Rizzoli & Isles Books in Order
book series
Publication order
In the order the books were originally released.
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Buy on Amazon2004 · Tess Gerritsen
A 2001 novel by Tess Gerritsen, the first in the Rizzoli and Isles series. A killer targets lone women in Boston, breaking into their apartments to…
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Buy on AmazonThe Apprentice (Jane Rizzoli, Book 2)
2003 · Tess Gerritsen
In The Apprentice, the bestselling author Tess Gerritsen returns with a chilling novel featuring the return of Warren Hoyt, the diabolical villain…
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Buy on Amazon2004 · Tess Gerritsen
A chilling novel of suspense features Boston medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles as she investigates the brutal murder of two nuns at a convent. The…
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Buy on Amazon2005 · Tess Gerritsen
Boston medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles is confronted with a corpse that is a mirror image of herself, sharing her birth date and blood type. A DNA…
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Buy on Amazon2006 · Tess Gerritsen
Detective Jane Rizzoli is taken hostage by a woman who was thought to be dead. The woman, later identified as a murder suspect, escapes from the…
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Buy on Amazon2007 · Tess Gerritsen
A Latin phrase scrawled in blood at the scene of a young woman's murder—I HAVE SINNED—draws Boston medical examiner Maura Isles and Detective Jane…
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Buy on Amazon2008 · Tess Gerritsen
A perfectly preserved mummy, dubbed "Madam X," is rediscovered in a Boston museum's basement, but medical examiner Maura Isles finds a hidden message…
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Buy on Amazon2010 · Tess Gerritsen
Killing Place (Rizzoli and Isles Series 8) is a medical thriller novel by American writer Tess Gerritsen, published in German as "Totengrund" on…
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Buy on AmazonYear unknown · Tess Gerritsen
Detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles investigate the gruesome murder of a horror-film producer and soon realize the killer has a…
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Companion & related books
Related titles and editions that sit outside the main numbered order.
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Buy on Amazon2007 · Tess Gerritsen
In present-day rural Massachusetts, Julia Hamill discovers a skull marked with signs of murder buried on her property. In 1830s Boston, medical…
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Buy on AmazonYear unknown · Tess Gerritsen
At a medical conference in Wyoming, Maura Isles joins friends on a ski trip that strands them near an abandoned village called Kingdom Come. After…
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Buy on AmazonYear unknown · Tess Gerritsen
Detective Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles find a woman dead in her bed with no apparent cause of death, her eyes removed and placed in her…
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Buy on AmazonYear unknown · Tess Gerritsen
When a severed hand clutching a gun is found in a Chinatown alley in Boston, detective Jane Rizzoli investigates.
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Frequently asked questions
What order should I read the Rizzoli & Isles books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with “The Surgeon”. Start with “The Surgeon.”
How many books are in the Rizzoli & Isles series?
We list 16 books by Tess Gerritsen , published between 2003–2010.
Where can I buy the Rizzoli & Isles books?
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Reading order compiled from author/publisher guidance and verified bibliographic data. Spotted an error? We continuously correct the catalog.