Rysa Walker Books in Order
Browse Rysa Walker books in order, with short summaries, series background, and simple suggestions for where to start across CHRONOS, Delphi, and her mysteries.
Last updated: July 5, 2026
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Publication Order
55 books
Timebound
by Rysa Walker
2012
When Kate Pierce-Keller inherits a strange medallion from her grandmother, she discovers time travel is real and her family's past is full of enemies. Saving the timeline means risking her own life and identity.
Time Trial: The Graphic Novel
by Rysa Walker
2014
Clio Dunne heads to 1931 Chicago hoping for adventure and a chance to build a life of her own. Instead, a figure from her parents' past drags her into a time-hopping fight around Al Capone's trial.
Time's Echo
by Rysa Walker
2014
Kiernan Dunne returns to the Cyrists after Kate vanishes in a time shift, hoping the hidden CHRONOS key can help him find her. The novella fills in old mysteries while setting up the next novel.
Time's Edge
by Rysa Walker
2014
Kate races across history to keep the CHRONOS keys out of Cyrist hands and stop Saul Rand from remaking the world. The sequel deepens the rules, the romance, and the danger.
Simon Says
by Rysa Walker
2015
Simon Rand has never lived a straight-line life, and this novella leans into that chaos. Part character piece, part CHRONOS side story, it fills in his past and the strange rules of Walker's timeline.
Time's Divide
by Rysa Walker
2015
With the Cyrists nearing the Culling, Kate faces collapsing options, shaky allies, and timeline shifts that could destroy everything. The trilogy closes on its biggest stakes yet.
Time's Mirror
by Rysa Walker
2015
Set in 1984, this novella follows Prudence Pierce after she steals a medallion that could change everything. It is a fun, character-focused detour that reveals more of the family's past.
2092
by Rysa Walker
2016
This CHRONOS short story takes a quick, pointed trip into Walker's time-travel universe, where a jump into the future brings fresh complications and another reminder that history never stays put.
Splinter
by Rysa Walker
2016
A brief return to the CHRONOS universe, this story follows the fallout from a fractured moment in time. Small changes can splinter history, and Walker wrings tension from that idea.
The Delphi Effect
by Rysa Walker
2016
Anna Morgan can pick up ghosts with a touch, a gift that has wrecked her life and drawn the attention of dangerous people. When a covert project comes after her, seeing the dead becomes a survival skill.
The Gambit
by Rysa Walker
2016
A compact CHRONOS side story built around risk, timing, and one dangerous move too many. It adds another clever wrinkle to Walker's larger time-travel world.
Whack Job
by Rysa Walker
2016
This short CHRONOS outing drops readers into another messy time-travel problem, where a seemingly contained mission goes sideways fast. It is a quick glimpse of how unpredictable Walker's universe can be.
The Delphi Resistance
by Rysa Walker
2017
On the run from the Delphi Project, Anna and her friends struggle with powers that keep changing under pressure. The deeper they dig, the clearer it becomes that the adults hunting them will kill to use those gifts.
World Domination: A Supervillain Anthology
by Rysa Walker
2017
This anthology hands the spotlight to villains, antiheroes, and people with grand plans. Walker joins a larger cast of writers imagining what world domination might really look like.
The Abandoned
by Rysa Walker
2018
This novella steps back to Anna's early years, following Leah Pfeifer as she hides in Colorado with her young daughter. A frantic call for help pulls mother and child back into danger.
The Delphi Revolution
by Rysa Walker
2018
Anna refuses to let the Delphi Project turn her mind into a weapon. As spirits invade bodies and loyalties fray, the final book becomes a fight for control, freedom, and survival.
A Murder in Helvetica Bold
by Rysa Walker
2019
After her job and marriage implode, Ruth Townsend heads home to revive a dying mountain newspaper. She expects a fresh start, not a local death that exposes old secrets.
A Séance in Franklin Gothic
by Rysa Walker
2019
Ruth finds Tessa Martin's body sprawled across a Ouija board, only to have it vanish before the sheriff arrives. The missing corpse turns a creepy scene into a very public mystery.
Arsenic and Ole
by Rysa Walker
2019
An annoying neighbor is bad enough. When Rebecca Whitley turns up dead, Tig must sort through grudges, gossip, and small-town resentments to find out who finally snapped.
As the Crow Flies
by Rysa Walker
2019
Chase Rey can sense another reality pressing against his small town, and the first signs are not subtle. Zombie cheerleaders, scarecrows, and a haunted house kick off this fast, knowing horror trilogy.
Baskerville for the Bear
by Rysa Walker
2019
A gunshot in the woods sends journalist Ruth Townsend running toward trouble instead of away from it. This short prequel introduces her nose for danger and the rough edges of Thistlewood.
Courier to the Stars
by Rysa Walker
2019
Thistlewood is dressed up for a holiday movie until faded star Audrey Shaw is found dead on set. Ruth digs into old resentments and fresh ambitions behind the Christmas sparkle.
Curtains for Romeo
by Rysa Walker
2019
Former TV teen sleuth Antigone Alden comes home to the Outer Banks for a teaching job and a reset. Then a murder at the playhouse turns her fake detective past into a very real investigation.
