The Bookkeeper
Reward seeker Colter Shaw must race against the clock to save a victim against a dead-set hitman in this propulsive short story by the New York Times bestselling author and master of suspense.
When the Institute for the Freedom of Journalism gets word that a professional killer has come to America from Brussels to kill a reporter investigating an authoritarian regime, reward seeker Colter Shaw is called upon to investigate what the police have not: who and where is the victim and what valuable information do they have? In running the job, Shaw finds himself up against one of the toughest adversaries of his career. The assassin, nicknamed the Bookkeeper, plots his murders as coldly and methodically as he audits accounts. As Shaw is drawn down the rabbit hole of New York City—by far his most daunting “wilderness” to date—he finds a labyrinth of deception and danger where he himself, along with the intended victim, is a target. It’s a race against the clock to find this unique villain… in a world where nothing is what it seems to be.
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Jeffery Deaver
Long before The Bone Collector introduced the calculating brilliance of Lincoln Rhyme to readers around the world, Jeffery Deaver was already quietly assembling the tools of his trade: a fascination with psychology, a sharp legal mind, and a love of music that taught him how to pace a story like a song, with rising tension, sudden drops, and crescendos that leave you breathless.
Born outside Chicago in 1950, Deaver’s path to becoming one of the most inventive voices in modern crime fiction wasn’t linear. He studied journalism, practiced law, and even considered a career in folk music before finding his stride in fiction. That varied background seeps into his novels, where legal nuance, technical precision, and psychological complexity collide in plots that are always one twist ahead of the reader.
Colter Shaw
Across the vast landscapes of America, from isolated forests to buzzing city streets, this series traces the relentless path of a man who turns pursuit into an art form. He is neither cop nor private eye in the conventional sense, he is a tracker, a finder of the lost, a hunter of hidden truths. Each case pulls him into worlds where danger waits behind every door and every clue can spark consequences far beyond what anyone anticipates.
Colter Shaw consists of five primary books, and includes five additional books that complement the series but are not considered mandatory reads and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
