John Verdon: Dave Gurney Mysteries

● Main character: Retired NYPD homicide detective, Dave Gurney, known for catching serial killers
● Setting: Mainly upstate New York, although the various stories do move around
● Bold type indicates a book I've read

1. Think of a Number  (2010)
2. Shut Your Eyes Tight  (2011)
3. Let the Devil Sleep  (2012)
4. Peter Pan Must Die  (2014)
5. Wolf Lake  (2016)
6. White River Burning  (2018) 
7. On Harrow Hill  (2021) 
8. The Viper (2023) 

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Lynn Shepherd: Charles Maddox Mysteries

● Main Character: Charles Maddox, former police officer now working as a private investigator (or "thief-taker") in Victorian London
● Setting: 19th Century England, mostly London and environs
● Bold type indicates a book I've read

1. Murder at Mansfield Park  (2010) 
2. The Solitary House  (2012) 
3. A Fatal Likeness  (2013) 
4. The Pierced Heart  (2014) 

Becky Masterman: Brigid Quinn

● Main character: Brigid Quinn, an ex-FBI agent pushed into early retirement
● Setting: Tucson, AZ
● Bold type indicates a book I've read.

1. Rage Against the Dying  (2012)
2. Fear the Darkness  (2014)
3. A Twist of the Knife  (2017) 
4. We Were Killers Once  (2019)

Lincoln Child: Jeremy Logan Novels

● Main Character: Professor Jeremy Logan, "enigmalogist" (an investigator who specializes in analyzing phenomena that have no obvious explanation)
● Setting: wherever he's needed
● Bold type indicates a book I've read

1. Deep Storm (2007)
2. Terminal Freeze (2008)
3. The Third Gate (2012)
4. The Forgotten Room (2015) 
5. Full Wolf Moon (2017) 
6. Chrysalis (2022) 

Dan Brown: The Robert Langdon Series

• Main character: Robert Langdon, world-renowned professor of religious iconology and "symbology"
• Setting: mainly USA, France, and Italy
• Bold type indicates a book I've read.

1. Angels & Demons (2000) [see review]
2. The Da Vinci Code (2003)
3. The Lost Symbol (2009) [see review] 
4. Inferno (2013) 
5. Origin (2017) 
6. The Secret of Secrets (2025) 

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Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child: The Pendergast Novels

Main Characters: FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast, and New York police officer Vincent D'Agosta
Setting: NYC, the Hamptons, Italy, Tibet, you name it
Bold type indicates a book I've read.

1.  Relic (1995)
2.  Reliquary (1997)
3.  The Cabinet of Curiosities (2002)
4.  Still Life with Crows (2003)

The following three books make up the "Diogenes Trilogy":
5.  Brimstone (2004)
6.  Dance of Death (2005)
7.  The Book of the Dead (2006)

8.  The Wheel of Darkness (2007)
9.  Cemetery Dance (2009)
10. Fever Dream (2010)
11. Cold Vengeance (2011)
12. Two Graves (2012)

"Extraction" (2012) [short story featuring Agent Pendergast, available only as an ebook and audio download]

13. White Fire (2013)
14. Blue Labyrinth (2014)
15. Crimson Shore (2015)
16. The Obsidian Chamber (2016)
17. City of Endless Night (2018)
18. Verses for the Dead (2018)
19. Crooked River (2020)
20. Bloodless (2021) 

21. The Cabinet of Dr. Leng (2023) 

22. Angel of Vengeance (2024)