James Patterson Books in Order

Attorney Rhonda Bird returns to Los Angeles to settle her estranged father’s estate and discovers he’s left her both a scruffy private detective agency and a teenage half-sister. Their first case—a young man claiming abduction by a thrill-seeking rich-kid clique—throws the mismatched sisters into deadly trouble.

Alex Cross is caught in a web of assassins and faces the brilliant enemy who has stalked him and his family for years. The investigation becomes a final, deeply personal fight against someone who knows exactly how to hurt him.

Still branded a troublemaker after exposing police corruption, Chicago detective Billy Harney joins an elite task force investigating a drive-by shooting that kills a child. As political pressure mounts, Billy uncovers a deeper conspiracy that reaches into his own past.

Chicago detective Billy Harney is called in when a deadly jailbreak frees a billionaire crime boss and a notorious killer. As taunting clues appear and a kidnapped girl’s life is put on the line, Billy races to stop a game designed just for him.

Alex Cross hunts a precise serial killer who wipes out entire families and leaves few clues behind. As the pattern becomes clearer, Cross realizes the murderer’s attention may be shifting toward the people he loves most.

A jet is shot down near Reagan Airport, and Alex Cross and John Sampson race to find the killer behind it. The attacker is expanding his mission, and Cross soon learns that he may be the next intended target.

Military-style attacks gravely injure Alex Cross, leaving John Sampson to lead the response alone. As a shadowy force advances on Washington, Sampson must protect the Cross family, his own daughter, and the nation’s leaders.

When Hawaii’s Mauna Loa shows signs of catastrophic eruption, volcanologist John “Mac” MacGregor races to warn officials and protect the island. Then a buried military secret raises the stakes, turning a natural disaster into a race against time.

Marcie Bowers is a small-town lawyer and mother whose husband David becomes a media hero after rescuing a stranger from a river. His sudden fame draws dangerous figures out of the shadows, forcing Marcie to question whether she married a good man or a hidden killer.

Supreme Court candidates are being murdered as a new president prepares to take office. Alex Cross and John Sampson must enter the killer’s mind and stop the attacks before fear and bloodshed reshape the country’s future.

Back on the storm-battered Massachusetts coast, Bill Robinson is running The Inn by the Sea when a crime boss brings a new wave of violence to town. As bodies begin to surface, Bill and his tight-knit residents must expose the killer before their refuge becomes a graveyard.

Now full partners in their Los Angeles detective agency, Rhonda and "Baby" Bird take on a loner accused of making his glamorous wife disappear. The sisters must untangle toxic marriages, media spin and their own clashing styles to learn whether their new client is victim or killer.

A notebook left by Gary Soneji reveals clues about crimes from before Alex Cross first knew him. Cross must revisit a rookie investigation, question his own mistakes, and confront the legacy of the killer who became his first great enemy.

John Sampson investigates a suspected terrorist attack in Washington, DC, while Alex Cross searches for his missing son in Chapel Hill. Their separate cases may be linked, testing a friendship and partnership built over a lifetime.

In this forthcoming thriller, Alex Cross investigates baffling murders in Washington, DC, while a family crisis threatens to upend his world. Each step into the city’s hidden underworld puts his promise to Nana Mama, and his loved ones, at risk.

A murder linked to Adolf Hitler’s young lover sets a century-spanning investigation in motion. A detective and a journalist confront the growing Nazi regime, while a present-day American professor follows evidence guarded by neo-Nazis determined to keep the past buried.