álvarez Nieves, Calvin Wilson, LaVelle Wilkins-Chinn, Jason Makansi, Michael Castro, Umar Lee, Mustafa Ziyalan, Bo Tao Michaëlis, Hugh Holton, Ken Layne, Ernest Kwame Nkrumah Addo, Gbontwi Anyetei, Anna Bossman, Billie McTernan, Eibhlín Ní Chléirigh, Kofi Blankson Ocansey, Anne Sackey, Patrick Smith, Adjoa Twum, Alejandro Parisi, Danny L�pez, Yuly Restrepo Garc�s, Sulaiman Addonia, Girma T Fantaye, Rebecca Fisseha, Lelissa Girma, Solomon Hailemariam, Teferi Nigussie Tafa, Linda Yohannes, Milorad Ivanović, Dallas Hudgens, Alesia Parker, Gillian Royes, Oto Oltvanji, Mirjana Đurđević, Vladan Matijević, Dejan Stojiljković, Aleksandar Gatalica, Vule Žurić, Verica Vincent Cole, Goran Skrobonja, Brian Thornton, Will Christopher Baer, Sin Soracco, Scott Gutches, Ali F. Sareini, Stephen Geez, B.M. Dolarman, Zeke Caligiuri, Marco Verdoni, Kenneth R. Brydon, Linda Michelle Marquardt, Andre White, Timothy Pauley, Bryan K. Palmer, William Van Poyck, Jan Karsten, R. Alan Brooks, D.L. Cordero, Twanna LaTrice Hill)
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Note: Rhymes with Prey is a short story written with John Sandford (co-starring Lucas Davenport) that originally appeared in the anthology FaceOff.
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Jeffery Deaver Synopses: In The Empty Chair, Lincoln Rhyme must travel to North Carolina to undergo an experimental procedure. There he coincidentally meets up with the cousin of an NYPD colleague who is looking for him to help solve a murder and two kidnappings. The Insect Boy (as he is known) has kidnapped two women and killed someone who tried to stop him.
In The Lesson of Her Death, a coed’s body is found mutilated in a bed of muddied hyacinths. This brings Lt. Bill Corde into a muddle of school politics and bizarre sexual fantasies. As murders keep happening at the school, the community goes into an uproar about these cult killings.
Notes: The John Pellam books are written under the name William Jefferies. No Rest for the Dead is a collaborative novel which was written with Jeff Abbott, Lori Armstrong, David Baldacci, Sandra Brown, Thomas H. Cook, Diana Gabaldon, Tess Gerritsen, Andrew F. Gulli, Lamia Gulli, Peter James, J.A. Jance, Faye Kellerman, Raymond Khoury, John Lescroart, Jeff Lindsay, Gayle Lynds, Alexander McCall Smith, Phillip Margolin, Michael Palmer, T. Jefferson Parker, Matthew Pearl, Kathy Reichs, Marcus Sakey, Jonathan Santlofer, Lisa Scottoline, R.L. Stine and Marcia Talley.
The Chopin Manuscript was co-authored with Lee Child, David Corbett, Joseph Finder, Jim Fusilli, John Gilstrap, James Grady, David Hewson, John Ramsey Miller, P.J. Parrish, Ralph Pezzullo, S.J. Rozan, Lisa Scottoline, Peter Spiegelman and Erica Spindler. The Copper Bracelet was co-authored with Linda Barnes, Brett Battles, Lee Child, David Corbett, Joseph Finder, Jim Fusilli, John Gilstrap, David Hewson, Jon Land, David Liss, Gayle Lynds, P.J. Parrish, James Phelan, Lisa Scottoline and Jenny Siler.
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Jeffery Deaver Reviews by Users:
Submitted by Ruby I picked up my first Jeffrey Deaver book at a thrift store; I picked it up randomly to send to a friend who is in need of books. I decided to read it first. My mind was blown to say the least. I loved his style of writing with all the twists and turns; I could not put it down! Not only did I keep the book, I went out and bought about 15 of his books because I enjoyed his book so much. I’m a huge fan and am looking forward to meeting him in June at a book signing for his new book! I highly recommend him to anyone who loves a great book!
Is there a follow up to the Skin Collector? The book left the end hanging with the theft of the Bone watch.
The Skin Collector – Rhyme #11 is missing.
Do the Lincoln rhyme series have to be read in order?