Order of Ray Elkins Books
Ray Elkins is the protagonist in a series of mystery/thriller novels by American author Aaron Stander. Ray Elkins is sheriff in Northern Michigan’s gold coast – home to both permanent residents and summer residents.
Aaron Stander began his Ray Elkins series in 2000 with the novel Summer People. The series is currently ongoing. Below is a list of Aaron Stander’s Ray Elkins books in order of when they were first released (as well as in chronological order):
Publication Order of Ray Elkins Mystery Books
| Summer People | (2000) |    |
| Color Tour | (2006) | |
| Deer Season | (2009) | |
| Shelf Ice | (2010) | |
| Medieval Murders | (2011) | |
| Cruelest Month | (2012) | |
| Death in a Summer Colony | (2013) | |
| Murder in the Merlot | (2016) | |
| Gales of November | (2017) | |
| The Center Cannot Hold | (2018) | |
| Destination Wedding | (2020) | |
Chronological Order of Ray Elkins Mystery Books
| Medieval Murders | (2011) | |
| Summer People | (2000) | |
| Color Tour | (2006) | |
| Deer Season | (2009) | |
| Shelf Ice | (2010) | |
| Cruelest Month | (2012) | |
| Death in a Summer Colony | (2013) | |
| Murder in the Merlot | (2016) | |
| Gales of November | (2017) | |
| The Center Cannot Hold | (2018) | |
If You Like Ray Elkins Books, You’ll Love…
Ray Elkins Synopsis: Color Tour by Aaron Stander is the second Ray Elkins Thriller novel. It’s a quiet October morning in northern lower Michigan. The serene atmosphere of this rural paradise is destroyed when a woman walking her dogs on the beach comes across a couple – murdered. Sheriff Ray Elkins must find this killer, and in doing so, he must visit a private school and dig back into his own past. But is Sheriff Elkins the hunter… or the hunted?
In Deer Season by Aaron Stander (book 3 of the series), November brings deer season to northern Lake Michigan. An anchorwoman is coming home from her yoga class with her daughters, but first stops to check the mail. Once she turns back to her vehicle, a bullet from a high caliber firearm pierces through her chest. Sheriff Ray Elkins must confront his department’s own unsavoury history, and combat those in power who are looking to control his investigation.
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I LOVED this series so much and you felt like you knew the main characters. I was looking for book 12. It guess it’s not out yet. Thank you for creating stories that pull you in without all the descriptive sex every other page😊.
When authors do that I feel they really don’t have much of a story line.