Rebecca Forster Books in Order
Rebecca Forster has written 36 books, published between 1989 and 2024. The first book is A Delicate Matter (1989) and the newest is The 9th Witness (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 36
- Published
- 1989–2024
- Pages on record
- 6,608 in 19 of 36 books
- Reading time
- 110–165 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,608 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 36 titles with a page count on record.
Rebecca Forster started in romance and moved to legal thrillers. The Josie Bates books put a Los Angeles woman lawyer at the centre of criminal cases, and the O'Brien/Anderson and Bailey Devlin sequences follow. 36 titles are catalogued from A Delicate Matter (1989) to The 9th Witness (2024), the early run taking in Golden Threads (1992), Beyond Malice (1994) and Dreams (1995). California settings, marriage and the law are the standing subjects.
How many Rebecca Forster books are there?
Rebecca Forster has 36 books, released between 1989 and 2024. They include 3 series and 18 titles listed outside any series.
Rebecca Forster Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 36 Rebecca Forster 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.
- 1A Delicate Matter1989 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/419893522/4
- 2Privileged Secrets1990 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/419903522/4
- 3The Reckless Ones1992 · confirmed 2/41992–2/4
- 4Rainbow's End1992 · 317 pages · confirmed 2/419923172/4
- 5Golden Threads1992 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/419923202/4
- 6Checks and Balances1993 · confirmed 2/41993–2/4
- 7Vanities1993 · 445 pages · confirmed 2/419934452/4
- 8Vows: Which Ones Can a Woman Break?1994 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/419943842/4
- 9Beyond Malice1994 · confirmed 2/41994–2/4
- 10Dreams1995 · 379 pages · confirmed 2/419953792/4
- 11Keeping Counsel1996 · confirmed 2/41996–2/4
- 12Seasons1996 · 349 pages · confirmed 2/419963492/4
- 13Character Witness1997 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/419973042/4
- 14The Mentor1998 · 382 pages · confirmed 2/419983822/4
- 1520043742/4
- 1620053662/4
- 172006–2/4
- 18Before Her Eyes2010 · confirmed 2/42010–2/4
- 19Wilde's Gamble2010 · confirmed 2/42010–2/4
- 2020113882/4
- 21The Matthias Ring2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 2220133962/4
- 232014–2/4
- 2420143642/4
- 2520151902/4
- 262015–2/4
- 2720152122/4
- 282016–2/4
- 2920173642/4
- 302017–2/4
- 3120183702/4
- 322019–2/4
- 33The Death of Me2020 · confirmed 2/42020–2/4
- 342022–2/4
- 352022–2/4
- 362024–2/4
Rebecca Forster 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.
Josie Bates in order
10 booksO'Brien/Anderson in order
5 booksBailey Devlin in order
3 booksStandalone books
18 books18 Rebecca Forster titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Rebecca Forster Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Rebecca Forster books run from A Delicate Matter (1989) to The 9th Witness (2024), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Rebecca Forster in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Rebecca Forster books in order?
You only need to read Rebecca Forster books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Rebecca Forster
Start with A Delicate Matter (1989), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Rebecca Forster book?
The 9th Witness (2024) is the newest Rebecca Forster book released so far.
Is there a new Rebecca Forster book coming?
No next Rebecca Forster book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Rebecca Forster at a glance
- Still publishing
- Rebecca Forster published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Rebecca Forster books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,608 pages across the 19 of 36 books with a recorded length, a median of 364 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Rebecca Forster books, 15 of 36, were published in the 2010s.
What the Rebecca Forster books are about
12 of the 36 Rebecca Forster 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 4 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Thrillers 4 of 12 books
- Women lawyers 3 of 12 books
- Los Angeles (Calif.) 2 of 12 books
















