Order of Ridley Pearson Books

Ridley Pearson is an American author of suspense and thriller novels as well as children’s adventure books. His adult novels include the Walt Fleming series, Chris Klick series and the Lou Boldt and Daphne Matthews series. When asked by his daughter how Peter Pan met Captain Hook, Ridley teamed up with Dave Barry to start a Peter Pan prequel series. Pearson was a member of the Rock Bottom Remainders (1992-2012), which included such authors as Stephen King, Dave Barry, Scott Turow, Greg Iles and many others.

Ridley Pearson became a published author in 1985 with the standalone novel Never Look Back. Below is a list of Ridley Pearson’s books in order of when they were originally published (and in chronological order):

Publication Order of Boldt & Matthews Books

Undercurrents	(1988)
The Angel Maker	(1993)
No Witnesses	(1994)
Beyond Recognition	(1997)
The Pied Piper	(1998)
The First Victim	(1999)
Middle of Nowhere	(2000)
The Art of Deception	(2002)
The Body of David Hayes	(2004)

Publication Order of Chris Klick Books

(as Wendell McCall)

Dead Aim	(1988)
Aim for the Heart	(1990)
Concerto in Dead Flat	(1999)

Publication Order of Kingdom Keepers Books

The Kingdom Keepers / Disney After Dark	(2004)
Disney at Dawn	(2008)
Disney in Shadow	(2010)
Power Play	(2011)
Shell Game	(2012)
Dark Passage	(2013)
The Insider	(2014)
The Syndrome	(2015)

Publication Order of Kingdom Keepers: The Return Books

Disney Lands	(2015)
Legacy of Secrets	(2016)
Disney at Last	(2017)

Publication Order of Lock and Key Books

The Gadwall Incident	(2016)
The Initiation	(2016)
The Downward Spiral	(2017)
The Final Step	(2018)

Publication Order of Never Land Books

(with Dave Barry)

Escape from the Carnivale	(2006)
Cave of the Dark Wind	(2007)
Blood Tide	(2008)

Publication Order of Peter and the Starcatchers Books

(with Dave Barry)

Peter and the Starcatchers	(2004)
Peter and the Shadow Thieves	(2006)
Peter and the Secret of Rundoon	(2007)
Peter and the Sword of Mercy	(2009)
The Bridge to Never Land	(2011)

Publication Order of Risk Agent Books

The Risk Agent	(2012)
Choke Point	(2013)
The Red Room	(2014)
White Bone	(2017)

Publication Order of Steel Trapp Books

The Challenge	(2008)
The Academy	(2010)

Publication Order of Walt Fleming Books

Killer Weekend	(2007)
Killer View	(2008)
Killer Summer	(2009)
In Harm's Way	(2010)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Never Look Back	(1985)
Blood of the Albatross	(1986)
The Seizing of Yankee Green Mall / Hidden Charges	(1988)
Probable Cause	(1990)
Hard Fall	(1991)
Chain of Evidence	(1995)
Parallel Lies	(2001)
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (As: Joyce Reardon)	(2001)
Cut and Run	(2005)
Science Fair (With: Dave Barry)	(2008)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Boldt’s Broken Angel

(2009)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Disney Cautionary Tales (With: )

(2022)

Publication Order of Graphic Novels

Super Sons

(2019)

Publication Order of Anthologies

Mid-life Confidential: The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America with Three Chords and an Attitude	(1994)
The Putt at the End of the World	(2000)
Mystery Writers of America Presents Death Do Us Part: New Stories About Love, Lust, and Murder	(2006)
The Best American Mystery Stories 2007	(2007)
Thriller 2	(2009)
Hook, Line & Sinister	(2010)
Hard Listening: The Greatest Rock Band Ever (of Authors) Tells All	(2013)
Silent Night, Deadly Night	(2016)
Super Puzzletastic Mysteries	(2020)

Notes: The Chris Klick series was written under the pseudonym of Wendell McCall. The Kingdom Keepers was also published as Disney After Dark. The Seizing of Yankee Green Mall was also published as Hidden Charges. The Peter and Never Land series were co-authored by Dave Barry. The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer was published under the pen name of Joyce Reardon.

Hard Listening is written with fellow Rock Bottom Remainders band members Mitch Albom, Dave Barry, Sam Barry, Matt Groening, Roy Blount Jr., Stephen King, James McBride, Scott Turow and Amy Tan.

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One Response to “Order of Ridley Pearson Books”

1. James Sarrail: 8 years ago

   after listening to The Red Room, i listened to your comments which included information on a new book set in Nairobi. As i was recently in South Africa, Botswana and Zambia, with an interest in going to Nairobi, i am interested in reading/listening to your book. However, i cannot find the name of it or locate it. has it been published as yet?

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