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St. Cyr & Kohler Books in Order

St. Cyr & Kohler by J. Robert Janes contains 16 books, published between 1992 and 2015. The first book is Mayhem / Mirage (1992) and the newest is Clandestine (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
1992–2015
Total pages
4,865 across 16 books
Reading time
81–122 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,865 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

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St. Cyr & Kohler is J. Robert Janes's 16-book mystery series featuring the fictitious characters Jean-Louis Saint-Cyr and Hermann Kohler. Subject tags cover France, Paris, World War II, police procedural and hard-boiled detective fiction. Mayhem, also published as Mirage (1992), opens the series with Carousel (1992). Kaleidoscope (1993), Salamander (1994), Dollmaker (1995), Sandman (1996) and Madrigal (1999) follow, and Clandestine (2015) is the latest.

How many St. Cyr & Kohler books are there?

St. Cyr & Kohler has 16 books, released between 1992 and 2015.

St. Cyr & Kohler Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 St. Cyr & Kohler 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 Mayhem / Mirage by J. Robert Janes, book 1 of the St. Cyr & Kohler series (1992)
  2. Cover of Carousel by J. Robert Janes, book 2 of the St. Cyr & Kohler series (1992)
  3. Cover of Mannequin by J. Robert Janes, book 5 of the St. Cyr & Kohler series (1994)
  4. Cover of Stonekiller by J. Robert Janes, book 7 of the St. Cyr & Kohler series (1995)
  5. Cover of Sandman by J. Robert Janes, book 8 of the St. Cyr & Kohler series (1996)
  6. Cover of Gypsy by J. Robert Janes, book 9 of the St. Cyr & Kohler series (1997)
  7. Cover of Madrigal by J. Robert Janes, book 10 of the St. Cyr & Kohler series (1999)
  8. Cover of Beekeeper by J. Robert Janes, book 11 of the St. Cyr & Kohler series (1999)
  9. Cover of Flykiller by J. Robert Janes, book 12 of the St. Cyr & Kohler series (2002)
  10. Cover of Bellringer by J. Robert Janes, book 13 of the St. Cyr & Kohler series (2012)
  11. Cover of Carnival by J. Robert Janes, book 15 of the St. Cyr & Kohler series (2014)
  12. Cover of Clandestine by J. Robert Janes, book 16 of the St. Cyr & Kohler series (2015)
  1. 1
    Mayhem / Mirage1992 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992272
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  2. 3
    Kaleidoscope1993 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993304
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  3. 4
    Salamander1994 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994272
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  4. 5
    Mannequin1994 · 258 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994258
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  5. 6
    Dollmaker1995 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995272
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  6. 7
    Stonekiller1995 · 261 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995261
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  7. 8
    Sandman1996 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996272
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  8. 9
    Gypsy1997 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997256
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  9. 10
    Madrigal1999 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999288
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  10. 11
    Beekeeper1999 · 305 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999305
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  11. 12
    Flykiller2002 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002416
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  12. 13
    Bellringer2012 · 334 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012334
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  13. 14
    Tapestry2013 · 349 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013349
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  14. 15
    Carnival2014 · 367 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014367
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  15. 16
    Clandestine2015 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015352
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Is there a chronological order for St. Cyr & Kohler?

No separate chronological order is on record for St. Cyr & Kohler, 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 St. Cyr & Kohler books in order?

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

Where to start with St. Cyr & Kohler

Start with Mayhem / Mirage (1992), the earliest published title.

What is the newest St. Cyr & Kohler book?

Clandestine (2015) is the newest St. Cyr & Kohler book released so far.

Is there a new St. Cyr & Kohler book coming?

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

St. Cyr & Kohler at a glance

No recent titles
The newest St. Cyr & Kohler title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
St. Cyr & Kohler books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,865 pages across all 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most St. Cyr & Kohler books, 11 of 16, were published in the 1990s.

What the St. Cyr & Kohler books are about

15 of the 16 St. Cyr & Kohler books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: france is tagged on 9 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by J. Robert Janes

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