Order of Tess Gerritsen Books

Order of Tess Gerritsen Books


Tess Gerritsen is an American novelist and physician who started out writing romantic suspense novels before moving onto medical thrillers in 1996 with Harvest. In her medical thrillers, she is known for her graphic detail of autopsy scenes. In 2001, she begun her Rizzoli & Isles series featuring Detective Jane Rizzoli and Medical Examiner Dr. Maura Isles which has been most of her novels since that time.

Gerritsen’s first book was released in 1987 after she had written two practice novels that went unpublished. Below is a list of all of Tess Gerritsen’s novels in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Rizzoli & Isles Books

The Surgeon

(2001)

The Apprentice

(2002)

The Sinner

(2003)

Body Double

(2004)

Vanish

(2006)

The Mephisto Club

(2006)

The Keepsake / Keeping The Dead

(2008)

Ice Cold / The Killing Place

(2010)

The Silent Girl

(2011)

Last to Die

(2012)

Die Again

(2014)

I Know a Secret

(2017)

Listen to Me

(2022)

Publication Order of Rizzoli & Isles Short Stories Books

Freaks

(2007)

John Doe

(2012)

Publication Order of The Martini Club Books

The Spy Coast

(2023)

The Summer Guests

(2025)

Publication Order of Tavistock Family Books

In Their Footsteps

(1994)

Thief of Hearts

(1995)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Adventure’s Mistress

(1985)

Call After Midnight

(1987)

Under the Knife

(1990)

Never Say Die

(1992)

The Whistleblower

(1992)

Peggy Sue Got Murdered / Girl Missing

(1994)

Harvest

(1996)

Life Support

(1997)

Presumed Guilty

(1997)

Bloodstream

(1998)

Gravity

(1999)

The Bone Garden

(2007)

Playing with Fire

(2015)

The Shape of Night

(2019)

On the Edge (With: Rita Herron)

(2021)

Choose Me (With: Gary Braver)

(2021)

No Reason to Trust

(2021)

Publication Order of Her Protector Books

Keeper of the Bride

(1996)

Belladonna (By: Jenna Ryan)

(1996)

Little Girl Lost (By: Adrianne Lee)

(1997)

Storm Warnings (By: Judi Lind)

(1997)

His Betrothed (By: Vivian Leiber)

(1998)

Easy Loving (By: Sheryl Lynn)

(1998)

The Only Man to Trust (By: Grace Green)

(1998)

Jackson’s Woman (By: Judi Lind)

(1999)

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Publication Order of Anthologies

Perfect Timing

(2001)

In the Shadow of the Master

(2003)

Killer Year: Stories to Die For…

(2008)

No Rest for the Dead

(2011)

Unnerving Magazine #15

(2021)

Birds of Prey: The Harlan Coben Challenge

(2022)

Notes: Peggy Sue Got Murdered was re-released as Girl Missing. The Keepsake is known as Keeping the Dead in the UK. Ice Cold is known as The Killing Place in the UK. Thief of Hearts was also published as Stolen. The short story Freaks can be found in The Silent Girl.