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Updated 2026-07-11 / 78 books / 15 series
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 Lawrence Kelter Books in Chronological Order
2001
By Executive Order
POoSN / 1
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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
Counterblow
POoSN / 2
Buy
2013
Second Chance
POoCBSB / 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
Third Victim
POoCBSB / 3
Buy
2015
Legends of the Kill
POoCMB / 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
The Trouble with Exes(By: Christie Craig)
POoTITMB / 3
Buy
2022
GoodVeggies
POoSS / 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
Lawrence Kelter Book Series Reading Orders /
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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
02
Second Chance
2013
Buy
01
Secrets of the Kill
2014
Buy
02
Rules of the Kill
2014
Buy
03
Legends of the Kill
2015
Buy
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
01
Kiss of the Devil's Breath
2011
Buy
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
01
Bearcats and Bulldogs
2021
Buy
01
Don't Close Your Eyes
2005
Buy
03
The Brain Vault
2011
Buy
04
Our Honored Dead
2012
Buy
05
Baby Girl Doe
2014
Buy
07
Out of the Ashes
2016
Buy
08
Making Her Bones
2021
Buy
09
Righteous Collars
2021
Buy
01
Back to Brooklyn
2017
Buy
02
My Cousin Vinny
2018
Buy
03
Wing and a Prayer
2023
Buy
01
Season of Faith
2012
Buy
02
A Very Vinny Christmas Story
2020
Buy
01
The Treasure of Indecisie
2018
Buy
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
Where to start with Lawrence Kelter
What is the best order to read Lawrence Kelter books?
Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series,
follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.
Are standalone books and series both included?
Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are
broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.
Source note: Sequencebooks organizes author, book, and series records from its catalog data.
Publication years and series order are shown when available.