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Start with Men in Blue and continue through all 14 books in the listed reading order.
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Start with Men in Blue
Book 1 by W.E.B. Griffin • Published 1988
Philadelphia cop Matt Payne wants to move up, but a string of violent cases drags him into the department’s inner circle. As politics and street crime collide, he learns how hard it is to stay clean and stay alive.
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Badge Of Honor reading order
Ends with The Attack
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Book 1:Men in Blue
W.E.B. Griffin • 1988
Philadelphia cop Matt Payne wants to move up, but a string of violent cases drags him into the department’s inner circle. As politics and street crime collide, he learns how hard it is to stay clean and stay alive.
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Book 2:Special Operations
W.E.B. Griffin • 1989
Matt Payne is pulled into an elite assignment where the rules are looser and the risks are higher. Tracking dangerous criminals across jurisdictions forces him and his partners to balance procedure, power, and the thi...
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Book 3:The Victim
W.E.B. Griffin • 1991
A brutal crime puts Matt Payne and the Philadelphia detectives on a tense hunt for answers. The investigation crosses social boundaries and hidden connections, and Payne discovers that protecting witnesses can be as d...
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Book 4:The Witness
W.E.B. Griffin • 1992
When a crucial witness becomes the key to a major case, Matt Payne must keep them alive long enough to talk. With pressure from above and threats from the street, the detectives race to close in before the truth disap...
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Book 5:The Assassin
W.E.B. Griffin • 1993
A planned hit turns Philadelphia into a battlefield of surveillance, misdirection, and last-second decisions. Matt Payne’s team has to identify the shooter and the target, while navigating politics that could bury the...
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Book 6:The Murderers
W.E.B. Griffin • 1994
A series of killings forces Matt Payne and his squad to sift through motives, alibis, and shifting alliances. The deeper they dig, the clearer it becomes that more than one person is willing to kill to keep a secret b...
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Book 7:The Investigators
W.E.B. Griffin • 1998
A complicated case tests the detectives on both sides of the line, the people investigating and the people being investigated. Matt Payne has to protect the integrity of the search for justice while the department’s o...
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Book 8:Final Justice
W.E.B. Griffin • 2002
As old cases refuse to stay quiet, Matt Payne faces the kind of investigation that can wreck careers and relationships. With victims demanding answers and powerful figures guarding their interests, the team pushes for...
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Book 9:The Traffickers
W.E.B. Griffin • 2009
Matt Payne teams up with outside allies to take on a trafficking network that reaches far beyond Philadelphia. Following the trail means stepping into unfamiliar territory, where the criminals are organized, the viole...
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Book 10:The Vigilantes
W.E.B. Griffin • 2010
Philadelphia is rattled by a wave of killings that look like justice, but feel like something darker. Matt Payne and his colleagues must untangle who is hunting whom, and stop a cycle of retaliation before it consumes...
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Book 11:The Last Witness
W.E.B. Griffin • 2013
When the last person who can identify a dangerous criminal vanishes, Matt Payne’s investigation becomes a race against time. Protecting a witness is never simple in Philadelphia, especially when the threat comes from...
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Book 12:Deadly Assets
W.E.B. Griffin • 2015
A rising body count and a politically charged inquiry put the Philadelphia PD under a microscope. Matt Payne is caught between solving violent crimes and surviving the public battle over policing, as agitators and pow...
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Book 13:Broken Trust
W.E.B. Griffin • 2016
The death of a well-connected woman is written off as self-inflicted, but the details do not sit right. Matt Payne digs into a life built on secrets, and discovers how far someone will go to keep a version of the stor...
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Book 14:The Attack
W.E.B. Griffin • 2023
A teenage girl’s body is found in the Delaware River, and the evidence points to something more complicated than a random crime. Matt Payne follows a trail of lies, money, and fear, trying to stop a predator who blend...
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Badge Of Honor FAQ
What is the best order to read the Badge Of Honor series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with Men in Blue.
How many books are in the Badge Of Honor series?
There are 14 books currently listed in the Badge Of Honor series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Badge Of Honor series?
New readers should start with Men in Blue, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Badge Of Honor series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 1988 to 2023.