Robert Ellis Books in Order
Robert Ellis has written 9 books, published between 2001 and 2021. The first book is Access to Power (2001) and the newest is City of Stones (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2001–2021
- Pages on record
- 2,908 in 8 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 48–73 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,908 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Los Angeles crime fiction is Robert Ellis's field. Lena Gamble and Detective Matt Jones lead the two series. Nine books are catalogued from Access to Power (2001) to City of Stones (2021), among them The Dead Room (2002), City of Fire (2007), The Lost Witness (2009), Murder Season (2011), City of Echoes (2015) and The Girl Buried in the Woods (2019). Serial murder, policewomen and the Los Angeles Police Department supply the subjects.
How many Robert Ellis books are there?
Robert Ellis has 9 books, released between 2001 and 2021. They include 2 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.
Robert Ellis Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Robert Ellis 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.
- 1Access to Power2001 · 366 pages · confirmed 2/420013662/4
- 2The Dead Room2002 · 442 pages · confirmed 2/420024422/4
- 320073882/4
- 420093682/4
- 520113212/4
- 620153442/4
- 720163452/4
- 820193342/4
- 92021–2/4
Robert Ellis 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.
Detective Matt Jones in order
4 booksLena Gamble in order
3 booksStandalone books
2 books2 Robert Ellis titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Robert Ellis books in order?
You only need to read Robert Ellis books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Robert Ellis
Start with Access to Power (2001), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Robert Ellis book?
City of Stones (2021) is the newest Robert Ellis book released so far.
Is there a new Robert Ellis book coming?
No next Robert Ellis book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Robert Ellis at a glance
- Paused
- No new Robert Ellis title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Robert Ellis books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 2,908 pages across the 8 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 356 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Robert Ellis books, 4 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Robert Ellis books are about
5 of the 9 Robert Ellis books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: los angeles (calif.) is tagged on 5 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Los Angeles (Calif.) 5 of 5 books
- Serial murders 3 of 5 books
- Investigation 2 of 5 books
- Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department 2 of 5 books
- Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Dept 2 of 5 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 2 of 5 books
- Police 2 of 5 books
- Policewomen 2 of 5 books
- Crime 1 of 5 books
- Crimes against 1 of 5 books
- Men 1 of 5 books
- Murder 1 of 5 books