Colter Shaw · Book 2

The Never Game

Published
1 January 2019
Pages
399
ISBN-13
9780008303730
Type
novel
Cover of The Never Game

About this book

The Never Game, published in 2019, launches Jeffery Deaver's Colter Shaw series, introducing the reward seeker who tracks missing people purely for cash using survival and tracking skills drilled into him by his paranoid, off-the-grid survivalist father.

Key facts about The Never Game

The Never Game is a novel by Jeffery Deaver. Readers have had it since 1 January 2019. It runs to 399 pages.

Our list holds 1 edition of The Never Game. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780008303730 to find the main one.

The Never Game is book 2 of 10 in the Colter Shaw series. The series has 10 published books. However, the series starts with Captivated (2019).

The Bookkeeper is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 4 August 2026. Meanwhile, Freeze Frame comes next, with an announced date of 4 May 2027.

Additionally, Jeffery Deaver writes Rune, John Pellam and Lincoln Rhyme, plus 2 more series. Those series sit on our mystery and thriller shelves. Meanwhile, The Bookkeeper is the latest published Jeffery Deaver book on file, from 4 August 2026. The next announced Jeffery Deaver release is due on 17 November 2026, so there is still more to come.

About Jeffery Deaver

Jeffery Deaver is an American thriller writer best known for the Lincoln Rhyme series, following a brilliant former NYPD forensic criminalist left quadriplegic after an on-duty accident who continues to solve crimes from his bed, working through his partner and eventual romantic interest, detective Amelia Sachs. See every Jeffery Deaver book in order.

Its place in Colter Shaw

The Never Game is book 2 in the Colter Shaw series. It follows Captivated. It is followed by The Second Hostage. See the full Colter Shaw reading order.

Colter Shaw is a professional "reward seeker" — not a cop, private investigator or bounty hunter, but someone who tracks missing people and solves cases purely for the cash rewards offered, using survival and tracking skills drilled into him by his paranoid, off-the-grid survivalist father. Jeffery Deaver launched the series with The Never Game in 2019, giving Shaw a rootless, RV-based life on the road across America and a family backstory — his father's death, hidden secrets in his childhood compound — that…

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