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Start with Blindsight and continue through all 15 books in the listed reading order.

15 books
Published 1991 to 2023
Status: Likely complete

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Blindsight

Start with Blindsight

Book 2 by Robin Cook • Published 1991

New York forensic pathologist Laurie Montgomery is troubled by a spike in drug overdose victims who seem unlikely users. As she battles office politics and mob-linked homicides, she uncovers a grisly scheme in which y...

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Jack Stapleton And Laurie Montgomery reading order

Ends with Manner of Death

  1. 2
    Blindsight

    Book 2:Blindsight

    Robin Cook • 1991

    New York forensic pathologist Laurie Montgomery is troubled by a spike in drug overdose victims who seem unlikely users. As she battles office politics and mob-linked homicides, she uncovers a grisly scheme in which y...

  2. 3
    Contagion

    Book 3:Contagion

    A American • 2023

    As the central government and its foreign backers start losing control, they unleash a new horror: a designer disease spread by infected mosquitoes. Caught between occupation forces and a spreading plague, Charlie and...

  3. 4
    Contagion

    Book 4:Contagion

    Robin Cook • 1995

    Use the reading order above to move through the series in the intended sequence.

  4. 6
    Chromosome 6

    Book 6:Chromosome 6

    Robin Cook • 1997

    A mobster’s body disappears from a New York morgue, and pathologists Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery are left with only questions. Their search leads to a remote African facility where genetically altered primate...

  5. 8
    Vector

    Book 8:Vector

    Robin Cook • 1999

    Disillusioned Russian émigré Yuri Davydov drives a cab in New York by day and plots revenge by night, drawing on his past in a Soviet bioweapons lab. When Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery link unexplained deaths t...

  6. 10
    Marker

    Book 10:Marker

    Robin Cook • 2005

    Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery notice an unsettling pattern of healthy patients dying after routine operations at New York’s top hospitals. Their probe reveals that subtle genetic “markers” and aggressive insura...

  7. 12
    Crisis

    Book 12:Crisis

    Robin Cook • 2006

    Boston concierge doctor Craig Bowman is stunned when a hypochondriac patient’s death lands him in a high-profile malpractice trial. His estranged brother-in-law, medical examiner Jack Stapleton, agrees to help, but an...

  8. 14
    Critical

    Book 14:Critical

    Robin Cook • 2007

    Physician-entrepreneur Angela Dawson has built a chain of boutique surgical hospitals and is ready to take her company public. When drug-resistant staph infections suddenly sweep through her facilities, Jack Stapleton...

  9. 16
    Foreign Body

    Book 16:Foreign Body

    Robin Cook • 2008

    UCLA medical student Jennifer Hernandez learns from a news report that her grandmother has died after routine surgery in New Delhi. Traveling to India for answers, she teams up with Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomer...

  10. 18
    Intervention

    Book 18:Intervention

    Robin Cook • 2009 • 1 recommendation

    When a college friend in Rome asks for help examining a mysterious tomb, Jack Stapleton brings modern imaging into the heart of the Vatican. The discovery inside sparks a clash between archaeology, faith, and medicine...

  11. 20
    Cure

    Book 20:Cure

    Robin Cook • 2010

    Returning from maternity leave, New York medical examiner Laurie Montgomery is assigned what looks like a routine death on the subway. Her suspicions of poisoning draw Jack Stapleton into a case that links a dead rese...

  12. 22
    Pandemic

    Book 22:Pandemic

    Robin Cook • 2018

    When a young woman with a transplanted heart collapses and dies on a New York subway, medical examiner Jack Stapleton suspects more than a random flu. His autopsy points toward gene-edited viruses and a global biotech...

  13. 24
    Genesis

    Book 24:Genesis

    Robin Cook • 2019

    Chief medical examiner Laurie Montgomery and abrasive but brilliant resident Aria Nichols autopsy a pregnant social worker whose death is written off as an overdose. Doubting that story, Aria turns to genetic genealog...

  14. 25
    Night Shift

    Book 25:Night Shift

    Robin Cook • 2022

    New York chief medical examiner Laurie Montgomery is devastated when her longtime friend, internist Sue Passero, dies suddenly in a hospital parking garage. She asks her husband Jack Stapleton to handle the autopsy, a...

  15. 26
    Manner of Death

    Book 26:Manner of Death

    Robin Cook • 2023

    With Jack Stapleton still recovering from a near-fatal case, Laurie Montgomery shoulders extra work at the medical examiner’s office and assigns a struggling resident to a suicide autopsy. When that same resident soon...

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Jack Stapleton And Laurie Montgomery FAQ

What is the best order to read the Jack Stapleton And Laurie Montgomery series?

The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with Blindsight.

How many books are in the Jack Stapleton And Laurie Montgomery series?

There are 15 books currently listed in the Jack Stapleton And Laurie Montgomery series on GurusReads.

Where should I start with the Jack Stapleton And Laurie Montgomery series?

New readers should start with Blindsight, the first book in the reading order.

Is the Jack Stapleton And Laurie Montgomery series complete?

Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 1991 to 2023.