Lawrence Kelter

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  • Bibliography:
    43 Books (9 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 2001
  • Latest Book:
    January 2024
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Full Series List in Order

A Chalice City Beat Thriller

1 - Skeletons in the Closet (Apr-2018)
2 - We All Fall Down (May-2018)
3 - Ashes To Ashes (Jul-2018)
4 - Where The Truth Leads (Jul-2018)

Chalice: Back Stories

1 - First Kill (Mar-2013)
2 - Second Chance (Sep-2013)
3 - Third Victim (Dec-2017)

A Chloe Mather FBI Thriller

1 - Secrets of the Kill (Aug-2014)
2 - Rules of the Kill (Nov-2014)
3 - Legends of the Kill (Jan-2015)

A Heat Beat Thriller

1 - Out of the Ashes (Oct-2016)

John Angel

1 - Rum Shot (Jul-2012)

Lexa's Awakening

1 - Lexa's War (Jan-2018)

The Palindrome Trilogy

1 - Palindrome (Jun-2012)

A Speedy Tale Fron the Files of Frank Mango

1 - Kiss of the Devil's Breath (Sep-2011)
2 - Man Candy (Jul-2012)

A Stephanie Chalice Mystery

1 - Don't Close Your Eyes (Jul-2005)
2 - Ransom Beach (Sep-2008)
3 - The Brain Vault (Jun-2011)
4 - Our Honored Dead (Oct-2012)
5 - Baby Girl Doe (Mar-2014)
6 - Compromised (Jul-2015)

Multi-Author Series List

A Grifter's Song

3 - The Whale (Mar-2019)

Book List in Order: 43 titles

  • By Executive Order

    Two governments, one objective: stop the flow of narcotics â€" by any means possible. America and Israel, old allies in a new war. To win this one, they must sell their souls! The clandestine operation plunges veteran FBI agent, Hal Niecro into the m...

  • Don't Close Your Eyes

    A Stephanie Chalice Mystery - 1

    Stephanie Chalice is a cop's cop. She's bold, smart, independent and beautiful--a powerhouse working in NYPD's homicide unit. She's seen a lot in her years on the force, but she's never come across anything like the case she's up against now. A murde...

  • Ransom Beach

    A Stephanie Chalice Mystery - 2

    NYPD's street savvy detective, Stephanie Chalice is back and not a minute too soon. Her newest nemesis is a con artist and bloodthirsty killer. Chameleon-like, she is able to change her identity at will-she's a ghost known only as Black. Chalice is c...

  • The Brain Vault

    A Stephanie Chalice Mystery - 3

    A sterilized skull, a deranged forensics expert, a plunge into the deepest recesses of the criminal mind. In her most challenging case yet, Chalice must turn to a madman to deliver a killer. Detective Chalice is called into action when a unconscious ...

  • Kiss of the Devil's Breath

    A Speedy Tale Fron the Files of Frank Mango - 1

    Here’s the scoop. Once there was Marlow, now there’s Mango, Frank Mango, a new detective doing his job in a very old fashioned way, an unlikely hero in an age of computers, gadgets, and gizmos. Two dead bodies have been discarded along the Sunset...

  • Season of Faith

    This is the story of Josh and Rocky, two young teens from entirely different worlds, who collide in the heat of a New York summer. A naĂŻve boy from California, Josh comes to New York to visit his Uncle Jake, a sentimental elder whose eccentricities ...

  • Saving Cervantes

    Saving Cervantes is a story about a kiss and the man waiting an eternity for it to arrive. One day he sees her, the woman he can never have but must possess. He will give up everything to be with her; not all at once, but bit by insidious bit, until ...

  • Palindrome

    The Palindrome Trilogy - 1

    It’s a hot summer night on Long Island. The Suds Shack is packed -- lots of kids partying at a bar. In the crowd is a girl who is different from anyone else. A guy on the prowl -- plop goes a pill into her drink. Her world spins out of control. He ...

  • Rum Shot

    John Angel - 1

    A beautiful woman is dead. The victim was not just anyone, she was a British spy and JFK's mistress. The year is 1963. Miami Beach Private Investigator John Angel, is brought in by MI5 to investigate the murder of their operative. Angel is trapped de...



  • Man Candy

    A Speedy Tale Fron the Files of Frank Mango - 2

    Hi All: Frank Mango here. I just dropped by to tell you about my most recent case.It was a typical summer afternoon in LA, 104 in the shade and enough humidity to peel wallpaper. I was at the town pool when a dear friend asked me to look into a susp...

  • Our Honored Dead

    A Stephanie Chalice Mystery - 4

    OVER 1,000,000 series copies sold

"Lawrence Kelter is an exciting new novelist, who reminds me of an early Robert Ludlum. -- Nelson DeMille

"Kelter is a master, pure and simple."
 -- The Kindle Book Review“Chalice’s acerbic repartee i...

