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Michael A. Kahn Books in Order

Michael A. Kahn has written 17 books, published between 1988 and 2020. The first book is The Canaan Legacy / Grave Designs (1988) and the newest is Bad Trust (2020). Publication order is the reading order below. 12 of the 17 books listed here are in the Rachel Gold series, which has its own page: Rachel Gold books in order.

Books
17
Published
1988–2020
Pages on record
4,973 in 16 of 17 books
Reading time
83–124 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,973 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 17 titles with a page count on record.

See all 17 books in order Printable Michael A. Kahn checklist

Michael A. Kahn is the author of the Rachel Gold series, and catalogue subjects name Rachel Gold as the fictitious character. Other subjects include women lawyers, legal mysteries, murder investigations, St. Louis, Missouri and Chicago. The 17 catalogued books open with The Canaan Legacy / Grave Designs (1988) and reach Bad Trust (2020), taking in Firm Ambitions (1994), Sheer Gall (1996) and The Mourning Sexton (2005). Kahn has worked as a trial lawyer for over forty years, as a senior partner at Folger Levin & Kahn in San Francisco from 1979 to 2009 and in a Napa practice since 2022.

How many Michael A. Kahn books are there?

Michael A. Kahn has 17 books, released between 1988 and 2020. 12 of them belong to the Rachel Gold series.

Michael A. Kahn Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 Michael A. Kahn 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.

  1. Cover of The Canaan Legacy / Grave Designs by Michael A. Kahn, book 1 of the Rachel Gold series (1988)
  2. Cover of Death Benefits by Michael A. Kahn, book 2 of the Rachel Gold series (1992)
  3. Cover of Firm Ambitions by Michael A. Kahn, book 3 of the Rachel Gold series (1994)
  4. Cover of Due Diligence by Michael A. Kahn, book 4 of the Rachel Gold series (1995)
  5. Cover of Sheer Gall by Michael A. Kahn, book 5 of the Rachel Gold series (1996)
  6. Cover of Bearing Witness by Michael A. Kahn, book 6 of the Rachel Gold series (1999)
  7. Cover of May It Amuse the Court by Michael A. Kahn (2001)
  8. Cover of Trophy Widow by Michael A. Kahn, book 7 of the Rachel Gold series (2002)
  9. Cover of The Mourning Sexton by Michael A. Kahn (2005)
  10. Cover of The Flinch Factor by Michael A. Kahn, book 9 of the Rachel Gold series (2013)
  11. Cover of Face Value by Michael A. Kahn, book 10 of the Rachel Gold series (2014)
  12. Cover of The Sirena Quest by Michael A. Kahn (2015)
  13. Cover of The Art of Conflict by Michael A. Kahn (2019)
  1. 1
    The Canaan Legacy / Grave DesignsRachel Gold #11988 · 385 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988385
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  2. 2
    Death BenefitsRachel Gold #21992 · 315 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992315
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  3. 3
    Firm AmbitionsRachel Gold #31994 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994320
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  4. 4
    Due DiligenceRachel Gold #41995 · 394 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995394
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  5. 5
    Sheer GallRachel Gold #51996 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996368
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  6. 6
    Bearing WitnessRachel Gold #61999 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999336
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  7. 7
    May It Amuse the Court2001 · 207 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001207
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  8. 8
    Trophy WidowRachel Gold #72002 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002400
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  9. 9
    The Mourning Sexton2005 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005416
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  10. 10
    A Handful of GoldRachel Gold #82012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  11. 11
    The Flinch FactorRachel Gold #92013 · 287 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013287
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  12. 12
    Face ValueRachel Gold #102014 · 253 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014253
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  13. 13
    The Sirena Quest2015 · 287 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015287
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    The Dead HandRachel Gold #112016 · 227 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016227
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    Played!2017 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017240
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    The Art of Conflict2019 · 218 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019218
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  17. 17
    Bad TrustRachel Gold #122020 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020320
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Michael A. Kahn series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Michael A. Kahn 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.

Standalone books

5 books

5 Michael A. Kahn titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Michael A. Kahn books in order?

You only need to read Michael A. Kahn books in order within the Rachel Gold series, which holds 12 of the 17 Michael A. Kahn books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Michael A. Kahn

Start with The Canaan Legacy / Grave Designs (1988), the first Rachel Gold book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Michael A. Kahn book?

Bad Trust (2020) is the newest Michael A. Kahn book released so far.

Is there a new Michael A. Kahn book coming?

No next Michael A. Kahn book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Michael A. Kahn at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Michael A. Kahn title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Michael A. Kahn books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,973 pages across the 16 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 318 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Michael A. Kahn books, 7 of 17, were published in the 2010s.

What the Michael A. Kahn books are about

15 of the 17 Michael A. Kahn books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: gold, rachel (fictitious character) is tagged on 9 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.