C.J. Lyons Books in Order
C.J. Lyons has written 47 books, published between 2008 and 2021. The first book is Lifelines (2008) and the newest is Save Her Child (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 47
- Published
- 2008–2021
- Pages on record
- 8,715 in 26 of 47 books
- Reading time
- 145–218 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,715 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 26 of 47 titles with a page count on record.
C.J. Lyons writes medical thrillers and police procedurals. Lifelines (2008) opens 47 catalogued books that stop at Save Her Child (2021). Nine series divide the run, among them the Lucy Guardino FBI Thrillers, Angels of Mercy, Hart and Drake, Caitlyn Tierney FBI Thriller and Fatal Insomnia. Emergency medicine, nurses, women physicians and murder in Pittsburgh supply the material. No title has followed since 2021.
How many C.J. Lyons books are there?
C.J. Lyons has 47 books, released between 2008 and 2021. They include 9 series and 8 titles listed outside any series.
C.J. Lyons Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 47 C.J. Lyons books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 120084162/4
- 22009–2/4
- 320094122/4
- 42009–2/4
- 52009–2/4
- 620093742/4
- 7Lucidity2010 · 392 pages · confirmed 2/420103922/4
- 820103902/4
- 920102942/4
- 10In Memory2011 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/420112082/4
- 1120112882/4
- 1220112942/4
- 13Borrowed Time2011 · 294 pages · confirmed 2/420112942/4
- 142011–2/4
- 1520113992/4
- 1620112742/4
- 1720123922/4
- 182012–2/4
- 192012–2/4
- 20Broken2013 · 323 pages · confirmed 2/420133232/4
- 212013–2/4
- 2220132942/4
- 2320143582/4
- 2420143152/4
- 252014–2/4
- 262014–2/4
- 27Watched2014 · 302 pages · confirmed 2/420143022/4
- 282014–2/4
- 2920153502/4
- 302015–2/4
- 3120162982/4
- 3220163502/4
- 3320163442/4
- 3420163542/4
- 3520173042/4
- 362017–2/4
- 3720173602/4
- 382017–2/4
- 39The Color of Lies / Invisible Lies2018 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/420183362/4
- 402018–2/4
- 412018–2/4
- 422020–2/4
- 43The Color of Lies Educator's Guide2020 · confirmed 2/42020–2/4
- 442020–2/4
- 45Blink of an Eye2020 · confirmed 2/42020–2/4
- 462020–2/4
- 472021–2/4
C.J. Lyons characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Lucy Guardino books in order 12 books
C.J. Lyons books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Lucy Guardino FBI Thriller in order
12 books- 1. Snake Skin
- 2. Blood Stained
- 3. Kill Zone
- 4. After Shock
- 5. Hard Fall
- 6. Bad Break
- 7. Last Light
- 8. Devil Smoke
- 9. Open Grave
- 10. Gone Dark
- 11. Bitter Truth
- 12. Lesser Evil
Renegade Justice in order
5 books- 1. Fight Dirty
- 2. Raw Edges
- 3. Angels Weep
- 4. Look Away
- 5. Trip Wire
Angels Of Mercy in order
4 booksHart and Drake in order
4 booksShadow Ops in order
3 booksCaitlyn Tierney FBI Thriller in order
3 books- 1. Blind Faith
- 2. Black Sheep
- 3. Hollow Bones
Fatal Insomnia in order
3 booksJericho and Wright in order
3 booksA.J. Palladino in order
2 books- 1. Rock Bottom
- 2. Hot Water
Standalone books
8 books8 C.J. Lyons titles here are not listed as part of any series.
C.J. Lyons Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the C.J. Lyons books run from Lifelines (2008) to Save Her Child (2021), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for C.J. Lyons in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read C.J. Lyons books in order?
You only need to read C.J. Lyons books in order within each series: the books listed here span 9 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with C.J. Lyons
Start with Snake Skin (2010), the first Lucy Guardino book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Lifelines (2008).
What is the newest C.J. Lyons book?
Save Her Child (2021) is the newest C.J. Lyons book released so far.
Is there a new C.J. Lyons book coming?
No next C.J. Lyons book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
C.J. Lyons at a glance
- Paused
- No new C.J. Lyons title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- C.J. Lyons books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 8,715 pages across the 26 of 47 books with a recorded length, a median of 340 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most C.J. Lyons books, 35 of 47, were published in the 2010s.
What the C.J. Lyons books are about
27 of the 47 C.J. Lyons books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 9 of 27. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Thrillers 9 of 27 books
- Mystery & detective 5 of 27 books
- Medical 4 of 27 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 4 of 27 books
- Romantic suspense 4 of 27 books
- Pittsburgh (pa.) 3 of 27 books
- Women physicians 3 of 27 books
- Action & adventure 2 of 27 books
- Emergency medicine 2 of 27 books
- Friendship 2 of 27 books
- Children's fiction 2 of 27 books