Paul Schumann, a German-American hit man living in New York City is caught and has to go to Berlin as a spy or serve a prison term, is featured in:
Lincoln Rhyme, a disabled ex-head of NYPD forensics & Amelia Sachs, a rookie beat cop in New York, New York, are featured in:
In Chronological Order
- The Bone Collector (1997)
- The Coffin Dancer (1998)
- The Empty Chair (2000)
- Stone Monkey (2002)
- The Vanished Man (2003)
- The Twelfth Card
Rune, NYPD detective in New York, New York, is featured in:
Chronological Order
- Manhattan Is My Beat (1989)
- Death of a Blue Movie Star (1990)
- Hard News (1991)
Parker Kincaid, a former FBI forensic document examiner and Margaret Lukas, a FBI Special Agent, are featured in:
- Devil’s Teardrop (1999)
Written as William Jefferies
John Pellam, a location scout for a movie studio is featured in:
In Chronological Order
- Shallow Graves (1992)
- Bloody River Blues (1993)
- Hell’s Kitchen (2001)
Non-series books:
- Lesson of Her Death (1993)
- Mistress of Justice (1993)
- Praying for Sleep (1995)
- A Maiden’s Grave (1996)
- Speaking in Tongues (2000)
- The Blue Nowhere (2001)