Decker and Lazarus Books in Order
Faye Kellerman has written 27 Decker and Lazarus books, published between 1986 and 2022. The first book is The Ritual Bath (1986) and the newest is The Hunt (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 27
- Published
- 1986–2022
- Confirmed
- 27 of 27 titles
- Total pages
- 11,775 across 27 books
- Reading time
- 196–294 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 11,775 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus are the recurring pair in Faye Kellerman's police procedural series. Police work, police spouses, murder and investigation run through the subject headings. The sequence holds 27 books published between 1986 and 2022, from The Ritual Bath (1986) to The Hunt (2022), and the novels average about 420 pages. Nothing new has appeared since 2022.
How many Decker and Lazarus books are there?
Decker and Lazarus has 27 books, released between 1986 and 2022.
Decker and Lazarus Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 27 Decker and Lazarus 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.
- 119863743/4
- 219873743/4
- 319904163/4
- 419914003/4
- 519924193/4
- 619934203/4
- 719944283/4
- 819954663/4
- 919964243/4
- 1019975443/4
- 1119994373/4
- 1220004423/4
- 1320015443/4
- 1420025173/4
- 1520035323/4
- 1620074963/4
- 1720084173/4
- 1820094163/4
- 1920104223/4
- 2020113753/4
- 2120133713/4
- 2220143743/4
- 2320153843/4
- 2420174153/4
- 2520185163/4
- 2620213683/4
- 2720224843/4
Do you have to read Decker and Lazarus books in order?
You should read the Decker and Lazarus books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Decker and Lazarus book also stands alone.
Where to start with Decker and Lazarus
Start with The Ritual Bath (1986), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Decker and Lazarus book?
The Hunt (2022) is the newest Decker and Lazarus book released so far.
Is there a new Decker and Lazarus book coming?
No next Decker and Lazarus book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Decker and Lazarus at a glance
- Paused
- No new Decker and Lazarus title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Decker and Lazarus books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 11,775 pages across all 27 books with a recorded length, a median of 420 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Decker and Lazarus books, 9 of 27, were published in the 1990s.
What the Decker and Lazarus books are about
All 27 Decker and Lazarus books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: police is tagged on 24 of 27. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Police 24 of 27 books
- Police spouses 20 of 27 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 16 of 27 books
- Mystery & detective 14 of 27 books
- Murder 7 of 27 books
- Investigation 6 of 27 books
- Thrillers 6 of 27 books
- Crime 2 of 27 books
- Missing persons 2 of 27 books
More books by Faye Kellerman
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Faye Kellerman books in order 37 books
Series that include Decker and Lazarus books
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.