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Baxter Books in Order

Baxter by Kathy Herman contains 5 books, published between 2001 and 2003. The first book is Tested by Fire (2001) and the newest is A Fine Line (2003). Publication order is the reading order below.

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Books
5
Published
2001–2003
Pages on record
1,236 in 4 of 5 books
Reading time
21–31 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,236 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 5 titles with a page count on record.

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Baxter is a Christian suspense series by Kathy Herman, running to 5 books published between 2001 and 2003. Tested by Fire (2001) opens the sequence, followed by The Day of Reckoning (2002), Vital Signs (2002), High Stakes (2003) and A Fine Line (2003). Murder, revenge, fathers and sons, and the fallout of layoffs in a small city's textile industry supply the plots. The sequence closed in 2003.

How many Baxter books are there?

Baxter has 5 books, released between 2001 and 2003.

Baxter Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 5 Baxter 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 Tested by Fire by Kathy Herman, book 1 of the Baxter series (2001)
  2. Cover of The Day of Reckoning by Kathy Herman, book 2 of the Baxter series (2002)
  3. Cover of Vital Signs by Kathy Herman, book 3 of the Baxter series (2002)
  4. Cover of High Stakes by Kathy Herman, book 4 of the Baxter series (2003)
  5. Cover of A Fine Line by Kathy Herman, book 5 of the Baxter series (2003)
  1. 1
    Tested by Fire2001 · 314 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001314
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  2. 2
    The Day of Reckoning2002 · 306 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002306
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  3. 3
    Vital Signs2002 · 316 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002316
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  4. 4
    High Stakes2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
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  5. 5
    A Fine Line2003 · 300 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003300
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Is there a chronological order for Baxter?

No separate chronological order is on record for Baxter, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Baxter books in order?

You should read the Baxter books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Baxter book also stands alone.

Where to start with Baxter

Start with Tested by Fire (2001), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Baxter book?

A Fine Line (2003) is the newest Baxter book released so far.

Is there a new Baxter book coming?

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

Baxter at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Baxter title on record dates from 2003, 23 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Baxter books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,236 pages across the 4 of 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 310 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Baxter books, 5 of 5, were published in the 2000s.

What the Baxter books are about

All 5 Baxter books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: christian fiction is tagged on 2 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Kathy Herman

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.