Offed Off-Broadway
by Rysa Walker
2019
A Broadway producer dies at an Outer Banks wedding, and everyone assumes he was caught in the wrong crossfire. Tig is not so sure, and her planned trip to New York turns into another murder case.
Palatino for the Painter
by Rysa Walker
2019
When a rusted vehicle rises from the Freedom River, Ruth and Wren think they may have found the truth about a vanished friend. The case pulls them back into the lies Thistlewood has protected for years.
The Phantom of the Opal
by Rysa Walker
2019
In this prequel novella, Tig Alden returns to the Outer Banks after her mother's death and discovers a missing black opal is only the start. Family grief quickly gives way to suspicion and secrets.
Comic Sans for the Ex
by Rysa Walker
2020
A girls' weekend in Nashville goes bad when Ruth's ex-husband vanishes, leaving a suicide note and a dead business partner behind. Ruth does not trust the easy story, and neither should readers.
Full Circle
by Rysa Walker
2020
A glowing circle in her great-great-grandmother's garden sends Madi Grace to an underwater crypt and straight into Cyrist danger. It is a brisk side adventure with mystery, peril, and another crack in the timeline.
Now, Then, and Everywhen
by Rysa Walker
2020
In 2136, historian Madi Grace finds evidence that the timeline has been tampered with and collides with Tyson Reyes in the turbulent 1960s. Their mission is to fix history without breaking it further.
The Circle That Whines
by Rysa Walker
2020
Told from Daphne's point of view, this short CHRONOS tale turns time-travel headaches into canine chaos. It is a quick, funny look at life inside a CHRONOS field when even the dog can feel the timeline wobble.
When the Cat's Away
by Rysa Walker
2020
The second Haddonwood book throws Chase into bigger nightmares, from demonic crows to slasher-style killers and a very big bad wolf. The town's hidden mythology starts showing its teeth.
Bell, Book, and Key
by Rysa Walker
2021
Saul Rand twists the United States into a superstition-soaked dark age, and the CHRONOS team has one last chance to stop him. Their trail leads through altered history toward a showdown with reality on the line.
Exes! Stage Right
by Rysa Walker
2021
Halloween on the Outer Banks takes a grim turn when a real corpse appears among the staged monsters. With her father pulled into the mess, Tig has another family-laced mystery to untangle.
Red, White, and the Blues
by Rysa Walker
2021
Off-world players turn history into a deadly live game, forcing Madi Grace and Tyson Reyes to defend the American timeline. If they lose a round, the twentieth century comes apart.
Season One
by Rysa Walker
2021
Journalist Miriam Cole is drawn into an impossible murder and a long trail of missing heiresses, including her own sister, in Gilded Age New York. This opening season launches the mystery in ten brisk episodes.
Season Two
by Rysa Walker
2021
The serial continues as Miriam follows new clues through Gilded Age New York with help from unlikely allies. The missing-heiress case grows stranger, darker, and much harder to explain away.
Season Five
by Rysa Walker
2022
The middle stretch of the serial deepens the mystery with Gilded Age intrigue, occult oddities, and sharper personal stakes. Every new answer about the vanished girls seems to open an even larger threat.
Season Four
by Rysa Walker
2022
Miriam's search keeps widening, pulling her through fresh danger, uneasy alliances, and more cracks in reality. The missing-girls case keeps getting stranger, and New York itself feels less stable by the chapter.
Season Seven
by Rysa Walker
2022
As the serial ramps up, Miriam faces harder choices, stranger truths, and rising danger around Pembroke, the missing heiresses, and the forces warping her world.
Season Six
by Rysa Walker
2022
Miriam presses on through another season of impossible murders, shifting timelines, and dangerous revelations. Every answer about her sister opens a larger threat to the city itself.
Season Three
by Rysa Walker
2022
Another ten-episode stretch pushes Miriam Cole deeper into her Gilded Age investigation. Impossible crimes, hidden histories, and reality-bending clues tighten around the missing heiresses and her sister's fate.
Where Wolves Fear to Prey
by Rysa Walker
2022
In the trilogy's finale, Chase Rey faces the forces in his own head while the ancient balance between angels and demons starts to break. What began as small-town horror turns into a fight for reality itself.
Season Eight
by Rysa Walker
2023
The case barrels forward with new shocks, fragile alliances, and reality-bending turns as Miriam moves closer to the truth about the vanished girls and her own family.
Season Eleven
by Rysa Walker
2023
After escaping Bloomingdale Asylum, Miriam, Violet, and Sam rush to stop Gwen and survive the Johnstown flood. At the same time, Miriam must face the hardest question of all: can her sister be saved?
Season Nine
by Rysa Walker
2023
Late in the serial, Miriam's search becomes more urgent and more perilous, mixing historical mystery with alternate-reality chaos as old enemies and buried secrets close in.
Season Ten
by Rysa Walker
2023
With the endgame approaching, Miriam and her allies race through escalating danger, trying to stop more deaths and untangle the forces behind the disappearances before the city pays the price.