  • Counterblow

    The scars of war run deep.As commander of coalition forces, General Nathaniel Powers fought for justice and the ideals of America, never faltering in the face of enemies he knew might pursue him forever.But every man has his breaking point.When his s...

  • First Kill

    Chalice: Back Stories - 1

    Chalice is back, and she’s accomplished what women all over the world have always dreamed of: she’s gotten younger. The Back Stories feature NYPD Detective Stephanie Chalice in the days before you first met her. She’s righteous, rambunctious, a...

  • Second Chance

    Chalice: Back Stories - 2

    OVER 1,000,000 series copies sold

"Lawrence Kelter is an exciting new novelist, who reminds me of an early Robert Ludlum. -- Nelson DeMille

"Kelter is a master, pure and simple."
 -- The Kindle Book Review“Chalice’s acerbic repartee i...

  • Baby Girl Doe

    A Stephanie Chalice Mystery - 5

    Everyone deserves a well-earned vacation, don’t they? Guess again! Plans have been made and the bags are packed but Detective Stephanie Chalice is having about as much fun as Michael Vick at an ASPCA fundraiser. The new story finds Chalice and Lido...

  • Secrets of the Kill

    A Chloe Mather FBI Thriller - 1

    Two governments -- one objective, stop the spread of terrorism by any means possible. America and Israel, lifelong allies in an age-old war. To win this battle they will have to sell their souls. A mutilated body has been discovered; a body not meant...

  • Rules of the Kill

    A Chloe Mather FBI Thriller - 2

    Three men have been executed in a very distinctive fashion and it’s up to FBI Special Agent Chloe Mather to bring their talented killer to justice. The murderer is no dull boy. He’s that one in a million psychopath with the brains, discipline, an...

  • Legends of the Kill

    A Chloe Mather FBI Thriller - 3

    A call from a dying man reignites a fuse that has been smoldering for decades, and secrets long buried are about to be unearthed in this tale of fraud, conspiracy, and deception. Recovering from the firefight of her life, a wounded Chloe Mather is dr...

  • Compromised

    A Stephanie Chalice Mystery - 6

    Two shots ring out from a rooftop. When the smoke clears, Chalice is down and her new partner is dead. While she lies helpless in the hospital, her police brethren search citywide for the shooter, a predator who may very well be the serial killer she...



  • Out of the Ashes

    A Heat Beat Thriller - 1

    Chalice and Mather, two brave cops, attempt to return to active duty after their lives have been turned upside down by catastrophic events. Their boss tosses the newly paired team a slow-roller, giving them time to warm up to one another, a case that...

  • The Last Collar

    The demons that drive John “Mocha” Moccia to obsess, to put absolutely everyone under a microscope, and scratch away at every last clue, make him the best hardnosed detective in Brooklyn homicide. But these same demons may very well write the fin...

  • Back to Brooklyn

    “Fans of the movie will enjoy Vinny and Lisa’s further adventures.” -- Publishers Weekly

    Gambini is back! Hot on the heels of rescuing his cousin Bill and Bill’s friend, Stan from an Alabama electric chair, our wildly inappropriate h...

  • Fallen City

    It’s 1988 in the once-affluent Washington Heights neighborhood of New York, and crack cocaine is king. Reinaldo Arenas is the brutal leader of the reigning Dominican gang selling the drug in that area, and Assistant District Attorney Frank Corda is...

  • Third Victim

    Chalice: Back Stories - 3

    Yes, Chalice fans, Third Victim is on the cusp. If you enjoyed First Kill and Second Chance, you’ll just flat out die for Third Victim. The Back Stories feature NYPD Detective Stephanie Chalice in the days before she made the big time. She’s righ...

  • Lexa's War

    Lexa's Awakening - 1

    As if a grueling spring semester wasn't bad enough, adding summer classes and maintaining a part-time job…? Too much. When Lexa and her best friend Gabi went out to blow off a little steam, she didn't expect the evening and her life to go side...

  • Skeletons in the Closet

    A Chalice City Beat Thriller - 1

    OVER 1,000,000 series copies sold

"Lawrence Kelter is an exciting new novelist, who reminds me of an early Robert Ludlum. -- Nelson DeMille

"Kelter is a master, pure and simple."
 -- The Kindle Book Review“Chalice’s acerbic repartee i...

  • My Cousin Vinny

    There have been many courtroom dramas that glorified the great American legal system. This is not one of them. My Cousin Vinny has been voted the most re-watchable movie of all time. It’s a story about two wrongly accused young men and the wildly i...

