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Start with The Surgeon and continue through all 13 books in the listed reading order.
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Start with The Surgeon
Book 1 by Tess Gerritsen
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Rizzoli And Isles reading order
Ends with Listen to Me
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Book 1:The Surgeon
Tess Gerritsen
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Book 2:The Apprentice
Tess Gerritsen • 2002
Jane Rizzoli faces a new series of murders that echo the crimes of imprisoned serial killer Warren Hoyt. Teaming up with FBI agent Gabriel Dean and pathologist Maura Isles, she realizes a second predator is learning f...
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Book 3:The Sinner
Tess Gerritsen • 2003
During a brutal winter, a novice nun is found murdered in a Boston convent and a second mutilated body lies nearby. Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles follow a trail from cloistered lives to global medical research, uncover...
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Book 4:Body Double
Tess Gerritsen
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Book 5:Vanish
Tess Gerritsen
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Book 6:The Mephisto Club
Tess Gerritsen • 2006
A woman is murdered on Christmas Eve with a Latin message written in blood, drawing Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles into the orbit of a secretive group that studies evil. As bodies pile up, occult symbols and family hist...
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Book 7:The Keepsake
Tess Gerritsen • 2008
An apparent Egyptian mummy nicknamed Madam X is revealed by CT scan to be a modern murder victim preserved as a relic. Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles hunt an obsessive killer who turns women into macabre artifacts for h...
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Book 8:Ice Cold
Tess Gerritsen • 2010
On a ski trip in Wyoming, Maura Isles joins a group that becomes stranded in a blizzard and stumbles on an abandoned religious compound with meals still on the tables. When Jane Rizzoli learns Maura is missing, she un...
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Book 9:The Silent Girl
Tess Gerritsen • 2011
A severed hand on a Chinatown rooftop leads Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles to a red haired woman slain with a sword and a decades old restaurant massacre. Chinese folklore, martial arts legends and buried guilt converge...
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Book 10:Last to Die
Tess Gerritsen • 2012
Three teenagers who each survived the massacre of their families are brought together at an isolated boarding school. Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles suspect someone is finishing old business, and the safest place on ear...
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Book 11:Die Again
Tess Gerritsen • 2014
A big game hunter is found hanging in Boston, gutted like his prey, with links to a vanished safari party in Botswana. Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles piece together two brutal hunting grounds, one in the African bush an...
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Book 12:I Know a Secret
Tess Gerritsen • 2017
Two murder victims are posed to resemble religious martyrs, their deaths echoing scenes from a disturbing student horror film. As Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles dig into a decades old crime, they face a survivor who kno...
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Book 13:Listen to Me
Tess Gerritsen • 2022
Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles investigate the bludgeoning of a well liked nurse whose quiet life hid risky secrets. At the same time, Jane's mother Angela grows suspicious of strange neighbors and a missing girl, drawi...
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Rizzoli And Isles FAQ
What is the best order to read the Rizzoli And Isles series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with The Surgeon.
How many books are in the Rizzoli And Isles series?
There are 13 books currently listed in the Rizzoli And Isles series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Rizzoli And Isles series?
New readers should start with The Surgeon, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Rizzoli And Isles series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 2002 to 2022.