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Pastor Stephen Grant Books in Order

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Read Pastor Stephen Grant books in order by Ray Keating, with dates and a guide to his religious and political thrillers, starting with Warrior Monk.

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Pastor Stephen Grant books in publication order

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19 books

1

Warrior Monk

by Ray Keating

2010

Former CIA assassin Stephen Grant has found a quieter calling as a parish pastor. A church shooting and threats against the Pope bring his past back into focus, forcing him to combine intelligence skills with theological convictions to protect others.

2

A New York mayor's hostility toward the Catholic Church sparks political conflict during Advent, escalating into violence and murder. Pastor Stephen Grant works with the archdiocese, FBI, friends, and former CIA colleagues to confront threats to religious freedom.

3

Root of All Evil?

by Ray Keating

2012

Parish pastor and former CIA operative Stephen Grant confronts a deadly intersection of religion, politics, and money. Drug traffickers, politicians, intelligence agencies, and a secretive foreign regime become entangled in a conflict shaped by charity, envy, and greed.

4

The River

by Ray Keating

2014

When Stephen Grant's wife is kidnapped amid a Las Vegas murder mystery, figures from his CIA past return. The former operative must use his old skills while confronting the difficult boundary between justice and revenge in saving someone he loves.

5

Murderer's Row

by Ray Keating

2015

Pastor Stephen Grant faces a tangled mystery connecting a Christian family's rescue from terrorists, New York minor league baseball, violent murders, and political wrongdoing. His military and intelligence background becomes essential as these seemingly separate dangers converge.

6

Wine Into Water

by Ray Keating

2016

Counterfeit wine leads to murder and revenge, pulling pastor Stephen Grant into an investigation of the wine trade. Drawing on his former Navy SEAL and CIA experience, he must unravel the criminal scheme while remaining grounded in his religious calling.

7

Lionhearts

by Ray Keating

2017

Terrorist attacks bring violence to American churches, homes, and public institutions. Pastor Stephen Grant returns to skills learned with the Navy SEALs and CIA, confronting a campaign whose physical dangers are intertwined with battles over faith and political ideas.

8

Heroes and Villains

by Ray Keating

2018

Stephen Grant attends a comic book, fantasy, and science fiction convention, an unfamiliar world for the pastor and former operative. Joining an unusual group of allies, he tries to stop a plot targeting a celebrated comic creator.

9

Reagan Country

by Ray Keating

2018

A Russian businessman compared with Ronald Reagan becomes caught in a deadly struggle with forces seeking a return to old national ambitions. Stephen Grant enters an international conflict reaching from California and Washington to a monastery and the Kremlin.

10

Shifting Sands

by Ray Keating

2018

A major beach volleyball tournament on a New York City pier attracts more than spectators and athletes. With his wife, friends, and former CIA colleagues nearby, Stephen Grant confronts terrorism and international intrigue unfolding alongside the sporting competition.

11

Deep Rough

by Ray Keating

2019

A pastor in China and his rising professional golfer son face threats from the government. Stephen Grant's intelligence experience and familiarity with golf place him at major tournaments as caddy and bodyguard while confronting persecution, revenge, and international conflict.

12

The Traitor

by Ray Keating

2019

Stephen Grant hopes for quiet prayer at a European monastery, but encounters a notorious CIA traitor in a nearby village. His retreat becomes a struggle for survival amid disputes over intelligence secrets and events spanning France, Hong Kong, and Langley.

13

Vatican Shadows

by Ray Keating

2020

A pope’s effort to reconsider Jan Hus and Martin Luther provokes opposition from figures inside and outside the Vatican. He seeks former CIA operative Stephen Grant’s help as opponents prepared to use violence threaten the proposed reforms.

14

Past Lives

by Ray Keating

2021

Pastor Stephen Grant recounts a troubling episode from his past through entries in his journal. Murder, threatening encounters and puzzling acquaintances draw him into a mystery shaped by lost innocence and revenge, forcing him to reconsider people he once knew.

15

What's Lost?

by Ray Keating

2021

Through his journal, Stephen Grant revisits a mystery spanning decades and locations from Long Island to Vietnam. Deception, betrayal and sacrifice challenge his understanding of friendship, raising uncomfortable questions about how much he can truly know about other people.

16

Persecution

by Ray Keating

2022

Stephen Grant and those closest to him encounter violent religious persecution stretching from Russia to the Middle East. With danger reaching political and church leaders, the pastor and his former CIA colleagues must act quickly to protect innocent lives.

17

Stephen Grant welcomes Christmas at St Mary’s with family, a new clergy friendship and a handbell concert. Beneath the seasonal celebrations, an emerging danger forces the pastor to confront questions of justice, forgiveness and sacrifice.

18

For Better, For Worse

by Ray Keating

2023

Stephen Grant travels to California to officiate at two friends’ wedding, but an old grievance threatens the celebration. A powerful enemy sends killers seeking revenge, forcing Grant and his former CIA colleagues to protect the couple and stop the attack.

19

Under the Golden Dome

by Ray Keating

2023

Stephen Grant and his economist wife Jennifer attend a conference at Notre Dame, expecting to speak together. Dangerous political impulses within the Church turn their gathering into a deadly struggle, forcing them to defend more than their ideas about religious freedom.

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