  • The Treasure of Indecisie

    For fans of William Goldman, J.K. Rowling, Diana Gabaldon, Neil Gaiman, and Susanna Clark.There has never been a greater storytelling classic than The Princess Bride. To this day, the tale of Buttercup and Westley still resonates with readers young a...

  • We All Fall Down

    A Chalice City Beat Thriller - 2

    OVER 1,000,000 series copies sold

"Lawrence Kelter is an exciting new novelist, who reminds me of an early Robert Ludlum. -- Nelson DeMille

"Kelter is a master, pure and simple."
 -- The Kindle Book Review“Chalice’s acerbic repartee i...



  • Ashes To Ashes

    A Chalice City Beat Thriller - 3

    OVER 1,000,000 series copies sold

"Lawrence Kelter is an exciting new novelist, who reminds me of an early Robert Ludlum. -- Nelson DeMille

"Kelter is a master, pure and simple."
 -- The Kindle Book Review“Chalice’s acerbic repartee i...

  • Where The Truth Leads

    A Chalice City Beat Thriller - 4

    OVER 1,000,000 series copies sold

"Lawrence Kelter is an exciting new novelist, who reminds me of an early Robert Ludlum. -- Nelson DeMille

"Kelter is a master, pure and simple."
 -- The Kindle Book Review“Chalice’s acerbic repartee i...

  • The Whale

    A Grifter's Song - 3

    Peter Keys is a multimillionaire real estate developer and the adventurer, who hasn't been seen or heard from in over a decade. Because of his clandestine nature he is the stuff a con artist's dreams are made from. Manhattan's University Club is the ...

  • Encrypting Maya

    Encrypting Maya is the story of two exceptional kids who set out to change the world and a world that fought back every step of the way.

    Maya and Josh, two kids as different as black and white, collide in the heat of a North Carolina summer. ...

  • Wing and a Prayer

    Vincent Gambini is still outrageous but he's knocking down legal opponents faster than ducks at a shooting gallery. It's wheels-up as Vinny takes on opponents in New Hampshire and Mexico before hitting the ground in New Orleans where a young man has ...

  • A Very Vinny Christmas Story

    Everyone knows the story. Vincent Gambini, a wildly inappropriate attorney from Brooklyn, New York successfully defended his cousin, Bill Gambini and his best friend Stan against insurmountable odds in an Alabama murder trial. Now, for the first time...

  • No Dibs on Murder

    Tanner Fritz has it all—he's good-looking, well-liked, fabulously wealthy, and has a beautiful wife. He's a veritable well of goodwill and happiness. So why do his four best friends want him dead? Each of them believes they have a gen...

  • Making Her Bones

    Read the three pulse-pounding cases that made Chalice a street savvy superstar detective. These prequel stories lead right into DON'T CLOSE YOUR EYES, the first full-length book in the million-selling Stephanie Chalice Mystery Series.  [To ...

  • Righteous Collars

    Collar is police jargon for arrest, and is used mainly by NYPD and other cops of the region. Hence, a righteous collar is a justified arrest. STORY1 - SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET:Secrets don't stay buried for very long, not with Detective Stephanie ...

  • Bearcats and Bulldogs

    Ladies with an attitude and Fellas that were in the mood. Bearcats and Bulldogs is an homage to sassy sisters and gumshoe detectives. An anthology. Spicy tales of yesteryear blur the line between crime and justice. ⭐️ ...



  • Into the Groove

    When hood rat D. Wayne Tyrone is charged with the mass murder of eleven women and kids, rookie Parole Officer Stedman Groove must march to hell and back to prove his friend's innocence.Into the Groove is a work of fiction, but the Palm Sunday Ma...

  • Trouble With The Tumbleweed Twister

    Trouble With The Tumbleweed TwisterTough times have put the squeeze on auto mechanic Smoky Rolle. Forced with losing his home, Smoky accepts an easy money side job from his cousin Travis. What should've been a quick fix goes sideways when Travis is a...

  • GoodVeggies

    Papa Ganoush may be the head of all organized crime but one of his lieutenants is a bad egg. With only his wits to guide him, he'll take a stab at ferreting out the rotten tomato, the rat in his carton of produce. The holidays are a time fo...

  • Man-Killer

    Lawrence Kelter is an exciting new novelist, who reminds me of an early Robert Ludlum. -Nelson DeMille, New York Times bestselling authorGina Marie Cototi is a feisty Sicilian sparkplug, a Brooklyn-based PI with a fondness for family, friends, and on...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Lawrence Kelter has published 43 books.

Lawrence Kelter does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Man-Killer, was published in January 2024.

The first book by Lawrence Kelter, By Executive Order, was published in May 2001.

Yes. Lawrence Kelter has 9 series.
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