His latest book is also a departure as he moves from Louisianna to Texas and a new character. Jonathan Kellerman - His series features Alex Delaware, a child psychologist, always getting involved in interesting cases. His latest is The Clinic . I believe that is also the correct order. Dick Francis - His books are always great reads, with seemingly the same character in different guises.
Penalty is the most recent.
To the Hilt was the previos one and one of my favorites. Of his other books my favorite is Palindrome . I have been reading a lot of his stuff since my recent discovery. I just finished the most recent one of his Inspector John Rebus books, Black and Blue . I can't get enough of it.