Bibliomysteries Books in Order
Explore the Bibliomysteries stories by Nelson DeMille in order, with details on his bookshop-centered short fiction, anthology notes, and guidance on where to start reading.
Last updated: June 7, 2026
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Publication Order
36 books
An Acceptable Sacrifice
by Jeffery Deaver
2012
Two federal agents—one American, one Mexican—target a cartel boss nicknamed Cuchillo, the Knife. To stop an attack on a tourist bus, they exploit his one weakness, rare books, and set a trap that forces them to balance lives at risk against the cost of their own deception.
Death Leaves a Bookmark
by Various
2012
Pronghorns of the Third Reich
by Various
2012
The Book Case
by Nelson DeMille
2012
In his early NYPD days, John Corey investigates when a New York bookseller is killed by a falling bookcase. The cluttered shop and its tight circle of employees, authors, and family members hide motives that turn an apparent mishap into a clever murder.
The Book of Virtue
by Ken Bruen
2012
A young man brutalized by his father is left a strange inheritance, a single beautiful book called Virtue. The gift turns into a dark mystery about family damage, secrets, and what a legacy can really mean.
The Book Thing
by Laura Lippman
2012
When expensive children's picture books keep disappearing from a cozy Baltimore shop each Saturday, Tess Monaghan offers her services for free. Tracking the book thief leads her into the odd world of collectors, free book exchanges, and a scheme that says a lot about who thinks they own stories.
Rides a Stranger
by David Bell
2013
After his father's funeral, literature professor Don Kurtwood is approached by a rare book dealer who hints that the man he thought he knew had a secret past. When the dealer is murdered, Don is pulled into a mystery involving a vanished pulp writer and his father's hidden life.
The Book of Ghosts
by Various
2013
The Final Testament
by Various
2013
The Long Sonata of the Dead
by Andrew Taylor
2013
This short return to the world of Roth uses music and memory to reopen an old wound. Brief and unsettling, it adds another eerie note to the trilogy's dark history.
It's in the Book
by Mickey Spillane
2014
In this short Mike Hammer caper, a notorious mob boss dies, leaving behind rumors of a ledger listing every payoff he ever made. Hired to find the book before it ruins politicians and gangsters alike, Hammer rips through the don’s family and enemies, knowing everyone has a price in mind.
Remaindered
by Peter Lovesey
2014
A bookseller dies over a box of valuable Agatha Christie hardcovers, leaving his shop’s future uncertain. His assistant Tanya and the suspicious Friends of England all have reasons to keep secrets.
The Compendium of Srem
by F Paul Wilson
2014
In fifteenth-century Spain, Tomás de Torquemada comes into possession of an ancient book that radiates evil. Destroying it should be simple, until the book starts corrupting everyone who touches it, including him.
The Gospel of Sheba
by Various
2014
The Nature of My Inheritance
by Various
2014
The Scroll
by Various
2014
The Sequel
by Various
2014
What's in a Name?
by Thomas H Cook
2014
On the fiftieth anniversary of the Armistice, rare-books dealer Franklin Altman is handed a manuscript by a mysterious old German who claims it could change history. Cook turns a bookish encounter into an eerie tale about war, identity, and the stories nations tell themselves.
Condor in the Stacks
by James Grady
2015
Every Seven Years
by Denise Mina
2015
After years away, Elsa returns to the isolated Scottish island where school bullies made her life hell. When her old tormentor presses a mysterious book back into her hands, buried cruelties resurface and the line between memory, magic and revenge begins to blur.
From the Queen
by Carolyn Hart
2015
Mystery, Inc.
by Various
2015
The Book of the Lion
by Thomas Perry
2015
Professor Dominic Hallkyn receives a call about a lost Chaucer manuscript and is pulled into a ransom plot. The chase through Boston turns a rare-book dream into a very real threat.
The Little Men
by Megan Abbott
2015
In 1953 Hollywood, Penny rents a cheap bungalow and hears unsettling stories about the bookseller who died there years earlier. Strange noises, nervous neighbors, and a troubling book inscription turn her fresh start into a compact, eerie mystery.
Citadel
by Stephen Hunter
2016
In this Bibliomystery featuring Basil St. Florian, the dashing spy slips across the Channel to find and photograph a mysterious manuscript whose text hides a cipher that could save millions of lives, while German intelligence dogs his every move through occupied France.
Dead Dames Don't Sing
by Various
2016
Reconciliation Day
by Christopher Fowler
2016
Dracula expert Carter has spent his life collecting editions of Stoker’s novel, but one legendary blue‑bound version with a different ending still eludes him. Chasing rumours to Transylvania and forced to work with his rival Mikaela, he enters a dangerous game where literary obsession shades into something far more lethal.
The Haze
by Various
2016
The Travelling Companion
by Various
2016
Hoodoo Harry
by Various
2017
Seven Years
by Various
2018
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository
by John Connolly
2018
When solitary clerk Mr Berger witnesses what looks like Anna Karenina’s death replayed on a quiet English railway line, he follows the mystery to a hidden library where beloved literary characters live on. The discovery changes his life and blurs the line between reader and story.
The Hemingway Valise
by Various
2018
The Last Honest Horse Thief
by Michael Koryta
2018
Teenage Markus Novak, raised among drifters and grifters, lands with a rancher after a con goes bad. A note hidden in a pawnshop book sends him toward Yellowstone and a choice between the family he misses and the life he might want.
The Pretty Little Box
by Various
2018
The Dark Door
by Lisa Unger
2022
After horror writer Rene Duke dies, his daughter Pip is overwhelmed by voices, guilt, and suspicion. From inside a treatment center, she has to sort inheritance battles and family secrets from the chaos in her own mind.
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