Author guide
Jeff Lindsay Books in Order
Jeff Lindsay is the pen name of Jeffry P. Freundlich, an American crime novelist and playwright. He is best known for the Dexter novels, which inspired the international television series Dexter, and for the Riley Wolfe heist-thriller series. His earlier fiction includes the Billy Knight thrillers and science-fiction novels co-written with Hilary Hemingway. He has also written nonfiction with Hemingway and graphic novels for Marvel. Lindsay has written more than twenty produced plays, several of them musicals.
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Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
The first Dexter novel and the source for the television franchise.
Just Watch Me
The first Riley Wolfe novel and the best entry point to Lindsay's later heist-thriller series.
Tropical Depression: A Novel of Suspense
Lindsay's debut novel and the first Billy Knight thriller.
Read in order
Books by series
novel-series · ongoing
Billy Knight
Thrillers featuring former police officer Billy Knight in Key West.
novel-series · complete
Dexter
Crime novels featuring Dexter Morgan, a Miami forensic blood-spatter analyst who targets other killers.
- 1 Darkly Dreaming DexterAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2004
- 2
Dearly Devoted DexterAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2005
- 3
Dexter in the DarkAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 2007
- 4
Dexter by DesignAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 2009
- 5 Dexter Is DeliciousAmazon ↗
Book 5 · novel · 2010
- 6
Double DexterAmazon ↗Book 6 · novel · 2011
- 7
Dexter's Final CutAmazon ↗Book 7 · novel · 2013
- 8
Dexter Is DeadAmazon ↗Book 8 · novel · 2015
novel-series · ongoing
Riley Wolfe
Heist thrillers featuring Riley Wolfe, a master thief who targets the wealthy and powerful.
graphic-series · complete
Dexter graphic novels
Marvel graphic-fiction stories featuring Dexter Morgan, written by Jeff Lindsay.
- 1 Dexter: A Graphic NovelAmazon ↗
Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2013
graphic-series · complete
Dexter Down Under
A limited Marvel graphic-novel series following Dexter Morgan in Australia.
- 1 Dexter Down UnderAmazon ↗
Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2014
Outside the series