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Home / Authors / Lawrence Kelter Lawrence Kelter American author Lawrence Kelter is best known for the Stephanie Chalice mystery series and the *Two and a Half Dead* novels. His books have sold over one million copies, earning a reputation for sharp, fast-paced crime fiction. This page provides the Lawrence Kelter books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
All books · chronological
2001 By Executive Order POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 2005 Don't Close Your Eyes POoSCB · 1 Buy ↗ 2008 Ransom Beach POoSCB · 2 Buy ↗ 2011 Kiss of the Devil's Breath POoFMB · 1 Buy ↗ 2011 The Brain Vault POoSCB · 3 Buy ↗ 2012 Season of Faith POoSS · 1 Buy ↗ 2012 Palindrome POoPTB · 1 Buy ↗ 2012 Our Honored Dead POoSCB · 4 Buy ↗ 2013 First Kill POoCBSB · 1 Buy ↗ 2013 Second Chance POoCBSB · 2 Buy ↗ 2013 Counterblow POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 2013 Saving Cervantes POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 2014 Secrets of the Kill POoCMB · 1 Buy ↗ 2014 Rules of the Kill POoCMB · 2 Buy ↗ 2014 Baby Girl Doe POoSCB · 5 Buy ↗ 2015 Legends of the Kill POoCMB · 3 Buy ↗ 2015 Third Victim POoCBSB · 3 Buy ↗ 2015 Compromised POoSCB · 6 Buy ↗ 2016 Out of the Ashes POoSCB · 7 Buy ↗ 2017 Back to Brooklyn POoMCVB · 1 Buy ↗ 2017 The Last Collar(With: Frank Zafiro) POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ 2017 Fallen City(With: Frank Zafiro) POoSN · 5 Buy ↗ 2018 Skeletons in the Closet POoCCBB · 1 Buy ↗ 2018 The Treasure of Indecisie POoAOEB · 1 Buy ↗ 2018 We All Fall Down POoCCBB · 2 Buy ↗ 2018 My Cousin Vinny POoMCVB · 2 Buy ↗ 2018 Ashes to Ashes POoCCBB · 3 Buy ↗ 2018 Where The Truth Leads POoCCBB · 4 Buy ↗ 2019 People Like Us(By: J.D. Rhoades) POoGSB · 1 Buy ↗ 2019 The Concrete Smile(By: Frank Zafiro) POoGSB · 2 Buy ↗ 2019 The Whale POoGSB · 3 Buy ↗ 2019 The Movie Makers(By: Gary Phillips) POoGSB · 4 Buy ↗ 2019 Lost in Middle America(By: Colin Conway) POoGSB · 5 Buy ↗ 2019 Come the Apocalypse(By: Frank Zafiro) POoGSB · 6 Buy ↗ 2019 Losing Streak(By: Jim Wilsky) POoGSB · 7 Buy ↗ 2020 A Very Vinny Christmas Story POoSS · 2 Buy ↗ 2020 Gone Dead on You(By: Eryk Pruitt) POoGSB · 8 Buy ↗ 2020 Upgrade(By: Asa Maria Bradley) POoGSB · 9 Buy ↗ 2020 The Money Block(By: Holly West) POoGSB · 10 Buy ↗ 2020 The Sound of Breaking Bones(By: Eric Beetner) POoGSB · 11 Buy ↗ 2020 Still Life with Suitcase(By: Scott Eubanks) POoGSB · 12 Buy ↗ 2020 Down Comes the Night(By: Frank Zafiro) POoGSB · 13 Buy ↗ 2021 Bearcats and Bulldogs POoC · 1 Buy ↗ 2021 No Dibs on Murder(With: Frank Zafiro) POoSN · 6 Buy ↗ 2021 Making Her Bones POoSCB · 8 Buy ↗ 2021 Righteous Collars POoSCB · 9 Buy ↗ 2021 The Reckoner(By: Frank Zafiro) POoGSB · 14 Buy ↗ 2021 The Rule of Thirds(By: Matt Phillips) POoGSB · 15 Buy ↗ 2021 The Down and Out(By: Lawrence Maddox) POoGSB · 16 Buy ↗ 2021 Travel Money(By: Jonathan J. Brown) POoGSB · 17 Buy ↗ 2021 Rocky Mountain Lie(By: Michael Pool) POoGSB · 18 Buy ↗ 2021 Open Up Your Heart(By: Carmen Jaramillo) POoGSB · 19 Buy ↗ 2021 Ride Like Hell(By: S.A. Cosby) POoGSB · 20 Buy ↗ 2021 The Alpha Whisperer(By: Frank Zafiro) POoGSB · 21 Buy ↗ 2021 Dracula Wine(By: David Housewright) POoGSB · 22 Buy ↗ 2022 The Trouble with Digging Too Deep(By: Diane Kelly) POoTITMB · 1 Buy ↗ 2022 The Trouble with Hope and Glory(By: Melissa Bourbon) POoTITMB · 2 Buy ↗ 2022 GoodVeggies POoSS · 3 Buy ↗ 2022 The Trouble with Exes(By: Christie Craig) POoTITMB · 3 Buy ↗ 2022 Trouble with the Tumbleweed Twister POoTITMB · 4 Buy ↗ 2022 Into the Groove POoSN · 7 Buy ↗ 2022 Diamond Dogs(By: Gabriel Valjan) POoGSB · 23 Buy ↗ 2022 Dusty and Bent(By: Trey R. Barker) POoGSB · 24 Buy ↗ 2022 Concrete and Cocaine(By: Vincent Zandri) POoGSB · 25 Buy ↗ 2022 The Low White Plain(By: Paul J. Garth) POoGSB · 26 Buy ↗ 2022 Dangerous to Know(By: Hilary Davidson) POoGSB · 27 Buy ↗ 2023 Man-Killer POoGCCB · 1 Buy ↗ 2023 Wing and a Prayer POoMCVB · 3 Buy ↗ 2023 The Trouble with Pushing Up Daisies(By: Melissa Bourbon) POoTITMB · 5 Buy ↗ 2023 Madam Tomahawk(By: Nick Kolakowski) POoGSB · 28 Buy ↗ 2023 Good For It(By: T.G. Wolff) POoGSB · 29 Buy ↗ 2023 Outfoxed(By: Jeffery Hess) POoGSB · 30 Buy ↗ 2023 Somewhere Outside Salvation(By: James D.F. Hannah) POoGSB · 31 Buy ↗ 2023 Into the Dying Sun(By: Frank Zafiro) POoGSB · 32 Buy ↗ 2024 Fat Cat Stew POoNBB · 1 Buy ↗ 2024 Beyond the Veil POoSN · 8 Buy ↗ 2026 Ghost Image(By: Kat Richardson) POoGSB · 33 Buy ↗ 2026 Stealing Paradise(By: Curtis Ippolito) POoGSB · 34 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Trouble In Tumbleweed Mysteries Books 5 books · 2022–2023
01 The Trouble with Digging Too Deep(By: Diane Kelly) 2022 Buy ↗ 02 The Trouble with Hope and Glory(By: Melissa Bourbon) 2022 Buy ↗ 03 The Trouble with Exes(By: Christie Craig) 2022 Buy ↗ 04 Trouble with the Tumbleweed Twister 2022 Buy ↗ 05 The Trouble with Pushing Up Daisies(By: Melissa Bourbon) 2023 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Chalice: Back Story Books 3 books · 2013–2015
Publication Order of Chloe Mather Books 3 books · 2014–2015
01 Secrets of the Kill 2014 Buy ↗ 02 Rules of the Kill 2014 Buy ↗ 03 Legends of the Kill 2015 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Chalice City Beat Books 4 books · 2018–2018
01 Skeletons in the Closet 2018 Buy ↗ 02 We All Fall Down 2018 Buy ↗ 03 Ashes to Ashes 2018 Buy ↗ 04 Where The Truth Leads 2018 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Frank Mango Books 1 book · 2011
01 Kiss of the Devil's Breath 2011 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Grifter's Song Books 34 books · 2019–2026
