Rain Fall // A Clean Kill in Tokyo
  • # of Books:
    13
  • First Book:
    July 2002
  • Latest Book:
    January 2021
  • Genres:
    Thriller
  • Characters:
    John Rain, assassin
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John Rain Series in Order (13 Books)

Order Book Date Rating
1 4.5
2 4.5
3 3.5
4 4.5
5 5
6 4.5
6.5 (e) 0
7 4.5
8 4.5


9 4
10 4
11 4
11 4

Book Descriptions for series: John Rain


  • Book - 1

    JOHN RAIN KILLS PEOPLE. FOR A LIVING. His specialty: making it seem like death by natural causes. But he won't take out just anyone. The job must be an exclusive. The target must be a principal player. And he'll never murder a woman. Half American, h...



  • Book - 2

    All John Rain wants is to disappear forever. What an old nemesis from Japan's FBI wants is one last favor: eliminate an assassin at large who kills without conscience. But there's a lot at stake--including the lives of Rain's few friends, and a love ...



  • Book - 3

    Now Eisler takes Rain to the ends of the earth, where old habits die hard...and violently. John Rain has fled to Brazil to clear his killing conscience. But his talents are still in demand. The assignment: take out an arms dealer in Southeast Asia...



  • Book - 4

    Now Rain has a new employer, the Mossad, which wants him to fix a "problem" in Manila with the aid of his new partner, Dox, whose good-Ol'-boy persona masks a sniper as deadly as Rain himself. He also has a new hope: By using his talents in the servi...



  • Book - 5

    When freelance assassin John Rain learns that his former lover Midori has been raising their son in New York. he senses a chance for reconciliation, perhaps even redemption. But Midori is being watched by Rain's enemies, and his sudden appearance wou...



  • Book - 6

    If you had to kill three people to save your best friend's life, would you do it? When John Rain decides to get out of the business, his hand is forced by rogue CIA operative Jim Hilger. Hilger kidnaps Dox, Rain's trusted partner and closest friend...



  • Book - 6.5

    For most couples, a quiet dinner for two at Auberge de la Reine Blanche on the Ile Saint Louis would be just the thing to smooth out the complications in a romance. But for gorgeous Mossad operative Delilah and trying-to-retire contract killer John ...



  • Book - 7

    John Rain is back. And “the most charismatic assassin since James Bond” (San Francisco Chronicle) is up against his most formidable enemy yet: the nexus of political, military, media, and corporate factions known only as the Oligarchy. When lege...



  • Book - 8

    What makes a legendary assassin? For John Rain, it was the lessons of love, war, and betrayal he learned in Tokyo in 1972. Fresh from the killing fields of Southeast Asia, Rain works as a bagman under the watchful eye of his CIA handler, deliverin...






  • Book - 9

    Returning to Tokyo in 1982 after a decade of mercenary work in the Philippines, a young John Rain learns that the killing business is now controlled by Victor, a half-Russian, half-Japanese sociopath who has ruthlessly eliminated all potential challe...



  • Book - 10

    A fast-paced, page-turning novel of betrayal, vengeance, and depraved secrets in high places from the New York Times bestselling author of the John Rain and Livia Lone series. When a joint FBI -- Seattle Police investigation of an international ch...



  • Book - 11

    The assassins of Barry Eisler’s #1 bestseller The Killer Collective are back -- and this time, it’s chaos. Assistant US Attorney Alondra Diaz hates traffickers. And she’s determined to put one of America’s most powerful financiers, Andrew ...



  • Book - 11

    The assassins of Barry Eisler’s #1 bestseller The Killer Collective are back—and this time, it’s chaos.Assistant US Attorney Alondra Diaz hates traffickers. And she’s determined to put one of America’s most powerful fina...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

There are 13 books in the John Rain series.

The John Rain series does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Chaos Kind (Book 11), was published in January 2021.

The first book in the John Rain series, Rain Fall // A Clean Kill in Tokyo, was published in July 2002.

The John Rain series primarily falls into the Thriller genre.