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Start with The Bone Collector and continue through all 18 books in the listed reading order.
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Start with The Bone Collector
Book 1 by Jeffery Deaver
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Ends with The Midnight Lock
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Book 1:The Bone Collector
Jeffery Deaver
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Book 2:The Coffin Dancer
Jeffery Deaver
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Book 3:The Empty Chair
Jeffery Deaver
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Book 4:The Stone Monkey
Jeffery Deaver • 2002
Rhyme and Sachs help federal agents intercept a ship smuggling Chinese immigrants and a notorious human trafficker called Ghost. When the operation goes wrong and the ship sinks, Ghost escapes into New York’s Chinatow...
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Book 5:The Vanished Man
Jeffery Deaver
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Book 6:The Twelfth Card
Jeffery Deaver • 2005
Harlem honor student Geneva Settle barely survives an attack in a museum while researching an ancestor. Lincoln Rhyme suspects a hired killer is trying to erase her because of a 140‑year‑old secret tied to stolen land...
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Book 7:The Cold Moon
Jeffery Deaver
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Book 8:The Broken Window
Jeffery Deaver
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Book 9:The Burning Wire
Jeffery Deaver • 2010
A saboteur turns New York City’s electrical grid into a weapon, killing victims through seemingly random power surges and outages. As panic spreads and a controversial energy company scrambles to contain the damage, L...
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Book 10:The Kill Room
Jeffery Deaver • 2013
A U.S. citizen is assassinated in the Bahamas by a sniper acting on a secret government order, and Lincoln Rhyme is asked to investigate whether the shooting was justified. Digging into classified files and political...
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Book 11:A Textbook Case
Jeffery Deaver • 2013
Asked to analyze a small packet of evidence for training purposes, Lincoln Rhyme realizes the items point to a real and unsolved murder. Treating the exercise like a live case, he walks readers through a step‑by‑step...
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Book 12:The Skin Collector
Jeffery Deaver • 2014
A terrifying copycat of the Bone Collector kidnaps victims and tattoos cryptic messages into their skin using poison instead of ink. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs must decode the macabre designs and their connection...
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Book 14:The Steel Kiss
Jeffery Deaver • 2016
After a man dies in a freak escalator accident, Amelia Sachs suspects sabotage and is soon chasing a killer who turns everyday devices into death traps. While Sachs works the scenes, Lincoln Rhyme investigates from af...
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Book 15:The Deliveryman
Jeffery Deaver • 2016
A deliveryman is shot in a New York alley while his young son looks on, and Lincoln Rhyme inherits a mountain of trash‑filled evidence from the scene. As he and Amelia Sachs reconstruct the victim’s last route, they d...
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Book 16:The Burial Hour
Jeffery Deaver • 2017
A kidnapper nicknamed the Composer films his victims slowly strangling in nooses while eerie music plays, then posts the footage online. When a new abduction pulls Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs from New York to Italy...
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Book 17:The Cutting Edge
Jeffery Deaver • 2018
Someone is murdering engaged couples in New York’s diamond district, leaving shattered gems and grotesque crime scenes behind. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs race to stop the so‑called Promiser before he strikes again...
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Book 18:A Perfect Plan
Jeffery Deaver • 2021
In this short Lincoln Rhyme case, an apparently airtight murder scheme looks ready to fool everyone—until a few overlooked traces land on Rhyme’s evidence table. Piecing together hair‑thin clues, he shows how even the...
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Book 19:The Midnight Lock
Jeffery Deaver • 2021
A criminal dubbed the Locksmith slips into women’s apartments at night, rearranging their belongings and leaving taunting messages without ever setting off an alarm. As public fear grows and Lincoln Rhyme battles poli...
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Lincoln Rhyme FAQ
What is the best order to read the Lincoln Rhyme series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with The Bone Collector.
How many books are in the Lincoln Rhyme series?
There are 18 books currently listed in the Lincoln Rhyme series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Lincoln Rhyme series?
New readers should start with The Bone Collector, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Lincoln Rhyme series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 2002 to 2021.