01 People Like Us(By: J.D. Rhoades) 2019 Buy ↗ 02 The Concrete Smile(By: Frank Zafiro) 2019 Buy ↗ 04 The Movie Makers(By: Gary Phillips) 2019 Buy ↗ 05 Lost in Middle America(By: Colin Conway) 2019 Buy ↗ 06 Come the Apocalypse(By: Frank Zafiro) 2019 Buy ↗ 07 Losing Streak(By: Jim Wilsky) 2019 Buy ↗ 08 Gone Dead on You(By: Eryk Pruitt) 2020 Buy ↗ 09 Upgrade(By: Asa Maria Bradley) 2020 Buy ↗ 10 The Money Block(By: Holly West) 2020 Buy ↗ 11 The Sound of Breaking Bones(By: Eric Beetner) 2020 Buy ↗ 12 Still Life with Suitcase(By: Scott Eubanks) 2020 Buy ↗ 13 Down Comes the Night(By: Frank Zafiro) 2020 Buy ↗ 14 The Reckoner(By: Frank Zafiro) 2021 Buy ↗ 15 The Rule of Thirds(By: Matt Phillips) 2021 Buy ↗ 16 The Down and Out(By: Lawrence Maddox) 2021 Buy ↗ 17 Travel Money(By: Jonathan J. Brown) 2021 Buy ↗ 18 Rocky Mountain Lie(By: Michael Pool) 2021 Buy ↗ 19 Open Up Your Heart(By: Carmen Jaramillo) 2021 Buy ↗ 20 Ride Like Hell(By: S.A. Cosby) 2021 Buy ↗ 21 The Alpha Whisperer(By: Frank Zafiro) 2021 Buy ↗ 22 Dracula Wine(By: David Housewright) 2021 Buy ↗ 23 Diamond Dogs(By: Gabriel Valjan) 2022 Buy ↗ 24 Dusty and Bent(By: Trey R. Barker) 2022 Buy ↗ 25 Concrete and Cocaine(By: Vincent Zandri) 2022 Buy ↗ 26 The Low White Plain(By: Paul J. Garth) 2022 Buy ↗ 27 Dangerous to Know(By: Hilary Davidson) 2022 Buy ↗ 28 Madam Tomahawk(By: Nick Kolakowski) 2023 Buy ↗ 29 Good For It(By: T.G. Wolff) 2023 Buy ↗ 30 Outfoxed(By: Jeffery Hess) 2023 Buy ↗ 31 Somewhere Outside Salvation(By: James D.F. Hannah) 2023 Buy ↗ 32 Into the Dying Sun(By: Frank Zafiro) 2023 Buy ↗ 33 Ghost Image(By: Kat Richardson) 2026 Buy ↗ 34 Stealing Paradise(By: Curtis Ippolito) 2026 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Nik Briscoe Books 1 book · 2024
Publication Order of Collections 1 book · 2021
01 Bearcats and Bulldogs 2021 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Gina Cototi Cases Books 1 book · 2023
Publication Order of Stephanie Chalice Books 9 books · 2005–2021
01 Don't Close Your Eyes 2005 Buy ↗ 03 The Brain Vault 2011 Buy ↗ 04 Our Honored Dead 2012 Buy ↗ 07 Out of the Ashes 2016 Buy ↗ 08 Making Her Bones 2021 Buy ↗ 09 Righteous Collars 2021 Buy ↗ Publication Order of My Cousin Vinny Books 3 books · 2017–2023
01 Back to Brooklyn 2017 Buy ↗ 02 My Cousin Vinny 2018 Buy ↗ 03 Wing and a Prayer 2023 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas 3 books · 2012–2022
01 Season of Faith 2012 Buy ↗ 02 A Very Vinny Christmas Story 2020 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Age Of Enchantment Books 1 book · 2018
01 The Treasure of Indecisie 2018 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Palindrome Trilogy Books 1 book · 2012
Publication Order of Standalone Novels 8 books · 2001–2024
01 By Executive Order 2001 Buy ↗ 03 Saving Cervantes 2013 Buy ↗ 04 The Last Collar(With: Frank Zafiro) 2017 Buy ↗ 05 Fallen City(With: Frank Zafiro) 2017 Buy ↗ 06 No Dibs on Murder(With: Frank Zafiro) 2021 Buy ↗ 07 Into the Groove 2022 Buy ↗ 08 Beyond the Veil 2024 Buy ↗