Reading order · 5 books · 2019 to 2025 · Set in various US locations
Colter Shaw Books in Order
Colter Shaw is a reward seeker: he travels the United States in a camper van, finding missing people for the rewards offered, using the survival skills his father taught him in the wilderness of California.
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Series facts
- Books
- 5
- Published
- 2019 to 2025
- First book
- The Never Game
- Latest
- South of Nowhere (2025)
- Setting
- Set in various US locations
The reading order
Every Colter Shaw book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
5 books · Set in various US locations
- 1The Never Game2019With Colter ShawColter Shaw, who makes a living finding missing people for rewards, searches for a young woman in Silicon Valley and finds the case is linked to a violent video game.Buy on Amazon
- 2The Goodbye Man2020With Colter ShawColter Shaw goes undercover in a cult-like retreat in the Pacific Northwest that promises healing for the grieving.Buy on Amazon
- 3The Final Twist2021With Colter ShawColter Shaw sets out to finish his father’s last mission, to find a hidden document that could bring down a powerful corporate espionage firm.Buy on Amazon
- 4Hunting Time2022With Colter ShawColter Shaw is hired to protect a woman and her daughter who are hiding from her abusive ex-husband, a man just released from prison.Buy on Amazon
- 5South of Nowhere2025With Colter ShawColter Shaw is in a California valley as a great storm threatens to burst a levee, and he suspects the danger is no accident.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read the Shaw books in order, starting with The Never Game. The first three books follow the mystery of his father’s death.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Colter Shaw | Russell Shaw |
|---|---|---|
| 1 The Never Game | LLead | |
| 2 The Goodbye Man | LLead | |
| 3 The Final Twist | LLead | MMajor |
| 4 Hunting Time | LLead | ·Minor |
| 5 South of Nowhere | LLead |
Characters in the Colter Shaw books
2 characters from Jeffery Deaver’s chart, with the number of Colter Shaw books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Colter ShawReward seeker who finds missing people | 5 | The Never Game 2019 |
| Russell ShawColter’s estranged brother | 2 | The Final Twist 2021 |