Reading order · 6 books · 2017 to 2025 · Set in Berkeley
Clay Edison Books in Order
Clay Edison is a deputy coroner in Alameda County, California, a former college basketball star who cannot let go of the dead. Written with his father, Jonathan Kellerman.
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Series facts
- Books
- 6
- Published
- 2017 to 2025
- First book
- Crime Scene
- Latest
- Coyote Hills (2025)
- Setting
- Set in Berkeley
The reading order
Every Clay Edison book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
6 books · Set in Berkeley
- 1Crime Scene2017With Clay EdisonClay Edison, a deputy coroner, is called to the death of a retired professor who fell down the stairs.Buy on Amazon
- 2A Measure of Darkness2018With Clay EdisonClay Edison is called to a deadly shooting at an Oakland party, and finds an unidentified young woman who was not shot, and sets out to give her a name.Buy on Amazon
- 3Half Moon Bay2020With Clay EdisonA child’s skeleton is found during a park demolition, and Clay helps a businessman who wonders whether it is his sister, who vanished fifty years ago.Buy on Amazon
- 4The Burning2021With Clay EdisonDuring a wildfire and blackout, a wealthy man is shot dead in his home, and the trail leads to Clay’s brother Luke, newly out of prison and missing.Buy on Amazon
- 5The Lost Coast2024With Clay EdisonNow a private investigator, Clay follows a long-running fraud scheme to a strange town in the remote California wilderness that does not welcome outsiders.Buy on Amazon
- 6Coyote Hills2025With Clay EdisonA wealthy couple’s son is found dead on the shore of San Francisco Bay, and Clay looks into a death the police have called an accident.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read in order, starting with Crime Scene.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Clay Edison | Luke Edison |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Crime Scene | LLead | |
| 2 A Measure of Darkness | LLead | MMajor |
| 3 Half Moon Bay | LLead | |
| 4 The Burning | LLead | MMajor |
| 5 The Lost Coast | LLead | |
| 6 Coyote Hills | LLead |
Characters in the Clay Edison books
2 characters from Jesse Kellerman’s chart, with the number of Clay Edison books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Clay EdisonAlameda County deputy coroner, later a private investigator | 6 | Crime Scene 2017 |
| Luke EdisonClay's brother | 2 | A Measure of Darkness 2018 |