The Cold Light of Stars
by Rysa Walker
2023
Science reporter Claire Echols heads to Mars to cover the discovery of a buried chamber inscribed by an ancient civilization. What should be the story of the century becomes a deadly race through politics, secrets, and sabotage.
Clones
by Rysa Walker
2024
This speculative anthology circles around cloning, identity, and the unease of meeting versions of ourselves. Walker is one of several contributors exploring where the science can lead.
First Watch of Night
by Rysa Walker
2024
Claire's search for answers turns toward Eberin Das and a message that survived the destruction of Mars. If she can decode it, Earth might avoid the same fate.
Improbable
by Rysa Walker
2024
Journalist Miriam Cole is drawn into an impossible murder and a long trail of missing heiresses, including her own sister, in Gilded Age New York. Her investigation leads to skeptics, psychics, and cracks in reality.
Oceans
by Rysa Walker
2024
A multi-author anthology of ocean-centered speculative fiction, from wonder to menace. Walker contributes to a collection that uses the sea as a place of mystery, change, and danger.
Slipstream
by Rysa Walker
2024
Stranded in an alternate reality, Miriam has to keep chasing the vanished girls while deciding whom she can trust. Mark Twain, an ex-Pinkerton, and a reluctant psychic complicate an already impossible case.
Split Infinities
by Rysa Walker
2024
As the Vanderbilt Ball nears and earthquakes shake New York, Miriam closes in on the truth behind the disappearances and the city's growing instability. The trilogy's endgame blends mystery, danger, and reality-bending stakes.
Dark Little Worlds
by Rysa Walker
2025
Attacks spread across Earth and Mars as Claire studies the journal of alien rebel Eberin Das. The clues may save humanity, if she can trust the people translating them.
On Alien Skies
by Rysa Walker
2026
With time running out, Claire's hopes rest on Tobias Shepherd, a disillusioned cult leader holding the fate of Earth and Mars in his hands. The finale goes big without losing its human stakes.
Where should I start?
If you want the signature time-travel series: Timebound → Time's Edge → Time's Divide
If you want the next CHRONOS generation: Now, Then, and Everywhen → Red, White, and the Blues → Bell, Book, and Key
If you want psychic suspense: The Delphi Effect → The Delphi Resistance → The Delphi Revolution
If you want historical fantasy mystery: Improbable → Slipstream → Split Infinities
If you want a cozy mystery: Curtains for Romeo → Arsenic and Ole → Offed Off-Broadway
Author bio
Rysa Walker was born in Pensacola, Florida, and grew up in Northwest Florida. In more than one bio, she has described a childhood on a cattle ranch in the Panhandle, where books were a main form of escape and entertainment. When she was not reading, she was imagining bigger worlds, stranger futures, and stories that could bend reality just a little.
That mix of curiosity and restlessness never really left her.
She later went to college in North Carolina and earned a PhD in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Before writing fiction full time, she taught political science and history, work that helped sharpen the parts of her novels readers often notice first: the logic of her worlds, the way institutions behave, and the sense that history is made by people making messy choices under pressure.
A later move back to North Carolina helped too. After her family settled in Cary in 2006, she shifted to teaching online from home, and the quieter routine gave her room to finish the novel that would change her career. That book began life as Time's Twisted Arrow, a self-published time-travel story that she entered in the 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. It won the grand prize and was later republished as Timebound.
That was the start of a very busy second act.
Timebound, followed by Time's Edge and Time's Divide, introduced the CHRONOS world that still sits at the center of Walker's bibliography. Readers come to those books for the time travel, but they tend to stay for the family secrets, the historical settings, and the constant question of what happens when changing the past feels personal. The related CHRONOS Origins books, beginning with Now, Then, and Everywhen, take that same fascination with history and consequences and push it into a broader, future-facing adventure.
Walker did not stay in one lane. The Delphi Effect mixes ghosts, psychic abilities, and thriller pacing, while Improbable drops a missing-person mystery into Gilded Age New York and lets history, the uncanny, and detective work collide. Under the name C. Rysa Walker, she also writes mysteries such as Curtains for Romeo and A Murder in Helvetica Bold, which show the same love of puzzles in a very different key.
What ties her books together is easy to spot. She likes characters who are smart but cornered, systems that look stable until they crack, and plots where history is never just background scenery. Even in the cozier mysteries, there is usually someone digging through old secrets, trying to work out what really happened, and learning that the past is not finished with anybody yet.
Her success has been substantial without much fuss around it. Her books have sold close to a million copies, have been translated into fourteen languages, and The Delphi Effect earned both an Editors' Pick mention and a thriller award nomination. The appeal is pretty plain: Walker writes twisty stories that like big ideas, but she keeps them moving and keeps the people inside them recognizable.
She lives in North Carolina and has written about sharing life with her family and a very energetic golden retriever. The old kid who read books for company and watched Star Trek whenever she got control of the television still seems present in the work. You can feel it in the timelines, the mysteries, and the sense that the world is always larger, stranger, and more interesting than it first appears.
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